June 2009 Royal Foodie Joust Winners and new ingredients for this month’s competition!
The Royal Foodie Joust is an awesome and fun monthly peer voted competition that is hosted on
The LeftoverQueen/FoodieBlogroll Forum! It gets better each and every month as the competition gets stiffer as Jousters try to outdo each other every month! It is also one of the friendliest competitions I have ever seen. So please don’t be intimidated to come and join us this month in another round!
We don’t bite, unless of course there is real food in our faces 😉
The only rules for the competition is that each Jouster create one dish and each entry must feature three ingredients in common. This competition has been referred to many times as the “Iron Chef” of the Food Blogosphere. Each month’s ingredients are chosen by the previous month’s Best Overall Entry winner. The Best Overall winner of each Joust not only wins the Queen’s favor, bragging rights and a cool icon to put on their blog, but is also awarded with a super awesome Royal Foodie Joust Apron! There are also prizes for the winners of the other two categories: Best Photo and Most Unique Interpretation
So what are you waiting for? Come over and join us this month!
If you would like to participate in this month’s Joust, be sure to submit your entry by 12 NOON, Eastern Standard USA time on the First of the following Month (July 1, 2009)!
If you have an idea you would like to share about how to make the Joust a better community event, please join us in discussing it here
Now onto the winners of this month’s event. The ingredients for this month were chosen by last month’s Best Overall winner, my good friend Nuria from Spanish Recipes! The ingredients she chose were Rice, Tomato and Bacon. These ingredients are simple yet delicious with so many ways to be creative. Which is exactly what the entries were!
But there can be only one Best Overall Winner and this time it was LK from Healthy Delicious with her Spicy Gumbo with Andouille and Bacon Wrapped Shrimp.
Just look at how delicious this dish is. She used locally produced sausages to make her favorite soup. Please go check out her blog post to learn the tricks to making a good roux. Congrats LK, you made a dish that appeals to everyone!
Our next winner is Best Photo. This is awarded this month to my good blogging friend Ben of What’s Cooking? He made a really picture perfect dish – Joust Rice Cakes .
He started by making a cup of turkey bacon and filled them with a mixture of Mexican rice, beans and cheese. Talk about yum. Ben has really been getting into food photography and it really paid off in this competition! Congrats Ben!
Our third category is Most Unique Interpretation of the ingredients. This is one of my favorite categories, and since we made it a category, I have seen the creativity of Joust entries just skyrocket. People are playing with their entries a lot more, and I am really enjoying the results. This month’s winner is Raquel from Cafe Nilson with her Tomato and Bacon Pizza with a Rice Crust
We love pizza in this house, and I am trying to find more ways to eat more rice and other grains besides wheat, so I am sure to try this one!
Thanks again to all the participants for another great Joust! 🙂
If you would like to see all the entries please check them out here
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Now for this month’s ingredients. LK has chosen:
Strawberries
Basil
Whole Grains
Again, really simple and accessible ingredients for everyone – yet a flavor combination that is unique and interesting! I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! 🙂
Please check out the rules of Joust participation here
AND
Please post your entries here
Let The Games Begin!
Peter G - June 11, 2009 at 10:45 am
Congratulations to all the winners! I love the winning dish. Maybe I need to come and play again after a long absence…
Happy Cook - June 11, 2009 at 11:13 am
Congragulations to the winner.
Strawberry and basil, that would have been easy, but wholegrain. Well has to be some baking them.
I am looking forward to the results next month.
Natashya - June 11, 2009 at 11:25 am
Congratulations winners!
Great choices for next month, perfect for summer.
kat - June 11, 2009 at 11:26 am
Great timing as strawberries will be in season here on a couple weeks
Bob - June 11, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Congratz winners! Crap, I had meant to do this this month! I need to quit my job so I can focus on my blogging. 🙂
CurryLeaf - June 11, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I missed the event.I was too lazy and it was too late to post. Congrats to the winners.Great choices next time,but I am not so hopeful.Strawberries are out of season here.
Cris - June 11, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Congrats to the winners! They did such a great job and that gumbo is on my list, but I love this category for interpretation, that really counts, creativity!
maybelles mom - June 11, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Congrats to the winners. Great job to all.
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie - June 11, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Congratulations to all the winners! Fabulous dishes. Very neat ingredients for next month!
pam - June 11, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Congratulations to the winners!
Navita - June 12, 2009 at 4:38 am
Hey Jenn…great choice of the ingredients (as usual). The last time I participated I loved it…it was sooo much fun!!!
Will be visiting the winners now. 🙂
Hugs,
Navita
PS btw Jenn did u receive my email…I guess I sent it a couple of days back. Just curious 🙂
Dharm - June 12, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Congrats to everyone!! The entries were just awesome so the winners are really deserving! Well Done!
Jen of a2eatwrite - June 14, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Wow… I’m so out of touch with Royal Foodie Joust and really have to get back in the swing of things. Love the new categories. And I did think Ben’s photo was amazing. I can’t wait to see the other recipes, too. Bravo to the winners!
Bellini Valli - June 14, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Congratulations to the winners!!!! Everuone is always so creative:D
Ivy - June 15, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Congrats to all the winners and all dishes are very special.
Unfortunately strawberries are out of season now in Greece.
zoe - June 19, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Congratz to the winners. Cant wait for next month!