Mapping it OutThis past week of working on Genius Hour has continued the planning stage. I had hoped to do a bit more cooking specifically for this project, but with traveling to the beach and seeing both family and friends throughout the week, I actually found that I had many more instances of people cooking for me than I would have otherwise. Having little to no pressure to cook, though, did give me a good opportunity to sort through recipes and make plans, though, so I want to take a moment to outline those here. Sorting and PrepMy first task this week was to figure out how to make use of my existing stack of Hello Fresh recipes from multiple weeks of receiving these in the mail. I began by taking the recipes I had and sorting them into different stacks. The first stack was for recipes that I simply didn't enjoy and wouldn't want to make again, the second was for any duplicates from my existing group, the third was for recipes that I enjoyed but that required more specialized ingredients, and finally the fourth was for recipes I want to try again on my own. In doing this, I found that I had quite a few recipes to choose from as that final stack was by far the most well-populated. This is quite fortunate as it basically guarantees that I will have a lot of variety in my recipes when I pull from this stack. All that considered, the plan for the Hello Fresh recipes will be to pick one from this stack at random each week, and I will have to make a version of that recipe using ingredients that we add as part of our weekly grocery run. I will also have to make sure that when I make this recipe that I have enough made for leftovers for both my wife and me for at least one more day afterwards. Next StepsThis upcoming week will be the first where I start documenting meals I've cooked and will begin evaluating their quality.
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AuthorMr. Barker is a high school English teacher, and this website is his contribution to his classes' Genius Hour projects. ArchivesCategories |