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- Hey, everybody, it's Bobby here,
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and I've got another great recipe for you today.
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My goal is to help you save time and money
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and make dishes that are hearty for your family
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that'll be great today, tonight,
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and maybe even tomorrow for leftovers.
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'Cause going to the grocery store right now is just brutal.
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I was there this morning. I was there yesterday.
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I'm there almost every day,
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and every time I go into the grocery store,
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it's like 200 bucks.
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But I got a family of five and a couple of dogs,
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so probably so do you.
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So any place that you can cut some corners
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or that you can make things sort of stretch out a bit
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would be good for you.
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So join me in this recipe today.
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This is from my mother's magazine.
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It is a chicken and jambalaya rice casserole.
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And I'm gonna start with 2 1/2 cups of water
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into my saucepan.
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And also with my jambalaya mix.
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This happens to be the one that I'm using today.
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And it's a simple start.
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It is bring everything to a boil,
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my water and my mix to a boil.
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And let that sit on the stove top for 25 minutes.
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So that's how we're gonna start.
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I'm just gonna mix everything into the water.
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Let it come to a boil, sit for about 25 minutes and cook.
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And I'm gonna prep the rest of my recipe while I do that.
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And so we'll go ahead and take a break and come right back.
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We're ready to finish up
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our chicken and jambalaya rice casserole.
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I've done all the prep that I had to do
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for basically sort of a dump pie,
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but there was a couple things I had to cook first.
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And I've been graced by the presence
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of Peggy who's here to join me.
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So now I'm making lunch for she and myself and Theresa
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and possibly for my kids, and maybe Eddie
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and whoever else comes in the room.
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Chicken jambalaya rice casserole.
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So we made our rice.
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Aunt Peggy, this is just a boxed jambalaya rice.
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- Uh-huh. - Super simple.
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And the idea, Aunt Peggy, is I wanna help people
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to save money, and I would like for them
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to be able to feed their family maybe today and tonight
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and maybe tomorrow, because having a family of my own,
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having a family of five,
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and we make all of our meals at home, you know?
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I cook three meals a day for my wife and kids.
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And we make their lunchboxes to go to school.
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So we spend a great deal of time in the kitchen.
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So anytime I can make a dish that is gonna cover me for now
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and the next meal and maybe the next meal tomorrow,
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wow, what a bonus that is, that gives me some time off.
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And if I can save some money in the process
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by maybe cutting a couple of corners, then I'll do that.
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And one way that I've saved some time and money
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is to use the boxed rice jambalaya,
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which I'm gonna go ahead and add to a big bowl.
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And I hope my bowl is big enough, Theresa. It might not be.
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This is gonna be a, (chuckles) this is gonna be a dish
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for a lot of people.
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It's gonna have some volume to it.
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So there's my jambalaya rice.
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And to that I'm gonna add rotisserie chicken.
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Now, if you wanted to make your own chicken,
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you could do that.
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You could make this. You've got options.
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I also used, so Theresa over here,
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I also used a bag of seasoning blend, okay?
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And how this saved time for me is I didn't have to,
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this is onions, it's bell peppers, it's parsley,
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so rather than having to take the time to chop the onion,
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chop the pepper, chop the parsley,
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I've just used a bag of frozen.
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And I don't mind, I don't mind using frozen vegetables,
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and I don't mind using frozen fruits,
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because you still have, with fruit for example,
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you still get all of the vitamins and the nutrients
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and all the good stuff that comes along with it.
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So this is for convenience. It's a time saver.
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And also things are not always in season.
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So there's that part.
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Okay, to my rice, I'm gonna add our chicken.
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Ooh, I might need another bowl.
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- [Theresa] Let's take a second and I'll
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get you a bigger bowl. - Yes, so why don't I
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take a break and get a bigger bowl and we'll be right back.
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This is what I needed all along.
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And we don't all have one of these, do we, Aunt Peggy?
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- No, no, no. - This is a treasure
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right here. - Right.
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- This is not in every kitchen, but it's in my mama's.
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This is that big extra big bowl when you need it.
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So there's my rice and my chicken.
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To that we're gonna add a can of Rotel.
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Diced tomatoes, green chilies.
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Also some celery.
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Some cheese.
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Some heavy cream. Mm, ooh-la-la.
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I'll stir that first, and the last thing that I'll do
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is add in my, 'cause it's still warm in the saucepan,
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my seasoning blend, oh, yeah.
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Now you can see, Aunt Peggy, you can look at that right now
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and tell that's gonna be so good, can't you?
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- [Peggy] Mm-hmm.
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- So we'll just get everything married together real nicely.
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It already smells wonderful.
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So you can see where we're going with this.
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And you can see
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that this is gonna be a hearty dish.
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And it's gonna probably have some leftovers.
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And that is a good thing. You know what I did yesterday?
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I cooked for, I'm cooking for a basketball team
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practically every time I make a meal.
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So I use my crock pot whenever I get a chance,
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and yesterday I did ribs in the Crock-Pot.
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I did baby back ribs.
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So I got my ribs, and I put them into my Crock-Pot crock.
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No, sorry.
