Sleepover Success

4/5 of the kids ranked this Last-Day-of-School-First-Day-of-Summer-Sleepover "the best one yet." Among the various activities, which included an exchange of items-no-longer-wanted, swimming in the pool, makeovers, telling stories, playing tennis, and a modeling show, was the Iron Chef Cook-off. They did something similar last time with the brownies (see March 19 entry).

This time around, the rules were changed up. Each team was made by drawing names from a hat. It was a little worrisome when both sets of sisters ended up on the same team, but it worked out very well!

Each team was given these ingredients: Box of macaroni 'n cheese, toothpicks, Cool Whip, hot dogs, Refrigerator biscuits (crescent rolls), bananas, yellow cake mix, 9 eggs, stick of butter, bag of mini-marshmallows, a loaf of bread, and a Wild Card. The Wild Card could be used towards any other ingredient in the house. They also each had access to Pam spray, oil, and milk. Each team could ask permission from the other team to add one extra ingredient if they so desired....so one team asked for shredded cheese and the other asked for smoky cheddar cheese. The Wild Card for Dining Room team was used for a can of tomato paste, while the Kitchen team used theirs for syrup.

Judges: expert food tasters Dan & Linda Steele :)


"Dining Room Team" and "Kitchen Team"
Moriah, Moriah, Sydney Case, Brooke, Haley


Working on the side dish - cheesy mac with dogs

Working on the presentation of foods

Dining Room Team: Pigs in a blanket, cheesy mac 'n dogs, & pizza

Kitchen Team: Smoky Pigs in blankets, smoky mac, and smoky eggs on bread

Dining Room Team: Braised Marshmallows on Yellow Banana Cake with Cool Whip

Kitchen Team: Yellow Marshmallow Cake frosted with Cool Whip & banana slices, topped with syrups

And the tasting commences...

And the judging continues...