Jeff Mauro cooks up a traditional family favorite, Chicken Tortellini Soup, and Food Network.com has new and tasty ways to lighten up three of your favorite dishes. Geoffrey Zakarian teaches us a kitchen basic mother sauce, while Marcela Valladolid and Katie Lee keep it healthy and delicious with their grain bowl recipes. We'll show you a few overlooked ingredients that you just might like, and Geoffrey wraps it all up with his warm Maple and Rum Toddy while the hosts get popping with fantastic ways to top popcorn.
Mentioned in this episode:
Lemony Hearts of Palm Salad
Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil and Herbs
Oven Fried Chicken
Low-Fat Clam Chowder
The Kitchen is honoring beloved comfort foods, starting with Sunny Anderson's "Crazy Rich" Fried Chicken and Waffle Skewers. The hosts dip into Katie Lee's creamy Pimento Cheese Fondue and then announce the winner of the 49th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest. Jeff Mauro makes a comfort classic, Gourmet Mac and Cheese, and baked potatoes get the star treatment times two in Geoffrey Zakarian's Loaded Bacon Truffle and Chive Baked Potatoes and Jeff's Reuben Loaded Baked Potato. Katie sauces up delicious Sticky and Sweet Sesame Meatballs, Jeff makes a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, and Chef Zac Young stops by to share a luscious, layered Banana Pudding. Chef Anne Burrell tosses up a rich and flavorful Bucatini All'Amatriciana and pitches in with the hosts to build flavor-packed 5-Star Nachos. Katie wraps things up with a new fried favorite, Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls.
The Kitchen is sharing easy, breezy summer meals that go from kitchen to table in a flash. Geoffrey Zakarian goes all out with his Everything-But-The-Kitchen-Sink Pizza, and the hosts reveal surprising, time-saving hacks with the help of the microwave. Sunny Anderson makes a Cheat Sheet with Cod, Easy Cilantro Rice and "No Trouble" Ratatouille. Jeff Mauro takes a viral trend to new heights with his Better-Than-Trendy Baked Tomato and Feta Tortellini, and Food Network Obsessed podcast host Jaymee Sire stops by to chat about viral food trends. Then, Alex Guarnaschelli whips up a quick Chicken Stir Fry with Spicy Peanut Sauce, and to cap things off, Katie Lee Biegel builds a feast in a flash, making her Instant Mezze Platter with Easy Beef Patties, Tomato Salad and Grilled Halloumi.