[0:00] [Music] [0:03] Citrus salmon skewers with Greek yogurt [0:05] dip orange juice and lemon juice both [0:09] fresh and then I have the zest of both [0:12] orange and lemon so that's going [0:15] into along with a lot of parsley lots of [0:19] really finely minced [0:21] parsley some garlic very fine and fresh [0:27] dill which is amazing and then and a [0:30] little bit of taika this is basically [0:32] going to be the marinade for the salmon [0:35] but I'm also going to use it to flavor [0:37] some yogurt to dip the salmon in so it's [0:40] just going to go a long way little bit [0:43] of paprika and then [0:46] salt and pepper and you can use [0:50] different fresh herbs that you might [0:52] have in your garden or your produce [0:54] drawer depending on what time of year it [0:56] is some olive oil Okay so I stirred that [1:00] all together just a real green delicious [1:04] marinade and I'm going to pour half of [1:06] this over some chunks of salmon so Alex [1:09] come in and look at this chunk don't [1:11] forget to do your close-ups Alex okay [1:13] okay don't forget [1:16] Alex and then I'll toss the salmon [1:19] chunks in this beautiful marinade did [1:21] you know I did not like salmon until I [1:24] was well into my 40s you need to just [1:26] give it a chance it's it kind of started [1:28] with um smoked sand salmon and bagels [1:31] then I moved into the grilled salmon [1:33] world and oh it's amazing so look at [1:36] this Alex and you can do this uh a [1:38] little bit ahead of time if you want to [1:40] kind of let it marinate for a little [1:42] while but we don't have time for that [1:44] and also I poured off half of it because [1:47] I didn't want any of this to come in [1:49] contact with the raw salmon so that's my [1:52] story and I'm sticking to it I'm going [1:53] to build the first skewer and each [1:56] skewer just gets three chunks of salmon [2:00] the salmon is a little bit delicate so [2:01] you want to keep the chunks pretty big [2:04] so that when they cook they don't [2:06] completely fall apart and fall off the [2:08] skewers okay so put it on a little sheet [2:13] pan sprinkle with salt all right so [2:16] that's one skewer built I'm going to [2:18] build the rest and then we'll put them [2:21] under the broiler so come with me [2:23] Paige I've got the broiler all set to go [2:27] so I'm going to put it in the oven and [2:29] broil the these for just about four or [2:32] five minutes it doesn't take long at all [2:34] you don't even have to turn them so [2:37] while they are cooking I'm going to make [2:39] that beautiful yogurt that I told you [2:42] about this is going to be sort of a [2:44] dipping sauce or just sauce in general [2:47] for the salmon so I've got plain Greek [2:52] yogurt and I just kind of do a big pile [2:56] right in the center of this dish and [2:58] then I just use the spoon to kind of do [3:01] little Swirls and make little divots [3:04] here and there [3:08] because I've got the rest of this [3:11] beautiful citrus marinade that I used [3:14] for the salmon so you can kind of [3:16] drizzle or just kind of do a little pile [3:19] right in the center and then of get it [3:21] around the [3:22] edges it's so pretty you can sprinkle [3:26] some like really diced red bell pepper [3:29] really finely diced red bell pepper on [3:31] top if you want some color but I think [3:33] this is just [3:35] beautiful and then I have a platter of [3:37] arugula and I'm going to put the [3:39] beautiful salmon on top I love arugula [3:42] it's so peppery and delicious and you [3:45] can leave the salmon in the oven for as [3:47] long as you need uh if you like for it [3:49] to have a little bit more color on top [3:52] you can but I love it when it's just [3:54] barely done very very [3:57] tender I love sweet potato soup but to [4:00] use purple sweet potatoes is an absolute [4:03] Revelation first of all they're [4:05] delicious but second they're just a [4:07] glorious deep purple color and they make [4:11] the most beautiful soup and this is one [4:13] of those soups that you can make for [4:15] company or just for your kids on a week [4:18] night I just fried bacon in a big Dutch [4:22] oven and then I took the bacon out of [4:23] the pan so into the same pot I added [4:26] sliced red onion some minced garlic [4:30] oregano in time and I'm just stirring it [4:33] around oh it smells so incredible and [4:36] look at this pan Page look at the bottom [4:38] of this pan look at all that flavor in [4:40] there yum now that is the start of a [4:43] delicious soup right there [4:46] okay so now I'm going to add the purple [4:50] sweet potatoes AKA purple [4:53] yams you can find these really in [4:56] specialty grocery stores year round or [4:59] like regular supermarkets sometimes get [5:01] them in in the fall I love any root [5:04] vegetable soup and so you could actually [5:06] use all sweet potatoes or you could use [5:10] uh sweet potatoes and turnips or [5:12] parsnips you could sort of do a root [5:14] vegetable [5:16] celebration I like going all purple [5:18] which just kind of drives that point [5:20] home so I've got the potatoes and the [5:25] onions all mixed together so I'm going [5:27] to cook this mixture for 3 minutes [5:33] all righty so those have kind of had a [5:35] chance to start cooking so I'm going to [5:37] add some [5:39] cumin yummy yummy with sweet potato [5:42] soup and [5:44] coriander another great fall spice and [5:47] some salt and pepper and then I'll give [5:51] it a quick stir just so the spices kind [5:53] of coat the potatoes and the [5:58] onions my gosh I love of this soup so [6:00] I'm going to add the broth I'm using [6:02] vegetable broth and you can use chicken [6:05] broth if you're not interested in it [6:07] being like vegetarian I just picked [6:09] vegetable cuz usually when I make like a [6:11] root vegetable soup I'll use vegetable [6:13] broth but any kind of broth will do so [6:17] one carton [6:19] plus eh a cup or [6:22] so okay give it one more [6:26] stir and now we just have to be patient [6:30] I'm going to crank up the heat bring [6:32] this to a boil and let it cook for 15 [6:35] minutes and then I'll finish it [6:39] up okay the soup's just about done so [6:42] I'm going to make an incredible topping [6:45] that is part of The Wonder of the soup [6:47] and it's part of what makes it so pretty [6:49] too so the bacon that I cooked in the [6:52] pot right from the [6:55] top I'm chopping it up and it's going to [6:58] be part of the topping [7:01] okay so I've got a little bowl and I'm [7:02] going to put the bacon in the bowl and [7:06] then I have some other things to add to [7:08] the bacon pistachios chopped pistachios [7:12] they're so pretty and [7:15] then chopped [7:19] parsley and chopped [7:21] oregano and then a little bit of [7:24] turmeric a little goes a long way so [7:27] don't go [7:28] overboard and then I'll get a little [7:30] spoon and stir it together but you could [7:32] do any combination of herbs and nuts [7:35] that looks so good it does look good [7:37] doesn't it all right so now back to the [7:43] soup time to puree so look at this first [7:47] page I'll show you what it looks [7:50] like see those sweet potatoes they're [7:53] pretty much falling apart and that's the [7:55] stage that you want to get it to before [7:57] you puree so I'm going to use an [7:58] immersion blend that way I don't have to [8:00] take it out of the pot wish me luck I'm [8:04] going [8:09] in all [8:12] right hey come take a look at [8:16] this did I promise you purple soup or [8:19] what isn't that pretty but it's not like [8:22] obnoxious purple it's it's like [8:24] beautiful deep earthy [8:27] purple okay so I'm going to show you how [8:29] pretty it is to serve plain [8:32] Bowl going to fill it with the [8:36] soup M and you don't actually have to [8:38] fill the bowl cuz that would be a lot of [8:39] soup that really is purple it's pretty [8:42] isn't it all right oh that looks good [8:46] and [8:47] then a little bit of sour [8:51] cream [8:53] oo and then the moment Paige has been [8:56] waiting for [8:59] okay just a little sprink isn't that [9:02] pretty oh that's so pretty [9:04] gorgeous I love [9:06] [Music] [9:08] it m this soup is [9:15] delicious cauliflower bolones okay so [9:18] I'm just mincing some rosemary leaves I [9:21] stripped the leaves off of two stocks of [9:24] Rosemary and I'm just mincing them as [9:27] fine as I can and I've got oh I've got [9:29] some butter sizzling in the pan not [9:32] quite burning but closed and I've got [9:34] some finely diced red onions along with [9:38] some [9:40] garlic sliced garlic or you can use [9:42] minced garlic and then all of this [9:45] delicious [9:46] Rosemary [9:48] and red chili flakes of course our [9:51] favorite thing in the world and then I'm [9:54] going to give this a stir crank up the [9:55] heat a little bit oh what a great start [9:58] to this recipe [10:01] and then while this starts to cook I'm [10:03] going to add the pasta to the water so [10:05] that when the sauce is ready the pasta [10:07] will be ready too and I love it when a [10:09] plan comes together like that so [10:11] Linguini but you can absolutely do any [10:14] pasta okay ooh this is looking good so [10:18] I'm going to move forward with the sauce [10:21] add a little salt and [10:23] pepper and then tomato paste so [10:27] otherwise known as toothpaste [10:30] in these tubes quite a good [10:33] amount and then I'll stir it just to [10:35] kind of start frying the tomato paste [10:38] okay the tomato paste is frying away so [10:41] I'm going to add