Everybody knows how to stack bacon, lettuce and tomato, but it will take skill and creativity to make a BLT-inspired three-course meal! The chefs find BLT-themed ingredients in every basket and are encouraged to celebrate the classic flavor combination in their dishes. A cheesy-creamy comfort food adds to the challenge in round one. In the entree round, the chefs scramble to make sure their dishes are "bacon-y" enough, and a lettuce-flavored ingredient in the dessert basket has the final two competitors shaking their heads and crossing their fingers that all ends well.
The Kitchen is making weeknights easier with meal prep tips, timesaving tricks and easy recipes. Sunny Anderson cooks a crowd-pleasing Bacon-Wrapped Turkey Breast, and Geoffrey Zakarian and Jeff Mauro tackle the leftovers to make lunches the whole family will love. The hosts share their top tips for meal-prepping veggies, and then Jeff and Katie Lee transform them into two Cheat Sheet meals. Chef Alex Guarnaschelli stops by to share her favorite weeknight pasta, Orecchiette with Bacon, Lemon and Cream. Finally, the hosts use supermarket shortcuts to make an easy Black Forest dessert that takes the cake.
Brunch is taken to the next level with these assorted stuffed French toast varieties that include marshmallow bacon, raspberry cream cheese and assorted berry stuffing.