Problem

A family wants to make a plan for the week which includes everyone. They want to know who will cook each day, what will be made, how much to make, and at what time will dinner be ready. They want this plan to not interrupt their weekly activities. 

Solution

Justification

For Monday, We chose Parent A to make the meal, since they get off work earlier than Parent B and the food can be ready for Parent B and the teens when they get home. We chose for them to make Chicken Noodle Soup, since it only takes 45 minutes to make, and it has more than enough servings for each family member. For Tuesday, we chose for Teen 1 to make the food, so that the parents have a break from making the food, and so Teen 2 can have time to get ready for their soccer practice. We chose to have them make a grilled cheese sandwich, since it’s a nice and easy meal for everyone, and the recipe we found only takes 15 minutes to make. For Wednesday, We chose Parent A to help Teen 2, so that Teen 2 gets a turn to cook and because Teen 2 needs help with recipes that aren’t super easy. We chose for them to make Black Bean Tacos, since it only takes 15 minutes to make, and it makes exactly 4 servings (one for each family member). For Thursday, we chose parent B to help Teen 2, so that parent B can have a turn making dinner with one of the teens; specifically Teen 2 since Teen 1 is at basketball until 5:15. We chose for them to make Vegetable Pad Thai, since It’s a nice meal with more than enough servings for each family member and it only takes 35 minutes to make. Finally, for Friday we chose for Parent B to make dinner, since they can start dinner right when they get home from work. We chose for them to make Ginger Glazed Salmon, because there is enough servings so that Parent A, Parent B, and Teen 2 can all eat, while leaving one serving for Teen 1 when they get home from work. Plus, it only takes 20 minutes to make.

References

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a19610233/how-to-make-best-grilled-cheese/

Collaboration Reflection

Our group communicated and shared information with each other in lots of ways. During work blocks, we were constantly working together to create our meal plan, coming to each other with ideas and questions, and frequently updating each other on what we were working on. We also recorded shared ideas in our joint word document, and contacted group members with updates when they missed a day. We also used technology in many different ways. We used it to look at the instructions and requirements for this project on teams, we looked at the reference material posted in the teams assignment, we used outlook to email our group members whenever they missed a day, we used our shared word document to collaborate together and share information, and we used edublog to create these posts containing all our information about our project. I was familiar with all these digital tools before this assignment, having used teams, word, and outlook in previous school years, and having used edublog earlier when completing the About Me assignment. The tasks were distributed evenly in our group. We worked together on completing the questions on day 1 and brainstorming our ideas for our meal plan. For individual work, everyone was assigned certain day(s) to complete on our meal plan table. For my personal contribution to our group’s solution, as seen above on the table, I completed the plan for Monday and Thursday. I also did my best to assist my other group members with any questions they had or anything else I could help with.