On the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving, my kitchen is turned into the setting of the Slivensky/Raynor/Blevins version of Iron Chef America...what we call Iron Turkey. It's boys versus girls in the quest to make the most impressive and great tasting dinner. This year, in addition to the must have gong, we now have an official Iron Turkey trophy!
The rules to Iron Turkey are simple:
1) Three must use ingredients are drawn by the kids weeks in advance of the competition. A meat, a side, and a dessert item.
2) Those three ingredients must be used in recipes that the team has never made before.
3) The team not cooking takes care of the kids for the day.
Going into the 2012 competition, the score was tied 1-1 from previous years.
You can recap those competitions here:
2011- Girls Night (click HERE); Boys Night (clickHERE))
The ladies' team:
Our must use ingredients were chicken & potatoes (main course & appetizer), and fruit (dessert)
Yes people, this is an actual picture that I took of our dessert. Nothing like a good fire to spice up dessert! It's amazing what you can come up with on Pinterest!
The rules to Iron Turkey are simple:
1) Three must use ingredients are drawn by the kids weeks in advance of the competition. A meat, a side, and a dessert item.
2) Those three ingredients must be used in recipes that the team has never made before.
3) The team not cooking takes care of the kids for the day.
Going into the 2012 competition, the score was tied 1-1 from previous years.
You can recap those competitions here:
2011- Girls Night (click HERE); Boys Night (clickHERE))
The ladies' team:
Our must use ingredients were chicken & potatoes (main course & appetizer), and fruit (dessert)
The resulting menu:
Appetizers: Chicken and Potato Florentine Soup, Bleu Cheese Stuffed Dates, and Potato Parsnip Pancakes
Main Course: Pistachio Crusted Chicken, Scalloped Sweet Potato Stacks, and Green Bean Bundles.
Yes people, this is an actual picture that I took of our dessert. Nothing like a good fire to spice up dessert! It's amazing what you can come up with on Pinterest!
The boys' team:
They beat us out in presentation that is for certain.
They even brought out their own chef Charles, complete with some crazy accent! (And people wonder why my sister and I act completely nuts?)
Their must use ingredient were beef & broccoli (main course/appetizer) and ice cream (dessert)
The resulting menu:
Appetizer: bleu cheese salad and meatballs with a homemade marinara. (recipe HERE)
Main course: broccoli topped Portobello mushrooms, stuffed peppers, and broccoli cheddar cornbread (recipe HERE).
Dessert: a salted caramel custard ice cream with homemade cookies
The girls were crowned
2012 Iron Turkey Champions!
2012 Iron Turkey Champions!
We have officially decided that between the boys presentation and serving techniques and the girls menu selections, we would make an entertaining catering team!
A special thanks to Patti Stamp for being this year's Iron Turkey judge.
Got suggestions on how to improve our competition? Comment or send us an email. We're already planning for next year!!
A special thanks to Patti Stamp for being this year's Iron Turkey judge.
Got suggestions on how to improve our competition? Comment or send us an email. We're already planning for next year!!
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