Hello everyone! Since I was tossed out of the MasterChef Kitchen, I have really started branching out from my cooking style and now it is time to take the next step. I have decided to really start challenging myself as a chef and you are going to be the ones to challenge me. So every month I am going to gather ingredients based on your comments on my MaurPowerFoodie Challenge posts. I will use the first 5 ingredients (provided they are available to me at a somewhat reasonable price) plus as many of the other suggested ingredients I can to create a (hopefully) stunning and delicious dish. I will then post pictures, a recipe, my thought process in creating said dish, and maybe even a video here and there of my frantic creative process in the kitchen and/or at the store.
Now I don’t want to keep you all waiting, so this challenge starts now! You must follow the blog AND leave a comment on this post for me to use your ingredient suggestion. One ingredient per person. Then, at the end of the month, I will take the ingredients and in August make my dish and do a post about it. Then, on that post, I will take suggestions for the next month’s challenge ingredients.
Be creative but also be thoughtful, because as fun as it would be to watch me squirm with some odd ingredient combo’s, it would also be great to give you all new recipes you can use at home when looking for something delicious.
Remember, for me to use your ingredient, you must BOTH follow the blog AND leave a comment on this post. One ingredient per person. I will definitely use the first 5 ingredients and then as many of the others as I can.
The creative juices are flowing, so let’s get this party started. Until next time, this is Jason “MaurPowerFoodie” Maur signing off.
MaurPowerFoodie 
July 16th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Ingredient: Garlic Chives. Go!
July 16th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
cantaloupe 🙂
July 16th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
One ingredient
1. Pickled white fish from ikea
5 ingredients
1. Pickled white fish
2. Mcdoubles
3. Kimchi
4. Crem fresh
5. Tomatillos
July 16th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
One of my favorite ingredients: BUTTERMILK
July 16th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
EW….cantaloupe, garlic chives, pickled fish, and buttermilk? *shudder* sounds like a chopped box.
July 16th, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I’m just imagining that all blended up in a smoothie.. *gag*. Good luck!!
July 17th, 2012 at 12:06 am
brown rice
July 17th, 2012 at 2:50 am
Tie it together with…hominy. (Or another corn variant, I suppose).
July 17th, 2012 at 10:16 am
As grossed out as I am by the thought of pickled whitefish and cantaloupe (in a buttermilk bechamel, nonetheless), I feel a certain responsibility to give you a last ingredient you can actually work with. However, I am also a fan of watching people squirm – lets go with: MISO (I’ll leave it wide open as to whether you use paste or powder, and what color — suggestions: white paste or red powder). GOOD LUCK!