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LuckyBitch

LuckyBitch

Although I don't even watch this show, I enjoy reading about it at TWoP and now here at Previoulsy.TV. So, after reading about Michael Symon's Cauliflower Sausage Casserole, I decided to try the recipe.  After reading the comments where they pointed out some discrepancies between the online recipe and what Michael actually did on the show, I watched the video clip to see for myself and took note of the correct steps.

 

I mostly followed his recipe, but substituted chicken Italian sausage. I'm not usually a casserole person, but this sounded good because I love cauliflower and chicken Italian sausage, so I decided to give it a try. Although most people seem to like this recipe, we weren't crazy about it. It wasn't terrible, but just okay. I guess it's just not my style of cooking. Normally, I would grill the chicken sausage and roast the cauliflower with some garlic and a spritz of olive oil. I think using these two ingredients that way is so much easier and tastes a LOT better than this particular recipe. The cauliflower seemed to just get lost in the tomatoes, which isn't a good thing if you actually like cauliflower. Roasting it in the oven produces delicious, caramelized cauliflower florets that I prefer much more to a dish like this.

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LuckyBitch

LuckyBitch

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Chattygal, I thought that recipe sounded good too when I first read about it at TWoP and then checked The Chew's website and watched the video of Michael preparing it. I was sure it was going to be a dish that I liked but it was kind of underwhelming. Now that you mention possibly trying the recipe without the tomatoes, I think that's a good idea because I think my biggest problem with it was that the cauliflower and sausage seemed to get lost in the tomatoes. Then again, the tomatoes are being used to tie all  the ingredients together in a casserole. Without them, you would just have the cooked sausage meat and cauliflower.

 

Again, I would rather just roast the cauliflower in the oven and cook the sausage links on a grill pan or the barbecue. If you follow his recipe and eliminate the tomatoes I think you would have to substitute something else in their place. Although, I Googled around while in the middle of typing this post and I saw a similar recipe on Epicurious and someone said in a review that they omitted the tomatoes and it was delicious. So, I guess it's worth a try.

 

I might have to think about this some more and experiment a bit. Please let me know if you try the recipe, or a variation of it!

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biakbiak

biakbiak

I made the caramel cake for Christmas ! I am not into super sweet desserts so it wasn't my favorite, i think my three bites gave me diabetes, but I could tell it was very good if you like sweets. Everyone else loved it.

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abc123

abc123

I have made several recipes recently and over time and thought I would share the results.  Nearly everything was amazing or very successful/flavorful.

 

Older Recipes -

Michael's Braised Turkey Thighs with Kale - Seriously awesome...I truly understand when they say you taste a depth of flavor between the jalepeno and the lemon zest.  Yum.

Carla's Buffalo Chicken Burgers and Blue Cheese Slaw (from her book, but I'm sure she's done similar versions on the show) - I've made this several times for my family and it's very flavorful.  A solid recipe.

 

Recent -

Clinton's Turkey Wonton Soup - I have never even made stock before, but I did the crockpot trick and made the wontons.  It was extremely labor intensive to fold all those wontons.  If you had a bunch of older kids/adults around post T'giving who could all fold a few it would be fun to make as a family.  I would just make a ton and freeze.  The actual wontons were delicious, and I put some in the freezer and ate later that week and they held up very well.  I felt very healthy eating this.

 

Clinton's Stuffed Mushroom Dip - Made as an appetizer for NYE and could have made a meal out of it.  Very rich, but damn delicious.  I did not feel very healthy eating this - haha.

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jcbrown

jcbrown

I made the (Key) lime pudding parfaits tonight from Carla's birthday episode. I even forgot to top it with coconut (bought it, too, oh well). Yowza, is that good. I could not find Key limes or juice at two stores so I used Persian limes and upped the amount a bit from the recipe. Delicious!

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jcbrown

jcbrown

Hmm, me again. I watched an episode recently where Carla was making a dip to be served with celery. To prep the celery, she peeled the "strings" off of it. I have never heard of this. Has anyone ever done it?

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chessiegal

chessiegal

16 minutes ago, jcbrown said:

Hmm, me again. I watched an episode recently where Carla was making a dip to be served with celery. To prep the celery, she peeled the "strings" off of it. I have never heard of this. Has anyone ever done it?

Yep - all the time. Once you get near the heart, you don't need to do it as it's all tender.

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jcbrown

jcbrown

5 hours ago, chessiegal said:

Yep - all the time. Once you get near the heart, you don't need to do it as it's all tender.

Thanks! How interesting. I am a pretty serious cook and this was the first I'd heard of the technique.

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BeachyWave

BeachyWave

On 12/18/2017 at 1:03 PM, biakbiak said:
On 12/18/2017 at 0:33 PM, BeachyWave said:

I made it for a party and everybody hated it

Good, I mean not good for you and the people who had to eat it but now I won't be tempted to make it.

I'd bought a giant honeybaked ham, so everybody was happy! The cheese ball just sat there forlornly.

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biakbiak

biakbiak

1 hour ago, Westiepeach said:

Which one is it? There are several on their website.

It's the Chutney Cheese Ball, it always gets mentioned around holidays or party episodes and Clinton says it's one of his all time favorite things.

I wonder if they are not doung a gift exchange this year because of the Mario situation. They typically tease it for a few shows. 

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biakbiak

biakbiak

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35 minutes ago, BeachyWave said:

Biak is correct — and it’s revolting. A recipe from a beloved childhood friend with whom he often travels, so maybe it has sentimental value for Clinty Claus...I eventually threw out the remains.

