'Chopped' in Real Life

So, my husband decided one day it would be fantastic if we could do the TV show Chopped at home. At least in the way that he would give me 3-4 secret ingredients and I would have to create some fantabulous meal from them for him. The first night we tried this he gave me pepper bacon, jalepenos and strawberries. I made a pepper bacon encrusted steak with a red wine, jalepeno, strawberry & blackberry reduction and broccoli on the side. It was AMAZING! I had a lot of fun just throwing ingredients together and making a great meal. I'd never before just created something; I'd always used a recipe to make something. So we decided to continue this Chopped theme of dinnertime (And if you've never seen Chopped, I recommend it. There are 4 chefs to begin with, and they get 3-4 secret ingredients and have to make an appetizer, then one is 'chopped,' and the 3 left get 3-4 new secret ingredients to make a main course, with one again being chopped. Lastly, there are 2 chefs who receive their secret ingredients and have to make a dessert. The last chef standing gets a monetary prize).