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Discussion Forum 5: Flavor, Baking, Recipe Makeovers, Balanced Menus or Review of Flavor, Baking, Recipe Makeovers, Balanced Menus
Food is such a cornerstone of our existence. We have opportunities to provide our bodies with nutrients in many ways. Some foods will be more beneficial to our bodies than others. It is possible to take foods you enjoy that are less nutritious and alter them to make them better. We need our foods to be enjoyable with flavor and balanced with nutrients. Discussion 5 encourages the review of many changes we can make. The following websites may provide you with some new ideas about how to change your daily meal plans. As with all forums, please provide enough information to create a discussion and read and respond to other students discussions.

Choose any of the websites for the topic of your choice. Ideally, there will be a variety of responses about all of the flavors, recipes and ways to balance your meals. In addition to your initial in-depth topic, you are expected to reply to a minimum of 2 or more other student posts. Please understand, you will be expected to provide detail to both the initial and the follow up posts. When responding to other students, add to the discussion. No points will be given for comments such as "Good Job" or "That is interesting." You must add information to the subject matter that can be commented on and adds to the overall discussion. Important: Do NOT copy and paste. Use your own words to convey what you learned from the site you visited. Share the url with the class so they can review the information if they are interested.

Forum 5: Ch 8 (Balanced Cooking Methods and Techniques. Ch 9 (Recipe Makeovers). Ch 10 (Balanced Menus). You can choose to review 1 or more of the following 3 sections. You can choose to review only one, but be sure to provide adequate information to promote discussion.
Balanced Cooking Methods and Techniques (Chapter 8): Visit one of the following websites:

1) Cooking Light Magazine. 

2) Flavor Pyramid. Enter "Flavor Pyramid" in the search bar of your web browser. Review one of the following:

a) Flavor: How Much Do We Really Understand? Prepared Foods.

b) The Flavor Pyramid (This will open a pdf file)

c) Foods & Flavors of the Asian Diet Pyramid.

Check out the site and be prepared to give two suggestions for improving flavor profile and list the benefits.

Recipe Makeovers (Chapter 9): Visit one or more of the following websites:

1) Taste of Home. Go to the Taste of Home website. In the search bar type "Healthy Recipe Makeovers" Choose one or more of the links and review the information. Share to the discussion board.

2) Eating Well. Visit the website and choose "Healthy Recipes" or "Healthy Dinner Recipes"(Links to an external site.) Share information that you have found for changing recipes to create a "healthier" choice.

Balanced Menus (Chapter 10): Visit one or more of the following websites:

1) Cooking Light OR Eating Well On the home page of Cooking Light, click on "Nutrition and News" and then "Recipe Makeovers". If you prefer, on the home page of Eating Well, click on "Healthy Cooking" and then "Recipe Makeovers". Pick a menu item and read about how the recipe was changed. Share what you learned on the Discussion Board

2) Panera Bread Restaurant or Romano's Macaroni Grill or Applebee's.

Go to the website of any of these restaurants (or you can choose a different restaurant if you prefer). Read the menu items and their descriptions. Select a balanced meal that includes an appetizer, entree, side dish and dessert. Using the nutrition information provided, add up the total number of Kcalories, fat, saturated fat and sodium in your meal. Compare to the nutrient profile of a balanced meal at the beginning of Chapter 10 in the textbook.

It may be beneficial for other students if you site your information. Where did you access it, share the url. Please do not copy and paste. Use your own words based on what your learned.