Melissa d'Arabian rolls up Turkey Lettuce Wraps, light and satisfying with a protein-packed filling, served with crisp veggies and a soy-mustard sauce. It's a salad and a main course in one. For dessert, Ginger-Lemon Oatmeal Cookies: studded with chopped pecans, they're a little chewy, a little crunchy and very popular in Melissa's house. You may want to bake a double batch!
Damaris and one of her best friends, pastry chef Terra Nelson, rent a movie from their favorite video store and decide to whip up the perfect snacks to munch as they watch. On the menu: Hickory and Gorgonzola Popcorn, easy handmade Wild Mushroom and Cheddar Pork Sausages and no one can resist their Homemade Candy Bars With Chunks of Cookies and Caramel.
Ree Drummond has collected her best one-pan recipes, starting with no-fuss Lemon Basil Shrimp Risotto made in one skillet. She uses a multipurpose pasta pot for insanely good Loaded Veggie Pasta, and a sheet pan is the key to her fabulous, five-ingredient Chicken Fennel Bake. Finally, a griddle is all Ree needs to make Crispy Grilled Cheese for a snappy solo supper.
Nobody loves the pregame festivities more than Trisha Yearwood and her friends! Trisha looks back at some of her greatest game day and tailgating recipes and reminisces about a visit to a baseball stadium where she sang the national anthem. Trisha's parking lot menu includes Jalapeno-Stuffed Curly Dogs, Buffalo Pierogies, Baked Chicken Tenders with cheese cracker breading and No-Bake Rocky Road Bars.
At the National Capital Area Cake Show, a Winter Wonderland theme pushes competitors to make their best representations of the holiday season in cake or cookie form. The only thing more colorful than the Santa Claus cookies and polar bear cakes are the people who bake them. Quirky bakers from all over America deal with last minute damages, finicky judges and fierce competition in order to reach the podium.
Gesine Prado is making a big home-cooked meal for football players from her husband Ray's alma mater, Dartmouth College. While Ray shows the offensive line a few veteran moves in the backyard, Gesine bakes a Hearty Pork Pie with a Big Green Salad. She makes The Big Winooski Fudge Cookies and a decadent Surprise-Interior Cake with Dartmouth "D" and tops it all off with a rich, chocolatey Hot Cocoa.
It's all about pastry as Ree Drummond shares a collection of favorite bakes. There's Caramel Apple Pie with a spiced take on perfect pie crust, divine shortcut Puff Pastry Pizzas and portable Spinach Phyllo Hand Pies. Then, pie dough scraps get a new lease on life in a trio of treats, Cheese and Chipotle Scrap Crackers with an easy Leftover Cheese Dip, sweet Cinnamon Sugar Scrap Cookies and fantastic Fried Dough.
Host Eddie Jackson thinks it's time Santa's hard-working elves get some love, too, so for the decorating round, the five talented cookie makers must make one super-sized decorated cookie for Santa plus some tiny decorated cookies for the little guys. Judges Kimberly Bailey, Damiano Carrara and Ree Drummond whip out their magnifying glasses to see which three bakers decorate best no matter the size and which two are headed home. Then, for the display round and with $10,000 on the line, the remaining cookie makers must bring a winter wonderland scene to life using cookies to create a 3D tableau.