If you like cooking, you will undoubtedly run into a situation where you'll have to cook for someone with dietary restrictions. It might be a lifestyle choice like vegetarianism, a religious aversion or certain foods, or food allergies, such as a gluten- or peanut-allergy. Whatever the reason, you'll have to do it at some point so start experimenting now.

Find a recipe and make the necessary adjustments so that it's friendly to a particular dinner guest's needs. Make a note in your response as to how you adjusted the recipe and what the purpose of the adjustment is. For an example, see the first post below

To see an example of an adjusted recipe, take a look at the annotated recipe linked here:

http://diigo.com/0lbmg

As you can see, it is recommended that the meat in the chili be replaced with soy meatballs. Meat may also be left entirely out of the recipe. If the chili is too thin, you might add cooked lentils to the recipe.

This recipe was adjusted for vegetarian dinner guests.

We almost never follow recipes to the letter. For this assignment, look at one of the recipes you've used in the past or try out a new one and find some way to improve it. It can be as simple as swapping cumin for mustard seed or it could be complicated enough to change the taste of the dish entirely. Explain what you've done and why. If the recipe is one you found online, bookmark it in this group.

Post your responses by replying to this thread. For an example, see the first post below.

To see an annotated recipe, look at this link:

http://diigo.com/0lbm3

As you can see, I made a few suggestions for this recipe. First of all, I suggest mincing or slicing the ginger and putting it in a tea ball or cheesecloth to steep with the lentils as they boil. This is because ginger has a very rough texture and can be tricky in a recipe.

I also suggest adding a spoonful of cream cheese to the mix while it is still hot to make the recipe more savory, adding sun-dried or plum tomatoes, and garnishing the dish with cilantro.

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