I am shocked that the semester is coming to a close already! It feels very surreal to be wrapping up this learning project. I have learned so much, but I also have so much more that I want to learn! Weekly Takeaways Week 1 – Turning up the Heat In my introduction post, I discussed my habits of avoiding cooking and falling back on girl dinners most nights of the week. I am excited to say that throughout this learning project, I found myself excited to cook multiple times a week, and found myself cooking and trying new things even when my weekly posts were completed. Week 2 – Cajun…

This week I wanted to use up some ingredients hiding in my pantry. Sometimes when trying new recipes, it is easy to accumulate ingredients that you usually do not gravitate towards. After rummaging around in my pantry, I found orzo left over from the week that I made Creamy Orzo Pasta. In order to use up my left over orzo, I search on Pinterest again and found a recipe called Orzo with Mushrooms on Molly’s Home Guide. Blog – Molly’s Home Guide I really enjoyed exploring Molly’s blog this week. Her blog not only focuses on cooking, but also gardening and practical home tips. While following her recipe for Orzo with…

Throughout my learning project so far, I have enjoyed using Pinterest to discover new recipes on various blogs linked within the Pinterest posts. I find that the Pinterest algorithm does a great job of curating my feed to recipes I enjoy. Some of my favourite recipes that I have tried through searching Pinterest so far include: Honey Garlic Salmon Bites Garlic Herb Roasted Potatoes Maple Dijon Salad Dressing Greek Lemon Rice I Heart Umami Blog This week, I wanted to experiment with Asian cuisine. So, I decided to turn to trusty Pinterest to look for new recipes to try. I came across a Thai recipe: Pad Woon Sen, which is…

This week I challenged myself to build a meal with more than one new recipe. I experimented with making Greek Lemon Rice. With the rice, I paired Lemon Dill Salmon and a tossed salad with a new recipe for Maple Dijon Dressing. When looking for online ways to learn this week, I needed something quick and easy due to a very busy schedule. Therefore, I turned to Pinterest for inspiration and access to new blogs. Charm Recipes The first recipe I found was for the Greek Lemon Rice on a blog called Charm Recipes. I was drawn to this recipe because I wanted to find ways to jazz up simple…

This week I explored an app, created in Berlin, called: Kitchen Stories. After downloading the app, I was inspired to look for simple and yummy recipes. Some of the elements that made this app extremely user friendly included: the ability to search recipes by ingredients you have in your house access to over 10,000 recipes the ability to create a personalized digital cookbook easy to follow step-by-step recipe guides with relevant images access to recipes made by culinary professionals Check out this news clip from YouTube talking about the app: After exploring the app more, I decided to make Chicken Fajitas. The recipe was simple and included lots of ingredients…

During reading week, I had some extra time on my hands and thought it was the perfect time to try a more time consuming activity. I knew I wanted to make a Lasagna, and I decided to see what YouTube had to offer for recipes. I cam across the video below from Natasha’s Kitchen and instantly enjoyed her bubbly personality and easy to follow instructions. Not only does Natasha have a YouTube channel full of cooking videos, she also has a blog called: Natasha’s Kitchen. Due to Natasha’s multimodal approach to cooking content, I was able to get a great sense of the cooking process from her YouTube video, and…

This week, the extreme cold had me in hibernation mode and craving soup. So, I went to Pinterest and looked up soup recipes. I came across a Creamy Dill Pickle Soup recipe and was immediately intrigued. The recipe was posted on the blog Clara quick dinners which is a personal blog made by a woman named Clara. She has a large collection of recipes to try organized into the following categories: Pasta & Noodles Beef Chicken Soups Seafood I really enjoy using Pinterest as a tool to access online resources that I would likely not find without the well curated algorithm. Making the Soup I chose to make this Creamy…

This week I made Honey Garlic Salmon Bites served with rice and roasted bell peppers. I found this recipe on a blog called Kitchen Substitute, which focuses on providing its’ users with various substitutes to use ingredients already in your pantry or to fulfil dietary needs. Kitchen Substitute created a user friendly experience through: providing additional prep, cooking, and substitution tips under the recipe providing answers to frequently asked questions providing information on food safety for ingredients and the final project providing a printable version of the recipe Before making this recipe, I was slightly nervous, because I had previously only cooked salmon in the oven. However, I was ready…

After spending a large portion of my evenings scrolling on Instagram, I stumbled across a reel showcasing a Creamy Orzo Pasta. Maybe I was just hungry and due for a late night snack, but the recipe looked so yummy that I had to make another pasta dish this week! Exploring iMovie This week, I chose to document my learning project using iMovie. It is a free Apple IOS video editing app. It was my first time using iMovie, and my experience started off with the app taking a long time to download. After over an hour of watching the app download, I was happy to start experimenting with editing my…

This week I chose to make a recipe that both challenged me and played to my strengths. I started browsing pasta recipes on Pinterest and found a link to Cajun Chicken Pasta on a website called Good Food. This recipe played to my strength of cooking pasta, but challenged me in making my own sauce from scratch. Learning Resource  Good Food is a trusted recipe website and app based in the UK. This website organizes recipes in to user friendly templates including: prep and cook time how many people the recipe serves ingredient list with measurements step by step directions Having the recipe well organized made my grocery shopping, prepping,…