Ep 3. Show Me the Vegetables!

In the third episode of season 12 of Worst Cooks in America, titled Show Me the Vegetables!, the remaining recruits are put to the ultimate test of cooking with all types of vegetables. As usual, chefs Anne Burrell and Alex Guarnaschelli are back to mentor and guide the contestants but this time they are not spared from tasting the results.

The episode begins with a shock announcement that the recruits will have to cook with vegetables, and only vegetables, for the entire episode. This makes some of the contestants visibly nervous as they are not used to cooking meatless dishes. Chef Anne and Chef Alex demonstrate some vegetable-based dishes to inspire the recruits and get their creative juices flowing.

Next, the contestants divide into two teams and are each given a different type of vegetable to work with. One team is tasked with cooking with zucchinis while the other is given a basket full of bell peppers. Both teams have access to a wide variety of other ingredients, and they have to come up with two dishes that showcase the vegetable they are assigned to cook with. Each team has an hour to prep and cook their dishes.

The red team, tasked with cooking with bell peppers, decides to make a stuffed pepper dish as well as a roasted pepper corn salad. The blue team, cooking with zucchinis, decides to make a risotto-style dish with a zucchini noodle salad on the side. Both teams work frantically in the kitchen, trying to make their dishes as delicious as possible.

Once the cooking is complete, Chef Anne and Chef Alex do a blind tasting of all the dishes, and they are surprised by the results. There are a few standout dishes that impress both the chefs, but there are also some major flops that leave them feeling disappointed. Ultimately, the red team's stuffed peppers dish wins the challenge, but both teams are told that they need to improve their overall vegetable cooking skills.

In the next challenge, the recruits are given a chance to redeem themselves by cooking a vegetable-based dish of their own creation using the skills they have learned. Chef Anne and Chef Alex offer guidance and advice as the contestants work to create dishes that showcase their own personal style. The challenge ends with the usual blind tasting and critique from the judges, but the contestants are not told who made which dish.

Overall, the third episode of season 12 of Worst Cooks in America, Show Me the Vegetables!, is a thrilling and challenging episode that proves that cooking with only vegetables can be just as difficult and delicious as cooking with meat. The contestants are pushed to their limits and are forced to think outside the box to create dishes that are both tasty and visually appealing. The judges provide valuable feedback and advice, helping the contestants to improve their cooking skills and become better chefs.