IDOS cook off at the West Jordan Stampeed

Saturday Rob and I competed in the IDOS sanctioned West Jordan Stampeed DO cook off. We competed against my brother and his girlfriend Jamie (who made it to Worlds last year) the second place winners at worlds last year and several other amazing DO chefs. We cooked a stuffed beef tenderloin, buttermilk bread and key lime macadamia nut pie. It was a lot of fun. This time we were much more prepared. We didn't place as high as we would have liked to but it's all about learning, improving, and most of all having a good time. That being taken into consideration...we took first place in those areas. A huge thank you to my brother and Jamie for getting us involved. Thank you for your love, support and encouragement. You guys are a great inspiration. A SPECIAL thanks to my mom and dad for taking our kids and for coming and supporting us. It was my moms birthday and instead of doing something fun for herself they took our kids and spent the day with them supporting us and being the BIGGEST FANS of me, Rob, Butthead and Jamie. Thanks for everything you do for us and for giving up your day for us. Love you!

Our winnings

This one is for you Butthead. It's been a long time coming but here it is. FIRST DO COOK OFF, SECOND PLACE!

Rob and I did our first DO cook off at West Fest. It was a ton of fun. When we got there it was a little entimidating at how many people were there doing this cook off for the 5,6, or 7th time. WOW! They spoke of how tough the competition is and how they did in the past. Rob and I looked at each other and said, "this is for fun, no expectations." It worked. We did yogurt chicken, french bread and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake.
Things didn't go quite as well as we had hoped. The bread didn't rise well...or at all, we forgot spoons to stir with, we didn't put parchment paper in the bottom of the DO so we could get the cheesecake out, and my knifes were so dull they barely cut. BUT WE HAD FUN.
When it came time to present our food, I was so embaresed I couldn't even look at how great everyone else did, for fear they would ask which was ours.
Last place here we come...BUT WE HAD FUN.
At the time of announcement of I was having such anxiety. But they did the kids division first. YEA for all of them. Then the 1 pot division. Here comes 2 pot...there was only 1 team. Now it's time for 3 pot...that's us. 4th place, third place, "Now can we have the last two teams come up." I ran. I was so excited...one of them was us. Rob just stood there not understanding what was going on. He knew we didn't place. BUT WE HAD FUN!
We stood up there and found out that there were only 3 points seperating 1st and 2nd. We took second place. OMGosh are you serious. The bread tasted great even though it was flat. All the cheesecake was gone and so was the chicken.
IDOS...here we come.


This is the first place winners food.

Our Cheesecake

Check out our flat bread. LOL

Waiting for the verdict

Top Two Teams

This is what we won.

Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake

Rob and I are going to compete in the West Fest Dutch Oven Cook Off. Last night I thought we should practice our desert. It turned out amazing.

A few pics from SF

Banana Nut Bread a la DO

We went to San Francisco last week. Pictures coming soon. I had 12 bananas sitting on the counter that went real brown while we were gone. Perfect for Banana Nut Bread. Never cooked BNB in a DO so what do you do? You jump in and get'er dun. Here is how it turned out. YUMMY!!! Can't wait for tomorrows menu.

I can Braid

This morning I woke up and made the most yummy bread. I was really nervous but thought you will never know if you can do it if you don't try. So...I tried and I will make it again and again and again. OH SO GOOD

OH How I love it

Years ago, when Godfathers Pizza was around and I was in Jobs Daughters, (lets just say 18 years ago), we would go to for pizza often. My FAVORITE pizza was their taco pizza. I spent some time last night looking for taco pizza recipes. Keep in mind anything you cook on the stove or in the oven can be done in a DO. I found several recipes. I took a little from each and came up with my pizza. I found a recipe for pizza dough. I was VERY nervous because I have never ventured into cooking anything that involves yeast...unless it is Rhodes bake and serve. But once again I stepped out of my comfort zone and did it.

I invited my parents over for dinner, but just a few hours before it was time for them to arrive, I got nervous and thought you better buy pizza crusts that are guaranteed to be good.

I did 2 taco pizza's. One with the crust I made and the other with the store bought one. I also did a pepperoni. They turned out great. I surprised myself. The best part was, everyone agreed my crust was better than the store bought. Guess I know I can do it now. So proud of myself.





Half eaten but you get the idea