the cauliflower and [10:43] look at this Alex this is riced [10:44] cauliflower which is sold in the produce [10:47] section all it is is just fresh [10:50] cauliflower puree it in a food processor [10:53] or just totally pulverized in a food [10:55] processor you could do it [10:57] yourself okay come in and check it out [11:00] Alex this is really coming [11:03] together I'm going to grab some pasta [11:05] water from the pot cuz this needs a [11:08] little bit of liquid and I'll add Couple [11:11] ladles [11:13] full and then that's going to cook the [11:16] cauliflower and also steam it so I'm [11:18] going to keep stirring this sauce until [11:22] the cauliflower is tender and the [11:23] flavors have developed it's going to [11:25] take about 6 to 7 minutes [11:29] [Music] [11:31] all right Alex take a look at this [11:34] bologan so far wow it actually looks [11:37] like bll andise it actually kind of [11:38] looks like meat sauce doesn't [11:40] it Mauricio is skeptical I'm like I [11:43] don't know I'm here to win you over [11:45] Mauricio and convince you all right so [11:47] Alex you want to come in and watch the [11:49] pasta go [11:51] in there we [11:53] go baby all right now it's not over yet [11:58] before I even Stir It [12:00] I'm going to add a lot of peino Romano [12:04] cheese couple of tablespoons of butter [12:07] which any self-respecting bolones maker [12:10] would add at this [12:13] stage and a little bit of cream adding [12:17] milk or cream to bolones is pretty [12:20] standard so just a little bit and I'm [12:22] going to add a little more red pepper [12:24] flake just for [12:25] fun and then here we go come check it [12:29] out I turned off the heat underneath cuz [12:31] I think it has done its trick but look [12:35] at this it looks like meat sauce so I'll [12:38] bring it over here and we'll finish it [12:40] with a little more cheese [12:43] please and of [12:45] course beautiful Vel wow cauliflower [12:49] bolones [12:52] guys [12:54] revolutionary in case your curiosity is [12:57] getting the better of you I'm going to [12:59] take a bite and you can tell from the [13:01] look on my [13:03] face if it's a win or Not Ready [13:10] Set wow it's a [13:12] wi it's a [13:14] wind shrimp sheet pan pea so I've got [13:19] mushrooms yellow squash red onion and [13:23] asparagus and I'm drizzling with olive [13:25] oil I'm going to grab salt and [13:28] pepper you know the [13:31] drill [13:33] and then I've got some Italian seasoning [13:36] which is also kind of like Mediterranean [13:38] seasoning depending on what's in it the [13:40] the bottle actually said Mediterranean [13:42] SL Italian seasoning so they're not [13:44] exactly the same but there's a lot of [13:46] overlap all right and then I'm going to [13:48] use tongs just to stir everything [13:51] together so I scooted them all over to [13:54] one side and now I've got some colossal [13:58] shrimp which is actually known as u15 [14:01] shrimp meaning they're under 15 shrimp [14:05] per [14:06] pound and spreading them out and then [14:09] I'm actually going to sprinkle just a [14:11] little bit of salt and pepper on the [14:13] shrimp but this is basically the [14:15] beginning of the recipe and it's going [14:18] to get more interesting from here a [14:19] little bit [14:20] more Mediterranean seasoning and then [14:23] let's go get this pan in the oven [14:27] pigy so this is going to go in a 425° [14:31] oven for about 15 minutes or so and when [14:36] I put these in I'm also going to add [14:38] some pea that I have wrapped in foil and [14:41] it's going to warm at the same time [14:43] everything else Cooks all right all [14:46] right while the shrimp and veggies [14:48] finished cooking I'm going to make a [14:50] delicious lemony yogurt sauce for the [14:52] petas so it starts with yogurt plain [14:56] Greek yogurt to be exact [14:59] all right so lemon juice and then a [15:03] whole bunch of lemon zest this is very [15:05] lemony and some fresh dill chopped so [15:10] Paige look at this m can you wrap your [15:12] head around this or what isn't that [15:15] pretty okay and then a little bit of [15:17] salt and [15:20] Peppa and give it one more stir and then [15:23] you know what time it is [15:24] paig let's go get the shrimp and veggies [15:27] out of the oven [15:31] and the Pea we can't forget the [15:33] Pea all right check it [15:36] out oo that looks so good and I'm going [15:39] to grab the PE bread which is nice and [15:43] warm and soft by [15:46] now boy it smells good in this kitchen I [15:50] love food like this don't you looks yeah [15:54] look at this okay shrimp are huge I have [15:57] a lot of things going on it's colossal [15:59] shrimp hello all right so I've got some [16:02] more lemon and I'm going to squeeze it [16:04] over the shrimp and the [16:07] veggies and stir with tongs and there's [16:11] some juice in the bottom of the pan and [16:13] that's just perfect because it makes [16:17] everything just much more delicious and [16:19] succulent and then everybody can build [16:22] their own and this is how you build it [16:24] woo [16:26] warm so I've got this delicious lemony [16:30] yogurt sauce so I'll put a nice generous [16:33] quantity in the warm pea and then a [16:36] couple of pieces of [16:40] lettuce and some [16:44] tomato just shove in there as much as [16:46] you can and then I'm going to start with [16:49] veggies first and then a couple of these [16:53] massive shrimp I've never seen anything [16:56] like this they're big and beautiful and [17:01] shrimpy big beautiful and shrimpy and [17:03] then [17:04] feta M I love the combination of the [17:07] roasted veggies the cooked [17:11] shrimp the cool feta and the sliced [17:14] mixed olives and then you've got that [17:16] lemony yogurt down [17:19] inside [17:22] mom too I'm [17:24] sorry e that is really good m [17:29] great combination of [17:33] ingredients taco chicken Caesar salad [17:36] wrap it is a delightful mashup of two [17:39] delicious things and it's really really [17:42] easy to pull together I just grated a [17:45] bunch of Parmesan now I'll get started [17:47] on the chicken for the wrap I've got a [17:49] pretty hot [17:50] Skillet and I'll add a good amount of [17:53] olive [17:54] oil I've got some diced chicken breast [17:58] just enough for for two wraps I'm making [18:00] one for myself along with Paige hey if [18:03] I'm going to go to the treble I might as [18:05] well make myself one [18:06] too I'll sprinkle on salt and [18:10] pepper now to the chicken I'm going to [18:13] add some taco flavors about 2 teaspoons [18:16] of chili [18:19] powder a teaspoon of [18:22] [Music] [18:24] paprika and a teaspoon of ground cumin [18:29] now I'm just going to Stir It Up and [18:30] make sure the spices the oil and the [18:33] chicken are all mixed together I'm going [18:35] to make the dressing for the wraps it's [18:37] a quick Caesar dressing with a little [18:40] bit of a taco spin start with some [18:42] mayonnaise I'm just going to kind of [18:44] eyeball it probably about half a [18:47] cup and some [18:49] Dijon I really like quick Caesar [18:51] dressings when I make caesar dressing [18:54] from scratch it's a little bit of a [18:55] lengthy process of the garlic and the an [18:58] chovies takes a little bit more time [19:01] some Worster [19:03] sauce and some garlic salt no peeling [19:07] and chopping of cloves good little Time [19:10] Saver now for the taco component I'm [19:12] going to add a good spoonful of Adobo [19:15] sauce from a can of chipotle peppers oh [19:18] why not another little [19:20] Spoonful and then I'll stir this [19:23] together you can make a really big batch [19:25] it keeps nice in the fridge [19:29] now I'm going to chop up some roma [19:31] lettuce which of course is a nod to the [19:34] Caesar component of this salad I'm just [19:37] going to put the lettuce straight into [19:39] the dressing [19:40] bowl and then I'll use tongs to start [19:43] tossing it a [19:45] bit now here's where some of the [19:47] parmesan comes [19:49] in you can also make the dressing in a [19:52] blender and add the parmesan there and [19:54] it just sort of breaks it all up and the [19:56] parmesan becomes one with the dressing [19:59] that is delicious too okay I've got two [20:02] big flour [20:03] tortillas and I'll start by adding a [20:05] whole bunch of the [20:07] salad I'm going to leave a little bit of [20:09] a gap on top and then really load it [20:13] [Music] [20:15] up now I'm going to add some cheddar [20:18] cheese this is for the taco salad side [20:21] of [20:22] things and I have some beautiful Haled [20:25] graped tomatoes [20:27] [Music] [20:28] the point is to add so much to the wrap [20:31] that you're almost afraid it won't close [20:33] then you know it's going to be good okay [20:35] I'm going to check on the chicken it [20:38] looks absolutely [20:41] fantastic so I'll spoon it [20:44] on I'm going to sprinkle on a little [20:46] more [20:47] parmesan I mean you don't know whether [20:49] it's a taco salad or a chicken Caesar [20:52] salad and that's exactly what my plan [20:54] was now I'm going to attempt to roll [20:57] this up I'll tuck in in the bottom so [20:59] everything won't fall out and then I'll [21:02] just fold the two sides over as tight as [21:04] I can and then I'll start with a little [21:06] piece of paper just to make it easy for [21:09] Paige to eat on the [21:11] run I'll wrap it with a little bit [21:13] sticking out to be safe I'll roll this [21:17] whole thing up in [21:19] foil so easy [21:24] [Music] [21:28] the multi cooker is my new