Lab: One-Pot Dish

You will prepare a one-pot dish (it can be done in a pan, pot, casserole, or slow cooker) from scratch. Your goal is to use as many fresh and unprocessed ingredients as possible. You can take a recipe from a cookbook or the internet. You can make substitutions to make it healthier. For example, if it asks for a can of corn, you could get a fresh cob of corn to add instead. You may not be able to make many or any substitutions, and that's okay. Just make sure to make it part of your reflection in the paragraph at the end of this lab.

Here is a video you can check out for one-pot dishes to inspire you.

You can check out a variety of one-pot dishes here.

*Note: There is a costing sheet section to this lab.

Please download this document and fill it in as you do your lab. You will need to complete three sections for your lab sheet.

LAB INFORMATION

1. For this lab, you choose your own recipe. Fill in the lab sheet with your ingredients, equipment, and procedures from your chosen recipe. Then you will gather everything that you need and make your food product.

PHOTOS

2. For all labs, you need to take a minimum of 8 pictures of you preparing this product. 

  • You must be clearly visible, including your face, in at least 4 of the pictures.  You can take selfies or have a friend or family member take photos of you in action.
  • You must clearly show the steps you have taken to make the product. Take photos of yourself measuring the ingredients, dicing, sifting, cutting in, folding, rolling, whisking, flipping, etc. 
  • You must have photos of your final product. Take an image of it as a whole. Then have a final presentation image where you plate your product so that it is ready to serve. An example would be taking a photo of a pot roast and vegetable casserole from the oven. Then take a photo of the meat and vegetables nicely on a plate and ready to serve. You can even add a nice napkin and something to drink. 

EVALUATION

3. You must fill out an evaluation of your product. This includes an evaluation done by yourself and an adult. Be sure to use descriptive words and discuss the process, the product, expectations, previous experience, and anything else you observed while making this product. Use your five senses in your descriptions. Be detailed and creative with your word choice. Ask the adult who is tasting your food to do the same in their evaluation. As part of your evaluation, you will include a comparison paragraph below.

**COMPARISON PARAGRAPH**

You will make a table with two columns; label one Processed and label the other Unprocessed. Then list all the ingredients of your recipe under the appropriate title. When you have done this, write a short paragraph. Reflect on how easy it was or was not to make all your ingredients fresh and unprocessed. Do you think using only fresh ingredients makes a difference? Explain two ways you can limit processed foods in your diet based on what you’ve learned so far.

Marks: 30