Groceries - The only groceries I had to buy were the ricotta and fontina cheese, rigatoni noodles, a red chile, and spinach. I bought these at Safeway and Extra Foods.
Preparation - To prepare the food, I had to grate the parmesan and fontina cheese, cut the chicken, chile and garlic, and rinse/drain the spinach, and of course get all the ingredients out and ready, as well as the equipment/tools.
Time Needed to Prepare Meal - about 45 min.
Time Needed to Serve Meal - 10 min.
Time Needed to Clean Up after Meal - 30 min.
Total Amount of Time: at least 1 hr. 25 min.
Servings from the Meal - Grains: 10 (Pasta)
Fruits/Vegetables: 4 (Spinach)
Dairy: 6 (Ricotta, Parmesan, Fontina)
Meats/Alternatives: 6 (Chicken)
Fats/Other: Olive Oil
Preparation/Process/Serving -
Ingredients for the pasta
Equipment/Tools
Grated cheeses
Mixture of ricotta, spinach, fontina, parmesan, and spices for the noodles.
The noodles cooking
Finished noodles
Ready and going into the oven
Finished product
Ingredients for the chicken
Cutting up the chicken
The chicken cooking
The finished chicken, with the wine and spices
Table setting
Family Comments - Mom: The rigatoni casserole had lots of nice colour and taste. The chicken was a bit
spicy but was cooked well and was really juicy. Very tasty!
Brother: The pasta was creative with colour, but was a bit overcooked on the top and
lacked a bit of flavour. The chicken was really good and had lots of flavour.
Sister: The pasta was pretty good but I didn't really like all the spinach, and the
chicken was phenominal with a little less spice.
The whole process of preparing and serving the meal went pretty well overall. The recipes were actually really easy, especially the rigatoni. I had everything ready to go so it was easy to finish everything quickly. The pasta seemed a bit hard to make but once I got started it was really easy to follow. Although, I didn't completely mix the spinach mixture with the noodles so some of the noodles were a bit dry and didn't have the mixture on it, but it still turned out.
The chicken was also really easy to make, but I think I cut the chicken too small, but they still worked. One thing I did wrong was add too much red chile, it made the chicken way too spicy. Also, I think I added just a little bit too much white wine, but the chicken was really well cooked and juicy, and had lots of flavour. I could have also let the chicken simmer with the wine and spices for a little longer.
If I were to do anything different with the recipes, I would cut down the ammount of red chile and white wine in the chicken. I would also add something (like olive oil) to the pasta mixture so it wouldn't be so dry. Also, I would have given myself more time to make the meal, I was kind of rushing. My favourite part of making the meal would be making the chicken, I really like making chicken and adding different things to it.
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