Wrapping It Up

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Here is the cover I designed of my own work! I am quite impressed with my drawing skills for this picture, and is in fact some of my best work if I say so myself. Also, in a separate blog called "PDF of Cookbook" I will post in there, so everyone can have access to my cookbook if they would like to have a copy or just look! It will probably take me this weekend to have it in there, so give me a little time to work on that!

This is the last week of blogging and completing our Genius Hour Projects! It's time for my classmates and I to start wrapping up our projects and preparing our final presentation at Take Route Cafe on Tuesday, May 1 at 6 p.m.

My cookbook has ended up to be 84 pages in length, with over 150 recipes gathered from what meals that have been used in feeding my family. There is a wide variety of recipes ranging in cookies, cakes, frostings, main dishes, soups, and much more! One of the main goals of my cookbook was to try to make sure the recipes used were easy to understand so anybody could use these recipes. I tried to make sure everything was explained as best as I could and kept in mind ingredients that could be easily found or are commonly found in one’s pantry.


This Genius Hour Project has been one of the most fun assignments I have completed in my education. I love the idea of being able to further my knowledge and do something I have always wanted to do in an educational manner. For this project, it has really made me buckle down and dedicate much of my time to it, in reaching my end goal. These projects are literally all in the hands of the student, and is up to them to stay on track. Although it has been very time consuming and a little overwhelming, I've been able to accomplish something that I can use for the rest of my life and share with others. 

In having the opportunity to participate in the Genius Hour Projects, I have been able to create and do something I have always wanted to do, but never had enough time to do so. This cookbook makes it easier to access all of these recipes and have them in one place, but something even more important I will have them to pass down to the future generations of my family and share with my siblings. Now, I have my own keepsake that will help me remember and honor my hardworking great-grandmothers, grandmother, and Mother. 




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