EVERYDAY CULINARY NUTRITION ASSIGNMENT

Now that you?ve reviewed and completed all of the course modules and accompanying quizzes, you are ready to put your culinary nutrition skills to the test! This assignment will do just that.

Everyone is welcome to complete the assignment and we highly encourage you to do so. However, only students who selected the Advanced level at registration will have their assignments reviewed and graded.

Please be sure you review the Assignment Submission guidelines.


THE ASSIGNMENT: 1-DAY FROM SCRATCH MEAL PLAN

Due Date: May 29th, 2020

Outline

In this assignment, you?ll create a 1-day from scratch meal plan, which you will subsequently follow for a day. This gives you the opportunity to experiment with cooking from scratch, menu planning and reducing packaging waste. Then, once you follow your menu plan, you?ll report back on your experience. We have included a template in Word for you to follow.

>>> Assignment Template


The Specifics

Part 1: Create Your 1 Day From Scratch Menu Plan

Drawing on the Everyday Culinary Nutrition course recipes, your own recipes, or recipes from other sources (cookbooks, blogs, magazines, etc.), create a 1-day menu plan. Your menu plan must include recipes for:

  1. Breakfast
  2. Lunch
  3. Dinner
  4. 1 Snack

Each recipe you include in your plan must be made with whole food ingredients that come in minimal to no packaging. Whole food ingredients means that for the most part, the ingredients you choose don?t have their own list of ingredients. Sweet potatoes, brown rice and almonds would be examples. Exceptions can obviously made for items like tofu or tamari that have short lists and cannot easily be made from scratch.

  1. In your assignment, include all corresponding recipes needed to follow the plan.
  2. Include references at the end of the assignment if the recipe was borrowed from a third party source (i.e. not one you created). Name the book, website, magazine, etc. where the recipe came from.
  3. If you use your own recipe, please indicate that is yours underneath the recipe title ? and we love when you use your own.
  4. Remember, not every meal on your plan may require an entire recipe, but may need some directions.
Part 2: Follow Your From Scratch, Low Waste Menu Plan

Follow your 1-day menu plan and report back on the experience, using the following questions as a guide:

  1. How did you like the meals and were they easy to make?
  2. Was this plan realistic to follow for one day? Was prep time reasonable?
  3. What did you enjoy about the experience of creating and following a menu plan?
  4. What would you improve on this 1 day menu for next time?
  5. Do you think you might incorporate menu planning and low-waste recipes into your regular lifestyle in the future?
Photos

Please provide a photo of each finished recipe you make (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack). That is a minimum of 4 photos, but you can include more pictures if you?d like.

Assignment Formatting:

  1. We have included an Assignment Template for you to follow
  2. Please submit a single PDF document with images embedded that includes your full meal plan, the outline of the experience and the photos (If you?re unsure how to do this, you can view the tutorial on Everyday Culinary Nutrition Tutorial Resource Page)
  3. Please include your name on the actual assignment document
  4. Font in Times or Helvetica
  5. Font size: Max 14pt, Min. 10pt

Marking Criteria

You?ll be marked on a pass/fail basis. Please include all of these components in your assignment:

  1. Complete 1-day menu plan made from scratch with breakfast, lunch, dinner and one snack
  2. Outline the experience and describe what it was like to follow the plan
  3. Photos of each recipe (minimum of 4, 1 photo per recipe)