Our homework to complete before our first extended project lesson was to fill out the personal audit sheets provided by the sixth form. These had questions asking about our interests and what our hobbies are. The questions asked were aimed at helping us to focus on what sort of subject and form our extended project should take. In some ways this was unsuccessful as I participate in a wide range of activities such as sport, music and drama that it didn't help me in limiting the scope of my dissertation topic. But what was helpful was that it made me think through what the benefits of doing each type of project were, for example, beneficial for use in a degree or in the workplace. I gained the ability of being able to look forward and envisage what the most beneficial and challenging project would be. After completing my personal audit and watching several video clips with previous students talking about their extended projects, I thought about doing a project involving cooking. Being a vegetarian myself I appreciate the difficulties in making new and different recipes when the available ingredients are limited. So I decided that I would create a vegan cookbook as making interesting and unique vegan recipes is challenging as the variety of ingredients available is even more restricted. This would hopefully develop my knowledge of vegan recipes and challenge my cooking abilities. My next step will be to research existing vegan recipes to get some ideas.