And the winner is...

I am obsessed with the UK show “Come Dine With Me”. For one night, 4 or 5 people, who have never met, go to one another’s house and cook for each other, they then rate the meal and hosting, and finally give a score, from 1 to 10, for the over all night. I watch new episodes every night at 5:30 and catch the re-run marathons in the day, judging each meal and moronic contestant as they try to win the 1,000 pound prize at the end of the week.

Now that I have become a stay at home fiancé, I imagine what culinary creation I would make on the addicting evening show. Every meal I cook I rate myself, and of course, have Andy rate me as well, to see if my fab cooking could have won the grand prize. Andy, as the perfect fiancé that he is, always gives me a 10 out of 10, while I think, “No. No. This is NOT ‘Come Dine With Me’ material and defiantly not worth the 1,000 pound jackpot”.

Then tonight I made an Asian inspiration, chicken, sweet orange, and walnut salad, with sweet ginger teriyaki dressing and 2, well maybe 3, glasses of crisp white wine…. YUMM! And after I tossed the salad, served it, and took my first bite, I shouted, “This is IT!! This is my ‘Come Dine With Me’ winning dish!” Which I followed up with, “Andy what do you think? What score do you give me? And don’t just say ten… tell me your score as if you are on the show!” And he said, “9”! I knew it!!! I then, of course, went on and formed my entire first place menu, deciding to serve, against the advice of the amateur chef Andy, the salad as the main and sesame seared ahi-tuna as the appetizer. And that is that! I shall apply tomorrow to be the next winning contestant on “Come Dine With Me”!