Product Work Log

Name______Jasmine___Fahrnbauer_____________________________ Date

Product ________Family Cookbook____________________________________________________

Date/Time:

10/5/2011

1:00-1:30

10/9/2011

3:00-3:30

Activity:

Met with Ms. Carnes, my project

facilitator.

Commentary:

She was my Nutrition and Wellness

teacher at the beginning of the year. I

thought she would have some good

insight on how to

incorporatenutritional ideas to include

in my family cookbook. I told her

about my product and my plan to

create it. She gave me times I could

come and meet with her. We took my

picture and she filled out the project

facilitator form.

Activity:

Called my grandmother

Commentary:

I told her about my project. She was

thrilled with my idea.I asked her when

a goodtime would be to come over and

get her recipes.

Comment/Suggestions:

10/19/2011

1:00-1:30

10/22/2011

1:00-1:30

10/26/2011

1:00-1:30

10/27/2011

1:00-1:30

Activity:

Went over to my grandma’s house

Commentary:

She pulled out the cookbooks and we

started going though them. She

informed me of all the recipes that she

wanted in the cookbook. She agreed to

teach me how to make all her recipes.

She let me bring home the copies of the

recipes to type up. She also told me she

wanted to include my moms and aunts

recipes as well.

Activity:

Met with Ms. Carnes

Commentary:

Discussed steps on how to create the

cookbook. She showed me examples of

cookbooks she had and what kind I

should make.

Activity:

Met with Mrs. Carnes

Commentary:

She told me some ideas on how to

create the outline and told me to

contact my aunts to get recipes and

bring her my rough draft of the

cookbook.

Activity:

Called my Aunt Donna, Aunt Becky,

Aunt Shelly.

Commentary:

I informed them of my project idea, set

up a day for them to come over, and

asked them to come and bring recipes if

11/5/2011

5:00-7:00

11/6/2011

12:00-12:30

11/11/2011

1:00-1:30

they had any.

Activity:

My auntscame over

Commentary:

We discussed what recipes they

wanted in it. They talked while I wrote

down the recipes. They gave me the

idea to make it pocket size because

they said it would be more useful if it

was easier to carry around.Since we

didn’t have enough recipes, I asked

them to email me some more when they

had the time.

Activity:

Emailed aunts

Commentary:

I needed more recipes for the cookbook

so I emailed my aunts and asked them

to keep sending me more until I reached

over 40

Activity:

Talked with my mom about project

Commentary:

Sat down with my mom and asked for

all her recipes that she wanted to

include in my book. She gave me a lot

more which helped me reach over my

goal of 40

11/13/2011

4:00-5:30

11/16/2011

5:00-7:30

11/ 17/2011

10:30-11:00

6:30-9:00

11/18/2011

7:00-10:30

11/20/2011

8:00-11:00

11/22/2011

1:00-5:30

Activity:

Began putting the cookbook together

Commentary:

Finished collecting all my recipes from

my aunts, mom and grandma. I laid

out the recipe order, and typed the

introduction, and contents.

Activity:

Typed up the recipes

Commentary:

Began typing all the recipes on

Microsoft.I had to be consistent with

my recipes and make sure all the

recipes coordinated with each other,

and Itweakthe ones that didn’t.This

step took the longest.

Activity:

Worked on editing the book

Commentary:

It was very time consuming to go

through and make it look professional

and nice. I typed up about 55 pages on

Microsoft Word. I checked for spelling

mistakes, capitalization errors,

punctuation, etc.

Activity:

Learned to cook Thanksgiving recipes

Commentary:

On Thanksgiving Day, my whole

family came over. This was the first

day I was able to cook in the kitchen

with my aunts, grandmother, and

mom. I mainly watched them bake and

helped cook the sugar cookies,

12/1/2011

1:00-1:30

12/13/2011

6:00-6:30

12/15/2011

5:00-6:30

cranberry salad, and brownies

Activity:

Coordinated with my grandma to find

times to come over

Commentary:

This process was a little frustrating

just because my grandma isn’t easy to

get in contact with. She rarely uses her

phone and checks her email. However,

she finally responded and I set up

another day for her to come over.

Activity:

Went to the grocery store

Commentary:

Bought all the ingredients needed to

cook potato pancakes and regular

pancakes. Pretty difficult to find the

exact brand of flour needed.

Activity:

Grandma came over and taught me

how to cook potato pancakes, and

sugar pancakes.

Commentary:

This was one of the easiest recipes in

the cookbook. So I decided to learn this

one first. This was very fun, and great

way to spend time with my

grandmother. She taught me tricks

about how you an substitutean egg for

a banana or yogurt

12/17/2011

11:00-11:30

1/21/2012

1:00-1:30

1/22/2012

3:00-4:00

Activity:

Practiced cooking pancake recipe for

my boyfriend and brother on my own

Commentary:

After making the pancakes, my brother

told me how good they were. This gave

me confidence to try more recipes.

Although it was easy to make, I was

proud of the small steps I was making

to become a better cook.

Activity:

Met with Ms. Carnes

Commentary:

Showed her the rough draft of my

cookbook. Had her look over it. She

told me to fix the font and make the

margins a little bit smaller. She also

found some spelling and capitalization

errors that I overlooked.

Activity:

Edited my cookbook

Commentary:

Went back and edited my cookbook

and fixed the errors that Mrs. Carnes

found.

1/23/2012

1:00-2:00

2/1/2011

1:00-1:30

3:00-4:00

3/2/2012

1:00-1:30

Activity:

Met with Mrs. Carnes

Commentary:

She looked over my final rough draft

before I went to go get it printed. She

gave me advice to get it printed at Fed

Ex Express.

Activity:

Printed book out

Commentary:

Went to Fed Ex Express three times this

day. They kept messing up the printing

process do to computer issues. I would

find the errors after I got home.

However, finally I was able to get it

all printed and bonded neatly and

professionally.

Activity:

Grandma came over again and taught

me how to cook sweet potato

casserole, pork chops, and her apple

pie.

Commentary:

This was one of the best learning

experiences for me. I was able to do the

majority of the work only with a little

assistance from my grandmother, and

the recipes turned out great!

3/21/2012

11:00-11:30

3/27/2012

12:00-2:00

4/7/2012

6:00-7:00

4/7/2012

2:30-3:30

Activity:

Made mom’s guacamole

Commentary:

Using cookbook, I created my mom’s

famous guacamole dip for my sister

and her friend for a late night snack.

Activity:

Grandmother came over

Commentary:

She taught me how to cook the

Marinated Salad using the recipe from

the cookbook.

Activity:

Made dinner for my family

Commentary:

Using my cookbook without

assistance, I cooked fried rice for my

family since it was one of my favorite

meals. I also made my aunts broccoli

salad and my mom’s cheesecake. This

turned out to be a huge success and the

food tasted great!

Made final copies of my cookbook and

showed them to Ms. Carnes and she

was very impressed!

Product Work Log

Name______Jasmine___Fahrnbauer_____________________________ Date __10/21/11____

Product ________Family Cookbook____________________________________________________

Date/Time:

11/27/2011

1:00-3:00

Activity:

Commentary:

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