Everyone is home on the ranch, and Ree Drummond is serving up easy, delicious Labor Day eats with the help of her kid crew. There are crowd pleasing Crispy Wings with Hot Honey Sauce and awesome spicy Pimento Cheese Grits. For something sweet, Ree makes divine Peach Shortcakes and, to toast the holiday, a refreshing Ginger Cherry Limeade Spritzer. The family is celebrating and cooking to get the holiday started!
Four returning All-Stars champs compete for $50,000 for charitable causes that are very meaningful to them. Two of the surprises in the first basket are a super salty veggie and a super fresh seafood item. Then cheddar-filled pretzels help make it a fun-filled entree round. And the judges cannot wait to taste a couple of creative desserts made from freeze dried grapes and marcona almonds.
For a no-cook treat that you can eat right away, these peanut butter truffles that are so easy that even kids can help out. After rolling, you have the option of dusting the balls with cocoa powder or freeze-dried bananas.
Set on success, four chefs are ready to wow the judges with their heart, talent and drive! In the first round, the competitors make appetizers that include a Central Asian bread and a fun sweet-and-sour treat. When the chefs find a packaged product in the entrée basket, they must think up ways to make it sing with sole. Then, it's anybody's guess who will prevail after a dessert round featuring an Indian snack and a plethora of pastries.
Why should kids have all the fun on Halloween? In this class, JJ Johnson shows us how to make a more sophisticated version of candied apples. He scents the caramel with hibiscus and rose, then dips the apples in crushed hibiscus.
Ree Drummond's sharing the fundamentals of care packages and putting one together for her college kid, Alex, along the way. She's packing up an utterly delicious Lemon and Raspberry Pound Cake, wrapping up Snickerdoodles in the best DIY way, including something healthy with Brown Butter Granola Clusters, stuffing in Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups that always travel well and throwing in custom-made Hot Chocolate Mixes. It's a care package journey with lots of fun ideas for that special someone.
It's all about summer cooking and ideas for easy entertaining as Ree Drummond cooks up delicious recipes with her kid crew. For casual dinners, Ree makes amazing Rigatoni with Creamy Corn and great Greek-Style Turkey Burgers stuffed into pitas. A spicy Jalapeno Popper Potato Salad is perfect for potlucks, and refreshing Red Berry Frozen Sangria is sure to get any party started. The sun's out, the family's shooting the show, and there's a big helping of fun.
The Kitchen crew sends their taste buds on the ultimate trip with family vacation favorites! Katie Lee Biegel and Sunny Anderson cook over the open fire with their Fish, Lemon and Asparagus Foil Pack and Blueberry Campfire Bread Pudding. Then, Geoffrey Zakarian makes picnic-perfect Greek Pita Sandwiches, Jeff Mauro brings the boardwalk with Black Cherry Funnel Cake with Chocolate Chantilly Cream, and Ted Allen from "Chopped" stops in to help toss together The Kitchen's Ultimate Snack Mix.