Cooking (Creativity)

Description and Goals

I have never learnt how to cook before therefore, I aim to focus on learning new skills which will help me in daily life. Additionally, I

chose this particular activity due to the fact that next year, I will be heading to university, and it is most likely that I will be leaving the country therefore, I will be using accommodation and if I want to stay healthy it is essential to learn how to cook . This will allow me to become a more well rounded person and more skilled. 

February 18, 2020 10:43 PM Challenge & Skills Commitment & Perseverance Initiative & Planning

Before I started I was not sure if it was going to be interesting, I was also worried as I thought we would be cooking some traditional  Egyptian dishes that I do not like. Therefore, to ensure that I do not back down before going to the cooking class, I decided to plan out the meals I wanted to learn how to cook so that it would give me some motivation to wake up and go to the class. This actually ended up helping me a lot as it gave me the motivation to pursue my aspirations of making my favorite meal : chicken Alfredo ! I was never really fond of cooking before I went to Cooking class , I think this  activity has really changed my perspective and my mindset towards cooking because I began doing this activity when  I had an extremely negative attitude towards cooking. I honestly never liked cooking the only cooking I would do is probably making myself tea which is not really cooking but simply putting a bag in hot water.  I believe I have improved quite a bit as now I can make a few basic dishes such as: a tasty omelet, chicken Alfredo, and a perfect mac and cheese plate. 

February 18, 2020 10:50 PM Challenge & Skills Collaborative Skills Commitment & Perseverance

The Cooking class was really good overall. I have learned many things from it including cooking, team-work and patience. I also learned how to make food that is new to me like chicken Alfredo although it took me a long time to perfect it and a lot of failed attempts left me with some awful dishes. However, I continued to push myself which I believe was very useful . The cooking class offered me an opportunity to express my creativity in a new way which I found to be very intriguing.  The challenges can really help me in real life as in the class I had to learn how to work with many people which is  not easy when timing is involved which was the case as each food had to be heated for a specific amount of time.