20% project week13-Joseph Zayas-period 3

I feel that I did pretty well on my final project for the twenty percent project. It was pretty nerve racking having to stand up in front of the entire class, and give a presentation. Making the power point was a pretty easy task to make. All I had to do for it was to find the different pictures I was going to use, and to remember all of the different things that I had to do and that I learned. When I was giving the presentation, I was really nervous. Even though I had practiced it through about five times, I still ended up stuttering and going way to fast. It was a fun experience learning how to teach my siblings how to cook. They learned a lot and found that they can make food by themselves, and they do not need to rely on anyone when it comes to feeding themselves. 

20% project week12-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I have started to do my final power point presentation for my English class. I have started to go through the different pictures that we have to use for our slides. I also have a video of my showing my sister how to make onion rings. I also have the different pictures of what I taught them how to make. My sister really does not want me to put any embarrassing pictures of her in the power point, but I am thinking that I want to regardless.  As of now, I want to use the final my brother make of chicken alfredo,  the calzone,  the Buffalo Wild Wings and Onion rings, the homemade pizza, and the pasta. The food all look pretty good, and I am pretty proud of these kids. The put up with me lecturing them and yelling at them when they did something wrong. I learned a valuable lesson too. When teaching, you need to be patient and learn that everyone will learn at a different pace .

20% project week11-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, i showed my brother how to make chicken alfredo. This was a fun one, because as his final,  I didn't help at all, besides give him the recipe. First, he copied his recipe down. Then he went and cut the chicken into small bite size pieces, then shake and baked it, and finally put it in the oven for 20 minutes. He then put the noodles to boil for about 10 minutes. He then drained the noodles. Once the chicken was done, he grabbed the spinich out, and diced it. Finally, he mixed it all together with the alfedo sauce. It was delicious. I would give him an A for this one.

20% project week10-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother and sister how to make a calzone, something I just had learned to make. It was a pretty easy, especially with three of us down there. I had my sister skin, dice and boil potatoes. I had my little brother cut up the bacon and cook it. After they finished it, I showed them how to make the pizza dough. After it had risen for two hours, I had my brother use a rolling pin to flatten out the dough. Then, we put sauce on half of the dough, then the potatoes, bacon, 2 cups of mozzarella cheese, and pepperonis. Next, it took all three of us to fold it in half, and then pinch the dough together. We baked it for 15 minutes, at 400 degrees farenheight. Do not forget to flip it after about 8 minutes, to ensure both sides were cooked. It came out beautiful, even if it did look a little funky after we cut and served it.

20% project week9-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to bake a cake. As my older brothers birthday just passed, and my little sisters birthday is really close (its next Thursday!), I thought it would be a good idea for him to learn how to do one himself. The first thing we had to do was to go get the cake mix. I want him to be able to know how to properly bake it before I teach him how to make one from scratch. After we got home, he immediately set the oven to 350*F, so it could preheat. Then, he read the directions on the back of the box, and I clarified any questions he had. His big question was what rack to put it on in the oven. I told him, unless it says otherwise, you are supposed to put the baking dish on the center rack. He then mixed all the batter, milk and the egg together. Next, he sprayed nonstick cooking spray on the pan, and then put the batter in. After it settled in the pan, he put it in the oven for 20 minutes. We checked it at 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 18 minutes, and 20 minutes. It finished at the exact time it should have. After, we let it cool for an hour, then pulled it out and frosted it. It was pretty good.

20% project week8-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I just had my little brother make something a little bit different from the norm. I want to start teaching him how to make some sea food. So I taught him how to make the simplest sea food ever. He learned how to make fish sticks. It was pretty easy and simple for him because all he had to do to cook them was to bake the fish sticks on a baking sheet in an oven at 350*F, for thirteen minutes. Then, on a separate baking sheet, he baked tater tots at 400*F for twelve minutes. The tater tots actually took a little bit longer than they were supposed to. They were only supposed to be in there for about ten minutes.When they were all done, I helped him serve the food and he put tartar sauce and ketchup on the plates for a dipping sauce. It was great.

20% project week7-Joseph Zayas-period 3

  This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to make Buffalo Wild Wings' wings. The first thing we did was went to Buffalo Wild Wings to buy the sauces. I skated over there on my long board, and he rode a scooter over there. We bought the three sauce box for twelve dollars. We picked out the Medium sauce, the Asian Zing sauce, and the Parmesan Garlic Sauce.
   When we got home and started cooking, I showed him how to cut the boneless chicken into the wings. Then we coated all the chicken with  a mixture of bread crumbs and Shake-and-Bake seasonings. After, we put the chicken on a baking pan, which had aluminum foil on it  to keep the chicken from sticking. After baking it for twenty minutes in the oven, we checked the chicken and found it cooked fully. Next, since we had separated the chicken equally on three pans, we put a different sauce on each pan, just enough to coat it. Then, we put them back in the over for five more minutes so the sauce can bake into the chicken. When we pulled them out and smelled its scent, it made my mouth water. After we served them on the plates, we put a little bit more sauce on them to top. After trying the Asian Zing and Medium, I had to top mine with ranch, while my little brother, who doesn't like ranch, drank almost half a gallon of water to sooth his mouth.

