I try to eat healthy most of the time. When I’m making a quick, healthy meal I tend to stick to staples that are easy to prepare. So, I knew this video assignment was one I wanted to do!
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I try to eat healthy most of the time. When I’m making a quick, healthy meal I tend to stick to staples that are easy to prepare. So, I knew this video assignment was one I wanted to do!
The Healthy Vine Challenge – 4 Stars
For this assignment I had to great a vine of making healthy food for dinner. I winged this because I don’t make dinner every night so I had to go with what I had in my fridge. I had chicken so I decided to cook them in a pan and make some broccoli mac and cheese. I am a picky eater so to me this is healthy. I rolled the chicken in seasoned flour, put olive oil in a pan, and cooked them up. I then made the mac and cheese with almond milk and water. I seasoned the chicken with some pineapple habanero sauce. This was a quick dinner that tastes great! Usually when I cook, I don’t read recipes. I usually think as I go, so normally I never make the same thing twice. Recording the vine was not easy because you only have 6 seconds. It is hard because you don’t know if you can fit everything in it so you have to be careful. I did it successfully I would say!
Healthy Food Vine #ds106 pic.twitter.com/N6a5U7wMo7
— Katelyn Clements (@k8lynclements) November 1, 2017
I decided to do the healthy vine challenge (4 stars) where I made a 6 second video to show what I was cooking. So, this is something that my grandpa makes a lot, it’s actually really healthy, and the entire portion you see in the video is only about 550 calories. It’s a potato salad, so I boiled 2 medium potatoes, cut them up and mixed them with some finely chopped red onions, one tablespoon of olive oil, 3 table spoons of red wine vinegar and salt and pepper. With that I oven baked two of Gordon’s crunchy breaded fish fillets and called it a day. Yummy, healthy and quick!
The fifth assignment I chose to do was the assignment called The Healthy Vine Challenge worth three and a half. The assignment requires you to take two 2-second videos of a healthy meal preparation and one 2-second video of the final product then post it on vine. I did not have a vine account and I didn’t want to make another account so I chose to just put it on vimeo.
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This is my healthy vine challenge where I took two second videos of chicken, salad and guacamole. I chose this assignment because I had already planned a nice dinner because my mother and sister were visiting me at school. I was excited to make dinner for them and had to make it healthy for fear of being yelled at by my mother. It turned out really nicely actually. I made chicken with many spices and put salsa and balsamic vinegar on top. I have made chicken before, but just sort of threw some stuff on top to make it work with the guacamole. I love making guac and put salsa, salt, pepper and garlic mixed with avocado. I have this great Mexican guac making bowl that I got for Christmas. Then I tossed a quick salad with chickpeas and pine nuts on it. It all turned out really well and it was pretty nice to have my family there! I took the videos and uploaded them to Vine and then embedded them here.
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The Healthy Vine Challenge
Create a Vine video that illustrates you cooking a complete meal! You must include a meat (or protein source, if you have a personal preference or dietary restriction), a veggie side, and a healthy side of your choice. Take two 2-second clips of the meal preparations, then one 2-second clip of the final product, in all its glory!
**Remember: This is only a 6-second video, so stick with capturing three separate 2-second long clips.
First, if you don’t already have the application, Vine, then download it on your smartphone or via https://vine.co/.
Next, follow the steps of the application’s tutorial. It will give you specific directions on how to record individual video segments. When you are ready to begin, make sure you are on the app’s camera setting.
When you are finished recording your clips, the finished product will be a back to back video of everything you taped! It’s a really fun way to capture the highlights of whatever you’re doing, wether you’re at a concert, a family dinner, or just sitting in your living room, Vine is a creative outlet for anyone with an appreciate for how new digital technologies make cinematography so much easier!!
Once you have your finished product, e-mail the video to yourself. If you have a smartphone, then the video will automatically be saved in your photos. If you don’t, then e-mail yourself the URL. That way, you can easily embed the video into a blog post.
In this post describe why you chose the ingredients that you did. Also, explain your thought process. Did you wing it? Did you follow a recipe? Had you made any of it before? How often do you cook healthy foods? Talk about whatever you want regarding your experience with the Healthy Vine Challenge. The catch is you can only use a maximum of 250 words. That’s a small amount of words for a thorough explanation, so choose your words selectively– just like you did with your ingredients ;). But above all, be creative!
Here is my response to the Healthy Vine Challenge:
The Healthy Vine Challenge
Create a Vine video that illustrates you cooking a complete meal! You must include a meat (or protein source, if you have a personal preference or dietary restriction), a veggie side, and a healthy side of your choice. Take two 2-second clips of the meal preparations, then one 2-second clip of the final product, in all its glory!
**Remember: This is only a 6-second video, so stick with capturing three separate 2-second long clips.
First, if you don’t already have the application, Vine, then download it on your smartphone or via https://vine.co/.
Next, follow the steps of the application’s tutorial. It will give you specific directions on how to record individual video segments. When you are ready to begin, make sure you are on the app’s camera setting.
When you are finished recording your clips, the finished product will be a back to back video of everything you taped! It’s a really fun way to capture the highlights of whatever you’re doing, wether you’re at a concert, a family dinner, or just sitting in your living room, Vine is a creative outlet for anyone with an appreciate for how new digital technologies make cinematography so much easier!!
Once you have your finished product, e-mail the video to yourself. If you have a smartphone, then the video will automatically be saved in your photos. If you don’t, then e-mail yourself the URL. That way, you can easily embed the video into a blog post.
In this post describe why you chose the ingredients that you did. Also, explain your thought process. Did you wing it? Did you follow a recipe? Had you made any of it before? How often do you cook healthy foods? Talk about whatever you want regarding your experience with the Healthy Vine Challenge. The catch is you can only use a maximum of 250 words. That’s a small amount of words for a thorough explanation, so choose your words selectively– just like you did with your ingredients ;). But above all, be creative!
Here is my response to the Healthy Vine Challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uxG_gOpI7U&feature=youtu.be
The inspiration behind this assignment can be attributed to my eclectic mother. As I begin my last week of summer classes (and college, for that matter!), she lovingly brought me down a random assortment of ingredients. She told me it may be cathartic to cook a nice, healthy meal for myself in order to to refuel my brain and restore my energy. The meal I prepared for my Healthy Vine Challenge included a salmon filet, corn on the cob, and cucumbers.
1. For the salmon, I marinated it with a mango salsa. Right before placing the filet into the pan, I rubbed both sides with ground peppercorn to make the outside crispy and delicious. Lastly, I let it cook for approximately 8 minutes.
2. For the corn, I boiled a large pot of water and simply boiled the full cobs. Once tender enough to eat, after about 4 minutes, I lightly salted and spread a tiny amount of organic margarine along the sides.
3. For the cucumber, I began by quartering it and covering the strips in olive oil. Then, I placed them on my electric grill. I flipped them several times, but let them grill for the majority of 5 minutes. Then, I drizzled balsamic vinaigrette and a pinch of kosher sea salt on them.
And my mother was right, it felt (and tasted) great! I had forgotten how much I love the process of cooking. It’s a truly calming and rewarding act.
