the jen challenge

Episode 1: Rice, Goat Cheese, and Montreal Steak Seasoning

DATE: February 3, 2005
LOCATION: Boys’ college apartment in Provo, Utah
PARTICIPANTS: Joe, Matt, Brandon

FOOD 1: Rice
FOOD 2: Goat Cheese
FOOD 3: Montreal Steak Seasoning
TIME STARTED: 9:30 PM

THE RECIPE:
Corn chips:
Find what’s lying around
Rice:
4 cups rice
5 cups water
1 16oz can of tomatoes
Half a 12oz can of corn
½ tsp Montreal Steak Seasoning

Load into a rice cooker or pan and boil until rice is done.

Sauce:
2 medium potatoes, diced
½ onion, diced
1 Tbsp oil
4 hamburger patties
½ cup goat cheese
½ cup shredded cheddar
1 packet cheese powder (from Macaroni and Cheese)
1 cup water
1 small can diced green chilies
1 tsp Montreal Steak Seasoning

Sautee onion and potatoes in oil. Cook and chop up hamburger patties and add to the mix. Add the rest of the ingredients one at a time and stir the mixture until it comes to a boil.

To serve:
Put rice down first, then a layer of crushed corn chips and top with the sauce. Enjoy!

TIME FINISHED: 10:30 PM

REFLECTION:
Boys’ kitchens tend to be scary, and this one was no exception. I found a rotten onion in the fridge - mushy rotten, not just moldy! It was gross. They had enough variety of ingredients that it wasn’t too hard to come up with something. The hardest part was figuring out how on earth to put rice and goat cheese together; they are both good, but generally do not go in the same meal. I do know how I would do it again if I could make changes: use ground beef instead of hamburger patties and just straight Velveeta instead of the three cheeses. However, the point of this challenge is to use what they have on hand, so I did.

EVALUATION:
pending

posted by Jen Harms Wilson @ 12:02 AM