Cooling Off

Today, y'all, I'm heating things up with some cool summer dishes

And my friend, country music star Lauren Alaina is here. Ain't nothing sweeter than Georgia Peach, yeah

She's a novice in the kitchen, y'all, but has the voice of an angel. So I'm gonna make her a deal

If I'm gonna teach you how to cook, I think you should try to teach me how to sing

Okay. First up, a spicy chimichurri coleslaw to top off our tasty cheeseburgers

Oh, my goodness. That's so good. And next, an oldie but goodie potato egg salad

I love this. And Lauren serves up our final number with a scrumptious dessert of blackberry cobbler

Perfect. Y'all will recognize her as a runner-up in 2011's American Idol

And I understand that you have a song called Georgia Peach. I do

And we're both Georgia Peaches. Yes. I should teach you my song. Well, why don't you sing me a couple of bars of Georgia Peach

Okay. But I'm going to sing it for you, and you've got to sing it back to me. I will try

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ain't nothing sweeter than Georgia Peaches

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, there's a reason why the boys pick Georgia Peaches

Okay. That was great. Now your turn. Okay. Okay. Ah, ah, ah

There ain't nothing sweeter than a Georgia peach. That's why the ball is like, Georgia peaches

Oh, my gosh, honey. You are too cute, and you have got your work cut out

I tell you what, let's move on down here and let me teach you how to make some chilled zucchini soup

You know what? Y'all make me, yes, I want you to cut this onion

Lauren's mother's here with her. And between the two of them, they make me sound like I got a northern accent, and that ain't no lie

So, Lauren, to start the soup, if you'll just chop that onion, I'll get the zucchini down to size

and it's all going into the pot along with two cups of chicken stock and some salt and pepper

And then we'll just let it sit for about eight minutes. Now let's get started on that chimichurri slaw for our burger

Do you know how to peel a garlic, honey? Put it under the blade of your knife and pop down

There you go. And then that helps you get that skin off because it's going into the blender

So for this chimichurri sauce, we've got three cloves of garlic, one shallot

And then smell that. What is that? It smells like a lemon

It's cilantro. It smells like a lemon. Now, this is parsley. We only used about a quarter of a cup of the cilantro

but I want you to put all of this parsley into the blender. And we're going to need a half a teaspoon of red pepper flakes

Three tablespoons of white wine vinegar. One, two, three. Very good

What's up? Very good. What's up? Oh, a little extra. Okay, how much of this

Three tablespoons, equal amount. One. Jinx, show me a Coke

Two. Three. Three. I think that's perfect. All right, now we're going to put on our lid, and we're just going to pulsate that until it's nice and chopped up

Let's see. I wasn't ready, Paula. I wasn't either. There, now it's going, Lauren

Look. So tell me, Lauren, about your audition for American Idol. I tried out for Idol when I was 15, and..

You tried out for... What are you saying? Idol. American Idol. Oh, Idol

I thought you said auto. Okay. You talk just like I do

Give me a break. Come on. So you were 15 when you tried out

And I was the last person to go, which I didn't think was a good thing because it's higher

Yeah, but I would think that that would be a good thing. I walked into the room and I saw Randy Jackson, who's been on the show since season one

Right. And we're just going to dump this in there? Yes Just go on and toss it in with this shredded cabbage There you go So you walk in and you see Randy And I see Randy and Jennifer Lopez Oh my gosh

And you just intimidated like you wouldn't believe. And Stephen Tyler. Alright, now just stir that up good

I was last, so I said to them, since I'm last, can my family come in here

And they said yes. I remember that. I sang my mom and dad's song

which is I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith and Stephen. Alright, give us like two lines

Okay. I could spend my life in this sweet surrender. Oh, my goodness

Is that it? Well, no, we're just done with this. You know, you go home and you tell Mama, I'll let you make the chimichurri

Step aside, Mama. Yes, step aside, Mama. So, Lauren, what goes better with summer dishes than a cool potato and egg salad

We're going to cut these up. and we need about six cups of these new potatoes

So the deal was that I was going to teach you how to cook

And I'm going to teach you how to sing. Uh-huh, and how do you profess to do that

Can you match my pitch? Like if I go, You sing as good as I cook

You don't know how to cook. You don't know how to sing. I'll be right back, y'all

Coming up next, we put the finishing touches on our potato egg salad and our chilled zucchini soup

