Reflection

Purpose of thinking
The dish had to be healthy ,yet something that my younger sister would enjoy eating as well as she is quite a fussy eater. The dish also had to meet our nutritional needs.

Question at Issue
I need to prepare a healthy, nutritious meal for both my sister and I that we would both enjoy.

Assumptions
My sister is 10 years of age, and she enjoys eating pasta

Concepts
I made use of the food pyramid to help me in making my decisions

Information
I researched online for healthy meals that would have good nutritional value, and I found the mushroom spaghetti to be healthy and something both my sister and I would enjoy eating.

Points of view
At the start of preparing the dish when I was chopping everything up, I focused a lot on trying to make it as neat as possible, and thus I spent a little too much time on that alone. However, I was able to make up for the time overspent and I managed to complete my dish in time.

A few of my friends who tasted the dish told me it tasted good, and I felt rather satisfied with the compliments. However, I felt that it didn't seem quite as professional looking as I had hoped, and I was slightly disappointed with that.

Through the food and consumer lessons, I have been able to enjoy myself while cooking, something I didn't expect as I never really cooked anything in the past. Now I have more initiative to cook or bake at home, and these lessons have definitely impacted me in a good way. I have learned not to easily give up and to have persistence, like when a dish doesn't turn out the way you want it to be, you can always try again and maybe perfect it the next time.