Olympic Recipe Reviews

We had so much fun cooking from a different country each night during the Olympics! We have decided to make this a new fun family tradition. We are creating an Olympic Recipe Binder & placing tab dividers through it with the year and season of the Olympics for the recipes we tried that year. Of course, this year will be labeled 2012 Summer.

We can't wait for the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, scheduled to take place from the 7th to the 23rd of February 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

Here are our families medals on the meals we made during the Olympics:

Great Britain - Fish & Chips **Opening Ceremonies**
We ALL gave the fish and chips a gold medal. We also made this garlic aioli that was sooo yummy with the fish!

Mexio - Chicken Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, & Charo Beans
These are Lindsay's chicken enchiladas, Pioneer Woman's Spanish rice, & my mom's Charo beans.
We ALL gave this meal a gold medal.

America - Hamburgers & Hot Dogs with Chips & an Unknown Dessert *Having another family over for dinner & they're bringing the dessert*
We had another family over to watch the Olympics with us this day. Of course we all like hamburgers & hot dogs. I think we'd have our American citizenship revoked if we didn't.

Japan - Asian Lettuce Wraps
These received a gold medal from all the adults. I LOVED them!!! Justin on the other hand said they didn't even qualify for him. There's clearly something wrong with this kid!

Germany - Jagerschnitzel, french fries, salad
Lindsay and I gave this a gold medal.
Brian and Justin loved the pork but didn't like the mushroom topping so e gave it a silver.

Morocco - Make Ahead Vegetarian Moroccan Stew with crusty bread
We were all unanimous with the reviews of this soup. We all agreed that it was good, but not for a summer soup. It's a heavy, very aromatic, soup. The aromas were very distinct of fall. We all think we would like this much better on a cool, fall day. Therefore, we all gave this one a bronze.

Greece - Souvlaki, basmati rice pilaf, & baklava
We all agree to give the souvlaki a silver. It was good, but could be a little more flavorful.
The rice pilaf & the baklava received a gold from us all.

India - Curried Coconut Chicken over rice with broccoli with garlic butter & cashews
We had another family over for dinner when we made this. We all enjoyed this meal & all give it a gold medal.

Italy - Italian Meatball Soup with crusty bread
Lindsay and I both give this a silver medal.
Brian and Justin gave it a bronze.

We were on vacation August 5-8.

China - Kung Pao Chicken, Fried Rice, Homemade Egg Rolls
YUM!! We LOVED this meal.
Gold medals all around!!

Lebanon - Lebanese Chicken and Potatoes with steamed broccoli
This one was only ho hum. The potatoes are too lemony.
Sorry, this only received a bronze medal.

Spain - Empanadas, queso, sopapillas
This is the only meal we haven't prepared yet. A sweet friend of ours has invited us over for dinner with their family tomorrow night and she is going to teach Linds and I how to make homemade empanadas from scratch. We are super excited!

France - Chicken Cordon Bleu, creamy au gratin potatoes, & roasted asparagus
Y-u-m-m-y!!
Linds has already requested this as her birthday meal for next year...in May!
Justin didn't like the potatoes but aside from that, this meal received gold medals all the way around.

This was sooo much fun!!