Souvlaki - Home Economics

The task: Today's assignment was to create souvlaki within the time we had. It was a very tough recipe to follow and assign jobs to my other teammates however we managed well.

The process:  Each person in my group was assigned a certain job which was on the recipe such as one person made the garnish (Which was me) and the other two in my group worked together to make the marinade for the beef. While cooking the beef the others prepped the rest of the garnish and cleaned the area.

Skills within the team: Everyone was productive though at some points I had to tell one of my teammates multiple times their job.

Feedback: Positive feedback once again from someone in my class student stating it was great and they loved it so I was thrilled to hear it.

Next steps for myself: Next steps would be to keep working on getting everything ready at the right time and not be behind the class.

Here are my images of the prepped garnish followed by the beef being marinated aswell as my souvlaki finihsed and made.

   

Pad Thai - Home Economics

Pad Thai 

The task: The task today was to prep and cook Pad Thai within the time we have.

The process: The recipe had been written on,  giving us assigned tasks. I had the job of prepping the ingredients such as spring onion, bean sprouts and almonds for after the cooked outcome (I also cut the chicken into slightly thin stips). My other teammates had the role of getting the noodle rice in the pots to boiling point and marinating the chicken. I cooked the chicken for a while and we took turns with watching it as I peeled and crushed the almonds. We all participated with the sauce getting all the liquids. I cooked the chicken for a while, we took turns with watching it on the stove as I stripped and crushed the almonds.

Skills within the team: The team done well though we did have a bit of a problem as we misread the recipe and added ingredients to our chicken which was not what the instructions had said but we managed to fix it up as much as we could. Some teammates still need working on with not listening but we prepared and cooked this dish well.

Feedback: I received feedback from another group in my class and they mentioned it is much better than their own they had cooked so I was relieved to hear that.

Next steps for myself: Next steps would be watching my group more so we no mistakes are made, and making sure we had all the ingredients that we need at the start instead of forgetting some things.

Pizza

Pizza

The task: The task today was to create a pizza in the time that we had (though our teacher got confused with the days so we were rushed).

The process: First we gathered all our topping ingredients and the dry ingredients for the dough. Then I diced the onions, cut the peppers into small squares and the mushrooms followed by pineapple. While I was doing that my other teammate was cutting the salami and ham into shreds. Then another teammate was busy kneading the dough and separating it. At that point, it was time to put the toppings of our choice onto our little pizza.

Skills within the team: My team worked well, best we've been so far. Most participated in the jobs and there was no attitude from anyone today which was good.

Feedback: I received feedback from another school student saying it was very good and the toppings were great.

Next steps for myself: The next steps would be to continue working on my behavior and getting everything organized and make sure everyone has a job to do.

Vegetarian sushi

Vegetarian Sushi

The task; The task today was to prepare and make sushi rolls. Starting by washing and cutting the carrots, cucumber, celery, and peppers into long skinny log strips. Then using bamboo sushi rolling mat we spread the rice to the edges apart from leaving a 2cm gap at the start for the rolling space onto the seaweed followed by the pre-cut veggies and we rolled.

Skills within the team; The group done extremely well, prepared everything correctly. They were also happy with the outcome of their sushi rolls.

Improvements; Some need to continue improving their listening and following instructions.

Feedback; The feedback I was given from another student in our class that I had given my sushi to said it was better than their sushi they made so I am happy with the feedback.

Next steps for myself; Not getting annoyed over the teammate's actions at times when they aren't listening.

Fish and chips

Fish and chips

Task; Our task was to cook and make fish and chips within our group.

Skills within our team; My group worked well better than last time. some worked better than others with the instructions.

Improvements; Having less of an attitude, listening to instructions or what they need to do that was given the leader, follow the recipe properly and carefully.

Feedback; I collected feedback from one of my friends and they said the chips were well cooked and seasoned well.

Texture; The fish was cooked good and proper. the chips were aswell they needed a little more cooking for some.

Next step; Getting jobs that are given done and not standing around

The process; We gathered the raw ingredients such as the potatoes and raw fish. we washed and the potatoes up into long chip-like pieces after drying them and after we cut the fish into four even pieces and seasoned them both and put them in the oven.

Jam Drops

Jam drops
The task; The task was to create jam drops within our team successfully in an hour.

Improvements; Adding ingredients at the right time, having everything in the oven on time.

feedback; I received positive feedback from a staff member saying they were very yummy.

The texture. The color looked fairly well done though the process the mixture wasn't right.

The next steps for myself will be organizing my teammates with jobs evenly and making sure others are getting involved not standing around and checking to see if they are correctly following instructions.