I'm gonna tempt you with meatballs
but I'm gonna start you with my
cauliflower Alfredo mac and cheese.
Okay, come on over here. Okay?
Alright, so here's the deal, for--
I've done this trick too, I love this trick.
This is such a good trick.
Can I just tell you?
You've heard it here first, cauliflower is the new kale.
Yep. It is so versatile,
it is so exceptionally-- And nutrient-dense.
Nutrient-dense and neutral so you can really
do anything with it.
I cut it up raw, freeze it, throw it in my smoothies
to make them ultra creamy and rich.
Here we're gonna use it to basically make
a really light bechamel sauce and give your kids
some veggies they don't even know they're having.
A fake-out Alfredo sauce, right.
So here's what I did, I cut up a whole head of
cauliflower into florets, put it in a pot with
whole milk and some veggie stock or chicken stock,
whatever you have. Right.
Simmer that until it's fork tender,
you want to be able to squish in your hands.
Then I'm just gonna take that whole mix
and put it right into my blender.
I still have some milk, and you'll see
I'm gonna add some cheese and a little bit of butter.
I'm not depriving my kids of the good stuff
but I'm doctoring it up with this bulking agent
that actually is so rich and flavorful.
That's filled with nutrients.
So about nee-uh. (clapping)
I added about two tablespoons of butter
into the hot mix of this cauliflower.
(blender whirring)
Give it a quick blend so it's nice and creamy.
And see how richly dense this becomes?
Beautiful.
And that's gonna come right over here,
I've got two shallots here that have been sauteing
just to make them a little bit translucent.
Thank you so much, and in comes our cheesy,
buttery, delightful cauliflower blend.
Yum.
And in with this, I'm gonna mix about a cup
of ricotta. Yum!
And then, to give it that really authentic,
delicious mac and cheese flavor,
I've got about a cup of Pecorino or Parmesan cheese here
as well. (crowd murmuring in delight)
You'll see where I'm going with this, but
the idea for a lot of these recipes is just
taking dishes that your kids already know
and love and adding things that force them to
try something new, because a lot of the time
it's just the idea that they don't like it, it's
not the actual flavor of it. Right.
Everyone loves mac and cheese.
I think that you need to bulk up your kids'
meals by hiding the vegetables, which is what
we're doing here. Sometimes I show them.
If all else fails, lie to them.
(laughing)
Often times, I'll do a mix, I'll do pork
and turkey, but here I'm just doing a quick
turkey meatball.
People say turkey, it's dry, I don't like it so much.
One of the ways that I've done,
that really boosts up the moisture content,
is I'm gonna throw in some, again, veggies in here.
Here we have cut up broccoli.
Minced broccoli, guys. Really minced broccoli.
The inspiration for this was sort of a
broccoli cheese-ball kind of thing.
I've got, again, a little bit of parm coming in here.
I've got some Panko breadcrumbs again.
I've got a grated onion.
This is a great tip. Oh this is a great tip!
My mom always does this too.
If you don't have time to saute an onion til translucent--
Just grate it,
right over the bowl. Just grate it.
And then the juice goes right
in the bowl too. So good.
Some fresh parsley again, a little bit
of garlic powder, a little bit of onion powder,
and two eggs. Bless you.
Bless you indeed, yeah, two eggs.
Keep it moist.
That's the thing, is when you're working with turkey
you really do want, and a little bit of
Worcestershire sauce, this is the secret sauce right here.
I love Worcestershire, mm!
Okay, I'll go a little bit more.
Okay and then-- And then mix it together.
You want me to show-- (mumbling)
Here. Look.
Oh, mix it together, and then you use a scoop
and it looks like this. (clapping)
Rachael really wants to eat these meatballs.
One of the things I hear from moms all the time
is kids who love to have their chocolate milk,
or their juice, or whatever, and they really feel
like they're getting the sugar bomb.
So I do these homemade sodas.
So simple, guys.
You can use frozen fruit if you don't have
fresh fruit on hand, but I'm going to show you
how to make my raspberry lime, you can do a great
orange blackberry I love, papaya lime.
My God, you're talking about children and sodas
and I looked down and I thought this was liquor.
(cheering) (audience laughing)
Is this maple syrup? My God,
I need to wear my glasses on television from now on.
(Daphne giggling)
So I have raspberries, lime juice--
Lime juice, okay.
Because the lime juice obviously can be a
little bit tart, I add a little bit of
maple syrup, or honey-- Or bourbon.
Or bourbon, depending on who's drinking.
A little squish of honey bear?
Yeah, fine.
Oh, it was one or the other, I put both in.
You know what? You're sweeter--
All those kids will be hopped up at my house!
Just a little sweet, a little extra sweet for us.
(blender whirring)
Okay, and because obviously raspberry have those
little pesky seeds in them, I throw it through a
strainer quickly, if your kids are going to care
about that, if not don't worry.
And then here's how we're going do,
this is blackberry and orange, this is our raspberry lime.
I'll do raspberry, is that enough?
That's perfect and then I'm going
to top it with some seltzer water right here.
Is that enough? Beautiful.
Obviously if your kids want more of the juice,
any stage here is a good one, because you're
obviously having half-juice, half-liquid
basically. (ice cubes clinking in jars)
Antioxidants, as Dr. Oz would say.
(clapping) That too!
(Audience cheering)