As an engineer, I love solving problems and coming up with creative solutions for problems in front of me. That's why I love whenever people give me food challenges. For instance, the Dark Chocolate Lemon Truffles are a recipe that came out of a challenge posed from one of my roommates. One day he challenged me to come up with a lemon pie covered in chocolate; therefore, I gave him a crunchy chocolate dessert infused with citrus flavors.
The reason I tell this story is that another of my friends who currently lives in France (hi Rachel!) has given me a challenge to come up with a cheap stove-top or microwave recipe that uses ingredients readily available to her. From this I came up with an idea.
Dear Readers,
Give me conditions such as:
- dietary restrictions,
- tool restrictions,
- inexperience with cooking,
- flavors you love,
- food budget,
So please, challenge me (in the form of a comment in this post), and I will gladly accept it.
Yay! Yes, so recipes for a poor (literally) girl living in France with no oven. I like soups and dinners! Meat optional, since you know I get weirded out about buying meat here, but also... veggies are *super* cheap at the market. This is exciting!! :)
ReplyDeletealso, yay for HIMYM
you know mine - bacon, chocolate and fish =)
ReplyDeleteAt the wedding, the most delicious looking food served were bbq meatballs, but I didn't get to enjoy any because of the meat bit. I would love for you to come up with a vegetarian recipe that involves bbq sauce, and is delicious! (Major bonus points if what you come up with isn't just "bbq tofu"; seafood would be okay!).
ReplyDeleteRachel - I think your's is the first one I will try to accomplish.
ReplyDeleteElena - I realllllly look forward to coming up with one for you. :D
Mary - Challenge 110% accepted. Its funny that you mentioned vegetarian, because Will challenged me to come up with and outstanding Gluten Free Veggie Burger...
if your list gets too long you should use a rating system for determining the hot next challenge. maybe a weekly or monthly feature?
ReplyDeleteand I have a two-part challenge that may or may not be combinable:
ReplyDelete1) a triple-stuffed something, involving cheese and vegetables (triple-stuffed ex. turducken)
2) use the tagine I gave you
For the list, I could totally create a poll that I add somewhere on the blog (probably the left or right sidebar).
ReplyDeleteAnd for the turducken, does it have to be just cheese and veggies? Or something more?
I was leaving the trifecta option open for your decision. I was imagining a meat, but all veggie is solid.
ReplyDeleteAnd here's a Crumbley Cable TV Challenge, in light of your impeccable yet underblogged taste for amazing TV shows:
1) five course HIMYM tribute of getting me hooked on the amazing characters of that show
2) a four course Jos Weden salute to your choice of shows: ideally Buffy, Firefly, Dollhouse, and Dr Horrible. (okay so Dr Horrible might not be precisely cable but close enough)
Zak, I very much look forward to your challenges.
ReplyDeleteDiabetic with a dash of very carb sensitive?
ReplyDeleteOh just thought of another one. How about cooking for a crowd? Something that isn't the same old speghetti or soup. I need something to wow a crowd of say 50 people.
ReplyDeleteI plan on doing more research on diabetic meals, but would a diabetic-friendly dish be high fiber and low fat, low carb, or is it more than that?
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