cooking class

i have been interested in cooking for a long time. so i used to watch iron chef and things like that on the food network. i used to think dude i could so do that show. so in foods class today the teacher announced that we were doing an iron chef competition, i immediately felt excited but then i realized that, "crap this is school its gonna be nothing like it" and what do you know, i was right, next the teacher announced that we had to decide on 2 recipes for our groups to make, because unlike the real iron chef show we have to be shopped for and the teacher needs a list, ok that is a real downer, i really wish it could be like the show but no, they have all these foods and things there for your use, we have to decide ahead of time and we have restrictions and budgets, o well, so you think this would make it easier, having time beforehand to decide on what to cook, how much time it'll take and everything like that, well its not, so many choices and deciding what to make in the very little time you have to make it, not so fun, but ya Know you do what you gotta so i'm thinking about doing citrus chicken and rice, because the "secret ingredient" is citrus fruits, so yeah, that was the best thing i could find in the little time i had, and i really wish i could do something better, any ideas?