Lucky #13

We now have a teenage daughter in the house!! 

On February 24th Lizzie turned 13.

For her friend party we had  "Chopped" cooking competition.  As hesitant as I was to have a cooking competition (mostly for the sake of my kitchen) it turned out really well.  It was fun to watch the girls cook and be creative for the judges.

The invite

Themed water bottles and take home bags are ready

The contestants-

Sophie, Paige, Brecken, Sarah, Jane, Anna

Sarah, Emmi, Lizzie

Each team was given a basket with some basic ingredients to make spaghetti (with a very basic recipe), garlic bread and a green salad.  On a separate counter I had a whole bunch of extra "optional" ingredients that they could decide if they wanted to use or not.

And begin....

Jane and Sarah with their garlic bread ready to go in the oven

They then had to "plate" four dishes for the judges

The judges (plus mom)!!!!

They did such a good job plating their dishes and the food was really good.

Team #1

Team #2

And finally a birthday greeting from Lucky :)