Incredible appetizer--sautéed prawns (a secret ingredient), freshly made salsa verde, and sautéed leeks with bacon.
Incredible salad--quarter-sized cucumber slices surround a mound of match-stick-sliced fennel and Granny Smith apple, topped with paper-thin slices of red onion.
Incredible entree--pan-roasted cod (a secret ingredient), spinach sautéed with garlic and capers, and roasted fingerling potatoes.
The requirements were to make three demonstration dishes, using a different secret ingredient in two of those dishes, then prepare more of the same for the five judges to taste. At the end of an intense hour for the four cooks, Mama and I won the bidding competition for the demo dishes (a fundraiser for Food Safety in Tillamook County) and got to pick which chef's dishes we wanted to eat. That's a no brainer, right. While their food was delicious--we cleaned the plates in no time--the judges made the other guy the winner by 11 points.
Mama and I are incredibly blessed to have Lamont and Leland in our lives, and it's not just because we've not had to cook a single holiday meal since we moved to Portland, although that is absolutely nothing to sneeze at, right? All you always-the-one(s)-who-cook-holiday-meals know what I'm talking about. It's that and so much more. We love those two kind, creative, caring, talented, responsible men!
Be sure to go to Mrs. Nesbitt's Place for loads of other ABC Wednesday blogs!
Thanks to Lindsay for taking these great photos.
27 comments:
Well what an incredible blessing that is! Oh I love indulging in food and this must have been an amazing experience! Lovely....
Um...if I let you know I'm coming, do you think they'd cook for ME??? lol Divine inspiration for the letter I. :D
I like the looks of that shrimp dish. Yummy!
Oh that all looks yummy, but I agree with the others, pass the shrimp plate please
yummmmmmmm......this looks awesome! What a great "I"! Your sons did a fabulous job....I am proud of them for you!
Ok now i am hungry with all the incredible food.
Incredible Indulgence - Indeed It Is -:)
yum!
Yummi, yummi, yummi!!! :)))
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Great minds think alike! LOL!
Finally ... food I can eat!!
Great presentation this entire week. Your sons are blessed to have such a great Mom!!
Everything looks wonderful. I dont even like fish, but I would have to try the cod.
That food looks incredibly delicious. YUM>
WOW an invitation to cook that is awesome, I am drooling this is totally awesome
Incredible...but appetizing !
miss Yves
Everything looks yummy.
Looks tasty and sounds like a fun time. We enjoy watching those Iron Chef shows on the Food Network. Always interesting to see what they come up with - crazier than I might be willing to eat sometimes. :)
Bravo Lamont and Leland. The dishes look and sound great.
"Cordon bleu", "Maître-queue", grand-chef"...
Have we (Frenchies) always the best in the world ?
Yours seem quite excellent.
Oh yum, Oh yum, Oh yummmmmmmmmmmmmm.
And I understand about not having to do holiday cooking. My husband loves to cook, and he does holidays, and daily. Daily, now that he's mostly retired. I never loved cooking. So I am in 7th Heaven. :-)
And how is Mama doing now?
Mari-Nanci
Yummi :-)
THose dishes look absolutely fabulous and I'm sure they taste just as good.
Great choice of I post!
Nice looking dishes of food. Your posts the last few days have made me hungry.
Ohhhh, delicious! I used to enjoy cooking, but now I love being fed by kind cooks.
Their presentation is great, and I bet the food was delicious!!
BTw. . .. Do you know what Mayhaw (I think that's it) is?
The cod looks so delish!
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