"Dollars! You have been challenge. I am your host Chef Erika. Each Tuesday I shall give you a mandatory ingredient in which you must make an appetizer, entree, and dessert, all using the mandatory ingredient in some way. Plate, and take a picture of your creations and post them here along with a description of each dish. You have until Sunday Morning to do so. On Sunday everyone and anyone can vote on which person they thought has the best looking dishes. On Monday I shall tally up these votes and declare who our Iron Dollar is! Will our Iron Dollar carry on into the next week and claim his or her right as the Iron Dollar, or will a new challenger arise and still the victory? No one knows what will happen next on..... Iron Dollars!!!!!!!!"

This weeks Mandatory ingredient is............ Oranges!

Dollar Chefs! I welcome those of you who are brave enough to take on this challenge. I hope that your culinary skills will stun those of us watching so eagerly. I wish you all the best of luck. Now........ BEGIN!

d'aw

this is a really creative idea, it's just a shame that not many people browse the food board or are halfassed enough to cook a meal lol

For desser(My specialty) I recommend a Red velvet slice with an orange zest vinigrette and red cinnamon. German chocolate suits itself as well if accompanied by an orange sherbert(Hence the ingridient)
And Entree..? Hm, Maybe a Texas/Cayan Lamb chop with orange zest from the peeling and the juice acting as the flavoring.

Apetizer... Well considering citrus based snacks It'd be more intresting to which having orange slices along with candied potato skin as the orange slices would have a brown sugar powdering.

(Triumphant Win)

>>3 We need to get food out into the world! -_- or at least more out into the dollars. But thank you ^^ You should except the challenge!

>>4 The first two sound really good. But the appetizer sounds more like a garnish for a dessert. Try something a bit bigger in size and not as sweet. Also WE NEED PICS! Make and show us pics!

--WHAT THE!?

i can make orange juice! its brillant! orange juice for every course! i love orange juice! do i win?

>>6 is there a problem? O.o

>>7 uh.... no

>>4 How about breakfast? The important meal of the day? Well I'll do that, then. I would recommend making orange scones with quite some extra orange zest in it, but not too much or it just taste too...well...orange-ish. Need to at least get the taste of what else is on the scone. It's great with milk, too.

>>9 Nice, Nice! Now Considering >>5 I guess your right but I am a rookie.. Heh Anywho I suppose an Orange flavor marinade would suit a New york steak!.

(NOTHING RELATED TO THIS THREAD, BUT YO, ERIKA!)

>>11(Uuuuhhhhhhhhh. Yes? O.o)

>>10 steak is not an appetizer though.

Sigh~ I guess there is no winner of the Iron Dollars this week. Seeing as no one posted pics, the best IDEA wins!

>>4 SanityJinx Your Dessert sounded interesting with using an orange vinaigrette with Red Velvet Cake, I would take care not to use to much vinegar and suggest a red wine or rice vinegar. maybe a shot of an orange drink to go with it. You Entree too sounds good, but maybe use the orange juice as a marinade as well to incorporate the flavor better. Your Appetizer could use some work. I would have suggested a salad when dealing with oranges. Fresh sliced oranges with blanched green beans, and saute bits of bacon, small portion of a tender steak with an orange marinade neatly laid over the salad with maybe a light pan sauce would have been great.

Congratulations! You are our very first Iron Dollar!

Dollars, I am grateful for your par-taking in this compaction, please join us tomorrow for the start of a new Iron Dollars! Will SanityJinx continue as a winner or will a new dollar swoop in and stun us? Find out!

>>13 Don't scare me like that,woman! DX

>>14 Lol! How did I scare you? Anyways....

Welcome Dollars to our second round of Iron Dollars! This week's challenge is............. Hazelnuts!

wait wait, I can actually do this one

give me a day or two and I will become the Picasso of the kitchen

>>16 Looks like we have one challenger!

if i made nutella on bread, would that count? since nutella is hazlenut spread. orz.

Bump

>>18 uh.... no -_- That wouldn't even count as a proper dessert. Hazelnut Ganache (which is what Natella is)on bread isn't bad if you also have a sauce, garnish, cake/pastry, and plate it pretty.

Apparently there are no challengers T-T looks like the Iron Dollars have died.