Life without Measurements

If silence wasn't bad enough for their previous lab, now we gave them a recipe without exact measurements! Foods for Life students had to work together in determining what they considered a "handful," a "smidge," and a "scoop" of ingredients.  The wonderful ending is that with the ingredients they are given, there really isn't a way for it not to taste good :)

Delicious Goop

There are definitely times when you need to precise measurements, especially when baking, but that requires having the skills and knowledge of proper measuring techniques.  In this lab, Family Foods students learned the benefits of complete recipes and using proper measurements by preparing Crunchy Munchy Peanut Butter Deliciousness where only the ingredients were listed without exact measurements.  Teams had to work together in determining the "right" proportions of each ingredient.  The good news? Unlike most recipes, it will be delicious any way you make it (just don't go crazy with the salt!)