Ree Drummond is going on a sheet pan adventure with the help of her kid crew. First up is a Roasted Sheet Pan Salad served right in the pan, followed by a supersized One Big Meatloaf. She also makes a very cheesy Mega Mac and Cheese followed by a sensational jumbo breakfast of her Sheet Pan Pancake with three toppings!
Giada De Laurentiis and her daughter, Jade, host a holiday party for her friends. Jade helps prepare the menu, prep for the party and plan the activity of making homemade Christmas gifts for a teacher or coach. The menu is a gourmet twist on kid favorites, including Jade's Home Fries, Turkey Parmesan Panini, Brie and Apple Panini and Double Chocolate Mint Cupcakes.
Four ambitious kids bring their cooking skills to the Chopped Kitchen as they try to impress chefs Lazarus Lynch and Marc Murphy and actor James Maslow. Ground beef and chocolate present a conundrum for the competitors in the first round. In the entree basket, an ingredient that looks like a giant baked potato is something else entirely, and a red, white and blue snack in the dessert basket is a patriotic potpourri for the finalists.
Ree Drummond's daughter, Paige, has returned to work for the family business with Ladd, so Ree stocks her fridge with Sausage, Potato and Corn Chowder in a spin on Paige's favorite soup. Then, she fills the freezer with perfect grab-and-go Croissant Breakfast Sandwiches, ideal for early starts, some easy Homemade Pizza Snacks, inspired by the supermarket food she loved as a kid, and delicious Chocolate Toffee Crunch Cookies stuffed with sweets she adores.
It's school spirit day, and the theme is tie-dye! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to make tie-dyed doughnuts and ice cream with two different flavored swirls. It's a lot of color, a lot of flavors and a lot of fun as the four remaining bakers compete for the three spots in the finale. When the day is done, one baker will go home.
It's all about speed as Ree Drummond shares four recipes she can make PDQ -- pretty darn quickly. She whips up Pancetta and Butternut Squash Pasta and her shortcut Taco Soup that takes no time at all. Ree's simple 10-minute Philly Dogs include tasty toppings, and her 3-Ingredient Chocolate Cake is an internet sensation. With her kids behind the camera, there are extra helpings of fun and delicious quick fixes.
Ree Drummond is sharing 100-percent kid-approved recipes that are all quick and easy to make. She starts with mini burgers and bite-sized fries for her fun Waffle Fry Sliders, and the speedy 4-Cheese Pepperoni Pizzadilla is a combination of two absolute favorites. Ree also makes a childhood classic, Parmesan Fish Sticks, and proves that teens eat greens with Bryce's Broccolini and Alfredo Dipping Sauce.
When she was a kid, breakfast for dinner was such a fun treat for Kardea Brown, so when her best friend, Yolanda, visits for the weekend, Kardea invents elevated and exciting breakfast dishes for dinner … just for the big kids! First up, Kardea grills up a bone-in rib eye with a fried egg for her Fancy Steak and Eggs and a Savory Dutch Baby, Kardea's take on a savory pancake with smoked salmon and creme fraiche. And Kardea can't have Yolanda over without a cocktail, so Kardea shakes up her refreshing Bourbon Hibiscus Tea and makes fluffy, sky-high Souffle Pancakes with Butter Pecan Sauce for dessert.
In the first round featuring rock shrimp and beef tongue, the junior chefs show kindness and help each other out, but someone must still be chopped by a judging panel featuring Maneet Chauhan, actor Rico Rodriguez, and Fabio Viviani. In the second basket, the kids get quail and a variety of tiny foods, and a very groovy cake makes the dessert round extra colorful.
The neighborhood school is having a bake sale, so Duff Goldman wants to help. Riffing on the bake sales he loved as a kid, Duff bakes up some crowd pleasers, including Brown Butter Blondies, Green and White Cookies, buttery Tricolor Bullseye Spritz Cookies and syrupy Topanga Honey Baklava. Plus, Duff shows off how to pack up the precious cargo and get it ready for a sale.