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Welcome to Menewsha's 3rd annual
Sweet Surprise Cooking Contest!

Such amazing cooking talent in this thread! There are so many Yummy treats, Delicious Dishes and Drinkable Delicacies that I almost don't know what to do with myself! We asked you to enter your cooking into three traditional categories:

• Sweet
• Savory
• Sippable

And enter you did! Thank you for sharing what you've been cooking up! Without futher ado, lets see the winners in the Third Annual Sweet Surprise Cooking Contest!

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Current Sweets Tier:
Tier 2 - 9/10

1st Place:
10K
2nd Place:
6k
3rd Place:
3K
Participation:
300g

For the sweetest of the sweet ~
Those festive candies, cookies, and other goodies go here!

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Winners

• 1st:

  Velvet

  Originally Posted by Velvet

  I brought sweets!

  
  Comments: My 3 year old helped me decorate these gingerbread cookies. They are yummy too~ I love the softness of gingerbread.

• 2nd:

  Naisou

  Originally Posted by Naisou

  I brought sweets!
  
  Comments: Homemade Orange Spice Sugar Cookies with Vanilla Icing. I have fun decorating them, even though it takes for-ever, lol. Actually...the whole sugar cookie process takes forever in general.
  Enjoy!

• 3rd:

  Mikio

  Originally Posted by Mikio

  I brought sweets!
  
  Comments: I made a Christmas tree chocolate twist puff pastry!! It was super delicious (Also a little cheese filled bow on the side, haha)[COLOR="lightseagreen"]

• Participation:

  bloodstainedwings:
  Naisou:
  Mikio:
  ghostPastry:
  Xogizmoox:
  Facade:
  Velvet:
  

Participants

Originally Posted by bloodstainedwings

I brought sweets!

Comments: homemade yule log!

i did it live on twitch!

Originally Posted by ghostPastry

I brought sweets!

Comments: Christmas Tree cheesecake! :D

Originally Posted by Xogizmoox

I brought sweets!

Comments: Caramel apple pie


I brought sweets!

Comments: homemade mocha chocolate chip cookies

Originally Posted by Facade

I brought sweets!

Comments: Homemade lemon bars with fresh-squeezed lemon juice, zest, a homemade shortbread crust, and featuring extra virgin olive oil in the custard! Facade LOVES lemon, and made these for a New Year’s Eve party he’s going to tonight!
For those interested, the recipe I use (I’ve made these 3-4 times over the years) is here. Highly recommended!

Originally Posted by Naisou

I brought sweets!

Comments: Cranberry Pie with Pecan Crumble recipe here! With Ice Cream!

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lemon bars, yummmmmmm....I like sour-ish desserts.

Current Sweets Tier:
Tier 2 - 8/10

1st Place:
10K
2nd Place:
6k
3rd Place:
3K
Participation:
300g


From snacks to soups & salads to hearty main dishes,
things to eat that aren't sweet belong here.

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Winners

• 1st:

  XoGizmooX

  Originally Posted by Xogizmoox

  I have a savory dish to share!
  
  
  Comments: Great Granny G's homemade chicken enchiladas this recipe has been in my family for at least 50 years and now it's Gizzie's turn to make them
  
  Chicken shredded, corn tortillas from scratch, shredded 3 cheese blend, special blend family recipe sauce with tomatillas, served over Spanish rice....... pared nicely with my fire roasted homemade salsa and jalapeno cheesy cornbread

• 2nd:

  Facade

  Originally Posted by Facade

  I have a savory dish to share!
  
  Comments: Indian Spiced Tomato and Egg Casserole. Lots of garlic and chiles (didn't include jalapeños this time around), and I'll likely have hot sauce when I go in for the kill to devour this in a few minutes. I love spice.
  This time I didn't use whole peeled canned tomatoes, since I forgot I only had pureed, but I think this came out better than before! Mm, fingerling potatoes and spicy sauce. Comfort food!

• 3rd:

  Salvete

  Originally Posted by salvete

  I actually made something today and took some pictures lol...
  I have a savory dish to share!
  
