====== Steve Wang: Smoothie Challenge 1, 2 and 3 ======

=====  Smoothie Challenge 1 (Prep and Documentation) ======

<csv>
Ingredients,Amount,Price(NTD),
Milk,1 carton,about 152(we are provided with milk),
Ice cream,2 tub of ice cream,278,
</csv>
==== Ingredients Photo ====
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==== Steps with some Photos ====
  - Take 101g of Ice Cream and put it in the blender.
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  - Take 254g of milk and put it in blender.
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  - Turn the blender on.
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  - Pour it out
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==== Smoothie 1 Reflection ====
1. How good you think your smoothie tasted

Ans: I think our smoothie tasted fine. It just tasted like the strawberry ice cream. However, I think that the ice cream did not taste that good.

2. How well you used your ingredients

Ans: I think we did not use our ingredients well. We bought too much milk and ice cream. Originally, I was against the idea of buying two tubs of ice cream but in the end I agreed because they insisted on it. That was a bad decision because I knew we would not use that much but we still used less than expected. For the milk, we bought extra milk because we thought we had the money and we needed it but in the end we did not.

3. How well your smoothie did in the voting

Ans: Our smoothie did not do very well becuase I think we do not know that many people in Da-an. Their team has an advantage because, they could tell people to vote for them. Another reason is, we did not add many things to our smoothie. We only added milk and ice cream while the other team added things like snacks, sugars, ect. I think the Da-an student liked the variety and appreciated their efforts so they voted for the other team. 

4. Things that you would change next time

Ans: Next time, to get more votes, I would be more creative with my recipe and make it a little more complex. Maybe I would also add more things to make the flavour richer. About the wasting food part, I would properly measure the amount we have to make, need to buy and need to make. I also think that we would not waste as much food next time becuase, we have experience now and we know how big the blender is and how much we have to make. In conclusion, this time, we were lazy with our planning and our recipe. In the end, our efforts showed in our poor result.

==== Things to Change ====
  - We should beware of the amount of food we buy.
  - Be more accurate when measuring.
  - Taste our ingredients before using.
  - We should try next time.

==== Smoothie Challenge 2 (Prep and Documentation) ====
<csv>
Ingredients,Amount(g),Price(NTD),Amount of Calcium (g), Amount of Protein(g), Iron (g)
Milk, 720g, 70, 695.7g, 20.9g,0g
Banana, 363g, 128, 0g, 3.9g,0g
Cereal, 52g, 129, 0g, 2.3g,0g
Yogurt,150, 50, 0, 6.1, 0g
Total:,1135g ,377, 695.7g (passed), 33.2(passed),0g
</csv>
==== Ingredients Photo ====
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==== Step Photos ====
Add 360g of Milk:
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Add 75g of yogurt:
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Add 1 banana:
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Add 26g of cereal:
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Blend it:
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Pour it out:
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===== Smoothie 2 Reflection =====
1. How good you think your smoothie tasted I think it did not taste very good. It felt hard to drink. The soggy cereal made the drink taste like old people breakfast because it was blended. It was tasteless and plain like porridge. Another problem was the banana smell was not strong enough and it mostly tasted like weirdly sweetened normal milk. However, my description may not have been accurate because I drank it when it before it was refridgerated so it may have tasted a little different after.

2. How easy or difficult it was for you to meet the different nutritional requirements? I think it was pretty easy at least for the calcium and protein part. Those were quite easy to get. However, iron was a little rarer. Eventhough, they were relatively easy to get, I think it made the test a little blend and unseasoned.

3. How well your smoothie did in the voting Our smoothie did not do as bad as last time. We actually tied with a team but I think it was not becuase we did better. In my opinion, we did worse but the other team saved us by doing just as bad. I did not get to try the smoothie with the most votes but I guess it tasted a lot better than ours because, they had more than double our votes. In the end, we got a three for our grade so I guess we did better.

4. Things that you would change next time I would hope that we get to be lucky enough to have all our teammates next time. Eventhough I hate working with people most of the time, I still need help with things I am not competent with. For example, making smoothies. I thought that they would know better than me but it turns out that they might suck as much as I do. I have come to that conclusion because, I have let them take the lead two time and we did not do that well. Next time, I think I will try to give more input. However, it may be worse becuase, I usually focus on the function of something not if it tastes or looks good. So, it will be hard for me because a large part of making smoothies has to do with the taste and look.

5. How you made sure you met the guidelines you set for yourself from last week I put in more effort in the research to make sure that the nutrients were enough. I also tried to give more comments on the taste and even asked the teacher for advice. The next part is we were a lot more careful in the amount of materials we bought. We did not waste any food today eventhough we had leftovers. It was little enough to be able to be finished. Another improvement we made was that we were a lot more accurate when measuring because we had to measure the amount of nutrients we had in our drink.

6. New guideline: Next time, I want to do research on smoothie recipeces to get an idea what would 'taste good' in a smoothie. Then, I would also like to record the nutrients of the things we were buying so as to make sure that we have enough.

===== Smoothie Challenge 3 (Prep) =====

Important Nutrients: 
1. Protein
2. Carbs
3. Fats
4. Vitamains
5. Minerals
6. Water

Common Ingredients in Smoothie
The percentage is the total amount of a nutrient that a person should get in a day.

Amount: 100g 1. Plain Yogurt:
   - Calcium: 9%
   - Iron 0%
   - Fat 4%
   - Protein 7%
   - Carbs 2%
   - Calories 3.05%

Amount: 100g
2. Whole Milk
   - Calcium 9%
   - Iron 0%
   - Fat 4%
   - Protein 6%
   - Carbs 2%
   - Calories 3.05%

Amount: 100g
3. Mango:
   - Calcium: 1%
   - Iron: 1%
   - Fat: 1%
   - Protein 3%
   - Carbs 8%
   - Calories 4.95%


==== Citation ====
1. Ferreira, M. (2020, September 3). 6 Essential Nutrients: What They Are and Why You Need Them. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/six-essential-nutrients?c=1550418693558


2. Killeen, B. (2021, March 22). Healthy Smoothies: Best Smoothie Ingredients & 10 To Ditch | EatingWell. Eatingwell. https://www.eatingwell.com/article/277310/healthy-smoothies-best-smoothie-ingredients-10-to-ditch/

3. MyFoodData. (n.d.). My Food Data—Free Nutrition Tools to Understand What You Eat. MyFoodData. Retrieved April 25, 2022, from https://www.myfooddata.com/

==== No Smoothie 3 Reflection because we did not make it due to covid =====