So what do you make with ingredients such as elk, microwave cake (mix), saba and fenugreek? Roulade, filling the elk with fenugreek, ricotta, spinach and a bit of cake. The dish would be served with some orzo and some vegetables. Would you be able to make a main course with MICROWAVE CAKE?? (GROSS!) First of […]
The mystery basket ingredients for the appetizer round of episode 18 wasn’t all that difficult if one is very creative. They were: hot chocolate, cooked oxtail, harissa and black plums. With hot chocolate as one of the ingredients, the first thing that popped in my mind when I was watching was a mole sauce. Since […]
Well, if you can have maple bacon donuts, why not breakfast sausage cheesecake with coconut flakes? As a dessert? I know it sounds crazy, but it can work. Of course, this would be next to impossible to make on any Chopped episode, since cheesecake really takes more than a day to create! The last (and […]
Due to being out of the country for a family wedding, I actually did not see the episode until Tuesday, so I had to write this up very quickly. It was very interesting, considering it was the first-ever episode in franchise history where someone was not able to finish a course due to injury (and […]
I think this is only my second post using the dessert basket! The remaining two contestants were to make a dessert using sprinkle donuts, pomelo, peanuts and licorice babies (licorice bits). I had first thought of making some sort of deconstructed dish, but it just dawned on me…cake pops. Sure, they’re not really a “thing” […]
What do you do with pavolova, lamb shanks, wheatgrass and pizza cheese? Normally, you think juice when you hear about wheatgrass, but this is not what I’m going to make. With the lamb, you could go with curry, but you can also make some sort of casserole. In addition to the mandatory ingredients, I would […]
Also known as “student casserole,” this dish traditionally consists of ketchup, hotdogs, bad cheese and pasta. However, to make it just a bit “fancier,” (as if student food can be fancy – LOL!), I’m going to toss in a few other items, all in the appetizer basket of a recent episode of Chopped Canada. These […]
What do you do with stilton cheese and egg rolls? With watercress also in the basket, along with chestnut flour, you make some sort of salad, of course! This week, I’ve decided to use the ingredients from the first course to create some imaginary dish that I may or may not eventually make in real […]
On last week’s episode of Chopped Canada, the appetizer ingredients included ingredients such as frogs legs, thumbprint cookies and romaine. The main course required chefs to use cherry cheesecake and T-bone steak while dessert had paneer and elderflower liqueur in the basket. They were all kind of throw-offs! Though I considered getting a bit creative […]
Ingredients for episode six included tuna steaks and french fries for the main and Royal Gala apples in the dessert round. For this week, I will concentrate on the mystery basket in the main course. In addition to the fries and tuna, the remaining two ingredients were lime pickle and pina colada mix. This is […]