favorite pot [21:32] and I'm going to use it to make black [21:34] bean soup basically I'm just going to [21:36] throw everything in there and before I [21:38] know it I'm going to have a delicious [21:40] soup with all the fixing I'm going to [21:43] cook some veggies in sauté mode [21:46] first and I've got some finely diced [21:49] onion and minced garlic delicious [21:54] start and then I have some diced red [21:57] bell pepper I just took the seeds out a [22:00] multicooker is primarily an electronic [22:03] pressure cooker but the great thing [22:05] about it is you can sauté in it before [22:07] you put the lid on and pressure cook [22:10] whatever it is you're making it's really [22:12] a miraculous machine if you ask me I'm [22:15] also going to add some sliced [22:17] jalapenos and then I'll stir all this [22:20] around and now I'm just going to let the [22:22] veggies cook until they're soft it's [22:24] going to take 4 minutes [22:30] I'm back with the chili powder and that [22:32] goes in next I'll add a couple of [22:36] tablespoons got to have chili powder [22:38] whenever you make black beans they just [22:40] go together and then a tablespoon of [22:42] ground cumin another of my [22:45] favorites and then the beans need quite [22:47] a bit of salt so I'll add a couple of [22:49] teaspoons and give this a stir oh gosh [22:53] those veggies look amazing before I put [22:56] the veggies into the multi cooker I [22:59] added a little bit of lard you can do [23:01] butter or oil whatever you [23:04] prefer okay this looks great so I'll add [23:07] in the beans just dried black [23:10] beans and for the liquid I've got [23:13] vegetable broth you can use chicken [23:15] broth even water would work but I like [23:17] the flavor of [23:19] broth now the final thing is to set it [23:22] to cook on [23:24] manual here [23:26] goes so it's 50 minutes of [23:30] cooking followed by 10 minutes for the [23:33] pressure to release naturally then I'll [23:35] release the rest of the steam through [23:37] quick [23:38] release the fun part is always taking [23:41] off the [23:42] lid and seeing what's inside it looks [23:46] really thick and Rich so this is a good [23:49] time to add the juice of a couple of [23:53] limes all right now I'll [23:56] stir and then you can serve the black [23:58] soup just as it is now with the whole [24:00] beans but I kind of like to puree the [24:03] beans a little bit just so the soup has [24:05] a mix of [24:07] textures so there's no better tool for [24:10] that than an immersion [24:13] blender okay I'm going to stop there [24:16] because I really like the texture it's [24:19] sort of a cross between reffed beans and [24:21] whole beans so you want to get a nice [24:25] bowl with a wide rim gosh this looks [24:30] great okay now for the fixings I'm going [24:33] to add some sour [24:36] cream some diced [24:39] avocado some diced red [24:42] onion and some diced tomato how gorgeous [24:46] is this looking and then just cilantro [24:49] leaves sprinkle them over it's always [24:52] nice to give it a little extra squeeze [24:54] of lime [25:01] oh so [25:05] good I'm going to make lemony salmon [25:08] with asparagus salad I'm going to start [25:10] by cooking some beautiful salmon fillets [25:13] and I'm sprinkling on just some prepared [25:15] lemon pepper [25:16] seasoning okay can you see Alex so I'm [25:20] going to put the [25:22] salmon down into a pretty hot Skillet I [25:25] want to sear the salmon so I've got some [25:29] oil in there and it's pretty [25:31] hot so I'm going to let it sit [25:34] there without moving it I'm going to go [25:36] ahead and season the other side with the [25:38] lemon [25:39] pepper and you might notice I have some [25:42] fried eggs sunny side up over here that [25:44] I've been just finishing frying so I'm [25:47] going to let those sit they're going to [25:49] continue to cook really slowly we will [25:51] hope that when it comes time to turn the [25:53] salmon it won't stick to the pan hope [25:55] and pray so the asparagus salad is [25:59] absolutely amazing take a look at this [26:01] Alex what I did was I just took Spears [26:05] of asparagus and a vegetable peeler and [26:08] just shav them into little ribbons and [26:10] I'm going to make a salad out of this so [26:13] some lemon zest and olive oil not too [26:17] much and some lemon I'll just squeeze it [26:21] in with just a couple more ingredients [26:24] so I've got some feta cheese and look at [26:26] this up close this is herbed f F [26:29] cheese and that means the feta cheese [26:31] has herbs in it is that what that means [26:34] that's what it means that's what it [26:35] means some crushed pistachios so it's [26:39] just a really amazing like flavorful [26:42] crunchy nutty salad and then lots of [26:45] mint leaves did I say the word crunchy [26:48] we love the word crunchy in our house [26:50] and then I'm going to grab some salt and [26:51] pepper i to go [26:53] across don't [26:55] worry I need to get rubber bands to tie [26:57] around my sleeves cuz I get letters [27:00] people [27:01] worry people worry about my [27:03] sleeves oky do so look at this isn't [27:07] this pretty I mean just on its own I [27:09] would totally dive into [27:11] this lad dond not so [27:15] much I forgot that I have a whole bunch [27:17] of sliced sugar snap peas so those go in [27:22] I kept looking at the salad thinking why [27:24] is the salad like so meager and that's [27:27] why one of the main ingredients wasn't [27:29] in [27:30] so pretend you didn't see that okay and [27:34] then this goes on the [27:36] flatter Ah that's better that's much [27:39] much [27:41] better okay I'm then spread it [27:45] out all right how's that look so far [27:48] amazing beautiful [27:50] right and then I'm going to grab a [27:53] spatula got it let's see how these look [27:57] let's see if they stick if stay [27:59] stuck that one oh that one didn't it [28:01] look so [28:05] good all right I'm going to let the [28:07] salmon finish cooking it's going to take [28:09] about 2 to three minutes and then we [28:11] will finish off this beautiful [28:16] dish so here's what we do I like it when [28:20] Salmon is just barely done and then even [28:23] when you take it out of the pan it kind [28:25] of keeps cooking and then it doesn't get [28:27] too dry dry and it's just perfect by the [28:30] time you get it to the [28:32] table or the island in this case all [28:37] right third piece and the [28:41] fourth and [28:44] then prepare to be [28:46] amazed oo I let these eggs get a little [28:50] bit crispy around the edges but I love [28:52] that so I just cooked these Sunny Side [28:55] Up and how I do that is just [28:58] oh no except for that one shoot oh man [29:05] slippery we'll just do three fried eggs [29:07] how does that sound we're going to leave [29:09] that fourth one out cuz it's going to [29:11] mess things up for us okay so this is [29:14] how I'm going to eat this for lunch but [29:18] I just put them in a hot Skillet with [29:19] butter and let them kind of set and then [29:21] I turn the heat to low and I literally [29:23] just leave them there until the eggs are [29:27] the whites are cooked and the yolks are [29:29] still really runny so more pistachios go [29:32] on and then more mint leaves which I [29:36] think is part of the thing that's so [29:38] beautiful about [29:39] this and then a squeeze of lemon [29:42] especially over the [29:44] salmon this looks great oh I forgot I [29:48] thought something I'm forgetting [29:49] ingredients left and right balsamic [29:52] glaze and here's what I like to do this [29:55] is truly one of the best ingredients [29:57] known to man I'll just do it mostly over [29:59] the salmon just kind of do a little [30:02] crisscross lemony [30:05] salmon and asparagus salad with three [30:09] eggs make sure you don't do four cuz [30:11] that would ruin the dish luscious salmon [30:14] burgers high-end restaurants probably [30:17] use um fresh salmon but I'm using canned [30:20] salmon so I'm going to make a little [30:21] mixture to form the burger patties so I [30:24] started with a little bit of mayonnaise [30:26] an egg I'm add some Dijon mustard a good [30:30] old [30:31] Spoonful so I'm using Old Bay Seasoning [30:35] about a teaspoon oh it smells so good [30:38] and then I'm going to do sort of a [30:40] heaping cup of panko crumbs this is sort [30:44] of the filler for the salmon and then I [30:47] drained the two cans of [30:49] salmon and then I'll squeeze in half a [30:53] lemon and to help with the flavor I'm [30:55] going to add a whole bunch of [30:58] sliced green onions and I think that's [31:00] it oh pepper pepper got to have Peppa [31:05] okay now I'm going to smush all this [31:07] together it's just nice to be able to [31:10] turn something into a really exciting [31:12] dish divide this into two [31:15] quarters so you just want to form the [31:17] patties you don't want them to be too [31:19] thick that they don't kind of set and [31:22] cook in the middle but you don't want [31:24] them to be too little either I've got a [31:26] skillet that's kind of hot already I've [31:29] got some olive oil in there so as I form [31:32] them I'm just going to put them straight [31:33] in okay so they're frying away I'm going [31:36] to kind of flatten them out some are [31:37] bigger than others they are not uniform [31:39] by any means so I'm going to let these [31:41] cook on the first side now I'm going to [31:43] flip them they're so golden and Luscious [31:47] wow how about that okay so I'm going to [31:49] let them finish cooking on