Problem
The family needs a meal plan that works for the four of them.
Solution
| Family members | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Parent A Parent B Teen 1 Teen 2 | Parent A cooks Tomato n cheese pasta 2 servings (double recipe) Dinner at 6pm | Teen 1 cooks Ginger glazed salmon 4 servings dinner at 3:50 | Parent B cooks Seafood fried rice 4 servings (Whole recipe) Dinner at 6 | Teen 2 cooks Salmon rice bowl 1 serving (times 4 to make 4servings) | Parent B cooks Chicken pad Thai 3-4 servings (Whole recipe) Dinner at 6 |
Justification
Mondays meal plan will work because Parent A is comfortable cooking anything and the time it takes to cook tomato n cheese pasta is good timing for when parent B needs to leave for there fitness class at 7pm.
Tuesdays meal plan works because teen 1 is comfortable cooking anything and the ginger glazed salmon is a quick easy meal for after school and works for everyone’s schedule’s. it doesn’t interfere with teen 2s soccer practice at 6:30pm.
Wednesdays meal plan works because parent B is comfortable cooking anything and Wednesday nobody has anything in the evening. parent B gets home at 5:30pm
Thursdays meal plan works because there are no evening activities so it works for the family.
Fridays meal plan works because parent B is comfortable cooking anything and the time it is done (6) works for parent A, parent B and teen 2. teen 1 has a part time job and gets home at 9:30pm they can heat up leftover food from earlier.
References
Chicken pad Thai: https://www.aheadofthyme.com/10-minute-chicken-pad-thai/
Seafood fried rice: https://www.aheadofthyme.com/10-minute-seafood-fried-rice//
Chicken piccata pasta toss: Chicken Piccata Pasta Toss Recipe | Rachael Ray | Food Network
Beef and Brocoli: Easy Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli [Video] – Mommy’s Home Cooking – Easy & Delicious Eggless Recipes (mommyshomecooking.com)
Cheese n tomato pasta: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/tomato-n-cheese-pasta/
Glazed salmon : Ginger-Glazed Salmon | Ms. Lam’s Edublog (sd43.bc.ca)
Collaboration Reflection
Me and my group members each talked and shared ideas and we gave everyone assignments for things to look for/things to do.
We made a shared word doc and put in the information, schedule, meal plan, etc.
We each wanted to do something and did it but made sure that it was ok with the group. for example we each got assigned a day and had to find a meal and put the information (servings, time, etc.) into the table in the shared word doc.
I made the tables and added some information. I helped problem solve with my group and I contributed my ideas and thoughts into the meal plan we made.