The recipe is from his other close frend who he met when they were working on the shopping channel, her husband is on every year around this time because he hosts ESPN college football coverage and this year she joined him so he doesnt even have choldhood nostalgia to blame.

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BeachyWave

BeachyWave

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It involves crafty slathering of mango chutney and coconut all over cream cheese and sour cream mushed up with currants, walnuts, and scallions (goat cheese might be an improvement). But the chutney didn't coat the, er, ball, that well, and then the coconut flakes didn't stick uniformly. The result looked like a psoriasis-crusted albino bull testicle that had started to rot in patches of mold. Now I wish I'd photographed the abomination; Clinty Claus, I love you to bits, but I'm heaving just thinkin' 'bout it.

Going to happy hour now to try and forget.

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Nessie

Nessie

On 12/18/2017 at 7:57 PM, jcbrown said:

I've liked a bunch of recipes from the show and several are in regular rotation in my house. Carla's groundnut stew, the everything bagels, several pastas, Michael's pork parmesan--there are a bunch!

Did you do the everything bagels that take two days, @jcbrown?  I've been wondering if they are worth the time.

A couple of years ago I made Daphne's Christmas Kale Salad for Christmas Eve dinner, and it was a big hit among my non-kale eating family.  My oldest son even proclaimed that it tasted "like Christmas", and so now I have to make it every year.

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jcbrown

jcbrown

31 minutes ago, Nessie said:

Did you do the everything bagels that take two days, @jcbrown?  I've been wondering if they are worth the time.

A couple of years ago I made Daphne's Christmas Kale Salad for Christmas Eve dinner, and it was a big hit among my non-kale eating family.  My oldest son even proclaimed that it tasted "like Christmas", and so now I have to make it every year.

I did, though I think it was three days. Very little of that is active time, though. I really liked them. The texture was a bit different than the really super-dense bagels you often get but I've been in a phase with making pretzels and since the technique is similar, they fit right into my current mania. I thought they were fun and tasty.

I may have to look into the kale salad. We are pretty anti-kale here (I was traumatized by having to put it around crocks in restaurant salad bars--take it off at the end of the night, rinse it off, store it in a garbage bag, re-use the next day, shudder) but it might be worth a shot.

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Nessie

Nessie

27 minutes ago, jcbrown said:

I did, though I think it was three days. Very little of that is active time, though. I really liked them. The texture was a bit different than the really super-dense bagels you often get but I've been in a phase with making pretzels and since the technique is similar, they fit right into my current mania. I thought they were fun and tasty.

I may have to look into the kale salad. We are pretty anti-kale here (I was traumatized by having to put it around crocks in restaurant salad bars--take it off at the end of the night, rinse it off, store it in a garbage bag, re-use the next day, shudder) but it might be worth a shot.

Thanks for the info.  I may have to give them a try, as fresh everything bagels are my favorites, and everyone else's apparently, as they are sold out if I don't get to the bagel store early enough.

That kale sounds truly gross.  I don't blame you for being turned off it.

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jcbrown

jcbrown

3 hours ago, Nessie said:

Thanks for the info.  I may have to give them a try, as fresh everything bagels are my favorites, and everyone else's apparently, as they are sold out if I don't get to the bagel store early enough

Everything bagels are empirically the best bagels. I just checked my notes to see what I changed in the recipe. I added between 2 teaspoons and 1 tablespoon of diastatic malt powder to the dough. I also added a tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of baking soda to the boiling water. My notes also say "at least" next to the direction to bake 18 minutes, and that was with my convection oven, so watch the time and add.

Not that you asked, but I thought you might want the info.

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CathinAZ

CathinAZ

Would love to have more comments regarding specific Recipies that  people that have tried and found to be really outstanding or big hits with their family.   there are so man6 i seeon The show that look good but I haven’t tried yet.

one for my family is Clinton's white bean dip from a couple years ago (beans, oil, rosemary, lemon zest, etc) 

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abc123

abc123

I made Michael's Beef and Root Vegetable Stew over the weekend and it was okay.  It was pretty much like a standard stew, but nothing amazing.  I had never cooked with celery root before, and I guess maybe that was part of the problem.  I like regular celery okay, but the celery root flavor was very, very strong and I just wasn't a huge fan of that flavor. 

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abc123

abc123

http://abc.go.com/shows/the-chew/recipes/oven-braised-pork-chops-with-apples-onions-and-dried-cherries-lidia-bastianich

 

This was a winner. I made it with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach. I had 8 smaller chops so I made about 1 1/2 portions of the sauce. I baked it about 13 minutes I instead of 20 since my chops were a bit thinner - and I could have cooked less, or I really should have probably sautéed a bit less to start. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. The flavors were great. 

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TVFan17

TVFan17

On 6/5/2018 at 11:50 AM, abc123 said:

Does anyone know if we'll still be able to access the recipes online after the show ends? 

Good question.   I hope it is somehow made clear or explained on the show or on the show's social media pages in the next week or two, as they near the end.  There are some recipes I would like to go back and find.

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jcbrown

jcbrown

I made Carla's smashed carrot salad with date and grilled citrus dressing last night. The carrots were just okay but the dressing was amazing! I will be trying that out on different things.

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Nessie

Nessie

I'm not sure where to put this, but I went to the website just now to look at a couple of recipes, and it's black.  I mean, the recipes are all there (if you know where to look, because of course they're not linked from the episode page - whoever updates the page has been doing a half-assed job for months!) but the color scheme has changed from white to black. 

In memoriam, perhaps?

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