Smoothies - Home Economics

 Today in HE we made smoothies and some were delicious and some were gross. When we got into the kitchen we did our per usual things as I always say at the start on every HE blog post. When we were finished doing that we went to our working table each group had a different recipe to make smoothies. Our group had to make the mango and banana smoothie and it was alright, when every group finished making there smoothies we had to go around each table and try them to see what one was better and we had to write it down with the results. Here are all of the ingredients for the smoothies and the full results. 

...........................................................................................................................................................................

The frozen fruit yogurt smoothie: 

Ingredients:

Sorry but I forgot to to write down the ingredients

Results:

9/10

This smoothie was quiet thick but it taste delicious, this smoothie actually was 1 of the best smoothies that one group made today. This smoothie actually tasted like a smoothie but the other ones just tasted like a soft drink.

The flavour was quiet delicious with all of the fruit that they had in it

I definitely would have again

........................................................................................................................................................................

Fresh fruity breakfast smoothie:

Ingredients:

1 cup cold milk or soy milk

1 weet-bix (crumbled up)

1 banana, chopped

1/2 cup fresh or frozen berries

Results:

1/10

This smoothie mostly tasted like a weet-bix smoothie and it was awful. I love weet-bix by itself but not in a smoothie.

The smoothie was very thick, chewy and disgusting. It was not a smoothie it was like a chewy disgusting thick shake. This would be good for a morning smoothie / thick shake as it has weet-bix in it

I would definitely not have it again.

........................................................................................................................................................................

Peach yogurt smoothie:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup sliced peaches (fresh, frozen, or well drained tinned chopped peaches)

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

1/2 cup very cold milk (best frozen in an ice cube tray beforehand)

1 T honey

Vanilla ice cream (optional ingredient)

Results:

Sorry but I forgot to write down the results for this smoothie

...........................................................................................................................................................................

 Super berry smoothie: 

Ingredients:

125g frozen mixed berries eg raspberries, strawberry's, blueberry's

125ml yogurt

50ml cold milk

10 - 15g rolled oats

1 tsp honey

Results:

1/10

This smoothie tasted very sour and it tasted disgusting. The smoothie was very chewy and thick and it just wasn't the one for me

I probably would have again

..........................................................................................................................................................................

Easy banana ice cream smoothie: Was made in a food processor

Ingredients:

2 or 3 bananas (peeled, sliced and frozen)

Results:

6/10

This smoothie tasted quiet nice and cold because the bananas were very cold from when they were in the freezer for a few hours.

The texture was quiet thin and chewy, the texture was also very runny 

I probably would have again

...........................................................................................................................................................................

Our group: Mango and banana smoothie

Ingredients:

½ tin well drained mango slices (cut into pieces)

1 banana - sliced

200ml orange juice or pineapple juice (cold)

½ small apple - optional (cut into small pieces)

2 or 3 small ice cubes

Results:

8/10

Our smoothie tasted quiet sweet and moist, It was good compared to most of the groups

The flavour was alright but it wasn't the best but It would of been better if there was ice.

From my perspective I probably wouldn't have often but I would have it again sometime

........................................................................................................................................................................

The mystery smoothie:

For this smoothie no one knew what was in this smoothie except for the group that had made this smoothie. In this smoothie there was a special ingredient that no one knew what it was.

Ingredients:

Ice cream

Yogurt

Mixed berry's eg  raspberries, strawberry's, blueberry's

Milk

Weet-bix

Honey

Vanilla essence

Results:

12/10

This smoothie was the best one of all because it was just right, it had all of the ingredients mixed together and it was delicious. I was surprised because I didn't know there was honey or vanilla essence in it until our teacher told us all of the ingredients.

I definitely would have it again, I could have it everyday if I could.

The special ingredient was the vanilla essence

...........................................................................................................................................................................

Here are photos of us making the smoothie and our ingredients:

Rice paper spring rolls - Home Economics

 Today in Home Economics we made rice paper spring rolls. First when we got into the kitchen we did our per usual thing which is to put on out aprons, wash our hands, Wash our working table and look at the recipe so you know what you are making. I dont know know why everytime I make a blog for home economics I always say what we do when we first get into the kitchen. Here are the ingredients that we used.

