Let's Play Stump the Cook!

but then she adds chickpeas. pfffffffft.

LOL...I was stumped at canned chickpeas. Then the thought of them with the chocolate, yep I am coming up with nothing. :o)

It's just never enough, is it? heh

LOL! Well, I have a few ideas, Tara.

Times awastin'. What have you got for us???? I especially like the challenge of chocolate and garbanzo beans.

Chocolate Filet Mignon with Baked Couscous

Extra Ingredient #1- Filet Mignon
Extra Ingredient #2- Couscous
Extra Ingredient #3- Fresh minced garlic

Let beef sit at room temp for one hour covered in minced garlic and sprinkled very generously with salt and pepper. Grill til desired doneness is reached. Just before removing from grill, top each filet with a section of chocolate.

Meanwhile, cook couscous with additonal minced garlic according to package. In oil, saute green pepper. Mix couscous, green pepper and chickpeas with sour cream and top with bread crumbs. Bake til golden and bubbling.

Serve filet with additional sour cream and baked couscous.

Um -- my IBS is acting up just thinking about this combination in one meal.

Even with those chickpeas for fiber? My doc would love this.

Well, I do love steak...and especially a good steak. I like couscous too...hmmm It's coming together now Shannon!

my problem was with the chocolate, bluck. Yeah I'm weird!

Oh wow. This one definitely has me stumped. I do not care for chocolate, so I'd have to feed it to "bernie" (garbage disposal). Looks like I will just have to load up and go to Applebee's again.

WOW. Who would have thought that combination. Thanks for giving us something to think about.

Mary Mc

I was stumped so can I just have the chocolate please :) :) xx

LOL! Had to laugh about the comments!

I would probably make a mess.

can't do the beans. noooooooooooooooooooooo

That's when food tastes the best, Bob!

Awww, Mama Cee!

Ground beef, shredded cheddar cheese, can of diced tomatoes

Brown the ground beef with chopped green pepper, mix in tomatoes and cheese and put in casserole dish. Sprinkle more cheese and breadcrumbs on top, heat through. Toss the garbanzo beans with oil, salt and pepper...spread on cookie sheet and slow bake at 300 for about 45 minutes until they are crunchy...serve as appetizer. Chocolate all by itself as dessert.

Sue, you took this one in a direction I never thought of! Love it!

I'd have to try to make a casserole somehow and leave the candybar for Lori. But first I'd try one of the suggested recipes. And yes, I'd eat it. Doesn't hurt to try anything. And sometimes dishes turn out delicious, just like a salad my sister talked me into at Christmas last year. No way did I think for one minute I'd like it. And it is my favorite now.

steak and potatos with chick peas in a salad candy bar for dessert,,LOL

Funny how that works, isn't it Lynn?

Where would you put the bread crumbs, Denise?

Wow, Shannon, you gave us a hard one!

1. bittersweet chocolate bar (for Lori)
2. canned chickpeas (Garbanzo beans)
3. bread crumbs
4. green pepper
5. sour cream
6. onions
7.strawberries
8.rectangular pound cake
A. water--filtered tap
B salt
C pepper
D oil--vegetable oil with little flavor of its own

Menu

First Course
--Pepper Cream soup with Crouton Balls

Second Course
-- 3 Seed Falafal Burgers
--Peppers and Onions

Third Course
--Strawberry Trifle

Assumptions
--Bread crumbs are from a multi whole grain 3 seed (sesame, flax, sunflower) bread

Notes:
***Pepper Cream Soup***
Sauteen Green Peppers in oil until limp.
Puree peppers
Add sour cream and heat through
Add salt if needed
Top with 3 crouton balls just before serving

***Crouton balls***
Moisten breadcrumbs with sourcream
Mold breadcrumb mixtture into one inch balls
Deep fry and drain.

***3 Seed Falafal Burgers***
Mix bread crumbs and chickpeas together.
Blend to paste, adding a bit of water if necessary.
Form into burger shape.
Roll in bread crumbs
Fry in small amount of oil in nonstick or seasoned pan.
Just before serving top with a dollop of sour cream

***Peppers and Onions***
Cut into strips and fry

***Strawberry Trifle***
Hull and reserve one especially attractive strawberry per person.
Hull and slice ripe strawberries.
Allow to sit so juice forms.
After juice forms, mix 1/3 of strawberries with a bit of sour cream.
Slice three thin slices of pound cake per person.
Melt chocolate
Lay one slice of cake on plate.
Top with 1/3 of strawberries/jice
Lay second slice of cake on next.
Top with strawberry sour cream mixture
Lay third slice of cake on top.
Top with 1/3 strawberries/ juice
Drizzle with chocolate.
Top with reserved strawberry.
Serve immediately.

Another amazing effort, Liz!

Oy Shannon! You make it harder every day—or you're desperately caught in a blizzard to outdo the blizzard of 96! And in that one I didn't find my pantry this low! Sigh….. Good training in case the worst should ever happen…

Chickpea salad

Chocolate bread pudding

Dice peppers and toss with chickpeas, salt, pepper and sour cream.

Grate 1/2 the chocolate and set aside. Beat 2 eggs (1st added ingredient) with 2 cups milk or better, cream ((2nd added ingredient) and stir in 1/2 cup pure PA maple syrup (3rd added ingredient). Stir in chocolate and bread crumbs. Bake at 335 F in a bain-marie 40-45 minutes until done. If there is any cream left, whip it to top the pud.

Serve and hope your family doesn't whinge to much about the main dish!

Whinge?