the second [31:51] side and of course I can't leave well [31:54] enough alone I have to have a really [31:56] delicious Mayo put on the buns for the [31:59] [Music] [32:00] burgers so I've got the Mayo I'm going [32:02] to add some [32:04] Capers and more lemon whenever you've [32:07] got any sort of fish or seafood you want [32:09] a lot of lemon it just kind of brightens [32:12] it all up plenty of Peppa okay I'm going [32:16] to stir stir I'm going to get the bun [32:20] and I'm going to [32:22] spread plenty of this I mean I really [32:26] want to taste the Mayo guys what can I [32:27] say [32:28] and then I'll get one of the salmon [32:31] patties this one looks tasty looks do [32:35] look at that how good does that look [32:37] perfectly brown right on the good thing [32:39] about salmon patties is they don't [32:43] shrink so you know when you make a a [32:45] ground beef patty and they kind of [32:46] shrink so basically you can just form [32:48] this to the exact size of the bun you're [32:51] using and your life will be smooth [32:54] sailing so a little bit of [32:56] lettuce and and a [33:00] tomato and some pickles of course you [33:03] can do jalapenos you can do thinly [33:06] sliced red onion but look at [33:10] this wow I think it looks look at that [33:15] so [33:18] [Music] [33:20] pretty mushroom cheese steak lettuce [33:24] wraps it's like three or four different [33:27] mashups going going on there but I love [33:29] lettuce wraps because they eliminate the [33:31] bread from any situation but also just [33:34] using mushrooms instead of the beef for [33:38] the cheese steak part of it is kind of a [33:41] Triumph I think mushrooms are kind of [33:44] downright meaty when you cook them a [33:46] certain way don't tell any cattle [33:48] rancher in oage county that I said that [33:51] it'll be our little secret so I just [33:53] sliced some portabello mushrooms and I [33:57] had scrape the gills out with a spoon [34:00] beforehand so I'm going to add a couple [34:03] of tablespoons of soy sauce soy sauce is [34:06] so good with [34:07] mushrooms and then a couple of [34:09] tablespoons of balsamic vinegar so it [34:12] kind of helps the mushrooms get that [34:14] sort of meaty steaky [34:17] quality and then some garlic [34:21] powder and [34:23] oregano delicious and then I'm not going [34:26] to add salt because there soy sauce but [34:28] I am going to add plenty of pepper so I [34:31] will give this a quick stir and then I'm [34:34] going to put the mushrooms in and just [34:35] get them all kind of tossed and [34:39] coated okay so I've got a skillet and [34:42] I've been heating it up I'm going to add [34:44] just about a tablespoon of olive oil so [34:47] not much I'm not afraid of olive oil [34:49] when it comes to lightening up recipes I [34:52] don't think of it as sort of a heavy [34:55] ingredient at all so I'm going to add [34:57] the [34:59] mushrooms that was [35:01] hot and then I also have some sliced [35:04] onion lots of [35:07] onion and some sliced red bell [35:10] pepper oh it smells so good [35:14] already how is that possible that was [35:17] like seconds after it hit the skillet [35:19] I'm going to cook this for 10 minutes [35:21] until everything is soft and the [35:23] moisture from the mushrooms has all [35:26] given off [35:28] stay [35:31] tuned Alex slowly come in here and look [35:34] at this I just want you to Sav her I [35:37] mean this is so beautiful those onions [35:40] are so caramelized and the depth of [35:44] color in this Skillet is just a [35:46] beautiful thing to behold so these are [35:49] cheese steaks I'm not going to lighten [35:52] things up in that regard instead of like [35:54] a processed cheese sauce I'm doing [35:56] provolone which which is kind of a [35:59] relatively good cheese when you want to [36:01] lighten things up a little bit so I'm [36:03] just laying the provolone on top of the [36:06] whole mixture in the skillet and I'm [36:07] going to put the lid on and just let [36:10] this slowly melt for a couple of minutes [36:14] and then I'll come back and show you how [36:16] the magic is going to [36:21] unfold [36:23] okay I'd say that cheese is melted what [36:26] do you think Alex [36:28] wow oo that looks amazing so all I'm [36:32] going to do is just stir the cheese in [36:35] with the portabellos and the onions and [36:37] the peppers and it's basically a [36:40] complete and total mess inside of this [36:43] pan and that's what cheese steaks are [36:46] all about whether they're made with [36:48] mushrooms or beef so I've got some [36:52] butter lettuce cups or bib lettuce cups [36:55] and I'm just going to spoon the glor [36:57] ious mixture into each cup cheese is [37:01] going to go everywhere you will think [37:03] you're in a cheese nightmare because you [37:05] won't be able to get away from it wow oh [37:08] wow okay what do you think Alex and stew [37:11] those look really good I'm surprised [37:13] they look fantastically delicious don't [37:15] they it looks like steak kind of that's [37:18] the whole point mushroom she steak [37:22] lettuce wraps ah I've got to taste a [37:26] bite don't tell [37:30] anyone oh [37:34] wow what can I say these are [37:39] amazing so I'm going to turn Caesar [37:41] salad into Caesar salad with shrimp but [37:45] I'm also changing up the way that I [37:47] prepare the lettuce almost every Caesar [37:49] salad has chopped Roma sometimes I'll do [37:53] an entire heart of Roma but this time I [37:56] cut them into to quarters it is going to [37:59] make a gorgeous and elegant salad I [38:02] really like changing up flavors but also [38:05] the way I present a recipe so now it's [38:08] all about the Caesar dressing I have a [38:11] jar of garlic olive oil this is going to [38:14] add such a flavor punch to my regular [38:17] Caesar dressing recipe so I'll start [38:19] with about half a cup and it saves me a [38:21] step cuz I don't have to mince the [38:23] garlic [38:25] myself Dijon is something I like to add [38:28] to Caesar dressing it adds a great [38:30] tanginess about a [38:33] tablespoon same amount of balsamic [38:37] vinegar a few dashes of Worster [38:42] sauce and this is [38:45] controversial not everybody likes to add [38:47] anchovies to their Caesar dressing but I [38:51] do it's very subtle it's not fishy I'm [38:54] adding about four fillets [38:57] and then I've got a lemon and I'm going [38:59] to add about half of the [39:04] juice okay now some salt and [39:06] pepper and then I'm going to mix it up [39:08] before I add the next [39:17] ingredient that came together very [39:19] quickly I'm going to add some grated [39:22] Parmesan the texture of Parmesan cheese [39:25] and Caesar dressing is so [39:32] nice okay this dressing is just the [39:35] right consistency you want it to be [39:38] pretty thin because you want it to kind [39:41] of have a chance to seep into the leaves [39:43] of the [39:44] Roma it's just lovely and I like that [39:47] you don't have to toss it it's nice to [39:49] just pour them down these strips of [39:51] Romain lettuce and I'm going to cover [39:53] the top of this salad with beautiful [39:56] cooked shrimp these are about 16 to 20 [39:59] count which means they're 16 to 20 [40:01] shrimp per pound but you can use [40:03] whatever shrimp you have you can do [40:05] really big colossal shrimp you can do [40:08] tiny little popcorn shrimp that would be [40:10] fine too I'm going to add some slices of [40:13] avocado because I left the lettuce in [40:16] such large pieces I wanted to leave the [40:18] avocado in pretty Spears this salad [40:22] really is as much about the presentation [40:24] as it is about the [40:26] flavors you you know what something's [40:28] missing [40:30] croutons that's good cuz I have that [40:33] covered I would not have a Caesar salad [40:36] without croutons I made my own the same [40:39] croutons I make time and time again they [40:42] definitely needed no revamping they're [40:44] garlicky croutons and they're very [40:47] simple I put half a loaf of crusty [40:49] French bread cut into cubes on a sheet [40:51] pan and spread them out then I drizzled [40:54] over A4 a cup of the garlic olive oil I [40:56] used in the dressing I sprinkled them [40:58] with half a teaspoon of kosher salt half [41:01] a teaspoon of black pepper toss the [41:04] cubes to coat them then put them in a [41:06] 250° oven and when 25 minutes were up [41:11] they were deliciously crispy and I took [41:13] them out and let them cool croutons are [41:17] the best I could snack on these honestly [41:20] now just a couple more things to finish [41:23] off this beautiful salad I've got some [41:25] fresh parmesan [41:28] and then just for a little bit of Herby [41:30] freshness I've got some parsley leaves [41:33] which I think is kind of in with the [41:36] theme of keeping things in big pieces [41:39] and then this can never hurt just [41:41] another little squeeze of lemon juice [41:45] just to finish things [41:46] off this is a Caesar salad with shrimp I [41:51] may never be able to go back to the old [41:53] way of doing things you know sometimes I [41:55] try to imagine my cooking life without [41:57] sheet pans and I can't even imagine it [42:00] there are so many of my favorite recipes [42:02] that I couldn't make if sheet pans [42:04] didn't exist including this spiced [42:07] chicken sheet pan supper oh boy is it [42:11] packed with flavor and I serve the [42:13] chicken in lettuce cups it is so so [42:16] Divine and it's nice and healthy so I'm [42:19] starting with the spice mix I started [42:22] with some paprika and