- What's up?
It's single ladies celebrating that's what's up,
I'm here with Kym Whitley, give it up!
(audience applauding)
My next guest knows just how to do it up,
even when it's just for a party of one.
In fact, she's a pro at whipping up delicious meals
perfect for just you let's welcome lifestyle pro,
Alix Traeger everybody!
(audience cheering)
- Hi! - How are you doing?
- I'm so good. - I love your blue hair.
- Thank you, thank you.
- It's adorable.
So how, how'd you get started doing meals for one?
- Well, I've been single my whole life.
- Okay so like that's how.
- And I love to cook, it's my passion,
so it evolved naturally from there.
- Yeah. - I just cook for myself
and I have so much fun,
I think that there's no reason you shouldn't treat yourself
- Yeah. - and I also think
being single is the best time to cook,
because one, you can learn with no pressure,
like there's no one to impress.
- Yeah.
- And also you don't have to compromise on flavor.
You can cook it exactly how you want it
- Yeah. - and you don't have to share
at the end you get to eat it all,
so, yeah. - I agree.
Starting to cook during a pandemic with children,
just so you know, is not fun.
Just so you know. - No, no.
- Do you cook, Kym?
- Oh, absolutely just because of the pandemic.
- Okay. - You're absolutely right.
I've been cooking for my 10 year old
and I'm going to make this when I get home, thank you.
- Yes, yes, we're gonna make something--
- Do you like cooking,
Kym? - Me?
- Oh you talking about me? - Kym,
yeah do you like cooking.
- No, that was a good pause
because you're absolutely right, huh?
(laughing)
- Okay, well this one's really easy.
It's gonna be great.
- Oh, I'm sorry, the man, wait yes, I love cooking guys.
(laughing)
- I'm totally a homemaker.
- Maybe today's the day,
today's the day, yeah. - Maybe today's the day
you turn it around. - Yeah.
- Yes! - Yeah, I hope so.
- What are we making?
- So today we're making fondue
for one, fondue for you. - Yes!
Okay.
- And it's gonna be delicious.
It's easy to make
and honestly, what's better than melted cheese.
I say it's like a warm hug, - Amen.
Yeah. - Of cheese.
- Melted cheese or melted chocolate, I'm in.
- There you go. - Yes.
- Yeah,
there's nothing better. - So what's,
what do we do first?
- So we have our cheese, shredded cheese.
I prefer to grate by hand
instead of buying the bags of shredded cheese.
- Okay.
- We have Emmentaler, Gruyere and Gouda.
So lots of cheese in here.
- I love Gouda.
- Yeah. - Joshua loves Gouda, my son.
- My favorite. - A good balance,
but you can also switch it up,
I always say, make the recipe your own,
so you can also use something like Fontina or Swiss.
- Yeah.
- So we're gonna add in our corn starch.
- Okay, all of it?
- Just dump all of it in.
- Dump it in. - All in.
- Yeah and give it a good mix.
You can use your hands or the spoon,
I like to use my hands usually in the kitchen.
- Okay.
- And the corn starch is gonna be
great for when the cheese melts down,
it'll make it really smooth and thick,
- Okay. - so it's an important part.
You just want to toss it all
so the cheese is all coated in that corn startch.
- Okay, so what do you do after that?
- All right, we're moving on over here
- Okay. - to our little sauce pan.
We've got some wine and garlic in here.
- Yes! - Dry white wine,
using Sauvignon blanc, I know,
I always say when a recipe calls for wine,
that means you get to drink a glass on the side.
- Yes. - So I have
a mojito here right. - And I love garlic as well,
but I don't want you - Okay.
- To drink alone 'cause I'm a real girlfriend.
(laughing)
- No, no, no.
- I'm gonna add a little extra flavor in mine.
- And that's the other thing, load it up with garlic
'cause people are always scared of eating
garlic on a date. - I love garlic.
- I'm like, I'm single, I can eat as much garlic
as I want. - Oh my gosh,
I love garlic. - Yeah.
Okay, so now we're gonna start slowly adding our cheese.
- Oh, okay. - You don't wanna
do it too fast, only a, yeah, handful at a time.
- Okay. - You want to do this
low and slow and start mixing it low
and start mixing it. - Oh okay wait.
- Okay. - I'm nervous.
- Low and slow. - Don't be nervous,
don't be nervous.
- So we have the cheese all melted here.
- Got it. - So you have some secrets
to making it extra flavorful,
right? - Yeah, so we're also
gonna add, dump in that teaspoon of Dijon mustard
right in there. - Oh I love mustard.
- Yeah, love it. - Girl.
- Gives it a little tang.
- I mean, if you're single
and you just want to like cook for someone at some point,
just come on over.
(laughing)
All right, all right, so what do we do now?
- Okay, moving out over here,
we've got our melted cheese,
our fondue ready, - Okay.
- TV magic,
we have melted cheese. - TV magic.
One thing that I love to do is
rub the inside of the pot
with a little slice of fresh garlic.
That'll give just a little hint
- Yes. - of garlic.
- What kind of show is this?
I'm gon' rub the inside of the pot.
- And then it's already done,
but then we're also gonna add in a little pinch of,
not, a pinch, don't dump the whole thing
- Yeah. - of nutmeg.
- Nutmeg like this? - On top if you want,
but again, make it your own
and then you have all of your sides,
- Okay. - your favorite sides
that you can use for dipping.
- Dip it. - I'm going for the bread
because I'm no idiot. - Potatoes, garlic bread.
- And this is
when it's done, huh. - Asparagus,
get it really in there. - Yeah!
- Okay.
- I gotta dip it mine in,
I'm having problems. - Oh my gosh,
did you do the bread?
- That's the, how did you know exactly going for the bread?
That's horrible.
- Yeah, I went for the bread.
- I went for the potato, next is the bread.
- First of all, Kym you just put that in your mouth
like a sexy video.
- You saw that, you saw that right.
- I don't look sexy when I eat.
- I know. - I just shove it up.
- By yourself just hanging out,
I look so good in this.
Thank you so much.
This is delicious.
I love it and it's fast,
that's what I love mostly. - Fast yeah.
- Just 'cause I don't have a lot of time.