SLC23-W5 | Salads

Greetings and welcome to another week of healthy cooking and eating. It’s been an exciting week of learning.

Based on what you've learned in this class, what are the most recommended oils for cooking at high temperatures and why? Explain your answer.

From the class, The oils that are recommended for high temperature cooking are;

• Avacado oil
• Ghee oil

These oil are recommended for high temperature cooking because they have high smoking points.

Avacado oil has a smoking point of 271 degrees while ghee oil has a smoking point of about 252 degrees therefore they are suitable to use in high temperature cooking like frying, grilling and sautéing as they do not breakdown to produce harmful compounds when heated at a high temperature.

Make a HEALTHY SALAD with the 3 macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fat (SHOW INGREDIENTS, STEP-BY-STEP, AND FINAL RESULTS)

The ingredients for my healthy salad is

• Potatoes; carbohydrate
• Eggs; protein
• Avacado pear; Fat

Procedure

I washed and boiled my eggs and potatoes

I peeled off the back of the eggs, avacado and potatoes and sliced them into tiny pieces.

I mixed them together to get my salad

Make a healthy dressing for your salad (SHOW INGREDIENTS, STEP-BY-STEP, AND FINAL RESULTS)

For the healthy dressing for my salad, I used:

• White vinegar
• Salt
• Pepper and
• Olive oil

I added a pinch of salt, pepper and olive oil in a container

I added the vinegar and mixed together

I added it to my salad for finishing touch.

My final presentation

Based on the classes you've seen so far, how would you classify your salad: as a side dish or as a main dish? Explain your answer.

My salad is a healthy salad and contains the three macro nutrients which is carbohydrates, protein and fats. Because of the foods items I used which are readily filling, it can be eaten as a main dish and it can also be used as a side dish as one chooses.

Thank you for another exciting class. I ask @fanniscober, @deqween and @blessedlif to join the challenge.