Chopped Canada Season 2, Episode 23: Chicken Sliders with Parsnip and Cabbage Slaw

For the appetizer round, the mandatory ingredients were chicken breast, stout, parsnip and jelly rolls.  A little bit weird, but not a complete throw-off.  Not that difficult to figure SOMETHING out, either.  What I’d make would be sweet and sour chicken sliders topped with parsnip slaw.  This would work very well both as a passed […]

Chopped Canada Season Two, Episode 4: No-Bake Sesame Treats

I just realized that I haven’t used ingredients found in the dessert basket yet, so this week, I’m going to discuss what can be made with the following ingredients: carrot juice, baba ganoush, sesame candy and tamarillo.  Tamarillo, according to Wikipedia, is a shurb-like fruit, with a taste that is tangy and sweet.  It also […]

Chopped Canada Season 2: Kataifi, Monkfish or Tofu Skins?

Last season, I recapped every single episode of Chopped Canada.  For season 2 (which premiered over the weekend), rather than doing the same, I’ve decided to write about what I might make with one of the mystery boxes.  The mystery boxes in the first episode consisted of the following: Kataifi Appetizer: Cherry drink mix, ground […]