Chicken Noodle Soup

Inspiration

It feels like yesterday that I remember smelling the sweet scent of vegetables cooking in the kitchen when I asked my mom to teach me how to make chicken noodle soup for the first time. 

Last week, I happened to get a call from a younger sibling asking if I had that very recipe. The problem is, my mom rarely wrote down a recipe. Being a true chef through and through, she always thought of a recipe as more of guidelines than anything.

There are many ways to prepare any dish, but the cooking skills you learn in between each one are what are so valuable. I thought this was a great recipe to teach some of those basics, and I thought it would be a unique challenge to try to think of some fun ways to use the code blocks to teach 

 

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Prompting process

If you’d like to see the actual prompts I used to generate each of the code blocks throughout the course, please check out the final lesson “About this recipe”, where I have included each prompt that was used to generate the code.

This isn’t where my process began. Having some basic knowledge of coding, I first began by writing down descriptions of the skill I was trying to teach, along with listing the various components and mechanics behind the vision for the interaction. I began by using ChatGPT to feed it this information and help it understand each component of the overall training. Occasionally, I would use it to help focus the vision behind a block's design and ensure that I was ideating with the capabilities of custom AI-generated code for the web.

 

Tools

Due to limitations with free accounts and the imperfection of AI, I worked with several tools to help get the results I was looking for. (Mostly because I ran out of free tokens constantly)

• Articulate Rise
• ChatGPT
• BoltAI
• ClaudAI
• Mom’s chicken noodle recipe

 

Block Design

Get ready checklist - Looking up recipes on the web can sometimes feel like a nightmare, and everyone prepares their article differently. I thought it might be nice to not only have a list of ingredients you’ll need, but an easy way to create a list of what you still need to go to the store for.

 

Mirepoix Visualizer - When making the mirepoix, my mom could always tell if she needed more of an ingredient just by looking at what she cut up. While an even dice for an even cooking time is crucial, it also helps visualize the ratio of vegetables you’re preparing. Since the size of most vegetables at your local grocery store can vary from location-to-location or even week-by-week, the amount you prepare can change. This is why for this activity, I wanted to create something that can help visualize the ratio you are preparing (assuming your diced veggies are roughly the same size). 

 

Spice Blend Activity - I’ll be honest with you all, I rarely measure out my spices. I was taught to taste as I go since you can always add more spices but can’t take any out! Recently, I was inspired by some cooking videos on TikTok where chefs were talking about how different ingredients interact with each other. I wanted this tool to give learners an idea of how different ratios of spices can lead to different results. I will admit I don’t know enough cooking science to build out all the intricacies of flavor, but I felt like the AI provided a great proof of concept.

 

Chef Consulting Chatbot - Inspired by some chatbot examples I have seen on the ELH forms, I wanted to re-create a teaching moment I experienced when I was younger. Home cooking often requires you to balance what you have time and energy for, with how tasty you want your results to be. Because of this, I often havea few processes for each recipe I make to give myself the ability to swap out techniques. Instead of teaching someone each technique, it's easier to recommend one that will fit their needs —hence, where the inspiration for the chatbot fits great!