crafty sunday...

the kids wanted to make something yesterday and here is our craft. little pumpkins.

halloween treats...

it was my turn to bring treats to the girlie crafty night. here is my cauldron atop the wood burning fire. it was delish! i made the blac cauldron bread bowl at work and it was perfect.

the winners...

and cory accidentally punching me in the face.

the losers...

nita, nat & calivn

dessert...

the dessert

anita vs cory
secret ingredients: coffee ice cream, candy corn, raspberries & chow mein noodles.

the results:

nita made mini pastry filled with coffee ice cream and raspberries stuffed with candy corn dipped in chocolate.
cory made a warm coffee ice cream souffle with candy corn caramel sauce, tres leches ice cream and served with raspberries and chocolate drizzle.

CORY=Winner

the entre...

the entre
lolo vs nat
secret ingredients: pork chops, mascarpone cheese, virgil's cola & pears

this is the only photo of nat and i at work which is a shame because we both came up with an amazing dish, but the others said they were too hungry to take photos. boo on them.

the results:
nat made a delish pork chop with a pear/cola reduction sauce. she also made a mascarpone potato mash. the potatoes unfortunately were not done.
i made seared pork chops with blackberry, garlic, pear& cola compote. i also made some oven fried and made a spicy mock mayo dipping sauce out of the mascarpone, sirracha, chili powder and lime juice.
LOLO=Winner

chopped...

there is a show on the food network called chopped. we have been playing our own version with some friends. the premise behind it is that you get surprise ingredients that you have to use to make a dish. it is chef to chef combat. there is an appetizer, entre and dessert. so we draw names to see who goes up against whom and then each group chooses the secret ingredients for some other. (entre chooses for dessert, appetizer for entre and dessert for appetizer) here is round two.

the appetizer
andrew vs calvin
secret ingredients: shrimp, graham cracker crumbs, krispy kream donut & limes

the results.... calvin made some very interesting shrimp on top of a donut crostini. he used way to much salt.
andrew made a nice tortilla filled with shrimp, corn and spices. he made a delish sauce.

ANDREW=WINNER