Chopped!

One night I had some friends over to do a fun cooking activity. It compares to Chopped the TV show. If you haven't seen it this is how it goes.

For us we didn't have a big time limit thing, but we were judged with best taste, best presentation, and most creative use of ingredients. It turned out each group (we did it in groups of two) got best in one category. For our ingredients basket we each had to use one meat, at least one starch, and at least one vegetable. Other than that we could use basically what we wanted from the fridge and pantry. The catch was that you had to make something you've never made before. Okay, so onto the foods....

 

Group 1~

cooked potato wedges, cooked ground beef to put on top, made a cheese sauce for on top of that, and finished it off with lots of herbs and spices, also with some tomato.

 

Group 2~

cut bacon in little pieces and cooked them, added in some orange pepper and onions. Then took that stuff out of the pan while the put some potatoes in. Afterwards those things were put in a tortilla with mayonnaise, black olives, grated cheese, and a little bit of lettuce. Quite good, actually!

 

Group 3~

  cooked noodles, cooked chicken and tomatoes and put them on top of the noodles, with grated cheese.

 All were delicious!!! But after a little chit chat, the moms decided the following (While we were in the kitchen cleaning up the big mess☺):

Group 1~Most delicious
Group 2~Most creative use of ingredients
Group 3~Best presentation

It was so much fun, thank you to other friends who first gave me the idea! I definitely would do it again!

What's happenin' around here: Flowers, Butterflies, chalk, projects, art, photography

Budding....

 to

 .....blooming! Purple cone flowers. Don't ask me why they're called purple☺

 

 

And Butterflies on our butterfly bush~

 

Chalk art~

 

and other art~

I copied this from the eye my counselor at camp drew. I'm pretty happy with the result☺.

Seth and Dad making a corn hole board. It's a really fun game to find out how to play click here.

 

 

 

 And more flowers!~

 

Star gazer lilies...these are so gorgeous in real life but sorry this picture isn't a good representation of them :(. 

 I LOVE this picture!!!!!!!! Meet the lilies (of what kind??)~



Hiking and Swimming!

Here are two pictures that I thought were so awesome! I am standing in a stream, casting a shadow, with the trees above me reflecting into my shadow! (how's that for complex☺)

 

 

We are thoroughly enjoying our pool this summer....now that the rain isn't so often (well, not as often as before☺).

 

Lined up with house church friends jumping in the pool!

 



 This is a friend and me diving....

 and again....☺ ready, set, dive....swoosh, the water comes up to our faces, our bodies, our feet, and boy, does it refresh us.

 

Thanks to the moms for taking these awesome jumping and diving pictures!!!!!!