Let's Play Stump the Cook!

A quasi ambrosia with the grapes and coconuts, using the extra 3 ingredients here.

I'd cook the tortellini for lunch and save the rest for supper because by them you'd have said what you'd do. And then I'll know what to do.

LOL! Cheater cheater, punkin eater!

Tortellini Veg Soup with Broiled Grapes for dessert

Extras: chicken broth, bag of frozen mixed veggies, brown sugar

Simmer potatoes, tortellini and chipotle sauce in broth til potatoes are cooked, about 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper as needed.

Place grapes in oven proof dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar and coconut. Broil til sugar is caramelized and coconut browns.

I'd make plans to eat out. Lol. Sorry, this combo sounds like something that wouldn't go over too well with my family.
You did some interesting stuff with it though. Thanks Shannon.

I'm stumped!

Thanks for stopping by, Katie!

No way, Sue! I thought this would be the easiest I have done so far.

Okay, I am stumped as well.

Stumped here :(

LOL! I can't believe this! I am really surprised.

lol stumped!!

you and i talked before about leaving the taters alone.

You beat me. this has to be the worst combo of ingredients i have ever seen. let me ask Margey.

Not an easy one...

apples, mayonaise, heavy cream

I would cook the potatoes until tender, add the chipoltes, salt and pepper and puree in the blender. Reheat and stir in the cream for a potato soup. Chop the apples, add the grapes, coconut and a little mayo for a salad. Deep fry the tortellini in the oil, add salt and pepper. Appetizer, fried tortellini...with soup and salad for lunch.dinner.

And I have told you, I can't eat potatoes that aren't jazzed up!

Sounds great, Sue. I thought for SURE this would be an easy one!

Smoky Tortellini with Grape Salad

extras: cool whip, walnuts, canned diced tomatoes

Mix cool whip, nuts, grapes, coconut. Cover tightly and refrigerate.

In oil, fry potatoes til golden. Toss in tortellini and fry til pasta starts to brown. Stir in tomatoes and chipotle. Simmer for a few minutes to meld flavors.

Do not have a clue, but the above ideas look good to me.

Carmelized grapes ! Who'd a thought? You just never know what someone is doing in their own kitchen.

Thanks, Renda.

Why not, Lynn? Other fruits taste good broiled.

1. fresh potatoes
2. chipotles in adobo
3. fresh grapes
4. coconut
5. refrigerated cheese tortellini

cream, canned tomatoes, butter

cook the potatoes in boiling water, mash the potatoes with cream and butter. Heat tomatoes, 1/2 c. water chopped chipoltes and adobo and tortellini until cooked, add salt and pepper. Saute grapes and coconut in butter serve on the side, spoon tortellini sauce over potatoes.

Too much starch??

Hi, I wanted to ask a question before I add mine. I'm new to posting in the forum though I have answered a few other of Shannon's and one of Sue's Stump the Cook challenges and a few other posts. In other forums I have read, when someone posts to a topic/article, the topic/article moves to the top so it's easy to figure out which topics have new responses. How do you figure out which ones have new responses here?

And Sue S. Enjoyed your menu and thought of a way you might be able to use the cream for your mayo use and then have another ingredient if you wanted to. I was thinking you could use the cream straight as a binder if your apples were tart. Or if they were dessert apples but not too sweet you could made some spple or white grape puree or juice and mix with the cream to to make a tangy binder. The main danger I see here would be turning the cream dark with the apples which might not look too appetizing.

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1. fresh potatoes
2. chipotles in adobo
3. fresh grapes
4. coconut
5. refrigerated cheese tortellini
6.Fresh spinach (some baby and some larged leaved)
7.Chicken breasts
8.Fresh pineapple
A.water--filtered tap, San Pellegrino
B. salt
C pepper
D. oil

I am picturing this being served on a warm sunny day.

Assumptions
Grapes are White, Sweet, and Seedless

Menu
First Course--Little bites
--Adobo Samosa Bundles
--Fried tortelini with a coconut glaze
--Cheese stuffed chipotles
--Sparkling Grape Juice

Second Course
--Roasted Adobo Chicken on Baby Spinach Greens
--Caramelized pineapple
--Fizzy Coconut Juice

Third Course
--Frozen White Grapes in Toasted Coconut Nests
--San Pellegrino water

Notes
***Adobo Samosa Bundles***
Samosa like stuffing of potatoes and spinach with a bit of chipotle for spice wrapped in large blanched spinach leaves.

***Fried tortelini with a coconut glaze***
Make coconut glaze from coconut and grape puree. Drizzle just before serving.

***Cheese stuffed chipotles***
Mince cooked tortellin and use to stuff chipotles.

***Sparkling Grape Juice***
Grape juice and San Pellegrino

***Roasted Adobo Chicken on Baby Spinach Greens***
Bake potatoes, peel while warm, dice, toss with oil, and chill.
Mince chipotles and brush chipotle-adobo thinly on chicken breasts. Chill, slice.
Layer spinach then poatoes, then chicken'
Could make dressing out of grape juice, oil, and coconut juice, but I don't think it would be needed due to oil already on potatoes and spice from adobo.

***Caramelized pineapple***
Grill pineapple.

***Fizzy Coconut Juice***
Grape juice, coconut juice, San Pellegrino.

***Frozen White Grapes in Toasted Coconut Nests***
Wash and freeze grapes separately. Toast grated coconut and cool. Make coconut nest shape and put some frozen grapes in the center.

And one other thing I thought of to go in another direction for a warm savory winter dish would be to make a creamy potato soup from cooked potatoes and cooked tortellini and then puree it.

Sounds great to me, Melissa!

Absolutely first rate once again, Liz!