A Sweet Treat

Rocky Road Brownies

Ingredients

2 eggs

½ cup sugar

1 tbsp vanilla

½ cup cocoa

½ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

½ cup flour

1 cup marshmallow

1 tbsp butter

Procedure:

1.      Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2.      Prepare a 9 x 10 or 8 x 8 pan with parchment paper

3.      In a mixing bowl combine baking powder, cocoa, salt and flour

4.      In another mixing bowl, combine eggs, sugar, vanilla and marshmallow crème

5.      To make marshmallow crème: heat (using stove top or microwave) 1 cup of marshmallow’s and 1 tbsp of butter, stir until mixture is combined and the consistency is like a glue.

6.      Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients

7.      If you are using a 9 x 10 pan bake for 20-22 minutes, if you are using a 8 x 8 pan bake for 22-25 minutes

8.      Let cool for 10 minutes, cut using hot knife.

Quick Reminder

Your Unit 1 test is tomorrow. Make sure you have reviewed chapters 1-4 of the text book as well as the kitchen safety guidelines and kitchen rules.

Good Luck!

Recipe Search (Wednesday, Sept 29)

During this computer lab you will be required to find two recipes using the internet. The link below guides you in how to write a recipe, it includes all the information that is necessary in a good recipe.  Using this guideline I want you to find a recipe for something sweet and a recipe for a Thanksgiving side dish.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2057715_write-recipe.html

Recipe #1 – A Sweet Treat

In chapter 3 of our text book we learned that eating patterns are very important for children. We also know that it is no surprise that sweets are a part of our diet. We are going to combine these two ideas to come up with a ‘sweet treat’. We are going to take a few ideas out of the book Deceptively Delicious, written by Jessica Seinfeld. Read the paragraphs below to get an idea of what her book is about.

It has become common knowledge that childhood obesity rates are increasing every year. But the rates continue to rise. And between busy work schedules and the inconvenient truth that kids simply refuse to eat vegetables and other healthy foods, how can average parents ensure their kids are getting the proper nutrition and avoiding bad eating habits?
As a mother of three, Jessica Seinfeld can speak for all parents who struggle to feed their kids right and deal nightly with dinnertime fiascos. As she wages a personal war against sugars, packaged foods, and other nutritional saboteurs, she offers appetizing alternatives for parents who find themselves succumbing to the fastest and easiest (and least healthy) choices available to them. Her modus operandi? Her book is filled with traditional recipes that kids love, except they're stealthily packed with veggies hidden in them so kids don't even know! With the help of a nutritionist and a professional chef, Seinfeld has developed a month's worth of meals for kids of all ages that includes, for example, pureed cauliflower in mac and cheese, and kale in spaghetti and meatballs. She also provides revealing and humorous personal anecdotes, tear–out shopping guides to help parents zoom through the supermarket, and tips on how to deal with the kid that "must have" the latest sugar bomb cereal.
But this book also contains much more than recipes and tips. By solving problems on a practical level for parents, Seinfeld addresses the big picture issues that surround childhood obesity and its long–term (and ruinous) effects on the body. With the help of a prominent nutritionist, her book provides parents with an arsenal of information related to kids' nutrition so parents understand why it's important to throw in a little avocado puree into their quesadillas. She discusses the critical importance of portion size, and the specific elements kids simply must have (as opposed to adults) in order to flourish now and in the future: protein, calcium, vitamins, and Omega 3 and 6 fats.
Jessica Seinfeld's book is practical, easy–to–read, and a godsend for any parent that wants their kids to be healthy for a long time to come.

Your task is to find a recipe that fits with the guidelines for writing a recipe as well as healthy eating for children. Highlight, in 3 sentences, what makes this recipe so different, and why you chose this recipe. Type out your recipe and your response to the two questions and hand them in to Ms. Vance.

 

T-T-T-Tacos

T-T-T-Tacos

10 Taco Shells (soft or hard)
1 lb Lean ground beef
1 pkg Taco seasoning
1 cup Cheese
1-2 Tomatoes
1/4 Head of Lettuce
2-3 Green Onions
1/2 cup Salsa
1/2 cup Sour Cream

Procedure
1. Crumble ground beef in a skillet (frying pan), cook over medium heat stirring with a wooden or plastic spoon to break up meat. When pink is no longer visible, drain excess fat from meat into container indicated by teacher.

2. Add taco seasoning to meat and stir in thoroughly, still over medium heat. When ready, put meat mixture in a serving bowl.

3. Using a hand grater or box grater, using coarse edge, grate cheese into a bowl.

4. Remove core from tomato, then with a sharp, serrated knife carefully dice tomato on a cutting board. Put diced tomato into a bowl.

5. Remove outer damaged leaves from lettuce. Lay wedge on a cutting board and shred using a sharp knife. Put shredded lettuce into a bowl.

6. On a cutting board, using a paring knife, cut the root ends off the green onions and trim off the tip of green ends. Remove outer layer of onion. To chop green onion, simply slice off into small pieces. Put onion into a bowl.

7. Heat taco shells in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes. If using soft tortillas, heat on high in microwave for 1 minute.

Unit 1 TEST!

Hey Foodies

Your first test is on Thursday, September 30th!

You will need to know Chapters 1 through 4 as well as kitchen safety.

Ms. Vance

Obesity Articles

Hi,

Here is the link to the article on Childhood Obesity
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/31/f-physed-obesity.html

and the link to the study conducted in Montreal
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/01/22/mtl-obesechildren0122.html

Ms. V

Quick and Easy Pizza Recipe

Quick and Easy Pizza

2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 pkg Instant Yeast
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Granulated sugar
3/4 cup Very hot water
1 tsp Vegetable oil
1 1/2 Cup Mozzarella cheese
1/2 pkg Pepperoni
1/2 can Tomato sauce


Preheat oven to 425 degrees
In a medium bowl, combine 1 1/2 cup of the flour, yeast, salt and sugar
In another bowl, combine hot water and oil
Gradually add hot liquid to flour mixture
Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of flour onto the work surface
Knead dough for about 5 minutes, or until dough is elastic and flour is totally combined
Divide dough into one piece per person, and form each into a ball.
Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 10 minutes
While waiting, grate the cheese and cut up the pepperoni
When 10 minutes is up, flatten dough with rolling pin
Place on baking sheet when the desired shape of dough has been accomplished
Add the sauce, cheese and pepperoni
Bake for 10-12 minutes (watch carefully near the end to prevent browning the crust too much)

Enjoy!

Web Quest!

Here is the link to the Web Quest you will be completing today.  Just click on the link below and follow the instructions after reading the Introduction.

http://www.stbern.com/Classroom%20Pages/computer/Nutrition%20Web%20Quest/nutrition_webquest_intro.htm

Please let me know if you have any problems :)

HFN201

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