Nikki is the Iron Chef.

And Nikki loves the new Ninja turtle movie. Cowabunga awesome.

Yesterday was MAH's Iron Chef Competition with the secret ingredient of ginger. Lucy and I came up with a delicious menu and then off to the grocery store I went, getting everything for 42$.

6 Hours of cooking followed. OMG- I had never made some of these things before so it was just A TAD NERVE WRACKING!

Menu:
Drink- Ginger peach tea, chilled, in iced wine glasses with a sugar rim and a slice of ginger for garnish

Appetizer: Bok Choy Salad with Ginger Sesame Dressing (This was a huge hit- I gave the recipe out and they ate not only what was on their plates but all my leftover!)

Entree: Pan seared Atlantic salmon marinated in brown sugar, cumin, and ginger served on brown rice with steamed vegetables.

Dessert- Homemade crepes stuffed with apple that were fried in nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon. Scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with ginger and cinnamon.

I won the awards for best salad and BEST OVERALL. Thus, Nikki is now the Iron Chef.

Fear me.

And then, even though I had to get up at 6 this morning for work, me, Mike, and JonJon went to the theatre at front and jarvis to see TMNT. I don't care what the reviewers said- I loved it and would see it at least 3 more times. In theaters. Then I would buy the DVD and watch it all the time.

So much love.

Now so much hunger and a need to nap....