Shepard's pie

Evan making shepards pie

Evan puting the meat for the pie

Next is the veggies

Then the mashed potatoes

Add cheese

Shepards pie in oven

It was very good I liked all of it and it was easy 

Fettuccine Alfredo The Great

Hello, and welcome back to another blog post for this week. For this week it was Ellie's turn to be the host for cooking lab, where we made Fettuccine Alfredo.

The Fettuccine Alfredo ingredients were:

• Butter 1 cup 
• Half & Half 3/4 cup
• Parmesan Cheese 1 cup
• Garlic Salt 
• Salt & Pepper
• Fettuccine noodles

These are the ingredients

The first thing we had to do is melt the butter in the half & half.

The second thing we had to do is boil the water to put the noodles in.

Then we added the Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic salt, and pepper to the butter and half & half mixture. 

Here is a picture of the finished product. We made garlic bread in the oven as a side.

Here is Evan: basking in the afterglow of our decadent feast.

I hope you guys enjoy our blog this week and that you all have a good Thanksgiving. Oh and stay warm out there.

Pretzel Chicken & Doritos Chicken

Andrew was the host this week, and we made Pretzel Chicken & Doritos Chicken. We had a fun time making the chicken and it was delicious!

All of the ingredients

The finished product

First we prepared three bowls to get the chicken ready. The first bowl had flour, the next bowl had eggs, and the last bowl had crushed pretzels for the first batch and crushed Doritos for the second batch. We used thinly sliced, boneless, skinless chicken breasts. To make the chicken, we first put it in the flour and then in the egg. The flour helps the egg stick to the chicken. Then we rolled the chicken in the crushed pretzels or Doritos. When that was finished, we laid the chicken on a baking sheet. The chicken cooked for 12 minutes at 425 degrees, then we took it out of the oven and flipped them over to cook for another 12 minutes.

Evan crushing Doritos

Chicken in the oven

Andrew enjoying the chicken

Here is a link to a recipe similar to what we made.

Almost everyone tried the chicken and really enjoyed it. It was a big hit!

The Ronald McDonald House

Hello and welcome all to another blog boast with REACH. We had to plan a menu for 45 people staying at The Ronald McDonald House. The RMH gives the family's a place to live so that there kids can get better and stay close. RMH gives family's health care, meals, laundry, and they have a playroom for the kids.

The six pizzas

We voted on the types of pizzas to cook. The winners were BBQ chicken pizza, Veggie, cheese, Fruit, breakfast, and pepperoni. We went to get the pizza items on Wednesday before volunteering. We went to Hy-Vee, and got there by bus. We split into groups and where told to bargain shop.

In this one Travis is cutting fruit, the others are Ben & Jordan, Elliot & Andrew

The Ronald McDonald House is a nice building because it was very clean and the people who worked there were very nice. Their were four kitchens total, but we use three to cook the six pizzas. It was hard to hear, and it was a small space, but we were able to focus on our task. So we split jobs. Like cutting fruit & Veggies, place the fruits on the pizza, doing the dishes, making the pizza crust from scratch, and using the mixer for the pizza sauce.

It took us around one hour and a half to do the pizzas and clean the kitchen. When we got done with the pizzas one of the co-workers came up and said that "Those looks good". The food that we made was for the family's who had kids the hospital. The favorite pizza was the breakfast pizza and that it looked the delicious.

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Food Bank

Before the big volunteer at the Ronald McDonald house we went to the food bank. We rode the bus and it went by Ben's internship. We had to walk one block to the food bank from our bus stop. Before we started we got a tour of the food bank. We learned that food bank serves 1000 people everyday. We learned that 75% of the food is donated. The day we volunteer they a 4000 pound donation.

Food donation

Food and Toilet Paper Donation

Food Bank floor

Food Donations

Some donations

When we got there we sorted toilet paper. Ellie unpacked the toilet paper. Elliot and Ms. Katelyn got bags ready. Evan, Ben, Jordan, and Michelle put the toilet paper in the bag. Only one roll of toilet paper went in the bag. Andrew and Travis put the toilet paper in the box.

Andrew and Travis packing the toilet paper

Evan Jordan and Ben bagging the toilet paper.

Evan Ben Elliot Jordan bagging the toilet paper

Ellie Travis and Jordan bagging the toilet paper.

Ben and Elliot Bagging the toilet paper.

Have you ever been to a food bank?

Lenas Pulled Pork

The host this week was Lena, who made pulled pork in the crock pot. We also had potato salad as a side dish. Lena purchased a pork roast at the store, with a Memphis BBQ seasoning packet. She had to start cooking the pork in the morning, so that it would be done by class time. After putting a liner in the crockpot, Lena put the roast in and sprinkled on the seasoning. She decided it would be best to leave the sauce on the side, so that everyone could choose if they wanted sauce or not. The meat cooked for several hours and was done when class started. Lena took two forks and pulled it apart so she knew it was done. She pulled apart the rest of the meat in the crockpot.

We were so busy enjoying the food that we forgot to take pictures of the beginning of the process! The meat was good and there was also lots of leftovers. We got a few pictures from the end of the meal.