Semi-Homemade With Sandra Lee?

everyday dinners in a clash?

dash :-))

I think she's terrifying and her food is awful.

Her website and assorted new vehicles for her seem to have gotten a style update, I recall the place-settings, decorations, and scenery in her show as being really "safe" and provincial, and I don't mean in a Martha Stewart-y "glorifying hearth and home" way, but in actual poor, amateurish taste.

yes that's like her schtick =P

http://www.foodcity.com/photoLib/90360SaraLee-simplesweet.jpg

So, no relation to Sara Lee them?

Plus I mean seriously, not chopping your own garlic? It takes like 45 seconds to peel and chop a clove, and it's healthier than canned. Buying pre-sliced "fresh" mushrooms that had to be handled by a whole other set of people and repackaged in plastic and trucked to several different locations on the way? It's not a real time savings and it's wasteful in like three other ways. Get a better gimmick.

this woman is the worst.

she bought frozen chopped onions for her thanksgiving meal last night

well, i did just watch a clip where she goes (maybe every time at end of show) "remember! Keep it simple, and keep it sweet!" so there's some connection to sara lee!

if i was going to use fully-prepared food products in my depressing white-trash cooking, i'd go whole-hog double-wide style and take my tips from jolene sugarbaker.

the phrase "NOTHING MADE FROM SCRATCH" used as a point of pride depresses me. it really, really does.

lol i love that that's her selling point

i mean you know there are women who follow her recipes

i'm sure there are tons! she's very popular, isn't she?

she was on celebrity wheel of fortune last week

"With her trademark 70/30 philosophy, which combines 70% ready-made products with 30% fresh and creative touches – Sandra has become the advocate for the over-extended homemaker."

i don't like this lady much

This show coming on after the Barefoot Contessa = biggest immediate disappointment ever

the most enjoying things to me about cooking is the use and procurement of the fresh ingredients.

is this the lady whose kitchen is a different color every time?

yes

ugh

biggest embarassment on Food Network...but find the kitchen/outfit coordination hilarious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gheUm3NxGfg

The concept of this sounds like a worse version of Nigella Express, which is mostly pretty good, except for the whole "oh, isn't chopping onions such a chore when you're a busy busy person" thing. The difference is that Nigella does do a lot of things from scratch, they're just piss-easy things.

haha...i remember that Thanksgiving episode. It was awesome because right before the show, Alton Brown's show was on, and he warned against, like, everything Sandra Lee did to that turkey.

the "tablescapes" are a HOOT -- she has these little figurines she'll like attach to her ceramics

this woman lacks class period. and she's clearly an alcoholic...probably knows how to party hard though. plus those tits have got to be fake.

bourdain on Sandra Lee (and other food networkers...)

http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2007/02/guest_blogging_.html

haha

SANDRA LEE: Pure evil. This frightening Hell Spawn of Kathie Lee and Betty Crocker seems on a mission to kill her fans, one meal at a time. She Must Be Stopped. Her death-dealing can-opening ways will cut a swath of destruction through the world if not contained. I would likely be arrested if I suggested on television that any children watching should promptly go to a wooded area with a gun and harm themselves. What’s the difference between that and Sandra suggesting we fill our mouths with Ritz Crackers, jam a can of Cheez Wiz in after and press hard? None that I can see. This is simply irresponsible programming. Its only possible use might be as a psychological warfare strategy against the resurgent Taliban--or dangerous insurgent groups. A large-racked blonde repeatedly urging Afghans and angry Iraqis to stuff themseles with fatty, processed American foods might be just the weapon we need to win the war on terror.

does every dessert she makes involve a store-bought angelfood cake? wow.

