Making Clinton's White Bean Dip and Daphne Eats her first ever Hot Dog

Clinton Kelly’s White Bean dip sounded yummy so I went to The Chew website for the recipe. Surprise - it isn’t on the website, so I made some up by trial and error using his description (& a really good blender). Instead of crostini, I dipped in some red pepper slices. 

White Bean Dip

• 1 can no salt added organic white beans, drained & rinsed 
• 2 cloves garlic 
• smoked sea salt (or salt substitute) pepper & cumin to taste
• extra virgin olive oil - enough to make it smooth

Whir the whole thing up in a blender, drizzling in a little olive oil at a time until it is to your desired consistency.

I also made Michael Symon's Kebabs, but I used chicken like he suggested as an alternative to the lamb. I used a sprig of fresh rosemary from my garden in lieu of skewer. It not only lets me avoid the hassle of remembering to soak the skewer, it also imparts a delicious rosemary flavor throughout the chicken. Besides, Dr. Oz says that grilling with rosemary helps mitigate some of the alleged cancer-causing factors linked to charring food on the BBQ.

Rosemary skewered Chicken Kebab on the grill and on my plate

Today's highlight wasn't the recipes, it was taking their razzing of Daphne Oz to new heights. Picking on Daphne & the Oz household’s gustatory sensibilities has become a recurring theme on the show, and was a significant portion of the broadcast today. I wonder if they realize that Daphne is a housewife from New Jersey???

On this episode, Daphne was razzed for eating Veggie hotdogs with mayo. 

I was surprised when Daphne didn’t make clear that her father, Dr. Oz, is more likely to recommend mayo as a hair product than as a condiment. Her mother did, however, via phone when she informed The Chew crew that the Oz household uses Veganaise, not mayo. Watch along as she witnessed her daughter eating her first ever hotdog made from processed meat by-products & nitrites – though Mario Batali served her a hotdog that looked much better-dressed than the one I had @ last week’s football tailgater.