chopped party

not sure if i've blogged about this before or not
but in case i haven't
each year, we have a chopped party with our friends
what's a chopped party, you ask?
have you seen the show chopped on food network
it's like that
you have 3 rounds - appetizer, entree and dessert
you have a basket of mystery ingredients
that you have to make something edible with

appetizer:

entree:

dessert:

and in case you were wondering
some of these concoctions require a little help