ultimate thanksgiving challenge Archives

The final episode of Food Network's Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge had the remaining three contestants expressing touching moments of inspiration and creating intricately beautiful meals to represent their family Thanksgiving.  Host Giada De Laurentiis tasked them to use squash as their muse and all three created meals that made my mouth water Judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Carla[...]

This week on Food Network's Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge, the four remaining competitors were tasked with working together to create the best "Friendsgiving Dinner", a perfect dish highlighting goose and hen.  One team conveniently coined themselves "Batman & Robin" and they were a "dynamic duo", working exceptionally well together. Things did get a smidge out of hand[...]

This week on Food Network's Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge, the remaining five competitors were challenged with thinking outside the box using some nontraditional food items and transforming them into Thanksgiving comfort food.  Host Giada De Laurentiis encouraged them to express their creativity to reinvent items like pizza, lasagna, and tacos 0 while judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Carla[...]

With Thanksgiving being a few weeks away, and thoughts of food, family and post-holiday gym memberships on our minds, I geared up to watch Food Network's Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge Full disclosure: as much as I enjoy the show, I do watch it to inspire my holiday menu, especially with ingredients being low cost and meals[...]