Problem
A family of 4 needs a meal plan that works with their weekly activities. They want everyone to cook at least once every week. They want everything to be accounted for including the cook, what they are eating, the portion of the recipe, and what time they will eat.
Solution
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Cook | Parent A | Teen 1 | Teen 2 | Teen 2 | Parent B |
| Recipe | Beef and Spinach Lasagna | Black Bean Tacos | Chicken Satay Noodles | Chickpea Cauliflower Curry | Vegetable Pad Thai |
| Portion | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 2/3 |
| Start Cooking | 4:40 PM | 6:00 PM | 4:50 PM | 5:35 PM | 5:40 PM |
| Dinner Time | 6:00 PM | 6:15 PM | 5:30 PM | 6:00 PM | 6:20 PM |
New Recipe – Chicken Satay Noodles
- This recipe is somewhat healthy, and not too high in calories.
- Each serving provides 747 kcal, 46g protein, 84g carbohydrates (of which 14g sugars), 23g fat (of which 9g saturates), 10g fiber and 2.7g salt.
Justification
Monday
- Parent A gets home at 4:30 meaning they have some time before cooking at 4:40.
- Beef and Spinach Lasagna is one of the longer recipes, but it can be completed with more than enough time to spare, giving parent B enough time to eat and go the Fitness Class at 7:00.
- Beef and Spinach Lasagna makes 12 servings with the normal recipe. To make a proper number of servings so no food goes to waste, Parent A needs to make one third of the recipe.
Tuesday
- Teen 1 gets home at 3:30 with Teen 2. Teen 2 has to get ready for soccer so Teen 1 will cook.
- They will start cooking at 6:00 so that both parents can make sure nothing goes wrong.
- If Teen 1 starts cooking at 6:00 they will be done at 6:15 giving the family time to eat and get ready for Teen 2’s soccer.
Wednesday
- On Wednesday the family has no activities in the afternoon. So, Teen 2 can start cooking at 4:50.
- Parent A will be home to make sure Teen 2 doesn’t burn or hurt themselves.
- Dinner will be served at 5:30 right when Parent B gets home.
- Chicken Satay Noodles makes 4 servings so there is no need to change the recipe.
Thursday
- Teen 2 will be cooking because Teen 1 will be tired from Basketball.
- They will start cooking at 5:35 so that food will be ready right Parent A gets home.
- This means the food can’t get cold.
Friday
- Parent A comes home at 4:30, Parent B comes home at 5:30, and Teen 2 comes home at 3:30. Teen 1 doesn’t come home until 9:30 because of school and work.
- Parent B comes home and takes 10 minutes to get ready to cook, takes 35 minutes to cook, and 5 minutes to prepare. Teen 1 can’t come home, so the other 3 people eat around.
- Vegetable Pad Thai makes 6 serving, Parent B has to make 1/3 of the original recipe. Teen 1 can reheat the food later and eat when they get home from work.
References
https://www.inspiredtaste.net/20339/cheesy-sausage-and-beef-lasagna-recipe/ – Beef and Spinach Image
https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2018/01/vegetarian-black-bean-tacos.html – Black Bean Tacos Image
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chicken_satay_noodles_95490 – Chicken Satay Noodle Recipe and Image
https://www.thelastfoodblog.com/cauliflower-and-chickpea-curry/ – Chickpea Cauliflower Curry Image
https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/pad-thai-with-baby-tatsoi – Vegetable Pad Thai Image
Collaboration Reflection
Communication and Sharing Information
Describe all the ways your group communicated and shared information with each other.
For this project my group had a shared word document. This allowed all the people in our group to share our justifications and solutions for each day. We also communicated in person to ask questions about other group members opinions.
Use of Technology
Describe all the ways your group used technology. Were you familiar with these digital tools before this assignment or was this your first time using any of them?
All the members in my group used laptops to access our shared word document. We all have used Microsoft Word before and I have experience with sharing documents so more than one person has access to them.
We also used Edublog. All our group members have used this in the school year. Our group did have to experiment with how we could represent our solution in each of our blog posts.
Distribution of Tasks
Describe how tasks were distributed in your group.
Our group decided that it would be best if we split the work by days. One person did Monday and Wednesday and another member did Tuesday and Thursday. The third member of our group did Friday but they also found a new recipe for our group to use in the solution. We did our best to make everything equal.
My Work and Contribution
What tasks did you complete? When I look at your group’s solution, where can I see evidence of your contribution?
I completed the final solution and justified Monday and Wednesday.
In the final solution I also completed the solution and justified Thursday because one of my group members did not complete his part of the project.
I also rewrote the problem for my group.