>>> AND WELCOME BACK.
WE’RE BACK WITH "TODAY" FOOD.
THIS MORNING’S GUEST, YOU KNOW
HER, YOU LOVE HER.
REE DRUMMOND.
SHE IS KNOWN AS THE PIONEER
WOMAN.
TODAY SHE’S SHOWING US TWO EASY
RECIPES FOR A FAMILY FEAST.
BUT FIRST, WHAT LIFE HAS BEEN
LIKE FOR HER ON THE RANCH FOR
REE AND HER FAMILY SINCE THE
QUARANTINE STARTED.
>> THE ENERGY IS ROLLING.
I FEEL IT.
>> Reporter: REE DRUMMOND IS NO
STRANGER TO WORKING FROM HOME.
IN FACT, HOME HAS ALWAYS BEEN
WHERE THE DRUMMOND FAMILY LIFE
FLOURISHES.
THIS PICTURESQUE OKLAHOMA RANCH
HAS BEEN THE BACK DROP FOR REE’S
HIT TELEVISION SHOW "THE PIONEER
WOMAN" FOR NEARLY A DECADE.
>> YOU GUYS READY FOR THIS?
>> Reporter: AND WHEN QUARANTINE
BECAME A REALITY, REE LOOKED NO
FURTHER THAN HER VERY OWN FAMILY
TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF BACKUP
CREW.
HER KIDS STEPPED IN BEHIND THE
CAMERA TO ASSIST THEIR PIONEER
MOM.
WHEN NOT COOKING FOR THIS BROOD
INCLUDING HUNGY HUBBY LADD, SHE
FOCUSES ON RECIPES FOR HER
WEBSITE WHICH GETS MORE THAN 20
MILLION VIEWS A MONTH.
AND LIVE FROM HER RANCH, THERE
SHE IS.
THE PIONEER WOMAN HERSELF REE
DRUMMOND.
HI, REE.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I AM GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GIRL, IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
SAVANNAH WAS LIKE, WHO HAS REE?
>> I LOVE IT.
>> EVERYBODY DOES.
>> HI, SAVANNAH.
WISH WE COULD BE WITH YOU.
>> WE ARE TEAM REAL THE WAY.
BUT YOU GOT TO --WALK US THROUGH
WHAT HAPPENED.
YOUR CREW HAS TO EXIT STAGE LEFT
AND YOU GOT YOUR KIDS.
YOU HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND THEY
BECOME YOUR CREW.
IS THAT HOW IT WENT DOWN?
>> MY SON LOVES HAVING ALL THE
EXTRA RANCH HANDS, BUT THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME I’VE GOTTEN TO
USE THEM AS MY OWN SPECIAL KIND
OF RANCH HANDS.
SO YES, MY TV CREW IS ACTUALLY
IN THE UK.
SO WE KNEW IT WOULD BE A WHILE
BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO COME
BACK.
SO WE JUST JUMPED IN, USED OUR
CELL PHONES AND STARTED FILMING
OUR SHOW.
WE’VE DONE PROBABLY 25 EPISODES
AND WE’RE GETTING READY TO FILM
ONE LATER TODAY WITH MY OLDER
DAUGHTER ALEX.
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE’RE
TAKING THE MOST FROM THIS
SITUATION.
>> WE’RE GOING TO GET TO YOUR
RECIPES IN A MINUTE.
BUT REE, I HEARD LIKE US YOU
HAVE PANDEMIC PANTS.
WE ARE FOR IT.
WIER HERE FOR
WE ARE HERE FOR IT.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?
>> MY PANDEMIC PANTS ARE SO
FRIENDLY.
THEY DON’T JUDGE ME.
THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO MAKE ME
LOOK GOOD.
IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER WHAT IT
LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT’S BELOW THE
COUNTER.
WEEKS AGO ON TWITTER SOMEBODY
CALLED JEANS HARD PANTS.
I’VE BEEN AVOIDING MY HARD PANTS
EVER SINCE.
>> HARD PASS ON THE HARD PANTS.
>> AND I NEED THE HOME EDIT
GIRLS TO COME LIVE WITH ME, TOO,
BY THE WAY.
>> DON’T WE ALL.
>> WE WANT TO GET TO THE RECIPE
BECAUSE YOU GOT A COUPLE OF
GREAT ONES.
YOU’VE GOT A SIMPLE EASY PASTA
RECIPE.
WHAT ARE WE COOKING?
>> YEAH.
SO I AM SO INTO SHORTCUT
HOMEMADE RAVIOLI.
AND WHAT MAKES IT SHORTCUT IS
THAT I USE WONTON WRAPPERS.
THESE ARE JUST IN THE STORE AND
I MADE A LITTLE MIXTURE OF
RICOTTA, PARMESAN, LEMON ZEST
AND I PUT A LITTLE -- I CAN’T
GET TOO CLOSE TO YOU GUYS.
PUT A LITTLE DOLLOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WONTON WRAPPER.
I TAKE MY SECOND WONTON WRAPPER
AND PUT IT ON TOP, LINE UP THE
EDGES.
AND THEN YOU WANT TO PRESS IT
TOGETHER.
OOPS, I GRABBED THREE.
THAT’S OKAY.
I’M DOING THIS ON THE FLY.
AND THEN JUST FORCE ALL THE AIR
OUT AND HONESTLY, IF YOU CAN’T
MAKE HOMEMADE PASTA DOUGH OR
DON’T HAVE TIME, THIS IS SUCH A
GREAT SHORTCUT.
>> I LIKE THAT.
>> AND THEN YOU CAN GET AN
ASSEMBLY LINE WITH YOUR KIDS.
MAKE AS MANY OF THESE AS YOU
WANT.
DROP THEM INTO SALTED WATER ONE
BY ONE.
AND LOOK.
>> LOVE THOSE.
>> PIECES OF RAVIOLI JUST FRESH
AND READY TO GO.
>> HEY, REE.
WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE BUT WE
WANT TO GET TO THE DESSERT.
THE ICEBOX CAKE.
>> BLACKBERRY ICEBOX CAKE.
THE FROZEN POUND CAKES WE ALL
KNOW AND LOVE.
I SHAF THEVE THE TOP OFF, CRUMBL
POUR IN BUTTER.
TOAST THE CRUMBS.
AND THEN THE CAKE THAT’S LEFT,
YOU SLICE THE CAKE INTO THREE
SLICES LENGTHWISE.
I ALREADY STARTED A LAYER AND
IT’S CAKE, A MIXTURE OF JAM
BLACKBERRYIES AND LEMON JUICE.
>> YUM.
>> IT’S SO FUN TO USE A FROZEN
POUND CAKE BAA THENECAUSE THEN Y
CUT --
>> IT LOOKS DELICIOUS.
>> SOMETHING SAVANNAH AND I
COULD MAKE.
WE’RE HAPPY.
>> YOU JUST LAYER IT KIND OF
LIKE LASAGNA.
CAKE, JAM, CREAM.
>> REE, WE LOVE YOU.
WE LOVE YOU.
WE CAN’T WAIT FOR YOUR BOOK TO
COME OUT.
THANK YOU FOR COOKING FOR US.
>> THANK YOU, GIRLS.
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