Science and Society Q1 Benchmark
Arroz con Habichuelas y Plantanos
Recipe for Arroz con Habichuelas y Plantanos:
Rice (8-10 serving):
You Will Need:
3 cups of rice
3 tablespoons of olive oil
6 cups of water
2 teaspoons of salt
What To Do:
1) Place water in a kettle and put the fire on high until it boils
2) Start with 3 cups of rice
4) Wash the rice then put in pot (no water yet)
5) take 3 tablespoons of olive oil and place it into the rice
6) mix that up on low
7) when water is at a boil, pour 6 cups of water into the rice
8) add salt and stir
9) place lid on it and put fire on high
10) when it comes to a boil turn it down low
11) keep it on low with cover
12) in about 20 minutes check on rice and stir again
13) if not ready let it sit for a couple more minutes and check it again until it is ready
14) when done, serve
Beans (8-10 serving):
*90 calories in each Bean can
*20 calories in each tomato sauce can
You Will Need:
3 16oz cans of red Goya Beans
1 can of tomato sauce
Adobo seasoning
(From personal Garden)
Half cup of diced green bell peppers
Half teaspoon of diced habaneros pepper
One tablespoon of ripe diced jalapenos
Oregano leaves
Basil leaves
What to do:
1) Lightly Cover Pan with Olive oil (thin layer)
2) Heat oil on low until heated
3) Crush 1/2 clove of Garlic, and chop up 1/2 Onion,
4) Place all peppers, garlic, and onion into the olive oil
5) Sauté vegetables in oil (DO NOT BURN)
6) Add teaspoon of salt to the pan
7) Add 8 oz of the tomato sauce
8) After stirring for a bit add another 8 oz of tomato sauce
9) Add the 3 cans of red beans
10) Stir
11) Then add a quarter cup of water
12) add a pinch of Adobo seasoning
13) Stir again then place lid on beans (fire on low)
14) when beans are tender it is done
Plantains (8-10 serving):
*40 calories in a bottle of olive oil (will be less because you will not use a whole bottle of olive oil)
You Will Need:
4 cups of water
2 cloves of garlic (peeled and crushed)
2 tablespoons of salt
some vegetable oil
a pan
a bowl big enough to soak plantains in
What To Do:
1) Take three green plantains and peel them (if you prefer sweet plantains then you have to get 3 yellow plantains)
2) after you peel them place them in a bowl full of 4 cups of water
3) add the salt and garlic to the water
4) let plantains soak for 15 minutes
5) when done drain them well
6) take the oil and cover the bottom of the pan at least an half of inch thick
7) place plantains in pan and fry, flipping over when needed for at least 7 minutes or until crispy and done
8) place paper towel on plate
9) take the plantains that are done and put them on the plate
10) take a paper towel and place over plantains
11) hit the paper toweled covered plantains with palm to flatten them
12) dip them in the salt water and take out IMMEDIATELY
13) place on plate and enjoy
Analysis:
During this project, Ryan and I had to make a dish that was not only
healthy, but we had to make a dish with natural foods. Our goal was to
prove that food can be healthy and taste good. Ryan and I made
Plantains, Rice, and Beans with freshly grown peppers. Our dish was
more natural than organic, because we had freshly grown peppers, and
unprocessed beans. The only thing we used that was organic was the
tomato paste hat we mixed in with the beans and peppers. Rice, beans,
and plantains are kinds of food that depending on how you make them is
how much fat and or calories will be in it. We tried to make them with
little processed ingredients as we could. But depending on how someone
makes these that is how healthy it will be for you. If they add a lot
of fatty ingredients to each then eating it every day would not be
good. But if you use a lot of natural ingredients and stuff that you
have grown from the garden and such then eating this everyday wouldn't
be to much of a problem. Especially if you are spanish, rice and beans
and sometimes plantains are eaten everyday so they find a lot of ways
to make them better so it doesn't make them sick or too fat. So it all
depends on what you add. We read the labels and packaging to see where
our foods came from, and we learned the rice was grown in Japan, the
beans we're grown in texas, and the plantains were originated in
Southern Asia. The food that traveled the furthest was the beans from
Southern Asia in the Bangladesh area, which was 8260 Miles away. The
second longest was Japan at 6762 miles for the imported rice. The
processing of these foods are fresh grown, picked, and sent out. None
of them are organic, or have any added chemicals except for the tomato
paste which was made from organically grown tomatoes. In a regular
restaurant setting, the meal we made would cost roughly between $4.99
- $7.99. Compared to fast food, our dish is actually healthy, because
it has no added transfat, it wasn't made in grease or a fryer, and it
didn't have any unnatural ingredients. The companies that make money
from our dish are the Goya Co. (Making the Plantains, and the beans),
and Canilla rice, (which gets their rice from 4 different countries,
but most commonly, latin america). When growing rice, they usually
plow it to collect it and fertilize it and ship it out to factories so
they can bag and distribute to the large grocers who produce and send
it out. Next, Beans are grown from seeds, and are harvested, picked
out of their pods, and packaged to be sent to the grocers who sell
them. Plantains are grown exactly like yellow bananas. They are grown
on large tree's or tree-like plants, and picked off to be sent to
factories in their cells, grown in groups of 5-6 bananas, which are
labeled and sent to supermarkets and grocery stores. Chefs and
domestic cooks make or use original recipes that involve some of these
products which helps make a lot of mixtures and blends form these
basic foods. When it comes to a lot of the ingredients it is better to
grow them yourself then buy them because you don't have to worry about
any of the pesticides and such. But when you are growing stuff
yourself you have to know how like you have to make a lot of the crop
depending on what you want since weather, and animals effect how many
of the crops actually last until you pick them. So for tomatoes and
peppers, which were two ingredients we used, I believe these are
better and easy to just grow yourself. Now when it comes to plantains
I think they have to be in a certain environment so unless you have
some top notch garden shizzle going on than that would most likely be
better just to buy.