I'm adding both [42:25] onion powder and garlic [42:28] powder I've got some [42:30] salt cumin which I [42:34] love turmeric which I really love it's [42:38] so nice and beautiful and golden and [42:40] then black pepper such a beautiful spice [42:44] mix and it's so so good with chicken [42:48] okay that is the spice mix so I'm going [42:50] to use half of this on the chicken and [42:53] I'm going to drizzle a little bit of [42:54] olive oil over the chicken and I'm using [42:57] really thin chicken [42:59] cutlets you could do pieces of bone in [43:03] chicken you could do really any kind of [43:05] chicken that you have in your fridge so [43:08] I drizzled on the olive oil just so the [43:10] spice mix would stick and I added quite [43:13] a bit of the spice mix as you can see [43:16] you don't have a lot of chances to get [43:19] this chicken really really flavorful so [43:21] you really want it to count then I [43:24] turned it over and sprinkle a little bit [43:26] more the spice [43:28] mix all right and then I'll just kind of [43:31] smush it around and that way it's nice [43:34] and moist ooh look how pretty that [43:37] chicken is already with those spices the [43:40] paprika is such a gorgeous color all [43:43] right so now on to the veggies I've got [43:46] a bowl of broccoli and I'm going to dump [43:49] in some drained chick peas or garbanzo [43:53] beans and little bit of olive oil here [43:56] too [43:58] and the other half of the spice [44:02] mix all right and I'll stir just so that [44:06] spice mix totally coats the veggies the [44:09] spice mix itself can take a sheet pan [44:11] supper in a totally different direction [44:14] so instead of the spices I used you [44:17] could do oregano and Thyme and you know [44:19] give it a little bit more of a [44:21] Mediterranean feel all right everything [44:24] is coated in the spice mix so the [44:27] veggies just get totally poured over the [44:31] chicken into the cracks and [44:34] crevices M I love chickpeas they are so [44:37] so good and they're going to get [44:39] slightly crisp in the [44:41] oven and speaking of the oven I'm going [44:44] to go ahead and put the sheet pan in the [44:46] oven really hot [44:49] 450° and it's going to take just 15 [44:52] minutes so I mentioned that I'm going to [44:55] serve the chicken and veggies in in [44:57] lettuce cups so I'm going to make a [44:59] little tomato cucumber salad that'll go [45:02] over the top so I've got some olive oil [45:06] and I just have really thinly sliced [45:08] cucumbers and Haled cherry tomatoes or [45:12] graped [45:13] tomatoes and then a little bit of red [45:16] wine [45:18] vinegar little salt and [45:21] pepper and just to make it all make [45:25] sense some beautiful parsley and I'll [45:28] give the sister and just in the time it [45:31] takes for the chicken and veggies to [45:33] cook this will sort of meld and Merry [45:36] and just become even more [45:39] delicious all right so that's the tomato [45:42] cucumber salad now I'm going to clear up [45:45] while the chicken and veggies finish [45:47] cooking it's going to take about 10 more [45:52] minutes I think the chicken is done it [45:54] smells so incredible bow in this oven [45:59] oo oh my goodness the combination of [46:03] flavors and look at those roasted [46:06] chickpeas the broccoli has beautiful [46:08] color on the outsides of the leaves oh [46:11] and I love the golden color of the [46:14] turmeric in the spice mix so good so now [46:18] I'll show you how to serve this it's [46:21] nice to have a board nearby and you can [46:24] just put all the chicken on the board [46:27] because you need to slice it I'm just [46:29] going to do one just to show you oh hot [46:32] hot look at that color on that chicken [46:35] it is so [46:36] pretty and then I have these leaves of [46:40] bib [46:40] lettuce butter lettuce anything works [46:43] you can even do Roma leaves if you want [46:46] to and then basically you just take a [46:50] few of the strips of this incredibly [46:52] flavorful [46:53] chicken and lay them on each of the [46:57] little lettuce [46:59] pieces and you want to get in here and [47:02] get broccoli and chickpeas by the way [47:06] these chickpeas are a really yummy snack [47:09] too and this [47:12] beautiful tomato cucumber salad goes on [47:16] so basically you're trying to fill the [47:19] lettuce wraps almost to the point where [47:21] they're too full to fold and eat that's [47:24] my Approach anyway and then a little bit [47:27] of Greek yogurt you don't need much it [47:29] just adds a nice little [47:32] creaminess just to kind of go alongside [47:35] all of the amazing things going on [47:38] wow love this recipe it's very healthy [47:43] you've got the cool and crisp you've got [47:45] the warm and spicy I love when dishes [47:49] are the complete package and don't [47:52] forget this is very very good for you [47:55] your mom would approve my mustard herb [47:57] chicken cutlets when company's coming [48:00] over and time is tight like it always is [48:04] mustard herb chicken cutlets are the way [48:06] to [48:07] go I've got eight chicken cutlets they [48:10] actually started as four chicken breasts [48:12] and I cut them in half through the [48:14] middle I seasoned them with salt and [48:16] pepper and I've been Browning them in [48:18] some olive oil and butter the first s's [48:21] nice and golden so I'm going to let them [48:23] cook on the second side and I'll chop up [48:25] some garlic [48:27] whenever I'm making week night meals [48:29] involving chicken breasts I often cut [48:31] them in half like this and turn them [48:33] into cutlets they cook a lot faster [48:37] basically in half the time as a regular [48:39] chicken breast okay that garlic is [48:43] chopped because these pieces are so thin [48:46] they really just take about 3 minutes [48:48] per side for the chicken to get done you [48:51] can't do that with a regular chicken [48:53] breast for [48:54] sure now back to the garlic I'm going to [48:57] save some of this for the garlic spinach [49:01] but I'll add some of it into this [49:02] beautiful [49:04] mixture oil and butter and chicken [49:07] flavor yum yum now the reason this is [49:11] great for company is that it has some [49:13] white wine I'm going to add about a cup [49:16] and this is the perfect time to add it [49:19] when the pan is full of all that [49:23] flavor oh my gosh okay this is already [49:26] starting to Bubble around the edges so [49:28] that'll be reduced in no time while it [49:31] does I'm going to get started on the [49:32] garlicky spinach I'm going to add some [49:35] olive oil to a pan and this is kind of a [49:37] high-sided pan because I'm going to cook [49:40] so much spinach to the olive oil I'll [49:43] add the rest of the garlic that I [49:45] chopped and I'll let that start [49:47] cooking okay that's looking good so I'm [49:51] going to try to get all of this in the [49:52] pan oh my this is baby spinach and I [49:56] love this dish because you can [49:58] substitute whatever greens you like kale [50:02] Swiss chard even collared greens would [50:04] be good all right I'm going to let this [50:06] start to wilt and I'm going to go back [50:08] to this glorious sauce it's kind of [50:11] thickened and it smells so good now for [50:15] the mustard I'm going to add two heaping [50:18] tablespoons of [50:20] Dijon any mustard works you can do sort [50:23] of a spicy mustard if you want to kick [50:25] things up a little bit so I'll stir this [50:27] in and kind of let it become one with [50:29] the [50:31] sauce all righty now for a little bit [50:34] more liquid in the sauce I'm going to [50:36] add about a cup of low sodium chicken [50:39] broth and then I'll season this with a [50:41] little salt and pepper and I'm going to [50:43] let this Bubble Up and I want it to get [50:45] richer and richer so a pat of butter [50:49] will help that [50:51] along okay I'm going to let the sauce [50:54] cook in the skillet some more and I'm [50:55] going to check on my spinach which is [50:58] starting to [50:59] wilt tongs are the best thing to use [51:02] when you're trying to wilt a whole bunch [51:03] of spinach I kind of get what's on the [51:06] bottom and pull it up and put it on top [51:09] and then it kind of starts to wilt the [51:11] spinach from above [51:14] too okay back to the sauce I've got [51:17] parsley chives and Dill and I'm just [51:20] going to load this sauce with all this [51:24] herbalicious do you make up words when [51:26] you cook cuz I do okay that looks [51:29] fantastic now I'm going to put the [51:31] chicken back into the skillet so it can [51:33] simmer in the sauce for just a bit I [51:37] like to do this because if any of the [51:39] chicken is just barely undercooked when [51:42] it simmers in the sauce it'll finish [51:44] everything [51:46] off okay this is bubbling away I'm going [51:48] to let the chicken sit and I'm going to [51:50] finish off this glorious garlicky [51:53] spinach now I'm going to cut a lemon in [51:55] half I like to squeeze a little bit of [51:58] lemon juice over the spinach it just [52:00] kind of brightens it up adds a little [52:02] acid to the mix and the spinach just [52:05] needs a little bit of salt and pepper [52:06] and that is really it and I'll give it a [52:09] toss dinner's ready I can't believe [52:13] it and I like to make a really nice [52:16] generous bed of the [52:18] spinach I see the chunks of garlic in [52:21] there and then the star of the [52:25] show The ch chicken these are so small [52:29] that two chicken cutlets is pretty much [52:31] a [52:32] serving and I'll just kind of crisscross [52:35] it and then I have to get some of this [52:38] glorious sauce and put it over the [52:41] chicken there's plenty of herbs in the [52:44] sauce but I'll just add a few more on [52:47] top gorgeous and fast doesn't get any [52:50] better than that the first one I'm going [52:52] to make is brushetta chicken or [52:54] brusketta chicken however you pronounce [52:56] bruetta and I am very excited about this [52:59] now before I get too far I do want to [53:02] say that I have some free ingredients [53:05] and the free ingredients are like olive [53:08] oil salt pepper so you can't hold those [53:11] ingredients against me you have to have [53:12] some freebies that are sort of Staples [53:15] for every recipe so I've got some crusty [53:18] Italian bread and I cut it into a pretty [53:21] fine Dice and I basically want to make a [53:25] skillet chicken dish [53:26] that is like brusketta or brushetta [53:29] appetizer I'm going to cook some chicken [53:32] put a tomato mixture on top and I'm [53:34] going to put some little pieces of bread [53:37] in the Tomato [53:39] mixture you got that Todd yes are you [53:42] confused yet a little bit that was a lot [53:46] so I tossed the bread in olive oil salt [53:48] and pepper and the bread is one of the [53:51] five ingredients so Paige come around [53:54] and I'm gonna put this into a 375 degree [53:59] oven so while the bread toasts in the [54:02] oven I am going to get started on the [54:04] chicken I'm going to get some olive oil [54:06] into the pan again this is one of my [54:08] free ingredients please don't hold it [54:11] against me don't penalize me and I'm [54:13] going to season both sides of these Z [54:16] chicken [54:18] cutlets so the bread is the first [54:20] ingredient the chicken is the second [54:23] ingredient I've only got three left [54:26] [Music] [54:29] okay and I'll get the chicken in the [54:32] skillet little tight squeeze but that's [54:36] okay I'll sprinkle on salt and [54:41] pepper how are you guys today good we've [54:45] been cooking a lot together lately and I [54:47] wanted to put a little spin on today's [54:49] recipes just to keep things fresh and [54:51] unpredictable I don't want Todd getting [54:53] too comfortable in his new role at [54:58] cameraman okay the chicken looks great [55:00] so I'm going to let it keep cooking and [55:02] I'll get started on the Tomato mixture [55:05] so my third ingredient diced [55:09] tomatoes okay and then I'm going to [55:12] press in some garlic Todd would you say [55:14] garlic is a free ingredient no yes oh [55:18] wrong answer son it's not though it is [55:21] garlic is not garlic is a a staple just [55:24] like salt pepper olive oil oiled garlic [55:27] you keep garlic in the pantry it's a [55:29] freebie so I just pressed in two cloves [55:32] of garlic I want the Tomato mixture to [55:35] be nice and garlicky and the next [55:39] ingredient is fresh basil fresh basil is [55:43] not a free ingredient by any means it's [55:45] very precious to me I love fresh basil [55:47] so much so I'm going to pick off some [55:50] leaves but basically you want to just [55:52] roll them up and cut them really thin so [55:56] so the basil goes into the tomatoes and [56:00] I also going to add some [56:02] balsamic and then the fifth [56:05] ingredient is balsamic glaze and I'm [56:08] just going to add about a tablespoon to [56:10] the Tomato mixture see that Paige oh [56:14] it's so warm I might add just a little [56:16] bit more balsamic glaze like Paige told [56:19] me to so I like to do what Paige tells [56:21] me to do everyone [56:27] what is your [56:29] problem you did not even indicate that [56:32] he was behind me I mean honey well I [56:36] don't even know anymore I'm so King good [56:38] looking oh okay I'll take that I'm [56:41] making Bretta chicken Bretta chicken yep [56:45] so I turn the chicken over in the [56:47] skillet and I'm going to finish cooking [56:49] it on the second side my heart is just [56:51] racing thanks a lot honey just check it [56:55] make sure you're the bread oh my husband [56:58] likes to scare [57:00] me okay oh pie look at this [57:05] bread so you really want them to be [57:09] crispy because I am going to mix them [57:12] with the Tomato mixture so look at [57:16] this just spill them all in there and [57:18] this is something that you definitely [57:20] want to do at the last minute after [57:23] about 15 minutes the little bread chunks [57:26] will start to get a little bit soggy as [57:28] they soak up the liquid and the [57:30] tomatoes how did this happen lad [57:33] Drummond showed up just in time for the [57:35] food to be [57:36] done so now good timing good planning [57:40] I've got a pretty white platter the [57:42] chicken is [57:43] done and they cook really really fast so [57:47] if you're trying to get food on the [57:49] table for a bunch of [57:50] hungry family members which is like [57:54] every day of my life [57:56] chicken cutlets are great twice or three [57:59] times a day it it's true but you know [58:01] what that's the life I have chosen oh [58:03] it's good okay so now look at this guys [58:09] just kind of spoon the tomato bread [58:11] basil mixture over each chicken [58:16] piece look at this page isn't it [58:19] pretty I I really want to cover them up [58:22] just let it go all over the sides and [58:25] then this is my favorite [58:27] part balsamic glaze again and then you [58:31] just kind of go back and forth and look [58:32] how pretty that makes it isn't that [58:35] gorgeous I love this cuz it's almost [58:37] like paint and you can sort of decorate [58:39] a platter and then just [58:42] get are you with me you already have [58:44] green in there this is a little Overkill [58:47] there is no uh such thing as Overkill [58:49] when it comes to decorating a [58:51] plate I'll just keep going it looks [58:54] pretty cool thank you [58:56] I think it looks great so brusketa [59:00] chicken it was so easy it only took five [59:05] ingredients I think this is going to go [59:07] on the rotation permanently extra basil [59:10] for lad [59:11] though a very veggie soup so I've got a [59:15] pot with some butter and I actually [59:16] heated it until it got to the brown [59:18] stage and I'm going to add some onions [59:22] and then I have a bowl full of root [59:24] veggies that I peeled and chopped [59:27] carrots parsnips turnips and Ruda bagas [59:31] and then some ginger and [59:36] garlic whole garlic cloves and then I'm [59:39] going to stir these around just to coat [59:41] them I'm not going to have to cook them [59:43] at this stage I just want to kind of get [59:45] the veggies coated in that delicious [59:47] brown butter mixture sprinkle some salt [59:51] and [59:53] pepper perfect and now I'm going to add [59:56] add the broth I've got two big honken [60:00] cartons of chicken broth you can also [60:03] use veggie broth if you want to keep it [60:06] truly vegetarian two spices I've got [60:09] some all [60:11] spice and ground coriander sprig of [60:14] thyme stir all of this together all [60:17] right now I'm just going to bring it to [60:19] a quick boil and then I'll turn it down [60:21] to a simmer put the lid on and let it [60:23] cook for 20 minutes until the vegetables [60:25] are to totally soft okay the soup has [60:28] been simmering it's just about ready to [60:30] puree but first i'm going to fry some [60:32] shallots that I'm going to use to serve [60:34] over the top of the soup so I've just [60:36] got some vegetable oil and very thinly [60:39] sliced shallots I peeled the shallots [60:41] and sliced them and now I'm just going [60:43] to fry them in vegetable oil until [60:46] they're golden brown and then I'll take [60:48] them out of the oil and drain them on a [60:50] paper towel at these beautiful fried [60:53] shallots absolutely incredible popper [60:56] for soup all those vegetables have been [60:58] cooking away and I'm glad I did that [61:00] because I'm going to pull out the time [61:02] it has done its job so I'm going to turn [61:05] off the stove and I'm going to puree the [61:08] soup now you don't have to puree it you [61:10] can keep it pretty chunky but in the [61:13] fall I just love puree vegetable soups [61:17] in the fall I just love any soup to be [61:22] honest look at the color of this soup [61:24] now so pretty that's so pretty and look [61:29] I love [61:31] this every now and then you get like a [61:33] chunk of carrot that got [61:35] missed but it's kind of like a little [61:37] treasure hunt that way and this soup is [61:40] pretty rich and filling so a little goes [61:43] a long way okay so speaking of garnish [61:46] I'm going to get some of these beautiful [61:48] shallots take a look Paige and the great [61:51] thing about shallots is they're so light [61:53] and like thin and lightweight that they [61:56] just kind of hover on top and then I've [61:59] got some beautiful parsley all [62:02] righty very veggie soup with fried [62:06] shallots on top a few more would be nice [62:10] this recipe is so good it is so very [62:13] simple now I've been breaking up some [62:15] cauliflower into tiny fettes and I have [62:18] a little bit of oil in a non-stick [62:20] skillet and I'll just throw it all into [62:23] a [62:24] pan yeah it in there and get the [62:26] sizzling process going now I also minced [62:29] up some garlic for flavor and it goes [62:32] right in I'll just stir it around I want [62:36] this to cook in a small amount of time [62:38] that get some good flavor on the outside [62:40] of the cauliflower