Big Bowl of Love

Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love – Feel Good Foods : Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken Pot Pie with Cornbread Crust, Super Dooper Scoopers Cookies

 

Big Bowl of Love’s Cristina Ferrare tugs on our OWN memories of comfort foods that each family carries. CF fills this episode with a remix on some classic feel-good foods. Make your mother’s pot pie and her famous mac & cheese your OWN now with these great twists on an old classic!

What’s on today’s menu?

  • Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese
  • Chicken Pot Pie with Cornbread Crust
  • Super Dooper Scoopers Cookies


Everyone has that special meal that brings them comfort and takes them back in time. My childhood comfort meals are family stew, biscuits and gravy and a great pot of beans. Anything that cooks down for hours in my kitchen takes me back. These great remixes by CF offer up a fresh approach to some old classic comfort foods.

Now for a few BBOL tips:

  • Buy pre-cooked roasted chicken at the store to save time.
  • Hot sauce spices up any dish!
  • Don’t dig your measuring cup into your dry ingredients because it packs them down. Instead, just spoon the ingredient into the measuring cup.
  • Don’t over mix the cornbread mix. If you do, it won’t rise and will be tough.
  • Truffle salt is CF’s secret ingredient in the macaroni and cheese.
  • Don’t leave the mac and cheese in the oven too long or it will get hard and wont be creamy and smooth.
  • Bake the cookies at a low temperature so they won’t flatten out.
  • By adding raisins, you keep your cookies moist.
  • Try an ice cream scooper to find the perfect cookie.
  • Place your cookie dough in the refrigerator for an hour so it holds its shape.

Here are a couple of my OWN suggestions:

  • Leave the peel on the potatoes. It makes it feel a little heartier and it is healthy for you.
  • Make a little extra cornbread crust on the side…it would be great over a fresh cooked pot of beans!
  • Leftover macaroni & cheese? Put it in the fridge and have it as a cold side a great BBQ.
  • Try substituting applesauce for butter. It makes any recipe a little healthier.
  • This cornbread crust would be great with an enchilada casserole!

Perfect recipes for you to create your OWN home cooking!

Links to recipes:

http://www.oprah.com/own-cristinas-big-bowl-of-love/Million-Dollar-Mac-and-Cheese

http://www.oprah.com/own-cristinas-big-bowl-of-love/Chicken-Pot-Pie

http://www.oprah.com/own-cristinas-big-bowl-of-love/Super-Dooper-Scoopers

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