Showing posts with label Semi-Homemade Moment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Semi-Homemade Moment. Show all posts
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
It's a Semi-Homemade Halloween!
It's that time of year again - time for Sandra Lee to do a semi-homemade Halloween like only she can. FN was nice enough to put together a special video about her past and present costume craziness.
Sandra also gave an interview to PopEater about this year's Halloween show.
Sandra also gave an interview to PopEater about this year's Halloween show.
"It is hilarious. It's good TV. You'll never know you're watching Food Network," Lee tells PopEater of her Halloween episode.You're close, Sandra. The reaction is usually more like "I can't believe this is on the Food Network!"
We know that you love to make cocktails on 'Semi-Homemade,' so what's on your drink menu for Halloween?Oh Sandra.
My Crystal Ball martini and my Queen of the Fairies cocktail. They're great. But I have to say for moms that are going out with their kids trick or treating, I highly recommend you have one espresso martini.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Semi-Homemade Moment: Baked Potato Ice Cream
Let's all watch as Sandra Lee makes her Baked Potato Ice Cream.
"If you've ever wondered what to do with the top of your butter dish...". Actually I never have wondered about that, Sandra. Silly me, I always just thought that the top of my butter dish was meant to cover my butter. Thanks for showing me the light.
This recipe is classic semi-homemade. I'll actually give Sandra a few points here - it's a cute idea, the final product doesn't look that bad, and kids probably would get a kick out of it. But as usual, the problems pop up when you start to think about how someone would actually eat this. First of all, that's a LOT of cocoa powder dusted over that potato, and I can't imaging that would taste too good after a couple of bites. I get that she wanted it to be brown on the outside and white inside like a real potato, but maybe chocolate ice cream would have been a better choice.
Then there's the frozen icing "butter". She freezes an entire butter dish top full of icing just to use only one slice? Do I smoosh the rest back into the icing container, or just keep it in the freezer for the next time I decide to serve ice cream potatoes? And Sandra doesn't say how many this is supposed to serve, but because it's just one big potato, I'm guessing that some people are going to get end pieces that are extra cocoa powdered, and one or two people are going to get the whole "butter" slice to themselves. Not that I'm that excited about the idea of eating a big slab of frozen lemon icing, but I feel like it might have been better to make some smaller individual potatoes instead of one big one. Or maybe make use caramel or some other light colored sauce and call it melted butter, just to add more flavor. I guess that wouldn't be "super simple" enough for our Sandy.
And finally, how truly sad is it that she refers to Reddi-wip as "the fancy spray stuff". Oh, Sandra.
"If you've ever wondered what to do with the top of your butter dish...". Actually I never have wondered about that, Sandra. Silly me, I always just thought that the top of my butter dish was meant to cover my butter. Thanks for showing me the light.
This recipe is classic semi-homemade. I'll actually give Sandra a few points here - it's a cute idea, the final product doesn't look that bad, and kids probably would get a kick out of it. But as usual, the problems pop up when you start to think about how someone would actually eat this. First of all, that's a LOT of cocoa powder dusted over that potato, and I can't imaging that would taste too good after a couple of bites. I get that she wanted it to be brown on the outside and white inside like a real potato, but maybe chocolate ice cream would have been a better choice.
Then there's the frozen icing "butter". She freezes an entire butter dish top full of icing just to use only one slice? Do I smoosh the rest back into the icing container, or just keep it in the freezer for the next time I decide to serve ice cream potatoes? And Sandra doesn't say how many this is supposed to serve, but because it's just one big potato, I'm guessing that some people are going to get end pieces that are extra cocoa powdered, and one or two people are going to get the whole "butter" slice to themselves. Not that I'm that excited about the idea of eating a big slab of frozen lemon icing, but I feel like it might have been better to make some smaller individual potatoes instead of one big one. Or maybe make use caramel or some other light colored sauce and call it melted butter, just to add more flavor. I guess that wouldn't be "super simple" enough for our Sandy.
And finally, how truly sad is it that she refers to Reddi-wip as "the fancy spray stuff". Oh, Sandra.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Semi-Homemade Moment: Brave Recipe Tester
Sometimes people who aren't that familiar with Sandra Lee and her semi-homemade cooking approach wonder why she's so hated by so many people. One of the biggest reasons is that most of her recipes just don't seem to be very good. And the frustrating thing is that with some of them, a couple of simple tweaks would improve the quality by a lot, which leaves people wondering if these recipes are the result of ignorance of laziness or both.
Here's some proof - a very brave person from EvilShenanigans.com tried out Sandra's recipes for cherry pie and king cake. Her shocking conclusion was that they are not good at all.
Here's some proof - a very brave person from EvilShenanigans.com tried out Sandra's recipes for cherry pie and king cake. Her shocking conclusion was that they are not good at all.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Semi-Homemade Moment: It's Delicious!
This video compilation captures the essence of Sandra Lee in about two minutes. Make yourself a cocktail and enjoy.
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