20% project week6-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for the twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to make a chicken pot pie. Our mom had just come home from the store, so we had more than enough ingredients to make it. First, we made sure to preheat the oven to four hundred and twenty five degrees. We used a pre-made pie crust, so we did not have to worry about the crust. Next, he melted 1/3 of a cup of butter in a pan, then added 1/3 cup of chopped onion, and cooked until they were tender. Then he stirred in 1/3 cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1 3/4 cups of chicken broth, and half a cup of milk. Next, we stirred in as much cooked chicken and vegetables as we wanted to. Finally, he put the crust on top, and cut a couple of slits in the top of the crust, to allow it to breath. It had too cook for about 35 minutes. I learned a trick when I practiced making my own pot pie, to put a piece of foil on the edges of the crust during the last 15 minutes, to keep it from burning. My brother pulled the pot pie out and let it sit for 15 minutes to let it cool down. I also have finally learned that to help my brother learn better, I need to go at a slower pace than I'm used to and to repeat instructions so he does them, instead of pushing my way in to do it for him.

20% project week5-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I finally taught my little brother how to do the Chicken Cordon Blue. It actually took two tries for it to come out perfect. The first time, we totally set the oven on too high and we left them in a little to long. While they were cooking, we ran over to the liquor store to get drinks, and we took too long while we were out. Looking back, one of should have stayed with the food. >.< So when we got back and found them too done, we threw them away and started to make new ones. The new ones took us another 30 minutes to make, but they came out beautifully. Because we did them twice, we ran out of mozzarella cheese halfway through the new batch. So instead, we used Sharp Cheddar cheese that was in the fridge, and it tasted amazing! Next time, we want to put the cheeses together, to see how the combination would taste.

20% project week4-Joseph Zayas-period 3

     Before I wanted to teach my brother how to make the Chicken Cordon Bleu, I taught my little sister how to make it. It actually came out very good. This time I tried something new before I had her do anything. The thing she had to do was copy the recipe a total of three times. After she did this, I had her get the ingredients out and start pre-heating the oven to three hundred and fifty degrees, the temperature at which it needs to cook. Then she got the pans out and sprayed them with pam non stick spray. I showed her how to wrap the chicken with the cheese next, and then dip them in bread crumbs, then placed on the plate. I demonstrated twice, then I had her do the rest of them. Then we baked them in the oven for 20 minutes, making sure not to rotate them at all. After checking that the chicken was completely done, we put more cheese on top of it, and baked them for an additional five minutes. Finally, we took them out and served them. Everyone loved them.

20% project week2-Joseph Zayas-period 3

As of this week, I have been trying to perfect how to make the Le Cordon Bleu so I can teach my little brother exactly how the dish is supposed to be prepared. As of right now, what I keep messing up is the bottom of the dish keeps getting a little to crispy. So far, I have tried using a couple of different methods to keep them from getting too crunchy on the bottom. A few of these methods include putting aluminum foil on the pan, spraying the pan with non stick spray, and finally tried oiling the pan down with melted butter. I tried making it yesterday. I used three different pans and tried each method that I described above. The one with the aluminum foil still had a little burn on them. The one with the cooking spray burned a little bit also. The one that i melted the butter on actually did not burn ay all, they were just a little crispy. I think the next time I make them I will use the butter method for the next time I make it.

20% project week1-Joseph Zayas-period 3

For the last couple of weeks, I've been trying to perfect a couple of recipes before I teach my little brother how to cook them. Mainly, they've been meals with the main meat product being chicken. One of these is called Chicken Cordon Bleu. Basically, its chicken wrapped with mozzarella cheese and ham. First, you have to make sure that the chicken is the right thickness, one and a half inches thick, so it can roll easy.  Then, you season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. After, place the mozzarella cheese and ham on top, then roll it tightly and secure it with a toothpick. Next, roll it in breadcrumbs and place it on a baking sheet that was sprayed with cooking spray. Then, place in oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, not turning them over. Finally, after the 25 minutes, pull out, place another slice of cheese and bake it for 5 more minutes. Take out of oven, plate them, and enjoy. :)