Mise En Place
The application of mise en place in food preparation is important. It is because one prepares and lays out all the ingredients and have them ready to go before starting to cook. Therefore, one makes a list of all ingredients and makes sure they are available, laying them on the kitchen table each for better preparation.
Food Safety
The following food safety principles were observed:
Thoroughly washing hands with soap and water before handling any food
Observing clean appliances as well as kitchen surfaces
Separating different foods like fresh produce from poultry and raw seafood when chopping them
Storing all foods at recommended temperatures-hot foods at 140ºF or above and cold foods at 40ºF or below
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Challenges/Mistakes
When preparing the food, I found myself omitting some instructions and made assumptions before thoroughly reading the recipe. To avoid this, I realized I had to understand the steps in the recipe for full preparation while cooking.
Tastes and Flavors
My favorite taste in the lab was almonds. They have a rich, crunchy taste, unlike regular peanuts. However, t here were no new flavors, tastes, or spices that were new to me.
Culinary Creative License
There are many ways of modifying the quinoa cake recipe. One could add lime or lemon, capers, hummus, or eggplant. Adding the lime or lemon and capers gives the dish a zesty, rich flavor. Capers contain an earthy, salty taste and they perfectly blend with the lemon zest. The hummus is also good at binding the ingredients before cooking the patties. Additionally, one can also add a spice blend that contains paprika, ground cumin, chili, coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried ginger, and white pepper, as well as dried turmeric.
Cost of Recipe
Quinoa: $1.27/cup
Eggs: $2.83/18
Spinach: $2.97/6 cups
Red Peppers: $2.99/3 cups
Feta Cheese: $6.49/16 oz.
Roasted Red Peppers: $3.29/jar
Oil: $8.99/16 oz.
Onions: .50 each
Almonds: $1.37/cup
Red Wine Vinegar: $1.29/16 oz.
Tahini: $ 5.99/24 oz.
Quinoa: 0.635
Eggs: 0.157
Spinach: 0.2475
Red peppers: 3.6
Roasted Red peppers: 3.29
Feta cheese: 0.8
Oil: 0.56
Almonds: 0.34
Red wine vinegar: 0.08
Tahini: 0.02
Total cost of Quinoa cake= $9.73
Professional Application
By participating in this program, I have grown as a future dietetic professional. I have learned about health and nutritional facts about various foods as well as their calories. I have also understood the purpose of how nutrition provides the body with what it needs to repair and build itself. Also, the fact of preparing healthy tasty food has exposed me to a lot of innovative ideas on healthy dishes. Based on an individual’s needs and medical condition, I can alter someone’s nutrition to improve their eating lifestyle.
