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.
It's cool outside and Claire is warming up with a steaming hot meal. Her stuffed chicken breasts are bold with blue cheese and bacon, perfect alongside her Creamy Roasted Broccoli. Chai Spiced S'mores bring back childhood memories of curling up by the fire.
Bobby Flay celebrates one of his favorite regional American cuisines in this Southern barbecue menu that includes BBQ Ribs With a Root Beer BBQ Sauce, Grilled Shrimp With Tomato-Bacon-Scallion Vinaigrette, Smoked Sausage With Green Tomato Relish and Mississippi Mud Pie Milkshakes.