o Define what you understand as a healthy, ‘balanced meal’ using one or more of the ‘food models’ you have investigated ( Diet pyramid, healthy eating plate etc) a healthy 'balanced meal' to be
A heathy, balanced meal is one that includes the right amount of all food groups. My pizza was a healthy balanced meal although it could have had more vegetables to make it better if i were to do this task again. A healthy balanced daily in take for a child at the age of 12-18 is:
cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles) - 5-11 serves
vegtables - 4 serves
Fruit - 3 serves
Dairy- 3 serves
protein, meat - 1 serve
On my pizza there is around:
cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles) - 1-2 serves (the pizza base)
vegtables - 1 serves(avocado and sun dried tomatoes)
Fruit - 2 serves (fruit salad)
Dairy- 1 serves (cheese)
protein, meat - 1.5 serve (chicken)
Extra foods - 1 or less (teriyaki sauce)
Therefore my teriyaki chicken, avocado and cheese pizza was i well balanced meat containing al food groups.
o Explain why you made the food choices for your Pizza meal. (This can be for nutritional content, time, facilities available in kitchen, your skill level, appearance of final meal etc.)
I chose the most of the food that were on my pizza because I like then and I know that they are all healthy and from the different food groups. I also chose each of then for specific reasons. These reasons are:
Chicken: I chose chicken because it is easy to cook. and it goes with nearly everything.
cheese: well, what is a pizza with out cheese?
sun dried tomatoes: to add a nice, strong flavour to the pizza and for my vegetables.
i was going to make a smoothie instead of a fruit salad although i was worried about time so i chose a fruit salad instead. The last this that i took in to account when i was choosing my ingredients was what is available to use in the kitchen. this did not change a lot though because there is nearly every cooking utensil ever made.
once everything was done and my pizza was cooked i must say i looked delicious and tasted just as good !!!
o Discuss how well you think you executed this task. (This can include any problems you encountered, your time management, general organization, safety, final product satisfaction etc.)
I believe that I executed this task quite well. There were a couple of things during the process that didn't work out as planned. Some of these things include:
- Ordering to much cheese. I ordered 1 and half cups and only used 3 quarters of a cup.
- Not ordering enough sun dried tomatoes. The amount that i ordered was okay but it could have been better with around 2 more just to spread a nice amount around the whole pizza.
- When I looked back at my pizza i found out that there was one thing that was stopping it from being a well balanced meal. This was that there was not enough vegetables.
When completing my pizza task I think that I managed my time nicely and kept a clean and organised bench the whole time. In the end I had a delicious and nutritious teriyaki chicken, avocado, sun dried tomato and cheese pizza.
o What have you learned about yourself from this task?
After completing this task i have now realised that one, i can cook :) and two, just because something is healthy for you doesn't mean that it is not YUMMY! I have also learned from being in the kitchen that no matter where you are and what you are doing keep your working space clean as it is a lot easier to keep organised.
o What would you do differently next time?