Oh, that looks so good. Doesn't that look delicious? And later, this little angel sings her heart out

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch

Y'all, we're in the kitchen today, and we're making wonderful summer dishes for a hot, hot day

And I've got a hot, hot girl in here in the kitchen with me

This is Lauren Alaina, and we're going to put together a potato salad

So, Lauren, if you would drain these potatoes in there. Yes, ma'am

I'm going to go ahead and cut this off. Be careful there so that you don't need. Oh, my gosh

She is so tough. And while you're doing that, I'm going to come down here and I'm going to make our sauce for our egg and potato salad

All right, I'm going to need a third of a cup of Italian dressing

And that's probably about the only thing I'm going to measure, Lauren. Okay

And I'm going to use a half a teaspoon of horseradish. You like horseradish

Mm-hmm. Good. So they're going to have a little bitty bite to them

And do you think you could dice up this celery and onions for me

That would be great. That looks like about a cup of mayonnaise

And I'm going to put in a teaspoon of dry mustard. Now I'm going to add about a half a cup of sour cream

We'll use the same spatula. Oh, this sounds delicious. There we go, about half a cup

Oh, it's going to be so good. I like to take my eggs and I like to just mash them

That's just so much easier than chasing it all over the board, trying to chop it

I trust you. Okay, come on. All right, now do the same thing with those onions, doll baby

Yes, ma'am. Let's get back to Idol. Okay. I loved Stephen Tyler

Me too. And, of course, I've always liked Randy. Let's put all this in here

So, I want you to tell me, what was it like to be standing there holding hands and waiting to see who won

Well. Was your heart just pounding? Yeah. I mean, I made it all the way to the top, too

Right. So at that point, it's like you're just so excited that you made it that far, whatever happens

Yes. I wanted to win so bad. I'm not going to lie. I'd be lying if I said whatever

Of course. Of course you wanted to win. But, you know, I've gotten to do some amazing things since then

Yes. I went on tour with Sugar Land. I got to sing for the president. I've done some really awesome things

For 18 years old. Well, that's... I'm blessed. That's for sure. Yes, honey

But to go back to that moment of thinking if it's yes or no, if you're first or second

it's going to be over if you don't win. Yes. So in that moment, you know, it doesn't stop me

Did you think you were going to win? No. Girls don't usually win shows like that

Because girls vote, and if they think someone's cute, they're going to vote for them

I'm completely fine with it now. Like I wouldn trade it for the world You know I didn win but I did win because I with you now Well thank you darling Now I going to add a cup of mayonnaise

and I'm just going to eyeball this. That mayonnaise is going to cream this out

And I added a teaspoon of lemon juice. Now I'm going to add a splash of half and half

Okay. Hit it, baby. Oh, yeah. All right

So now we're going to put this. We're just going to pour this. Oh, that looks so good

Doesn't that look delicious? It does. Look at that. Yes. All right

So we're going to put this in the fridge because, you know, if you're going to

Is that cool? Yes. We want to get it cold, cold. because if you're going to eat a cold soup, you want it cold, cold

So I'm going to sit this in our refrigerator and let this get nice and cold

Okay. Come on down here, baby. And this takes the cake, I think, for summer eating

It's a hamburger. I got a really good boyfriend right now, so I decided that I was going to cook him Valentine's dinner

and I made hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, baked macaroni and cheese, and broccoli with cheese in them

And I did really good on the macaroni, the mashed potatoes, and the broccoli, and I burnt the meat pretty bad

You burnt the meat? How did you burn it? See, I'm actually a really talented cook when it comes to meat

because I didn't burn the outside. I burnt the inside. How did you burn the inside

Because I'm a terrible cook. But you've got to learn some, Tom. Yes

Can we do this? I don't, yes. I don't understand how you can burn something from the inside out

How did you cook it? Well, he ate it, and he said he liked it. Well, you know what

He was lucky to have you cook for him to start with

I tried. It's the thought that counts. It is certainly the thought that counts

And how old is your boyfriend? He's 18. Did he give you a good Valentine's gift

He did. Is this good? Yes, that's beautiful. All right, so we're going to let those cook for about five to six minutes on each side, y'all

I just seasoned it very simply with salt, pepper, and a little Worcestershire sauce

So show me what he gave you, or do you have it with you? My daddy actually bought me this bracelet for Christmas, and he got me this heart

Oh, I recognize that heart. It's like half a heart. It says keep your heart open and love will find its way in