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I got my ribs, seasoned them, rubbed them
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with my homemade spice rub,
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put them into my Crock-Pot crock,
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stuck it in the refrigerator and left it there for two days.
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Then pulled it out yesterday morning at seven o'clock
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in the morning and turned it on.
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And then by two o'clock in the afternoon,
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three o'clock in the afternoon, we had some ribs.
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Ooh, so good.
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So if you've got a family, Crock-Pot also comes in handy.
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We should do some Crock-Pot dishes.
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So in goes my seasoning blend.
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And again, this was a frozen bag.
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It's onions, it's peppers, parsley.
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Fold it all together.
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And then I've got a 13-by-9 casserole dish
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over here that we've sprayed.
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And we're just gonna go straight into there.
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So that was a little prep work to get to this point.
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And by prep work, I mean there was just cooking
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the jambalaya rice and heating up
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the seasoning blend, and that's it.
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And now we're ready to just go
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straight into our casserole dish.
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So, Aunt Peggy, I don't know if you can reach or not,
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but I'm gonna hand you this spoon,
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and maybe you could help me.
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Maybe you could help me.
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Here we go, so as I don't spill it all over the place.
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What do you think about this dish, Aunt Peggy?
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- [Peggy] It's good. It's good to go.
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- [Bobby] Now, make sure you don't miss any
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so Mama doesn't come in here and whip our legs.
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- [Peggy] She had got you.
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- [Bobby] Hey, look at that, Aunt Peggy. Come on. (laughs)
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You're gonna get your legs whipped. (laughs)
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- [Peggy] Yeah, all right.
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- Nothing like cooking with and for family.
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- [Theresa] He's making you work for your meal.
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- Oh, yeah. - Mm-hmm.
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- [Bobby] Sing for your supper.
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We got it all? - Mm-hmm. Just about.
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- Great, okay, the last step is-
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- It could still be more. - A little more?
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Thank you so much, Aunt Peggy, for your help.
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- [Peggy] Now I do get to eat with you.
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- [Bobby] You do get to eat, but first it's gotta go
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into the oven for a few minutes.
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I gotta put a little cheese on top, then into the oven.
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And then you get to eat, Aunt Peggy,
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and I get to eat with you.
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- [Peggy] And like that dish, do you do that dish often?
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- [Bobby] I do lots of casserole dishes like this
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as often as I can.
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I try not to do, I try not to cook the same thing
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more than two times in a week
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because my children are, they'll remind me,
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"Dad, we had salmon yesterday.
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Dad, we had sweet potatoes night before last."
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So I try to keep it, I try to keep a variety of things.
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- [Peggy] And what do you do with your salmon?
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How do you prepare those?
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- I cook it in the oven. Always.
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Super simple.
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Maybe a little olive oil, always a little salt and pepper.
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No more than that because I get really good salmon.
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It's super fatty and flavorful,
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and it doesn't need anything more than that.
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Little butter, a little lemon juice when it comes out
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to finish it as it hits the plate,
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and my children love it.
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Put a slice of avocado. Oof.
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All right, so some cheese right on top.
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We're gonna pop this in a 350-degree oven
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for just a few minutes.
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It's already cooked and it's already warm.
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We're just gonna finish it off.
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Okay, so to the oven we go.
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I'm so lucky today to have Aunt Peggy in the kitchen
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with me, and Theresa, and Eddie is here.
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We've made chicken jambalaya rice casserole.
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This is gonna be a dish that you and your family
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are really gonna like, I think.
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And it's gonna be helpful to you
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because it's gonna help you save some time
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and it's gonna help you save some money.
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And hopefully you can feed your family through one, two,
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maybe even three meals with a dish this size.
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So anytime you get to save some time,
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that is the same thing as saving money.
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And if it's good, really good
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and everybody likes it, well, then it's a home run.
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Aunt Peggy, you ready to try a little bit
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of jambalaya and rice casserole?
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- Yes, yes, yes. - Okay.
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Little bit for you. Ooh, that's gonna be so hot.
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Aunt Peggy, be careful.
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- Ooh! - Beautiful.
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- I think everybody's gonna dig into this and like it.
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And a little taste for me. Oh, yeah.
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This is a very family friendly dish right here.
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Aunt Peggy, you got a utensil, or do you need a fork?
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Okay, you ready to try it?
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- [Peggy] Mm-hm, I'm on it. I'm on it.
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- And give me your opinion when you do.
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Mm.
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- Mm-hmm. (Bobby laughs)
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- Give us- - Mm-hmm.
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- [Theresa] Aunt Peggy, look at the camera.
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You give it your seal of approval?
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- Mm-hmm. (Bobby laughs)
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- That face says it all. That's good enough for me.
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Jambalaya and rice casserole.
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We started off with a boxed jambalaya rice.
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It was easy to cook and prepare.
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We used a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store today,
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so that saved us a little time also, and some money.
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And it was a very simple put together casserole dish,
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in the oven for about 30 minutes.
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And you've got a great meal for you and your family
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today, tonight, and tomorrow.
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So thanks for joining me again,
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and I'll see you next time.
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Aunt Peggy, I'm so happy you're here.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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