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November 10th, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I was selected as one of the 25 Iron Foodie challengers!!!! I will get a box of 8 gourmet food items from Marx Foods and must prepare a dish using three of them, then post to my blog by December 3rd.

The winner receives $200 in credit for using at Marx Foods. There’s other prizes too, unspecified.

Ok contestants!! Start your ovens! Light your burners and pull on your thinking caps!! This gal is ready to ROCK!!

Iron Foodie 2010 | Here's Why that will be me:

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Iron Foodie Challenge

November 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Foodie Blogroll is pairing up with Marx Foods and sponsoring an Iron Foodie Challenge, where 25 chosen contestants will receive a ‘Mystery Box’ with 8 ingredients from Marx Foods in it to prepare a signature dish. You must use only three of the ingredients only.
Iron Foodie 2010 | Here's Why that will be me:
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This challenge has my name all over it. Read on for my answers to their initial questions. I have until November 5th to submit this first step.
  1. Why do you want to compete in this challenge?
    I can’t imagine being better suited to a cooking challenge like this. My husband regularly calls me ‘Iron Chef’ at home due to my ability to magically create meals from what’s stashed in our pantry, or hanging around left over in our fridge. In fact, there are times when faced with no dinner plan and the contents of my cupboard that my heart starts racing in anticipation and excitement as I attempt to pull a meal together. I love the ‘challenge’ part of it, the mystery of the unknown, the potential awaiting from some simple ingredients and having the skills to make something out of what’s on hand.
  2. Limitations of time/space notwithstanding, whose kitchen would you like to spend the day in & why? Julia Child, Thomas Keller, Ferran Adria, James Beard, Marie-Antoine Careme, or The Swedish Chef?
    It would be Julia Child. She had such a winsome appeal, and such a devil-may-care attitude about cooking. She took the good with the bad, she made it all work and gave so many people the confidence to step up their cooking in their own kitchens. I love the ‘Go with the flow’ style she had, and her love and desire to just enjoy cooking for what it was.
  3. What morsel are you most likely to swipe from family & friends’ plates when they aren’t looking?
    I’m always snitching meat bones to nibble on, to get those last perfect morsels of meat off. The meat tastes best when it’s right on the bone.
  4. Sum your childhood up in one meal.
    Meat loaf, baked potatoes and green beans.
  5. The one mainstream food you can’t stand?
    Polenta. The creamy kind. I can’t explain it because I love cornbread and muffins, and I don’t mind polenta when it’s firm and baked. But mushy? Ew. No thanks.

I’m hoping to make it into the Challenge round! Wish me luck!!