I'm going to let that [62:42] keep going and I'll slice up some green [62:45] onions I've just got a couple here I'm [62:47] going to slice them real [62:49] fast this recipe doesn't even make it to [62:52] 16 minutes it's really that quick and [62:55] I'm going to going to go in with these [62:57] and get them going in the [63:01] skillet okay the cauliflower is [63:03] definitely getting there it's already [63:05] got some nice dark [63:07] edges now soy sauce makes this extra [63:10] delicious so I'll add about 2 [63:14] tablespoons I'll just cut a lime in [63:17] half squeeze it right in nice and [63:22] tangy okay now because I always think a [63:25] little spice is nice I'll add some [63:28] Sriracha you can use any hot sauce you [63:32] want and then I'll just Stir It Around [63:34] long enough for it to totally coat the [63:39] cauliflower it is done I'm going to get [63:42] it into a bowl because it smells so good [63:45] I can hardly contain [63:48] myself I love light stir fries like this [63:51] which means you can just pile it high in [63:53] the bowl woo delicious now I'll sprinkle [63:57] on some more green onions and then I [64:01] like to squeeze on a little extra lime [64:02] juice put the lime wedge right on the [64:05] bowl now seriously how long did that [64:08] take how cool is [64:14] that lemon thyme sheep pan chicken and [64:17] potatoes so I'm making a little bit of a [64:19] marinade to uh toss the chicken in so [64:23] it's olive oil some minced garlic [64:27] whoops the juice of a [64:29] lemon These Are Juicy Juicy [64:33] lemons oh my [64:36] goodness and then some lemon zest I [64:38] zested the lemon before I cut it in half [64:41] and then I have some fresh thyme [64:43] leaves and [64:46] salt plenty of salt and plenty of [64:50] pepper and then I'll just stir this [64:53] together with a fork very simple [64:56] I'm using bone in skin on chicken thighs [65:00] and then red potatoes that I cut in half [65:03] and sliced red onions and then I put [65:05] quite a few lemon wedges on the sheet [65:08] pan and those are going to come into [65:10] play later after it Cooks in the oven [65:14] all righty so this is all mixed together [65:17] it doesn't take too much and I'm just [65:20] pouring it over the chicken first to [65:22] make sure it gets [65:23] plenty of the juice [65:27] sauce and then I'm just going to use my [65:30] hands to toss everything together and [65:33] mix it I don't want to leave them in [65:35] sections I want to mix it all together [65:37] so the juices from the chicken will kind [65:40] of coat the veggies and the onions and [65:43] it's all going to become one so the only [65:45] thing you need to be sure to do before [65:48] it goes in the oven is to make sure [65:49] there's plenty of space between the [65:52] pieces of chicken because if they're [65:53] cramped they won't get nice and brown [65:55] all right let's get this gorgeous dinner [65:57] in the oven so the oven's at 4:25 and [66:01] I'm going to roast all of this for about [66:02] 45 to 50 minutes until the skin on the [66:05] chicken is gorgeous and the vegetables [66:07] are [66:10] done woo juicy that looks [66:16] fanastic wow okay I've got a beautiful [66:20] platter [66:22] so I was GNA just kind of [66:26] dump it all on here but I think that [66:29] would be a [66:30] catastrophe so I'm just going to [66:32] transfer everything to the platter [66:36] lovely lovely [66:38] lovely all right so now for the really [66:42] fun [66:43] part remember those lemon [66:47] wedges here they are they're now roasted [66:50] lemon wedges and watch [66:53] this look at this kind of roasty lemon [66:57] so fish the lemon out of here and just [67:01] squeeze any juices that it has [67:04] left you can get some of the juices on [67:07] the pan and just kind of drizzle them [67:10] over you don't want to do that too much [67:12] of that cuz there's a lot of fat there [67:14] but boy oh boy that looks great and then [67:18] for a Finishing Touch I always like to [67:20] wipe the [67:22] platter because dribbles bother me not [67:26] really um I've got some beautiful thy [67:28] leaves and just kind of arrange it here [67:31] and there and everywhere I think time is [67:34] one of the prettiest herbs it's just so [67:35] light and kind of slightly curly [67:40] parsley never hurts but didn't this turn [67:43] into kind of a gorgeous dinner really [67:45] pretty beautiful and it's so simple it's [67:48] basically chicken potatoes and onions [67:50] but it's all kind of what you season it [67:52] with and how you cook it and of course [67:56] how you present [67:57] it that is one beautiful sheet pan [68:00] supper right there so [68:03] easy so [68:07] elegant I like to make a chicken quinoa [68:10] bowl and it is delicious so much flavor [68:13] I am making the chicken first I've just [68:16] got two boneless skinless chicken [68:18] breasts and I drizzled olive oil on and [68:21] then I'm sprinkling on some taco [68:24] seasoning which is one of the things [68:26] that makes this so easy you don't have [68:29] to mix up the seasoning yourself and [68:31] then just a little bit of salt make sure [68:34] the chicken is well seasoned so I'm [68:36] going to put them right onto a grill pan [68:39] and I need to cook the chicken about 5 [68:42] minutes per side until it's totally [68:45] done all right I'm going to let the [68:47] chicken [68:48] [Music] [68:51] rest and I'm going to move over to the [68:53] quinoa this is a chicken quinoa Bowl [68:56] after all now I cooked some red quinoa [69:00] and I just used package [69:02] instructions so I'm going to zip it up [69:04] with a little bit of lime [69:07] juice and then some lime [69:11] zest a little bit of [69:13] salt and some chopped [69:17] cilantro quinoa is so delicious and you [69:21] can use it in place of rice in things [69:24] like the chicken bowl that I'm making [69:26] now I'm going to let it sit for 5 [69:28] minutes it is time to assemble the first [69:31] thing I'll do is add the quinoa which [69:34] makes perfect sense I'll slice the [69:36] chicken breast and just arrange it kind [69:39] of around the edge of the bowl that's [69:41] going to leave room for lots of other [69:43] good stuff including this amazing salsa [69:48] it's easy roasted corn salsa I threw [69:51] half a cup of thaw frozen roasted corn [69:54] kernels into a bowl [69:56] with 1/4 cup of diced red onion a 2 oz [69:59] jar of drained pentos and half a cup of [70:02] haved cherry tomatoes then I added the [70:05] juice of a lime a tablespoon of chopped [70:07] cilantro a pinch of salt and gave it a [70:11] toss this salsa is so pretty it's [70:14] actually more like a corn salad to be [70:17] honest and I am being generous with it [70:20] in this bowl I've got some sliced [70:23] avocado some queso fresco a dollop of [70:27] sour cream a squeeze of [70:31] lime and then I like to put a couple of [70:33] lime wedges on the edge of the bowl some [70:36] hot sauce of [70:38] course Perfection the only thing that'll [70:41] make it better is a sprinkling of [70:43] cilantro that is one beautiful chicken [70:46] quinoa Bowl now I'm going to build [70:48] another one just like it [70:52] [Music] [71:03] have you ever heard of cauliflower pizza [71:05] crust being a food blogger I see it all [71:08] the time I've never actually made one so [71:11] I'm going to whip one up now and I can't [71:14] wait for the results I've got a half a [71:16] head of cauliflower and I just cut it [71:18] into chunks I'll throw it into the food [71:21] processor and I'm going to let the food [71:24] processor grow grind it up I'm going to [71:27] pulse it until it's really fine my food [71:30] blogging friend told me to keep going [71:32] until it looks like snow and I think I'm [71:35] about there yep looks like snow all [71:38] right take the blade [71:40] out and I'll get this into a [71:46] bowl I'll cover this with some plastic [71:48] wrap too I've got a fork and I'll just [71:52] poke a couple times now this goes into [71:55] the microwave I'm going to draw out the [71:57] moisture and soften it a [71:59] bit that's going to take about 4 [72:02] [Music] [72:07] minutes and from what I understand the [72:10] secret to cauliflower crust is getting [72:12] all of the moisture out of the [72:14] cauliflower so I'll take the plastic [72:16] wrap off and I have a thin towel here [72:20] and I'll dump the cauliflower right on [72:23] there and I'll let it co for a couple [72:25] minutes until I can ring out all the [72:28] moisture now I'm going to fold this up [72:32] get it nice and tight in [72:34] there and I'll ring all this moisture [72:37] right into the same bowl that I cooked [72:39] it in gosh I cannot believe how much [72:43] water is in the cauliflower [72:46] naturally I got all of the moisture [72:48] squeezed out of the cauliflower so I'm [72:51] breaking it up a bit and I've got a few [72:53] more things to add to the crust I'll [72:56] crack in an [72:57] egg some mozzarella I'll save the rest [73:00] of this to go on top of the pizza I'll [73:02] also add in some grated Parmesan and [73:05] Italian seasoning just keeping it simple [73:08] little salt and pepper of [73:10] course now I'll stir this all together [73:13] and see what it looks [73:14] like I've got some parchment paper on [73:17] here so the crust won't stick to the pan [73:20] I'll start by getting it into a [73:22] ball gosh it's so easy to work work with [73:26] now I'll press it into a [73:28] crust one secret I've heard about [73:31] cauliflower pizza crust is you want to [73:33] bake it super [73:35] thin