Chopped: Home Edition
Thursday, 10:45 pm:
Originally, I planned on writing a fun Halloween post for tomorrow today with links to some of my favorite {foodie} finds from around the web. However, after a quick tweet exchange with Kristin, I decided to heck with that.
Instead, I hopped off the couch, headed to the kitchen and immediately checked out what was in my pantry and fridge. I was determined to make my own fall/Halloween-esque dish right then and there…
To put this in perspective, I had literally just watched an hour’s episode of Food Network’s Chopped: Champions on TV.
Similar to Chopped, I only had a few ingredients to work with and was facing a time crunch. No baking, no drawn out cooking process. I wanted fast, delicious, and creative. Here’s what was in my basket, so to speak:
- canned pumpkin
- coconut milk
- almonds
- maple syrup
And here is what I came up with…
Pumpkin Coconut Soft Serve with Maple-Almond Crunch
Thursday, 11:40 pm:
Quick realization that there is no way I can type this up coherently and get to bed at a reasonable hour for my early wake-up call.
Other realization: Lack of natural light does not bode well for food photography.
To be continued…
6 Comments on “Chopped: Home Edition”
Thanks Kristin! I didn’t realize how great pumpkin and coconut are together. Definitely will be combining those two again…
I’m not sure I could either (without a lot of training…), but it was fun to do a less stressful version at home. It makes you get creative!
It’s officially up! Thanks so much! Hope you had a great one too 🙂
Waiting to know more. This looks lovely and hope you having a great Halloween 🙂
Love this! It sounds so good. You managed to combine the four ingredients that bring me to my knees any time of year. Can’t wait to see the recipe!
So creative! We love Chopped and watch it all the time. I could never produce a thing under that kind of pressure. Good one!~