Problem
The problem is that the family wants to have everyone cook at least once a week and that the meals are spread evenly among their strengths and weaknesses. The meal plan should be able to fluidly spread among their weekly activities. The family wants to know who, when, what, dinner will be cooked.
Solution
| Days | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Who will cook | Teen 2 | Teen 1 | Parent A | Parent B | Parent A |
| What recipe will they cook | Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas | Black Bean Tacos | Beef and Spinach Lasagna | Chickpea Cauliflower Curry | Ginger-glazed salmon |
| What portion of the recipe | Full recipe | Full Recipe | Quarter recipe | Half Recipe | Full recipe |
| What time dinner will be ready | Start at 4:30 pm Be ready by 5:30 pm | Start at 5:45pm Be ready by 6:00pm | Start at 4:55 pm Be ready by 6:15 pm | Start at 5:45 pm Be ready by 6:15 pm | Start at 5:55 pm Be ready by 6:15 pm |
| Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas Ingredients 1 red pepper, cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices. 1 orange pepper, cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices. 1 red onion, cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices. 3 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tbsp chili powder. 1/2 tsp salt. 1/4 tsp pepper. 1 lb. chicken breasts, cut into strips 12 corn tortillas (6-inch/15 cm), warmed 1 cup guacamole 1/2 cup cilantro leaves 1 cilantro leaves | Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas Recipe Step 1: Preheat air fryer to 375°F (190°C). In large bowl, combine red and orange bell peppers, red onion, vegetable oil, chili powder, salt and pepper until well coated; add chicken, stirring to coat well Step 2: In batches, arrange chicken mixture in air fry tray; cook for 15 to 18 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Step 3: Serve chicken mixture with warmed tortillas, guacamole, cilantro and lime wedges. |
Justification
I believe that our plan will work well, because we carefully thought out and planned each step in detail. We each picked our own person freely and went to work looking at the table and deciding which meals will work on which days. For the one personal recipe, I found an online recipe for air fryer chicken fajitas. All of our group members decided that it was the best recipe that fits our timetable. On Monday we made it so it fits parent b’s timetable, and on Tuesday we made it so it could fit with teen 2’s schedule. Wednesday was easy, and on Thursday it was made to fit teen 1. Friday was hard because of the teen at work but it was okay to skip out dinner one day for them.
References
Collaboration Reflection
In our group we had a team word document, that we all could edit at any time and that we could all share our ideas on. For technology i used my laptop. I was comfortable with it, because i had done projects with it before. Tasks were distributed evenly in our group, so that means everyone had to do something. My tasks were to find the online recipe and write down the steps. You can see the steps on this post. Everyone in our group contributed fairly evenly, with some exceptions if they were missing.