What is homemade pasta? Don't we already make pasta at home? What is the difference? I guess I should have said FRESH pasta. Pasta is a noodle made with eggs, oil and flour, there are many different shapes and uses. Macaroni is a tube shaped pasta, from here you can get shaped pastas like shells, rigatoni and rotini. These are great for hearty thick pastas that will really hold their sauce. Now, we are going to start with gnocchi (knee-o-key) a pillowy type of dumpling made with mashed potatoes, these are best with a simple tomato (pomodoro) sauce. The second recipe we will try is Bon Appetit's fresh pasta with Alfredo sauce, our two versions are the traditional pasta a beurre and north American Alfredo with whipping cream and cheese. When making gnocchi DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH or gluten, but with fresh pasta you need the gluten to stretch so we knead for 10 minutes. Finally with our remaining pasta dough, we are making scratch lasagne with fresh pasta noodles and bechamel sauce. This is delicious! We're using ground beef and sweet Italian sausage. I am making one with plant based meats and we will compare the tastes. When we first start our block, we will make our breadstick dough, you are able to add seasoning to it or just have it plain. The dough does need to rise before we shape and bake it, so we must start this first.
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This week we are on a comfort food, macaroni and cheese extravaganza! Tuesday we did a blind taste testing of boxed macaroni and cheese, in block 7- Annies Organics was the undisputed winner! Second choice was KD (Kraft Dinner), and 2 people (Kian and Ms. Lewis) found No Name brand to their liking. Wednesday, we tried 6 different popular Baked Mac & Cheese recipes. Much to my disappointment, the butternut squash from the Fraiche food website and Gordon Ramsay's Cauliflower were the least popular. Of the remaining 4, the top choice was the gooey Mac and Cheese modified from Companies Coming, there is something warm and nostalgic of the orange creamy cheese with a crunchy cracker topping. Not to be forgotten Martha Stewart, The Pioneer Woman and the Chunky Chef have really good salty buttery warm hug. Finally, on Thursday...it's a Kraft Dinner Challenge! I will give each partner group a box of KD and it's up to YOU, to modify and pump it up! Think of it this way- when you live on your own, you may have to budget your food bill and KD is quite reasonably priced. What will you do? Again, we will do a sampling of the different options. Does food that is ethically grown taste better? Is it better for the planet, is it healthier? Whats the big deal with not drinking cows milk? These are questions that we should be asking ourselves when thinking about what to eat. I truly believe you can taste the difference, putting a little love into everything you make matters. There are a lot of people who are unable to consume regular or dairy milk, but still wish to have it in coffee, cereal or just to drink. Plant based milks are an option for this reason as well as many others. Some of the milks we have are; rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, almond milk, oat milk, or hemp milk. The highest protein content is typically cow, soy and pea milk, there is flavour for every taste. The happiness and health of the animals that provide us with food (whether eggs, milk or meat) matters. A stressed animal could transfer negative or stressed energy (for lack of a better word) to their tissues. I have a picture of 3 different yolks, in this photo... there is a free range (happy chicken from a farm) egg, a cage free egg and a battery hen egg (mass produced). What do you notice? Finally we are testing the milks by making a simple biscuit/ scone recipe ...this is a great way to bake something filling, tasty and simple by using the biscuit technique. What is the difference between baking powder and baking soda? Remember DO NOT OVERWORK THE DOUGH ! translated if it's sticky you've played with it too much. Sometimes life just isn't fair! Calories and junk food comes to mind. You try and eat right (most of the time) but every so often you just want chips, snacks and fries...What to do? We are exploring healthier options to dreaded junk food. We are or have made the following items, everything from sweet, to salty ..fruit to vegetables. Try everything, even if you don't think you like it. Here are our recipes over the past week. Kale chips, zucchini chips, apple crisp, granola bars, oven fries, sweet potato fries, baked zucchini sticks and Kentucky fried cauliflower. Don't forget to document everything, what did you notice when making the items? overcooked kale, starch on spf? wet cauliflower? Today we made the fries, I perked it up a little bit by sharing aged white cheddar, home made gravy and chipotle mayo. I hope you are enjoying preserving and preparing veggies - a healthier alternative.
Over the last 10 days we have explored the classroom, made three recipes, watched the movie Contagion and worked on safety in the classroom. Today you will be updating your learning journey by creating 4 different posts. There are as follows with the links attached. Please remember to use proper punctuation, grammar and writing skills.
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