Menu Planning Assignment
40 Points
DUE: November 8 by 11:59pm
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with dietary practices of other cultures, while keeping healthy eating principles in mind. Read the following scenario to complete the assignment. The point values for each question are noted in parentheses. Submit these answers and the recipes to BlackBoard by the assigned due date.
You and your friend both decide you would like to start eating a healthier diet in order to lose some weight. On Friday night, you and your friend will make dinner together to try out some new healthy recipes. Since you are in a food science class, you are responsible for planning the menu. Your friend is Jewish and follows a Kosher diet, she would prefer to do all of the food …show more content…
Transfer shells to a work surface. Fill shells with stuffing, mounding it. Pour remaining tomato sauce in an oven dish and put the stuffed onions on top of the sauce. Cover dish with aluminum foil, place in middle of oven, and bake about 25 minutes, then uncover and let brown for 5 more minutes (or until brown). Serve with the tomato sauce.
Homemade Mexican Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
6 pounds ripening tomatoes, cut in half and squeezed into a pot
½ an onion
3 cloves garlic
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed (optional)
Cook tomatoes for about 2 hours over a low flame, let cool for 10 minutes and blend it by batches, in blender, with onion and garlic. Strain back into the same pot together with the extra virgin olive oil, 2 bay leaves and (optional) dried oregano and let cook for another 45 minutes. At the last moment, add salt to taste.
You can freeze the sauce for up to 3 months and use it for different dishes
Dessert:
Gluten-Free Churros
Ingredients
¼ cup granulated sugar
¾ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup water
1/3 cup unsalted butter
2 tbsp. brown sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 cup gluten free all-purpose