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 celebrates Mother's Day weekend in style, starting with a great brunch for mom when Katie cooks her Breakfast Bread Pudding. Then Jeff makes his mom's Beef Braciole — it's a Mauro family favorite! Geoffrey adds the sugar with his creamy lemon tart for dessert, and Food Network's Katherine Alford joins the hosts for an inside look at the new Chopped cookbook.
Episode Extras:
How to Make a Matcha Mask
How to Make a Coffee Sugar Scrub
How to Make a Citrus Nail-Growth Soak
How to Make a Nail-Strengthening Soak
Food Network presents "All-Star Cookies," a collection of the best cookie recipes, presented by an all-star roster of chefs. Giada De Laurentiis, Paula Deen, Ina Garten, and even Jeff Mauro, the Sandwich King, are joined by other culinary giants, as they practice their kitchen magic to create a dizzying array of cookies that will appeal to the cookie monster in all of us.