Quickfire Challenge

     Creating dinner in a flash can be stressful.  On those nights when speed is a necessity, insert a little levity into the process.  Or just DO it for fun!

Quickfire Dinner

  
     Bravo's hit reality competition show, "Top Chef" has a segment entitled, "Quickfire."  Contestants are challenged to prepare a dish and serve it up to be judged in a short amount of time.  In the past, some of the Quickfires have required contestants to "create a sushi dish," "create an original ice cream flavor," and "create a two-egg breakfast dish in 10 minutes, using only one hand."

     Have fun fixing dinner courtesy of the Top Chef folks at BRAVO and their "Quickfire" idea!  Create a family challenge, or make it up as you go along.  Amazing what you can get accomplished when the clock is ticking.  Work as fast as you can and enjoy the ride!

TRY THIS ONE!  

Milk-free, Egg-free, Nut-free

Prepare 4 toasted BLT sandwiches 
served with sliced apple 
and 4 mugs of tomato soup.  

Don't forget drinks and condiments!

"You have 15 minutes.  Your time starts...NOW!"

Possible Strategy
1.  Pre-heat oven to toast bread on cookie sheets
2.  Pre-heat pan for bacon
3.  Start heating soup
4.  Butter 8 slices of bread
5.  Place bread slices on cookie sheets and put in the oven.
6.  Place bacon strips in pan
7.  Rinse and slice tomato
8.  Rinse and tear lettuce
9.  Stir soup
10.Flip bacon

Check your time!  Ahhhh!!!

11.  Set out plates and mugs

12.  Set out condiments

13.  Place tomato slices and lettuce on plates

14.  Stir soup

15.  Turn off heat under bacon (if haven't already!!!) and blot, as needed

16.  Pour drinks

17.  Distribute toast on plates

18.  Assemble BLTs

19.  Remember apple!

20. Hurry to cut apple

Check your time...

21.  Pour soup into mugs.
DONE!  Did you make it?

(This week's posts are dedicated to a friend who finds it impossible to find time to make dinner.  She works full-time and has several kids.  “Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.”)