now I'll get this into a 425° oven [73:39] for about 15 [73:41] minutes it smells so good and it looks [73:45] amazing I think I could just break off a [73:47] piece and eat that right now I'll put [73:50] the sauce on the [73:51] crust again I don't want to add too much [73:54] moisture so I'll just put a thin layer I [73:57] think that should be enough okay that [73:59] looks like a good amount the rest of the [74:02] mozzarella goes [74:04] on gosh I cannot imagine how good this [74:08] pizza is going to [74:11] be I'm going to put this back into the [74:13] oven until the cheese is melted that [74:16] crust got even more deep [74:19] golden oh I can't wait to try [74:21] this I'm going to grab some basil [74:25] not going to slice it up just going to [74:27] grab big [74:28] leaves and I'll tear big pieces right [74:32] onto the pizza gosh what a pretty [74:38] [Music] [74:42] Pizza I'm going to make an Asian noodle [74:45] salad it's so flavorful so easy to make [74:48] and it's bursting with pretty much every [74:50] color under the rainbow now there's a [74:52] lot of prep to this salad but nothing is [74:55] complicated at all I just sliced up some [74:57] purple cabbage otherwise known as red [75:00] cabbage depending on who you ask now [75:03] I've got some cucumber slices I used an [75:05] English cucumber and just seeded it and [75:08] sliced them into Crescent Moon [75:10] shapes and then kale kale is my life [75:14] these days I don't know why it's just so [75:16] delicious it holds together really well [75:18] in salads I just pulled the leaves off [75:21] of stocks of kale and then I shaved it [75:23] really really thin now a bag of sweet [75:26] peppers I love these little things they [75:29] have a teeny bit of spice but they're [75:31] really really [75:32] beautiful super tasty now there's [75:35] another kind of cabbage in the salad [75:37] napa cabbage also one of my favorite [75:40] salad ingredients it's nice and crunchy [75:42] and curly and pretty I love colorful [75:45] food and pretty food and then some [75:49] shredded [75:51] carrots and then I have a nice pile of [75:54] bean sprout [75:55] really you can use any veggies you want [75:57] for this salad pretty much anything [75:59] goes and I also have some sliced [76:03] scallions I'll get those in there there [76:05] is so much flavor in this salad I [76:07] absolutely love it now got to have [76:10] noodles in this salad that's part of [76:12] what makes it so delicious I've got some [76:15] Thin cooked spaghetti you can use [76:17] Linguini you can use rice noodles pretty [76:19] much any noodle you have in your pantry [76:22] the point is you have noodles you have [76:24] colorful veggies [76:25] and it always turns out [76:27] gorgeous the salad's all tossed together [76:30] now for the delicious dressing which is [76:32] a major part of how delicious this is it [76:35] starts with olive oil about a half a cup [76:38] or [76:40] so I love jars when it comes to making [76:43] salad dressing it makes everything so [76:45] easy and then about A3 a cup of low [76:48] sodium soy [76:49] sauce I'm just [76:52] guessing I'll also add about a 4 a cup [76:55] of oyster sauce it's really thick and [76:58] Rich it adds a little bit of [77:00] sweetness that's a good amount and then [77:03] for some bite and Tang about a/4 a cup [77:06] of rice wine vinegar you can just use [77:09] regular white distilled vinegar if [77:11] that's what you have you can just use [77:12] what you have in your [77:14] pantry now I love toasted sesame [77:18] oil I think I'll add about two [77:20] tablespoons which is quite a lot but I [77:22] love the flavor of this stuff it's so [77:24] good now speaking of flavor I've got [77:27] some minced ginger out of this world and [77:32] then several cloves of chopped garlic I [77:35] definitely need some sweetness so I'll [77:37] put about three big tablespoons of brown [77:40] sugar you can also use honey that's [77:43] really delicious [77:44] too I love brown sugar what can I say [77:48] now I'll just get the lid on and give it [77:50] a shake until it's all mixed together [77:55] okay that's it for the dressing so it [77:58] just gets poured over this gorgeous [78:01] colorful Crispy Crunchy [78:04] salad now I'll just toss it around oh [78:07] this is looking good you basically want [78:10] to have as many vegetables as you do [78:12] pasta noodles you don't want to have too [78:14] much of any one ingredient now that's [78:17] looking great I just have a couple of [78:19] more things to add this will send the [78:21] flavor over the top I've got some fresh [78:26] cilantro and then peanuts I love the [78:29] crunch of peanuts in this salad I'll [78:32] just get about half a cup or so you can [78:35] just leave them like they are I like to [78:38] chop them up a bit so the pieces aren't [78:40] quite so [78:42] big those look good so they go right [78:45] into the [78:46] salad and I'll just toss it you can also [78:50] save a few extra cilantro leaves and [78:52] peanuts to sprinkle over at the end [78:55] I think everything looks just [78:57] perfect now this is a lot of salad so I [79:00] usually grab the biggest platter I can [79:03] find if you start with a small platter [79:05] you're going to have salad all over your [79:07] counter so it just goes right [79:11] on I mean this salad could win every [79:15] beauty pageant it [79:17] enters nothing about it that isn't [79:20] gorgeous I tell you what if you love [79:22] color this is definitely the salad for [79:25] you one of the main things I get asked [79:28] about is how to make quick meals I have [79:31] a section on my cooking website called [79:33] 16-minute meals and I got an interesting [79:35] question last week somebody said I've [79:37] cooked all your 16-minute meals how [79:40] about a 10-minute meal so immediately my [79:42] shrimp stir fry came to mind I've got 2 [79:46] lbs of shrimp and I threw them into this [79:47] big Skillet with a little oil and butter [79:50] now I've got the heat on high and that's [79:52] part of what makes this meal so quick [79:54] everything cooks really really fast okay [79:56] I'll let the shrimp go for a little bit [79:58] and then I'll dice up some veggies I've [80:00] got two zucchini and I'll just Lop off [80:03] the sides cut them in half cut them into [80:06] quarters and then I'm just going to dice [80:07] them [80:09] up okay now I'm going to give the shrimp [80:12] another little stir I want to make sure [80:13] they keep cooking evenly shrimp is [80:16] perfect for quick meals because it cooks [80:18] really fast and it's one of those great [80:20] things to keep in the freezer definitely [80:23] a staple okay now I'm going to throw in [80:25] a little [80:26] garlic add big [80:29] flavor stir that around okay now I've [80:32] got some fresh corn and it's raw I'm [80:35] just going to cut it right off the cob [80:37] I'm going to hope it stays on the [80:39] cutting board and doesn't go all over [80:40] the [80:41] floor I love using fresh corn it's [80:44] really [80:46] crunchy okay I'm going to check the [80:48] shrimp [80:49] again okay they are looking perfect I'm [80:52] going to go ahead and take them out of [80:53] the pan cuz I don't want them to get too [80:55] tough too chewy shrimp are best when [80:58] they're just barely cooked [81:01] [Music] [81:04] through okay now I'm going to put a [81:07] little more oil and butter in the [81:08] skillet get that stir around now I'm [81:12] going to add everything in stages the [81:14] first thing I'll throw in is the [81:15] zucchini it'll take just a little bit [81:18] longer to cook than the other veggies [81:20] the secret here is just to stir it [81:22] around let it cook for about 45 seconds [81:24] to a minute not very long at [81:26] all the key here is to put the tougher [81:29] vegetables in first cuz they need a [81:31] little bit longer to [81:33] cook great so now I'm not going to take [81:35] it out of the pan I'm just going to [81:36] scoot it out to the outer edges of the [81:38] pan and then I'll grab the corn and [81:41] throw it right in the [81:43] center I really am throwing corn [81:46] everywhere there will be [81:50] aftermath okay now I'll just kind of [81:52] stir this around let it start to cook in [81:54] the [81:55] Center okay this would be a really good [81:57] time to Salt and Pepper [81:59] everything the corn doesn't need too [82:01] long at all the point is not to cook the [82:03] corn all the way through I just want to [82:05] get it warm basically I like it to be [82:07] really crunchy that's enough time so now [82:10] I'll scoot the corn out of the center of [82:11] the pan and then I have about a cup each [82:15] of red and yellow graped tomatoes and I [82:18] just cut them in half and I'll throw [82:20] these in the center and I don't want to [82:22] cook these at all again I just want want [82:24] to warm them [82:25] up and then the shrimp goes back in and [82:29] I get all the juices from the pan that's [82:31] flavor right there stir that around and [82:35] then honestly what totally makes this [82:38] dish is lemon juice I'll just squeeze a [82:40] whole lemon all over the top let it kind [82:44] of Sizzle in there with the butter and [82:45] oil and it just creates this delicious [82:48] flavor it makes it really [82:51] fresh and then the basil goes in [82:55] and then another thing I love to add is [82:58] a cup of Parmesan shavings I'll just [83:00] throw it right [83:01] in and then give it a [83:03] toss dinner is done I have to say I [83:06] think that was a little less than 10 [83:07] minutes