Able Hands
Assistant Cook
OK So I just got home from my friends house. We had Ribs, Corn, Baked Beans (Grandma Browns), and store bought potato salad that was actually pretty good... But I digress.
Kat is someone whose cooking skills I respect. She like me is an amateur, but she's pretty good. This started out as fun between her and I for Sunday, and has blossomed into a full out cooking challenge including two other home cooks. None of us are pros, but all of us enjoy cooking new things, and that is the main part of the challenge.
So here it is:
Each of us has to cook twice baked potatos. Kat cooks a twice baked potato caserole of some sort, I have a pretty good recipe for standard twice baked and the others I'm not sure about.
The other part of the challenge is to cook an entre that you have never done before.
I hate to lose at anything so I'm hoping I can get some inspiration from those in the know. Please keep in mind that I am strictly an amateur. I'd like to try and find something relatively simple (I am up for a challenge as that's part of the fun for me) but I really want something that'll knock their socks off if I can pull it off. Preferably something that will go with twice baked spuds. I think DW is making her killer pasta salad for the masses as well, so it could go along with that. I don't need anything that requires a sofisticated pallet but I do want a dish with great flavor.
I'm open to all suggestions, but please keep in mind that this is happening in two days, and I don't have a budget to practice it first. This is a one time shot at something I've never done before. Standing Rib Roast would not be a good suggestion. Something fun and out of the norml is what I am looking for. Grill, oven or stove-top.
Thanks
Matt
Kat is someone whose cooking skills I respect. She like me is an amateur, but she's pretty good. This started out as fun between her and I for Sunday, and has blossomed into a full out cooking challenge including two other home cooks. None of us are pros, but all of us enjoy cooking new things, and that is the main part of the challenge.
So here it is:
Each of us has to cook twice baked potatos. Kat cooks a twice baked potato caserole of some sort, I have a pretty good recipe for standard twice baked and the others I'm not sure about.
The other part of the challenge is to cook an entre that you have never done before.
I hate to lose at anything so I'm hoping I can get some inspiration from those in the know. Please keep in mind that I am strictly an amateur. I'd like to try and find something relatively simple (I am up for a challenge as that's part of the fun for me) but I really want something that'll knock their socks off if I can pull it off. Preferably something that will go with twice baked spuds. I think DW is making her killer pasta salad for the masses as well, so it could go along with that. I don't need anything that requires a sofisticated pallet but I do want a dish with great flavor.
I'm open to all suggestions, but please keep in mind that this is happening in two days, and I don't have a budget to practice it first. This is a one time shot at something I've never done before. Standing Rib Roast would not be a good suggestion. Something fun and out of the norml is what I am looking for. Grill, oven or stove-top.
Thanks
Matt