Kwanzaa Celebration Cake
1 (10 to 12-ounce) purchased angel food cake
1 container (16 ounce) vanilla frosting
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (21-ounce) container apple filling or topping
1 (1.7-ounce) package corn nuts
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, toasted
1/2 cup popped popcorn

Special Equipment:
Kwanzaa candles

Using a serrated knife, cut cake horizontally into 2 layers. Place bottom cake layer, cut side up, on a serving platter. Mix frosting, cocoa powder, vanilla, and cinnamon in large bowl until combined. Spread about 1/4 of the frosting over top of cake layer on platter. Top with second cake layer, cut side down. Spread remaining frosting evenly over top and sides of cake to coat completely. Spoon apple pie filling into hole in center of cake. Place candles atop cake. Sprinkle top of cake with some corn nuts, pumpkin seeds, and popcorn. Sprinkle remaining corn nuts and pumpkin seeds around base of cake.

whoa

i think bourdain is right - she's actually trying to kill people!

bourdain is a gangster

so gross so gross so gross so....eugh

but easy!

by the time all is said and done with this recipe, you might as well have made a cake from a boxed mix with plain homemade frosting.

two store-bought cakes + store-bought cupcakes + store-bought cookies! pile them on top of each other! voila! look what I made! ZOMG wonderful dessert creation!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36F3odiPRbU

oh no i'm afraid to watch

hahaha - one of the related videos is "puke eating."

It's not cooking, and the end result isn't food. Her approach may cater to people who are intimidated by the idea of cooking, but it doesn't actually give them a safe entry to the world of cooking, nor any of even the most basic of skills to fall back on later -- basically it's no help at all. It seeks out a fear and then feeds it (feeds it HFCS!) until it's so bloated and dulled that the holder doesn't remember there was ever an alternative.

she says "I made this dessert once blah blah" but BUT BITCH YOU AIN'T MADE SHIT

OH MY GOD That CAKE

that cake seems so desperately ... last-hopish... like sandra lee is gonna commit suicide if anybody dares to dislike it

she's worse than rachel ray. i did not think this was possible.

elmo:

On the beach in Rhode Island

"it is so refreshing you will think it is totally fabulous"

"and now to this i'm going to put the lid on"

it's like she's speaking retard

if someone served me that pizza I would throw it out the window

wtf is wrong with her

also she looks like Lyla Garrity from Friday Night Lights

Brit and Bret sounds like a flight of the conchords sketch

wtf @ this - it can't be real, right? this MUST be someone trolling. that pizza....

ram a cinnamon stick up a parmasean cheese wedge, because christmas

seriously what the shit

Unless I missed something, she added NOTHING to the cannellini bean paste for flavor. Fucking at least sprinkle some dollar store garlic powder in there or something! Which is probably why -when he tastes his processed bean paste and they just cut away from his reaction

http://www.brit.co/healthy-snack-ideas/

Crackers aren’t necessarily bad for you, but if you eat a lot of grains already, why not replace them with something fresh instead?
Slice your favorite cheese (we chose low-fat mozzarella) into 1-inch square slices. Place a top cucumber slices, and top with cracked pepper.

What's getting me here is "fresh."

Crustless Apple Pie
We were a bit more lenient with this one since it is more akin to a dessert. If you want to skip any added sugar, you can just top with cinnamon instead.Thinly slice one apple. Using a small amount of cooking spray, cook the apples in a pan or pot until they are soft, but not falling apart. Sprinkle apples with brown sugar, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Chew slowly, expectorate. For a lower-cal option, try replacing the apples with Kleenex!

Ants on a log was one of our favorite snacks, but it’s time to try a bit more sophisticated version.

lol @ "cook the apples in a pan or pot"

she doesn't really demonstrate a grasp of any of the fundamental concepts of cooking

macrame with foodstuffs

of course not, that would defeat the purpose (clumsy DIY content farm)

the best brit moment imho was a youtube video (since taken down) where she shows you HOW TO MAKE A JUMP ROPE OUT OF OLD ELECTRICAL CABLES

of course to do this she cuts up not one but TWO apple laptop chargers (~$80 each, if new) and binds the cords together with electrical tape

i mean you could really just buy an actual jump rope for like ~$4 but omg crafts you guys, yaaaaay

classic brit

http://www.brit.co/office-chair-diy/

"hack your office chair" oh man

every DIY this site is either "hacked" or "tricked out" or "upgraded"

And all of the should be replaced with "decorate".

