We went to the fair yesterday and I saw how my chair ranked: honorable mention! I wasnt expecting first prize, but wow, honorable mention? First through fifth place ribbons are awarded, which means my chair was ranked along side a little chair made out of Rice-a-Roni boxes.
I also entered a cooking competition called "Bridging Cuisines", in which you combine two styles of food into something new. I came up with "Broccomole". Its kind of like guacamole, but made with broccoli and yogurt. I even grilled homemade naan bread to serve with it.
I came in second. But thats not so much of a feat, considering five people entered the competition, but only two showed up! Haha! Ah well, we had fun anyway.
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Heres my official recipe. Its actually pretty good:
Broccomole
(with grilled naan)
Stuff to get for the Broccomole:
2 heads of broccoli
½ cup plain yogurt
½ small onion
¼ cup loosely packed cilantro
1 tsp lime juice
1 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic
1 tomato
How to make Broccomole:
- Steam broccoli until softened. Maybe 10 minutes or so. Stick a fork in it and see if its soft. I dont know...maybe theres an app for that.
- Run cold water over broccoli to cool it down.
- Dump the broccoli and all the other stuff into a blender. Well, except the tomato. Dont add that to the blender. (See, it pays to read the recipe before making it.)
- Push various buttons on blender until you get something green, thick and smooth that sort of looks like guacamole.
- Try tasting it once in a while to see if you like it. If not, try adding more stuff.
- Pour broccomole goop into a serving bowl and toss in the chopped-up tomato.
- Serve with naan, tortilla chips, pita bread, Oreo cookies, or anything else you like!
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