Task Sheet

Assignment Questions:

1. Investigate lifestyle habits and diseases by:
1. Identifying circumstances which may lead to special food needs.
2. Selecting and justifying food choices for a variety of special needs.
3. Designing menu items suitable for people with special food needs or habits.
4. Producing menu items for selected needs.

Circumstances that may lead to special food needs include diseases that you may have brought on yourself, certain food needs may be hereditary, or food needs that are unique to you. If your intake of sugar is too high then you may end up with diabetes, there for you bring that on yourself. If you decide that you want to be a vegetarian then you have to stick to a diet without meat and that decision becomes your lifestyle choice. In other cases you may inherit a genetic disease such as an iron deficiency, therefor you would need to increase your intake of food that are high in iron. You could also suffer from a gluten intolerance which may not be hereditary but unique to you. 

If a person is dangerously overweight then you would need to design a meal plan that is low in carbohydrates and food that is low in fat. Basic meals would be ideal for a person that is suffering with weight issues as natural, low sugar, unprocessed ingredients are the best. A few examples of meal that would be perfect for this person would be; for breakfast, a white egg omelette with mushrooms, spinach, tomato, ricotta cheese, avocado, shallots, rocket and pepper. For a light lunch a salad would be ideal with pumpkin and chickpeas and a simple meal like lean steak and steamed vegetables would be ideal for dinner as this meal provides protein and vital nutrients and vitamins. 

Food Order List: Apple Custard Tarts & Banana Cake

Food Order Sheet: Rice Pudding

Assignment 3

Today I found out that because Jazmin has missed so much school, she only has to focus on Math and English this term, which means that she is no longer my partner and I am working with Sophie and Georgia again. I am not sure yet if Jazmin will be at school when I have the practical lesson, but if she is then she said she can help me cook. In this lesson I sat with Georgia and Sophie and I told them that we had to work on our lesson flow plan for our recipes, and we decided that I would do the rice pudding flow plan and they would do the Apple Custard Tart flow plan and then we would do the Banana recipe flow plan together, when I finished the rice pudding flow plan I found that they hadn't even started. I have worked in a team before where I do all the work and i decided not to let that happened  again so I went and asked Mrs George if I could work on my own because i would rather do all the work I had to do on my own than end up doing my work and their work. Mrs George said I could but then decided later that this assignment is meant to be done as a group which mean that I would have to work with Georgia and Sophie. I hope that they start putting some effort into the assignment because if they don't they are not only disadvantaging me but themselves. 

Assignment lesson 2

Today Jazmin returned to school so I am back with her. Although this puts me at a disadvantage because I had just completed my research on diabetes and now I have to start again but do my research on a high calcium diet, I am glad to be back with Jazmin. Mrs George said we only have to do one recipe and cook with Sophie and Georgia. Jazmin and I chose to do a rice pudding, so this lesson we found a recipe and handed in the food order list. I also started working on the research and questions. Next lesson we are cooking so I will do some work at home to make up for lost time.

Rice Pudding

Assignment

Today was a theory lesson to work on our assignments, unfortunately because Jazmin and I have both off school sick so we are behind but because I am not sure how long she will be off and could potentially miss the practical lesson, Mrs George has put me in a three with Georgia and Sophie and we are doing two recipes focused on diabetes. Today I just worked on the research process on diabetes as we had already handed in our food order list. I am a it behind so I will do some work at home to catch up. 

Beef Stoganoff

Today my partner, Jazmin, was away sick so I worked with Mady and we made beef stroganoff. She is gluten free so she could only have the beef without the pasta. For this recipe we had to boil water on the stove to cook the pasta, while Mady did this I used the electric frying pan to melt butter and fry onion until soft. Then I added the beef strips and cooked them until they were brown. Then I added the stock cube, tomato paste, mushrooms, water, and salt and pepper. Then I cooked it for 10 mins stirring occasionally. Then I added the sour cream but made sure it didn't boil. Then we divided the sauce between us and gave me all the pasta because Mady is gluten free. This meal focused on our knife skills because there was a lot of chopping involved and this recipe has the same principal as a stir-fry. THis recipe provides a healthy balance with carbohydrates from the pasta for long lasting energy and protein in the sauce. 

Beef Stroganoff