iron chef

Brad and I watched 2 cooking shows in the last few days that reminded us of the apprentice. first we watched Hells Kitchen. i liked the part where they are cooking individually but the restaurant part really didn't do much for me, mainly because it was more about who they were than what they were cooking. too much drama. not sure why all the bleeping was needed but i guess it's supposed to be funny.

then we watched Iron Chef. what i liked about it was that they had a box of random ingredients and a short time to create a masterpiece with it. i thought one of the guys in particular was a little too emotional. if you are trying to be a top chef in a really busy and exclusive restaurant, you need to have your act together. if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. hahaha.

the reason i like shows like this because it gives me great ideas for throwing things together at the house. meal planning? what's that??? i will say that i will never have frogs legs laying around the house so i don't need to worry about what to do with those. the frog needs them more than i do...

so last night, my iron chef challenge was some fresh pasta, shrimp, red pepper, one tomato, one red onion and some sliced mushrooms. so i decided to use the wok and i used the lemon olive oil since there would be shrimp, then i threw in 3 cloves of minced garlic, the small red onion, the red pepper and the mushrooms. i let those cook for a little while and then threw in the fresh pasta (this stuff is awesome - we don't have it in the states), then of course i had to add more lemon olive oil, ground sea salt, lemon pepper, and regular ground pepper. let that cook a bit and then threw in the shrimp for the last few minutes, a bit more pepper and a little tobasco. after i turned off the gas burner, then i threw in the diced tomatoes and some fresh basil. the only thing i wish i had would have been some scallions and some fresh lemon to squeeze over the top. otherwise it was really good! it got rave reviews from Brad and that's all that matters!