Alex tackles the great American pastime - making a serious sandwich. Ingredients are key for this turkey sandwich. It calls for roasted turkey breast, bacon, creamy dressing, and crisp iceberg lettuce. French fries get all the fame, but Alex thinks onion rings are really the overlooked side-kick to a sandwich. These beer battered onion rings come out crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. She finishes off the meal with another sandwich - an almond cookie ice cream sandwich!
Rafih Benjelloun opens up a whole new world of food with this exotic menu. Cornish Hen Vermicelli; Eggplant Salad; Watercress and Butter Lettuce Moroccan Salad.
Gameplan
3 Days Ahead:
Make the Eggplant Salad
2 Days Ahead:
Whisk up the Dressings
1 Day Ahead:
Grill and Marinate the Veg.
Boil the Vermicelli
On the Day:
Cook the Hen
Sauté the Prawns
Assemble the Salads & Hen
Molly Yeh starts the day by making one of her family’s favorite breakfasts, a sweet and tangy Blueberry Toasted Oat Tart. Then she treats a few friends to a picnic lunch at Turtle River State Park with her thick and indulgent BLFGT Sandwiches -- that's bacon, lettuce and fried green tomatoes -- and creamy Ranch Egg Salad with veggies and matzo for dunking. For dessert, Molly makes Chocolate Pecan Sandwich Cookies with caramel frosting as a sweet tribute to the state park's revered reptile.
The Kitchen is giving beloved family meals a feel-good makeover, starting with Alex Guarnaschelli's sure-fire family favorite, Spicy Pork Loin and Lettuce Wraps. Jeff Mauro whips up a nonalcoholic Dry-Tai, and Geoffrey Zakarian leads the gang in some surprising healthy substitutions. Sunny Anderson makes her Easy on Your Body and Lean Jalapeno Burger, and Katie Lee Biegel keeps it light with her Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Topping. Finally, Jeff shares his wife Sarah's Post-Workout Lemon Poppy Seed Bars.
The Kitchen is shaking things up with a new-school take on a good old-fashioned recipe swap! Each host shares a dish made in another's signature style, starting with Jeff Mauro's Short Rib Bourguignon Over Creamy Polenta. Sunny Anderson tosses Katie's Big Kale Caesar by Sunny, and Geoffrey Zakarian serves a classic Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Avocado Sandwich. Katie Lee Biegel hits the griddle with her Crunchy Orange French Toast, and Alex Guarnaschelli raises a glass of Pumpkin-Spiced Irish Coffee.
Ree Drummond is sharing a collection of quick and easy family favorites that she's rebooted over the years. There's Flank Steak with Herb Sauce and Three Cheese Waffle Hash Browns, as fast as it is fabulous, and pizza meets quesadilla in a speedy 4-Cheese Pepperoni Pizzadilla. Plus, Ree makes a mashup of her kids all-time fave and a legendary sandwich in a Chicken Nugget Bacon Ranch Club, and Turkey Taco Lettuce Wraps are a lighter spin on a classic.