  Comments: Jews in the U.S. celebrate Christmas by eating Chinese food :) This tradition goes back to the days when most places were closed on Christmas so people could observe the holiday and go to church. The only places that remained open were Chinese restaurants, so that's where the Jews went for their Christmas meals :) So, here is some homemade Lo Mein for today's lunch! Simple, but delicious. I loved how the red and green peppers and bok choy added Christmas-y colors to the dish. (Please disregard the phone number; it was the first paper I saw within reach lol)

• Participation:

  salvete:
  Mikio
  Xogizmoox
  Facade
  Velvet
  

Participants

Originally Posted by Mikio

I have a savory dish to share!

Comments: Our Christmas lunch!! Roast chicken stuffed with thyme along with roasted potatoes, brussels sprouts, parsnips, and carrots! Super delicious!

Originally Posted by Mikio

I have a savory dish to share!

Comments: Made homemade lasagna :D it contained mushrooms, zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, red bell peppers, mozzarella, and cheddar cheese ^^ Delicious!

Originally Posted by Xogizmoox

I have a savory dish to share!

Comments: Homemade Jambalaya I used rice and Cajun spices and shrimp growing up in a Cajun house part of my life; making jambalaya was a holiday tradition

Originally Posted by Velvet

I have a savory dish to share!

Comments: Lemon and herb roasted chicken with buttered Parmesan asparagus. It was delicious. I wish I still had some left.

Originally Posted by Facade

I have a savory dish to share!

Comments: Brussels Sprouts and Butternut Squash with Brown Rice (adapted from the recipe linked there ). I used way more olive oil and some cayenne, plus kept the butternut squash in larger chunks instead of dicing it. My squash outnumbered the sprouts, so I have so much leftover from roasting it that I have to figure out something to do with the rest later this week! Not a bad problem to have. I love having so many in-season veggies that are so colorful at this bleak time of year... ha.

Current Sipable Tier:
Tier 2 5/10

1st Place:
10K
2nd Place:
6k
3rd Place:
3K
Participation:
300g

This is the beverage category. If you're meant to drink it, it belongs here!

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Winners

• 1st:

  BloodStainedWings

  Originally Posted by bloodstainedwings

  I made something to drink!
  
  Comments: homemade apple cider! non alcoholic, but still sip-able.
  
  
  i did it live on twitch!

• 2nd:

  Naisou

  Originally Posted by Naisou

  I made something to drink!

  
  Comments: Jack Frost mixed drink. coconut cream, pineapple juice, blue curacao, vodka, and ice

• 3rd:

  Velvet

  Originally Posted by Velvet

  I made something to drink!

  
  Comments: A cup of hot chocolate with green and red sugar sprinkles and a giant marshmallow dipped in crushed up candy cane. Kid tested, mother approved.

• Participation:

  bloodstainedwings
  Xogizmoox
  Naisou
  Velvet
  

Participants

Originally Posted by Xogizmoox

I made something to drink!

Proof
Comments: From Texas with love melted snowman - aka the homemade white chocolate latte with dark chocolate coal eyes, magic dust red sugar crystals, and a nose sprinkle

When Frosty came to Texas he couldn't take our heat and he melted into my cup.

Originally Posted by Naisou

I made something to drink!

Comments: By scratch Churro Cinnamon Hot Coco, made from this recipe here. With gold sugar sprinkle rim. I also added a sprinkle of cayenne pepper to give it a little kick. :)

Congrats everyone!!!!

yay, congrats to the winners!! these were all some seriously drool-worthy entries.

Aww, I feel so glad I placed for one! Congrats all!!

... I gained 5 pounds just looking at all of your tasty treats... *dies*

oh my god thank you so much!!! and congratulations! everyone's awesome food looks so yumm!!!

Awesome, thank you guys. And congrats everyone!

Congrats to all!
That puff pastry Christmas tree inspired me to google it up...then I spent an hour watching videos of food being made! Now I'm REALLY hungry!

Thank you! Congrats to all winners! ^^

Oh wow, thank you! :) and Congratulations to everyone! Everything looked so good.

Originally Posted by Shadami

Current Sweets Tier:
Tier 2 - 8/10

1st Place:
10K
2nd Place:
6k
3rd Place:
3K
Participation:
300g


From snacks to soups & salads to hearty main dishes,
things to eat that aren't sweet belong here.

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Winners

• 1st:

  XoGizmooX

• 2nd:

  Facade

• 3rd:

  Salvete

• Participation:

  salvete:
  Mikio
  Xogizmoox
  Facade
  Velvet
  

Participants

thank you so much shadami <3 congratulations everyone <3

xD you're welcome and congratulations everyone!!