healthy, but we had to make a dish with natural foods. Our goal was to
prove that food can be healthy and taste good. Ryan and I made
Plantains, Rice, and Beans with freshly grown peppers. Our dish was
more natural than organic, because we had freshly grown peppers, and
unprocessed beans. The only thing we used that was organic was the
tomato paste hat we mixed in with the beans and peppers. Rice, beans,
and plantains are kinds of food that depending on how you make them is
how much fat and or calories will be in it. We tried to make them with
little processed ingredients as we could. But depending on how someone
makes these that is how healthy it will be for you. If they add a lot
of fatty ingredients to each then eating it every day would not be
good. But if you use a lot of natural ingredients and stuff that you
have grown from the garden and such then eating this everyday wouldn't
be to much of a problem. Especially if you are spanish, rice and beans
and sometimes plantains are eaten everyday so they find a lot of ways
to make them better so it doesn't make them sick or too fat. So it all
depends on what you add. We read the labels and packaging to see where
our foods came from, and we learned the rice was grown in Japan, the
beans we're grown in texas, and the plantains were originated in
Southern Asia. The food that traveled the furthest was the beans from
Southern Asia in the Bangladesh area, which was 8260 Miles away. The
second longest was Japan at 6762 miles for the imported rice. The
processing of these foods are fresh grown, picked, and sent out. None
of them are organic, or have any added chemicals except for the tomato
paste which was made from organically grown tomatoes. In a regular
restaurant setting, the meal we made would cost roughly between $4.99
- $7.99. Compared to fast food, our dish is actually healthy, because
it has no added transfat, it wasn't made in grease or a fryer, and it
didn't have any unnatural ingredients. The companies that make money
from our dish are the Goya Co. (Making the Plantains, and the beans),
and Canilla rice, (which gets their rice from 4 different countries,
but most commonly, latin america). When growing rice, they usually
plow it to collect it and fertilize it and ship it out to factories so
they can bag and distribute to the large grocers who produce and send
it out. Next, Beans are grown from seeds, and are harvested, picked
out of their pods, and packaged to be sent to the grocers who sell
them. Plantains are grown exactly like yellow bananas. They are grown
on large tree's or tree-like plants, and picked off to be sent to
factories in their cells, grown in groups of 5-6 bananas, which are
labeled and sent to supermarkets and grocery stores. Chefs and
domestic cooks make or use original recipes that involve some of these
products which helps make a lot of mixtures and blends form these
basic foods. When it comes to a lot of the ingredients it is better to
grow them yourself then buy them because you don't have to worry about
any of the pesticides and such. But when you are growing stuff
yourself you have to know how like you have to make a lot of the crop
depending on what you want since weather, and animals effect how many
of the crops actually last until you pick them. So for tomatoes and
peppers, which were two ingredients we used, I believe these are
better and easy to just grow yourself. Now when it comes to plantains
I think they have to be in a certain environment so unless you have
some top notch garden shizzle going on than that would most likely be
better just to buy.
Reflection:
In this unit I have learned a lot about the process many foods go through, and what is really happening behind the scenes. I also have heard a lot of different opinions and experiences within this topic from my peers, the people we had watched in the videos and read about in the different articles. I think the biggest problem in our food system is, truthfully, the people. I think as time has gone on and technology has become bigger people are becoming lazier and starting to depend to much on technology then doing things by hand. Yes, in ways it can be more efficient since it is faster and more foods can be sent out to many places at one time. But the things that use to be important to people, like how fresh the food was and more, are no longer important to people. The thing that people are beginning to worry about is time. If they will have time to make this, if they have time to do that, if they have time to ship this, if they have time to grow this or that. Its all about time now-a-days. Like when we were having a discussion in class about making dinner instead of going out and buying it every night or eating things from cans a lot of my peers made it seem like people who actually cook food are crazy or something. They kept saying that they don't have time or none of their family are home at the same time or that they didn't even know how to cook. And it was really interesting to hear about what everyone though because I grew up learning how to cook from my parents and aunts so I never really had a problem with actually cooking food instead of going out every night. Some ways that can help with it all is if not all the family is home then still cook and put all the leftovers in containers that way the rest of your family can heat it up and eat it when they get the chance, your family can take turns on who cooks dinner what night, and if you don't know how to cook you could always look up recipes online and even start as simple as making some pasta. I just think people are so use to things being faster and not time consuming that when they actually have to take the time to do something they don't feel like it because it is not what they are used to. So I think that has become a big problem for most people.
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