I've never worked in an office where we got such shitty chairs. Also, the knots on the back of the chair look like they would irritate you all day long.

Lol at the diy jump rope, that is n/l

Hack Your Office Chair (Without Getting into Trouble With HR)
If you work in a traditional (or even a non-traditional) office, the furniture can verge on the boring side. In an attempt to add a little color, we came up with this office chair hack that you can do without damaging your standard issue furniture. All it takes is some colorful nylon mesh and a pair of scissors.

It VERGES on boring. Even if it tipped over into actually being boring, it's a fucking chair in an office. It doesn't need to be interesting. Not EVERYTHING has to be cute.
It's an ATTEMPT to add color. I'm sure it was looking touch-and-go there for a while, but Success!
"nylon mesh" is never explained

While we used an IKEA chair that we have in our conference room, these DIYs can be adapted to any number of office chairs.

http://static.brit.co.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/0-featured11.jpg

"Some examples of chairs that weren't improved by this bullshit."

ANY NUMBER of office chairs

5? how about 5.

5 is a number.

lol

whatever, HR is STILL gonna call a meeting and tell you to stop using company time to decorate your desk chair

aside from the fact that 'any number of office chairs' aren't actually your own personal furniture and half the managers in my office would be like WTF IS THIS MACRAME BULLSHIT ON MY CHAIR

Some people have such a tenuous sense of self that they require any sensation whatever that tells them "I am not dead and buried in a tidal wave of blaaaargh. Look at my personalized office chair. It reflects my amazing colorful individuality."

that's because they are 1/2 way to the crucial insight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatta

that person who decorates their office chair at work, nope, not gonna talk to that person

not that i would do this, but you guys are kind of being haters

"hack" makes me irrationally angry.

quick lifehack: don't let stuff like that get to you. keeping a cool head is crucial if you're going to get the most out of reading random things on the internet.

gtfo

Do you even know what the Internet is for?

haha OTM

OTT hating on Sandra Lee (and now Brit!) is purgative and a reward in itself.

you're right. sorry i was being contrarian.

you people realize this thread hasn't been revived in almost a year

to celebrate let's have our yummy BAKED POTATO ICE CREAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJIsi2yoC7Q

nice and cold and hard

I never tire of watching that video and forcing other to watch it with me!

is this actually what an egg cream is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUd92c6doKU

I love drinking heavy cream as much as the next guy but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Y3-BmdDNY

smooth&
creamy&
strawberryey&
delicious.

Is she
Still
On the TeeVee???

omg

for real?

the ice cream baked potato is terrible and hilarious, but my nephew did ask for a cheeseburger shaped birthday cake this year. It's the only thing he wanted.

never forget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98

the best thing about Facebook memories is that it gives me a yearly reminder that Sandra Lee is hilarious

https://youtu.be/2jaRjhVYkxw?t=1m2s

She's the real deal; you couldn't force a show like that, because it only works if the person believes in what they're doing. Irony would destroy it.

we just linked this elsewhere, so I gotta say

I think Sandra Lee was always in on the joke, was able to have a tv show where she stuck one bought item on top of another while getting tanked, and rolled with it like a champ

still marveling at the fact her cocktail was just a full glass of hpnotiq on ice, shame it’s not more alcohol in there. but she had the second cocktail at the ready

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7bo-aeznzY

Happy hour'ing a little early today?

After last night's news? Today's recipe:

1 oz percodan
1 cup cottage cheese
2 bottles of Everclear
2 oz marjoram
1 bar soap

Semi-Homemade with Vera Drake