{"id":5685,"date":"2026-02-07T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/02\/07\/inquiry-blog-2-sourdough-banana-bread\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:17:30","slug":"inquiry-blog-2-sourdough-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/02\/07\/inquiry-blog-2-sourdough-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry Blog #2 \u2013 Sourdough Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my first sourdough themed inquiry post, I had a lot of different ideas, but I decided to start with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclevercarrot.com\/2020\/04\/ultimate-sourdough-banana-bread\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theclevercarrot.com\/2020\/04\/ultimate-sourdough-banana-bread\">sourdough banana bread<\/a>. I chose to start with banana bread because it is something I make relatively frequently. I figured it would be nice to find a recipe that I could use sourdough starter with. The recipe I choose was by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclevercarrot.com\/about-emilie-raffa\/\">Emilie Raffa<\/a> on her blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclevercarrot.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theclevercarrot.com\/\">The Celver Carrot<\/a>. I really liked her recipe and wanted to try it. However, I didn\u2019t have everything that the recipe needed. So instead of finding an alternate recipe, I turned to testing out generative AI. I chose to use Google Gemini AI. I asked it a multitude of questions and asked for suggestions as to how to substitute ingredients and materials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/share\/c0cded9a53cd\">Google Gemini AI conversation <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>AI Notice:<\/strong> In this inquiry blog post, generative AI was used primarily to find alternatives and help me complete the recipe with the ingredients and tools I had on hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For example, the recipe noted using a food processor, and I don\u2019t have one. So I asked AI for it\u2019s suggestions, it initially suggested to use a potato masher, wisk, and even just two forks. But, I remembered that I have a blender and then asked Gemini for suggestions on how to incorporate that instead. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/athena336.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9959\/2026\/02\/IMG_0526-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192 size-full\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>One thing I noticed while baking was, when I added all my ingredients into the blender, I noticed that this would make a cool lesson on density and mixtures. I could rank the ingredients used based on high density to low density. For example, in this image, I can tell that the oat milk is denser than both the mashed banana and, olive oil. which connects to the BC <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/6\/core\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/curriculum.gov.bc.ca\/curriculum\/science\/6\/core\">Science 6 Curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The recipe went quite nicely and I followed all of the suggestions that Google Gemini provided me with. In the end the banana bread turned out pretty well. However, I had a minor hiccup while baking. My power went out (for around 1.5 hours), with around 20 minutes left of cooking time! I decided to keep the oven door closed to keep all the heat inside the oven which allowed for further cooking. However, when I took the banana bread out it was unfortunately still slightly undercooked. I made the executive decision to re-heat the oven to temperature and put the banana bread back in for 15 minutes. Despite the final (slightly burnt) appearance, I was pleasantly surprised by my first taste-test.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/athena336.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9959\/2026\/02\/IMG_0525-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/athena336.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9959\/2026\/02\/IMG_0527-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/athena336.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9959\/2026\/02\/IMG_0530-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/athena336.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9959\/2026\/02\/IMG_0531-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my first sourdough themed inquiry post, I had a lot of different ideas, but I decided to start with a sourdough banana bread. I chose to start with banana bread because it is something I make relatively frequently. 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