Ingredients:

12 rice paper sheets

½ avocado, sliced

½ cup coriander, chopped roughly

¼ cup Thai
basil leaves

1 carrot, sliced finely

¼ cucumber, sliced finely

1 cup lettuce, sliced finely

½ cup bean sprouts

¼ cup peanuts, roasted and chopped

½ cup cooked chicken, sliced

Here is a photo of the recipe we used.

Sorry I took photos but I dont know where they went.

Skills learnt - How to make rice paper spring rolls

Sensory evaluation - The rice paper spring rolls wernt that nice because of the texture, the texture tasted really tangi and the feel of the rice paper spring rolls in your mouth feels like a wet condom. It would of been better if there were sauces to choose from. We had no chicken so it didn't taste that nice.

Rate the food: 5/10

Could do differently: What we could of did differently was to make sure that there was all of the ingredients we needed especially some sauces and chicken to go in them. If the rice paper didn't feel like a condom and there was all of the ingredients the springs rolls would of been good,

How did the team work together: The team worked really good this time because everyone was there and participating. The team worked good because everyone was helping getting the ingredients and heling each other. 

Home Economics - Steak Sandwiches

This week in HE we made steak sandwiches and they were way better and delicious than I thought they would be like. First when we got into the kitchen we got our aprons on, washed our hands and washed our table ready to cook. After that we got our recipe and looked at it. Then we got our mese on play ready and if you don't know what that is it is where we have to get our ingredients ready on our table for the lesson. After that we started cooking.

Ingredients:

- Lettuce

- Steak

- Cheese

- Tomato

- 3 bread buns

- Mayo

- Tomato sauce

- Seasoning

Here is a photo of the recipe for the steak sandwiches.

Here is a photo of our ingredients.

Here are a couple of photos of the steak cooking.

Skills learnt: How to cook stripes of steak

Sensory Evaluation: The steak sandwiches tasted really good because the steak was seasoned almost perfectly and the steak wasn't chewy. It looked like a steak sandwich but in a bread roll not in pieces of bread. The smell was amazing because the steak was seasoned good which maked it smelt better.

Rate the food: 9/10

Could do differently: What we could of did differently was to make sure the whole team was there because one of my teammates was there for about 20 minutes and then he went to sport photos and the other two people were at the sport photos for the whole lesson until the end.

How did the team work together: The team worked badly because Tobey and I was the only one in the team for about 20 minutes but the steak sandwich's turned out better than they would if the team was there. 

Sorry I forgot to take the photos of the finished product, I am really bad at taking photos because when I am doing something that I like I forget to take photos.

HE - Stir Fry

Last week in cooking we made Stir Fry, first when I got into the kitchen I got my apron on and sprayed the table and ect for my group to get ready for the lesson. After all of that was finished we got into our group and read the recipe. After that we got our mese on play ready and started making the stir fry.

Ingredients:
70g chicken (1breast)
1 carrot
1 onion
3-4 pieces of broccoli
1 zucchini2T sesame oil
1 pkt 2min noodles

Method:
1. Chop up chicken into strips
2. Place in glass bowl with sesame oil
3. Chop up vegetables in julienne strips
4. Saute chicken and onions together, Saute means to brown
5. Add broccoli and carrots and cook for 5 minutes
6. Add remaining vegetables of your choice and cook for a further 5 minutes
7. Boil a pot of water
8. Place the broken noodles into the boiling water and cook for 2 minutes 
9. Drain noodles in a colander and add to the vegetable and chicken mixture
10. Serve

Sensory evaluation: 

Smell: It smelt fresh but strong

Taste: It was salty and tangy

Sight: It looked like a golden brown colour

Rating from 1 - 5:

Probably 4 out of 5 because some colours like red were missing and some flavours but it was still delicious

What I would do differently: I would add more colours and flavours to just give it an extra taste

Our team worked well although Tobey and I did most of the work because the other 2 people in our group was mucking around and eating some of the veggies why we were cooking.