A cook-off and the golden spoon

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving break in Georgia. Really it was perfect... 70 degree weather, family, and lots of food. It made it soo hard to come back to reality. One of the fun things we did was an Iron Chef competition. We had team newlywed & team nearly dead (I think Jake came up with that name), luckily we were on team newlywed. Right before we started cooking we opened our secret ingredient bag---mangos! Then we had an hour to make an appetizer and dessert for the judges.


Team Newlyweds (The incredibles), The Judges, Team Nearly Dead (True Grits)

After deliberating for a few minutes we decided to make mango salsa, homemade tortilla chips, battered shrimp & mango sorbet with a strawberry sauce. I was in charge of the tortilla chips. First batch.. a little toasty, second batch... a little salty.. let's just say it took me a long time. lol Lucky for me Jake is a great sorbet maker and Jordan and Brady made yummy salsa.

Team gritts had a tougher "secret ingredient" that they had to use... blackberries. They made stuffed mushrooms wrapped in bacon with blackberry shrimp & homemade doughnuts with blackberry cream cheese. They also had a little hiccup when the oven lit on fire...

In the end... the Newlywed team was awarded the golden spoon! We had so much fun!