The challenge is set

Fact 1: We love food.

Fact 2: We love to travel.

Unfortunate fact of life: We can't afford to travel all the time.

Conclusion: Why not enjoy the things that we can't while we are traveling - cooking and eating delicious food.

It's been six months since we went around the world on our honeymoon. We enjoyed two months of indulgence in 3 different continents and loved all 17 cities we visited. Now that we're home and haven't got any huge plans for traveling, (well at least not for the next 10 weeks!) we thought we would become a little more social by inviting friends around for dinner.

What's the challenge in that, I hear you ask? Okay, so there's more to this story...

After being inspired by foodie friends, Masterchef and reading and watching 'Julie and Julia', we have decided to set our food challenge.

Each week it will be one person's task to cook a meal for ourselves and some guests. What they cook is up to other person. For example, if it is Dan's turn to cook, then I (Roz) would choose what he has to cook. There are some rules though:

1. The meal must be chosen and told to the cook by Friday night (dinner parties to take place mostly on Sunday nights)

2. It must be picked from the cook books we already own (we really need to get through some of the amazing recipes we have and never seem to have time or inspiration to do so)

3. The meal must be something that we would both willingly eat (so no brains or cow's tongues)

4. There will be no lobster or truffles involved (we need to have some money left over at the end of this!)

5. The main course is decided for the cook, but the cook can choose the accompanying dessert or entree

Each meal will be critiqued by all who take part. The cook will be marked on the following:

1. Presentation

2. Timing

3. Taste

4. Accuracy

5. Matching of courses

The challenge is set.

The coin was tossed (well actually we couldn't find a coin, so we flipped a credit card)

Week 1: Roz will cook