Yes. He said that it meant something different to him because he had to push his way in there

Into my heart. Oh. How sweet. It sounds like he's a romantic

He is a super sweetheart. Coming up next, y'all will want to savor our chimichurri top burgers

Oh, my goodness. Mm, mm, mm. And then Lauren bakes her sweet, sweet blackberry crumble

See, that looks delicious. And later, this young canary actually makes a songbird out of me

How sweet the sound. Go ahead and dip up our soup

Lauren, look at these beautiful burgers. All right. So let's fix our burgers with whatever you want on it

Now, I always put mayonnaise on my burgers. Okay. And I'm going to let you fix yours the way you want to

I'm going to put some coleslaw on my burger. I like my burgers with mayonnaise and tomato

With mayonnaise and tomato. Okay. And I've also got a special sauce

Thank you. And some onion. So, what's in the special sauce? Well, it's, you know, that special sauce

It's a secret. No, special sauce is usually made up of mayonnaise

Thank you. And a little ketchup. All right, there you go. Have a big old bite

It's hard to get your mouth around. Look at that, y'all. Layers of coleslaw and that good old burger and that onion and tomato

and butter lettuce in a special sauce. Oh, my goodness. Mm-mm-mm. That's so good

It's good. Isn't that soup delicious? Mm-hmm. Yes. All right, now I want you to try the potato salad

That is so good. And I have to say... I love this

Mm-hmm. Now I've shown you my summertime stuff. It appears that something missing Dessert Mm Okay Well my Nana makes the best cobblers in the world

and I actually asked her for a recipe, and I'm going to try to make it with you

So we're going to make blackberry cobbler. So we have two and a half cups of blackberries right here

You're going to mix a cup of sugar into that. And that sugar will pull out the juices

For the dry ingredients, you're going to have one cup of all-purpose flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of milk

Okay. A half a cup of butter. Okay. Which equals one stick of butter for those of you out there who are wondering

Yum. This looks wonderful already. Okay, so you just evenly put this in here. Mm-hmm

The cool thing about this is, while it's in there, it literally like rises around

Right. Right. It's kind of like magic. What does Nana call this

Does she call it a blackberry cobbler? Yes, ma'am. Okay. And I see you've got some cinnamon here

You just put however much you want in there. Okay. Well, why don't we just do it like that

Yes, ma'am. I think that'll be good. All right. So $3.75 for how long

45 to 50 minutes. Oh, okay. Does Nana serve this with ice cream

Actually, she serves it with whipped cream, and we're going to make some

Okay, I love whipped cream, y'all. Stick this on in there. Speaking of sticking it in the oven, y'all stick around

because I want to see if this little girl cooks as good as she sings

Coming up next, we're tasting Lauren's delicious blackberry cobbler. That is so good, Lauren

And singing, y'all, a duet. Was lost But now I'm found

Was blind But now I see We got blackberry cobbler coming out of the oven

And it looks delicious Plant it, baby girl All right, now you said your Nana makes whipped cream

Mm-hmm. So what are we going to do? Okay, so we are going to use three-fourths of a cup of heavy whipping cream

So it just depends on how much you need. Go ahead and make it a cup, honey

Why are you being so stingy? You do like to use extra of everything

Yes, I do. All right, now how much sugar? Just one of those. One tablespoon

Okay. And a fourth of a teaspoon of the cardamom. It has a really cool flavor

It's like a warm, gingery flavor. Okay. How about if I... I'm going to get this going over here

Yes. There you go. And you want whipped cream on a pretty good speed, y'all

Yeah. Well, I'm going to dip up our cobbler. And I have to say, Lauren, this looks delicious

Well, thank you. Ooh, and it's still so warm. Okay, one more time

Let's see if we can harmonize together. Amazing grace. How sweet the sound that saved

Oh, I tried. I tried on this. I don't think I can be saved

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me

I once, take it, was lost. But now I'm found. Was blind

But now I see. Oh, my gracious. That is so good, Lauren

Thank you, Nana. That is so good. Yes. Thank you, Nana. I had such a good time with you today

You're a precious girl with a bright, bright future. And you know what

It seems like she's got a good head on her shoulders, which is so important

Don't let anybody change you. Okay. And remember everything that Mama and Daddy and Nana taught you

Okay, I will. Okay, let's hit it. As usual, we send you love and best dishes

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