Ina is throwing a housewarming party for a new colleague. She's got the lowdown on travel-friendly dishes made from local ingredients, like Corn and Avocado Salad, Roasted Summer Vegetables and Tequila Citrus Chicken, fantastic tips for putting together a Local Cheese Platter and a Dessert Platter, plus buffet strategies we'll all want to try.
Mary Berg takes the fear out of making a whole roasted chicken by putting flavorful compound butter under the skin and nestling it on a bed of vegetables to cook.
Ina and her Bridge party friends decide to ditch the chips and dip in favour of a pot luck party. Everyone gets a course and everyone picks one of Ina's foolproof recipes. Ina makes individual vegetable pot pies but what will everyone else make?
Sandra is sharing recipes designed to keep calories and cost down. Her light healthy menu features Steamed Mahi Mahi With Vegetables and Garlic Mustard Sauce, Spicy Grilled Lemon Chicken, and a savory Brown Rice and Mushroom Salad. For dessert, don't miss guilt-free Raspberry Orange Slushies and for Cocktail Time it's Sandy's Iced Ginger Green Tea. Plus a fast and easy Round Two Recipe for Stuffed Peppers.
Chef Maneet Chauhan is cooking up her signature shortcut recipe for a classic Chicken Tikka Masala, which packs in all the flavor in half the time. Next, Maneet makes a vegetarian feast of Aloo Gobi filled with hearty warming spices. After learning the spice mixes for these classic Indian dishes, they can be used as the base for many delicious meat and vegetable recipes.