Iron Chef AmERIKA!

Last weekend we got together with some friends for the ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN!

We all met at Walmart and revealed the SECRET INGREDIENTS.

The guys were in charge of the main dish, and us girls gave them these ingredients to work with:

Leeks
Jicama
Lime jello

The girls were in charge of dessert. We were handed these ingredients:

Raisins
Root beer
Apple cinnamon

So Team WOMEN came up with a game plan and went off to do our shopping while Team MEN did the same, trying to stay within our budget of $5 per person.

We came back to our house and the girls headed to the basement while we waited for our dinner.

An hour and a half later we came upstairs to THIS! What we have here is mashed potatoes seasoned with leeks and garlic, served in a baked jicama shell, fried jicama chips, and steak marinated in lime jello, 7-Up, freshly squeezed lime juice, and Mesquite.


A scrumptious, not to mention aesthetically pleasing, fruit salad.


And sparkling 7-up. With, what is that? Oh yes, LIME JELLO. (And take notice of the super happy ketchup plate.)


Here is a better view. My how that jello glistens.


You know what, I was SO IMPRESSED!!!! They were creative and the most important part? It all tasted delicious.


SOOOOO us girls really had to bring it.

We decided to make apple pie... with raisins... with a root beer drizzle for the ice cream.

Lindsey is workin her magic on the root beer syrup.


Aerielle is mixing the yummy filling.


I'm beating the pie crust into submission. (pretty freaky.)






I think the guys liked it.



It was way fun! Next time we'll start earlier... we got done around midnight. Worth it though.