1. Today Monday May 30, 2011 I made a meal for my family. For supper the menu was cedar-planked salmon with apple, pecan and feta salad; and grilled sweet potato wedges.
2. I went shopping at the super Wal-Mart. My mom was busy in another part of Wal-Mart so I had to shop for all the ingredients by myself. I was surprised to see that it was difficult. I had to walk up and down the aisles multiple times and even had to ask someone who worked there to help me find the pecans. It took me about an hour to find and buy all the ingredients.
This was my shopping list:
· Spring greens
· Pecans
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| I don't know why my sister Portia wanted to be in the picture. |
· Feta cheese
· Parsley
· Apple cider vinegar
· Extra virgin olive oil
· Apple juice
· Honey
· Sweet potatoes
· Canola oil
· Maple syrup
· Dijon mustard
· Salmon
· Lemons
· Sour cream
The rest of the ingredients I already had at home.
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| I had chives growing in my garden at home. |
3.
There were many steps necessary in preparing the food. For the cedar-planked salmon I had soak the cedar plank in water and make a lemon sauce. As well I had to prepare a dill sauce to go with the cedar-planked salmon. For the grilled sweet potato wedges I had to wash the sweet potatoes, boil them until they were soft, and then cut them into wedges, cover them in oil and rub and finish it with a mustard and maple syrup glaze. For the apple, pecan and feta salad I had to toast the pecans, wash and cut the apples, crumble the cheeses and make a vinaigrette dressing.
The serving of the meal was pretty easy. My family always just puts all the food on the table and then pick our own food. So that what I did I put the food on serving plates with serving spoons and put it on the table. Everyone dug in they were hungry because the food took a while to make.
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| Apple, pecan and feta salad. |
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| Cedar-planked potatoes and grilled sweet potato wedges barbequing in the rain. |
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| Dill sauce for the cedar-planked salmon. |
4. It took lots of time to prepare the meal. It took me an hour to shop for ingredients. As well it took me an hour and half to actually prepare and cook the meal. It took me very little time to serve the meal since I just put it on the table. It took me 45 minutes to clean up after the meal.
In total I spent three hours and fifteen minutes to make this whole meal.
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| Roasting the pecans took ten minutes. |
5. For my meal I used a casual table setting.
6. The equipment I used to prepare this meal was measuring spoons and cups, knives, forks, spoons, grater and flipper.
7. Canada Food Guide
In the average plate there were:
· 3 servings of fruits and vegetables
Ø Salad greens
Ø Apples
Ø Sweet Potatoes
· 1 serving of dairy
Ø Dill Sauce
Ø Feta cheese
· 1 serving of meats and alternatives
Ø Salmon
Ø Pecans
· 1 Serving of Fats and others
Ø Salad dressing
8. Yes I believe my family enjoyed the meal I prepared there comments were all positive. Except for my five year old brother who doesn’t like the type of food I cooked yet. They had good reaction to the meal but my parents said they were surprised.
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| Dylan |
9.
1. Mostly everything went well when I prepared my meal. Even though it took me an hour and half to make. Everything tasted good except for the vinaigrette for the salad but that’s just because I don’t like vinaigrette, but my mom liked it.
The things that didn’t go so well was the Ceader plank burnt so I guess it wasn’t soaked long enough even though I soaked it for an hour. If I were to make this recipe I would soak the plank overnight. As well with grilled sweet potato wedges I boiled them first until they were soft and then I barbecued them. If I were to make this recipe again I would boil them the night before so they would be hard enough to cut into wedges and actually make crispy on the barbeque. As well if I were to make the apple, pecan and feta salad again I would use a different salad dressing. Also if I were to make these recipes again I would do them on a nicer day so I wouldn’t have to barbeque while it was raining outside.
Overall everything went well and the meal tasted very good. I would make it again. I fi would make a few changes like boil the sweet potatoes until they were soft the night before, soak the Ceader plank overnight and use a different salad dressing for the salad. Making this meal took a lot of time and work, but it was still fun.
10. The most enjoyable part of the meal preparation was making all the sauces and glazes. It was fun to add all the ingredients then taste it and see if it needed more of something or not.
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| Maple syrup and Dijon mustard glaze for the grilled sweet potato wedges. |
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| Vinaigrette for the apple, pecan and feta salad. |
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| Lemon mixture for the ceader-planked salmon. |
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