zeb.holly.van.gretchen

Monday, May 9, 2011

GREENS

beautiful greens

mixed greens

romaine

arugula

spinach

buttercrunch

kale

Our Assistant

Van is great help to Dad with his own drill

it's just more fun to use Dad's drill

growing my own 'animal farm'

(animal sponges)

CHOPPED III

Once again the Fullmers conquered yet another round of chopped during Easter weekend. Thanks to Laura for letting us sabotage her beautiful kitchen!

The secret ingredients for the main course round were:

tri tip

eggplant

turnips

For the dessert round:

strawberries

choice of: champagne cheese

greek yogurt

BRITTANY

Seared Tri-Tip with Mushroom Cream Sauce over an Eggplant,
Turnip, Bacon and Potato Hash

BRITTANY

Coconut Crusted French Toast Napoleon with layers of Strawberry and Mango Greek Yogurt and Fresh Coconut Whipped Cream

CODY

Tri-Tip and Eggplant Eggrolls over Shaved Turnip Salad

ZEB
Grilled Tri Tip with Eggplant and Turnips

HOLLY

Seared Tri Tip Strawberry & Crusted Eggplant Salad

Creamy Sweet Pepper & Basil Rolls

LAURA APPETIZER

Eggplant Crustini

LAURA

Grilled Tri Tip with Turnip Puree & Fried Shallots

Grilled Tri Tip Crusted Eggplant & Spicy Turnip Fries

Laura, also made a fabulous Chocolate Mousse with Prosecco Marinated Strawberries

During Easter we were able to attend Tara, my sister in law's graduation and spend quality time with the Fullmers

back: Shontel, Holly, Brittany

front: Ashlee

It was a hot day and we needed a little Red Mango to cool us down

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Fullmer boys and girls joined up in the midwest for another chopped challenge. There were not just four competitors but 7 altogether. Our challenge ingredients were Lamb and Yellow Squash. We could only use what was in the kitchen. The attempt to establish a winner--failed because everyone is too nice but my favorites were the Asian Inspired, Indian Cuisine and the Skinwalker Taco.

#1 Zeb

Skinwalker Taco

Seared Lamb on top of Jewish Flatbread

topped with Cabbage, Cilantro and a Sweet Cilantro Sauce

#2 Ashlee

Shacka

Lamb Tacos with Yellow Squash Cream Sauce and

Avocado Cucumber Salsa

#3 Laura

Asian Inspired

Seared Lamb with a Soy Grape Jelly Sauce Tempura Veggies

and a Cucumber Squash Salad

#4 Rulon

BBQ Lamb

Grilled Lamb with Spicy BBQ Sauce Heart Shaped Tortillas

and Steamed Veggies

#5 Holly

Spiced Indian Cuisine

Seared Lamb on top of Acini de Pepe and Sauteed Veggies

with a Sweet and Spicy Coconut Cumin Sauce

#6 Hanna

Brigham City Petting Zoo

Seared Sweet Lamb with a Peach Sauce and a Peach Cucumber Salsa

#7 Debbie

Debbie's Lamb

Grilled Lamb with a Rustic Rootbeer Glaze alongside a

Creamy Cucumber Squash Crostini

A little after party after the challenge...

Zeb extracts a little

Pickled Burp Shot

for all the contestants to sample

DRINK CHALLENGE

Five contestants participated in the Drink Challenge using only ingredients from the door of the refrigerator

#1 Zeb: Pickled Burp

#2 Laura: Mexican Iced Cocoa

#3 Ashlee: Fruity Splurge

#4 Hanna: Pickled Grape Slush

#5 Debbie: Mexican Orange Cream

DESSERT CHALLENGE

Three contestants participated in the Dessert Challenge using Hersheys Chocolate Syrup as their Challenge.

(Not hard for me-haha)

#1 Holly: Choco Almond Frappe

#2 Laura: Chocolate Banana Pudding

#3 Ashlee: Chocolate Chip Scookie with Whipped

Cream and Chocolate Sauce

7 Full Stomaches and 4 hours later, we endured another excited family challenge!!!

Monday, March 7, 2011

SO FUN!!!

CHEROKEE RANCH CASTLE

My fam came to visit me for a fun weekend in Denver. We went to this early 1900's castle which used to have 100's of cattle roaming the acreage. You'll see below some of the findings inside the castle. The castle is built of mostly natural rock and slate. A woman, named Tweet, was the second owner and she had several celebrities visit there. There are several original icons such as furniture and paintings including a Peter Paul Rubens painting which was fascinating!

Tiles shipped from France, placed above fire place in dining room

THE WILDLIFE MUSEUM

Van was mostly occupied with the buttons where frogs had different rib-biting sounds-hilarious!

I like the blue poisonous frogs

Cousin Rio was very interested in the frogs

Van couldn't leave until he could ride the moose

We also caught an IMAX on dolphins

TAKE THE CAKE

I was thinking 4 maybe 5 to split....no, we took a whole cheesecake and a couple more. Why? It was my birthday!

chocolate godiva

chocolate coconut

white chocolate raspberry

red velvet

vanilla bean

mango key lime

the mango key lime was a limited special but it was actually quite refreshing!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

HAVE YOU BEEN CHOPPED?

If you've watched chopped then you'll understand how exciting this is! No lack of friendly, family competition on this one!

Was it Holly's Citrus Glaze and Candied Dumplings, Laura's Chili Crema and Avocado Salsa or Debbie's Spicy Fish and succulent Omlette that brought just one chef to the top?

According to the Fullmer family, this has been a highly favored family activity:

FOUR COMPETITORS

TWO MAIN INGREDIENTS

ONE KITCHEN

CHEF HOLLY

Herbed Catfish With Warm Citrus Glaze
Caramel Toffee Potato Dumplings

CHEF DEBBIE

Mexican Spiced Catfish

Chili Renello Potato Omlette

CHEF LAURA

Tortilla Crusted Catfish With Chili Crema Sauce

& Avocado Salsa

Jalapeno Potato Bites

Of course we couldn't chop anyone for their efforts. Everyone was able to come up with something different with limited extra ingredients. Like the question states above, each chef had something unique to bring to the table.

Unfortunately, Chef Zeb was in such a hurry to complete his dish, it was not photographed. I can't tell you how thrilling and exciting it is to challenge yourself and your family with only two main ingredients and try to be as creative as possible!

TRY IT!