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My name is Mary Elizabeth Miller and I am a graduate student studying Industrial Design at North Carolina State University. This website is a part of my final project, wherein I am working to better understand how social media can be used to conduct quality design research that contributes to the development of human-centered products that better meet the needs of their users.
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How many people have time to cook dinner at home every night? I know that I don't! Today fewer and fewer Americans are cooking dinner at home; they are opting to go out and to the drive-thru. It is faster and easier for most but in actuality this decision is worse for their health and wallet. When cooking dinner at home people can regulate what ingredients are use and portion sizes thereby providing the opportunity to make healthy decisions that are lost when ordering at a restaurant. Not to mention the money you save by cooking at home.
So why are so many Americans eating out? What would help people to cook dinner at home more often without forcing them to put in hours of work?
Forum
What do you think about when you are shopping for groceries?
Started by Co-Active Design Project Feb 13. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Nutrition and Cooking at Home
Started by Mary Elizabeth Miller. Last reply by Alexandria Jarvis Feb 9. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Technology and Nutrition
Started by Mary Elizabeth Miller. Last reply by Co-Active Design Project Feb 8. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Super Bowl Sunday Shopping Experience
Started by Mark Hervey. Last reply by Alexandria Jarvis Feb 7. 2 Replies 3 Likes
What kitchen utensils are the most essential? and Which one's do you hate to use?
Started by Co-Active Design Project. Last reply by Alexandria Jarvis Feb 7. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Document Your Process
Started by Co-Active Design Project. Last reply by Mary Elizabeth Miller Jan 19. 1 Reply 0 Likes
What prevents you from cooking at home?
Started by Co-Active Design Project. Last reply by Mary Elizabeth Miller Jan 8. 1 Reply 0 Likes
PHOTOS
PHOTO PROJECT 1:
When cooking your “go-to” meal (the meal that you cook most often) take pictures to document your process. Post your pictures and when uploading them describe your process in the description section.
Describe the following:
- What you are doing and why
- What utensils you are using
- Your method in cooking the meal (i.e. order of events and why)
PHOTO PROJECT 2:
Photograph your kitchen and where you store the things that you cook with, describe the utensils that you use most and explain why you like them or dislike them.
Blog Posts
Lamb Ragu
Posted by Mike Falk on February 16, 2012 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hey wooorld. Thought I would share a cooking experience from the other night..
So, I had some extra ground lamb leftover from Super Bowl last week and didn't think I could stomach yet another burger, so I decided to make a Ragu.
Started out by googling a few random recipes to get a basic idea of what ingredients I wanted to add. I stopped by the grocery store after work and picked up a few extra things that I knew I didn't have at home.
Got home and laid out (made a mess…
Continue Baked Ziti: Taking an online recipe and improvising
Posted by Co-Active Design Project on February 16, 2012 at 5:11pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Internet Recipes
Posted by Co-Active Design Project on January 19, 2012 at 5:17pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
My mom made White Bean Chicken Chili for dinner! Yummm - She started with a recipe she found on the internet. How often do you use a recipe from the Internet? and How does it affect your process in planning a meal?…
The Freezer Section
Posted by Co-Active Design Project on January 19, 2012 at 5:15pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
How often do you cook meals from the freezer section or meals that are partially prepared?
VIDEOS
Create a video in which you give a tour of your kitchen and describe the following:
- How you function in the space
- What utensils you use the most, telling us what you like and dislike about them.
- What you wish you could change to make the cooking process to make it easier on you.
- And anything else you would like to share to help in our new design
Videos
How can design improve cooking at home?
If you were to design a new product to help you cook more at home, what would it be? Describe what your concept, how it would work, and why it is important to you.
Consider: Planning for meals, shopping, cooking, cleaning, storing leftovers, and etc.
Post your ideas in the Idea Application below
Co-Active Design Project is a social networking site where members work together to solve design problems and develop new product solutions.
POLL
Surveys
The focus of this project is to better understand what is difficult about cooking at home. On average 25 percent of Americans eat out 2 to 3 days a week. Co-Active Design Project’s members have defined planning for meals, along with controlling portion sizes as a difficult part to cooking at home. These surveys aim to better understand how planning a meal can affect our ability to cook dinner at home.
Please take some time to fill out these surveys. Only 10 questions each, and should take less than 10 minutes.
Thank you!
Portion Sizes When Cooking Survey
Photos
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