Problem Solving Exercise

Kishanti likes to eat healthy and enjoy cooking vegetarian food at home. His problem is that he cooks a lot of the same food over and over again. Making cooking boring at times. In order to get Kishanti to explore new horizons in the kitchen I proposed the construction of a chart that he will interact with on a daily basis.

This is how the solution was planned:

Once a month, Kishanti is to get out of his comfort zone and go to the library to research about vegetarian food that he does not know about. He can take clips out of books and magazines and stick that to the chart.
Once a week, he can go to friends and family house to look for specific recipes. He will then bring more ideas and clips to stick to the board.
On the board he then creates a shopping list for the week. This shopping list should already demonstrate some progress, because he will buy some food items that he wouldn't buy otherwise.
On the daily slots of the chart, Kishanti can then write what he wants to cook on each day of the week.
By the end of the month he can erase/throw away all his research, or put his favorite recipes and discoveries on the archives in a folder.
As soon as the new month starts, Kishanti will be back to the library to explore and learn about food and culture.

An alternative to the chart is to sign up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) and improvise with whatever he receives on the box. This requires less time, demonstrating greater flexibility.