There is but one host of Dinner: Impossible and that is Robert Irvine. The show is now dead to me. He does not seem horrible at all. He demands VERY high quality in the food he's providing.
If you have questions about the whole resume BS-fest (Thanks for being geniuses, Food Network execs!) Check out his blog entry addressing it: http://www.chefrobertirvineblog.com/index.php/2008/07/16/
This year I had yellow corn shucked, silked, and grilled with butter and rosemary rolled up in foil. I have always LOVED Silver Queen, but this was VERY tasty!
Can you go wrong with fresh corn?
There is but one host of Dinner: Impossible and that is Robert Irvine. The show is dead to me.
I'm going to be packing quinoa salad also! Ingredients for mine are quinoa, green onions (packing a toothbrush, too!), cherry or grape tomatoes, and celery marinated in homemade balsamic vinaigrette. Yum! Don't need much more until afternoon snack!
...Parmesan cheese and a 'southwestern' spice mixture are added along with the butter...it sure works for a local vendor I find at festivals and sports events (they'll sell you containers of the spice here, tho I think most of you can come up with your own)
Symon didn't cut it for me. Too happy, not enough chaos. I can see Lisa Garza from NFNS as a great Irvine replacement. She's bossy, frenetic and a good cook. Imagine her flying through a tiny, crowded kitchen in her designer clothes, high heels and wearing one of her signature aprons. That's entertainment in and of itself. She'd probably spend a great deal of time dodging flying objects being hurled at her by her sous chefs. Bring Lisa back.
When it's cold out and I'm in a rush, I will pack a can of soup and a bowl. Many soup cans have pop-tops now so you don't even need a can opener. If you choose wisely, a whole can of soup is less than 300 calories.
Some days I pack a mason jar half full of skim milk and my favorite breakfast cereal. Super easy.
Seeds of Change brand makes some really great rice/grain mixes that you pop in the microwave for 90 seconds. I pair this with Quorn patties or some other meatless 'chicken' patty and a few frozen veggies.
left aside for the corn lovers. Can't deal with it, myself.
Boil in water until crisp but tender. No butter, no salt. It is sweet perfection just the way it is.
I really don't like butter on my corn (greasy and messy)...or salty corn for that matter. Corn was intended to be sweet!
EDIT TO 30 MINUTES, THIS WAS SORT OF A FLUFF PIECE. I AM HOPING THAT THE REGUALR SERIES WILL GO BACK TO AN HOUR FORMAT. HAVING IRVINE'S VOICE IN MY HEAD AND SIMON'S LAUGH MAKE THE NARRATION A LITTLE FREAKY.
@ Pumpkinbear: It's not just you. I found Irvine's histrionics very entertaining. I don't think he treated people like crap, unlike some other reality-show chefs (ahem). Symon seems like a talented chef and a really pleasant guy, and I'd happily eat anything he prepared. Unfortunately, as a television personality, he leaves me cold.
I found myself bored with the Michael Symon episode... He didn't seem to have any passion for doing the task, thus it felt like he was punchin in for a paycheque. Yawn-o-la
I dug Michael Symon on the show, although I have to watch it in secret because his giggle drives my partner crazy. A nice change was that it seemed like Symon was having fun, like the whole experience was fun. I never really got that from Irvine's time on the show.
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