Month: March 2023

This week I made Acai bowls. They turned out pretty good and I got to experiment and make a video. That was harder than making the food itself. I am not terrific at making videos but I hope to improve. I want to edit the videos but for this video I just stitched a bunch of videos together. Okay, but now let me give you some information of what I made. Acai bowls are a Brazilian dessert made of frozen and mashed berries or fruit. It is served as a smoothie in a bowl or glass and is commonly topped with granola and bananas, and then if the consumer prefers it is mixed with other fruits and gurana syrup. The Acai berry (the original fruit Acai bowls were made with) has a granular texture, but when it’s blended it changes flavor . Pureed Acai berry is very smooth and creamy so it takes like sorbet or ice-cream because of its thick texture. The Acai bowl originated from Brazil but now is widely consumed around the world. Surprisingly most people think it came from Hawaii but Hawaii only adopted it. The Acai bowl is now viewed as a tropical beach treat for hot climates and it also became a super food lover. It originally peaked its hype in the 90s and it has lived up to its expectations throughout the years. It is truly a beautiful and delicious treat to enjoy.

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cXDCKKijdbn6VJvnpyobcj1xFh1feAFW/view?usp=sharing

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I have decided that for this genius hour I will be focusing on cooking. I want to create foods sections/ topics focusing on 1 section (out of the 4 ) for 3 weeks each. This is the plan I have figured out:

March 15 – April 5 : Raw food

– This includes acai bowls, sushi, and vegetables rolls

April 6- April 26: Vegan food

– This includes oyster mushroom burgers, lasagna, and vegan stuffed peppers

April 27 – May 10 : Cultural food

– This includes tamales, tacos, and conchas.

May 10 – May 31 : Dog Treats/ food

– This includes biscuits, cookies and chicken gourmet meal for my dog ( she will be really happy).

I will try to stick to my plan and work hard to make things work out. According to the plan this means that this week I will make an acai bowls. I love acai bowls there probably my favourite food. The fact that they are not only healthy but addicting is a problem for me. I would have one everyday in the summer as they are usually cold. This is the plan for this genius hour but it might change as I go. I am excited to start blogging about my journey and also making videos ( I want to make videos about me cooking, kinda like a cooking show, “Cooking with Ruby”, nice I like it.) Basically thats what I am doing for this genius hour hope you’r just excited just as I am. Until next week, see you there.

– Ruby

Throughout this Genius hour I learned many important life skills. I am very pleased on how my genius hour presentation went. I am grateful for this opportunity to show what I have learned. I prepared long and hard for this presentation reciting and reviewing all my key points. I am sure my parents are tired of hearing me present to them and possibly my brother and my dog as I made them sit on the couch and listen to what I had to say (yes my dog, I was desperate). In the preparing for my genius hour presentation I made a slideshow presentation with my key points as I wanted to read of my script and not make the audience read it. I took photos of my progress but I think for next genius hour I take more to show of my work. I overall liked my presentation but I think I could have done a better job if I had started sooner. I only had six weeks to prepare and I am a very busy person so It was hard to squish in. I did infact not pass my drivers permit but I will try again soon and hopefully I pass ( I was so close to passing only by 1 question ). I think a few things I would do different for my next genius hour is plan my week out so I know when to post and complete my project. I also think next presentation I will try to make a video and a slideshow just because I enjoyed my class mates presentations with videos. Overall I think I did pretty well, and for my next genius hour I was thinking of learning to make dog treats or candle making.

Till next time!

– Ruby