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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 5:13 pm
Pdx, be careful. The "pre-dinner healthful shake" will add calories. If you do that, be sure to adjust your caloric intact for the day and/or your (if you are trying to lose or maintain weight). And there are a lot of calories in fruit, surprisingly. I stick to one smoothie a day, and it's a breakfast replacement. My freezer if half full of frozen fruit. Teach, I wish you could join my CSA that's year round. (Admittedly, though, I just go to my farmer's market so I don't do the CSA thing cuz I buy direct at the market.) A melon smoothie does sound soothing! And yes, it counts as dessert! (And yeah... liquid, then soft fruit, the frozen fruit. In that order. )
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Pdxtransplant
Member
07-09-2010
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 7:35 pm
I will be sure to stay very conscious of the calories of the shakes. And my CSA still has about 4 weeks left, so I will have a week or two of their deliveries to try out in the new appliance. It would be very nice indeed to have one that was year round. I had a freezer that allowed for mass quantities of food that I would portion into containers, but now have one that is so small I can't do as large batches as I would prefer, so another reason to use the vitamix daily. Yum idea about a melon shake! Maybe I will even be able to get used to soy milk.
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 10:06 pm
we have been watching this show with my pastry chef-in-training daughter, and let me tell you, it is watch 2 minutes - pause - discuss - watch 2 minutes - pause - discuss, scream at the contestants, talk about how pastry chefs are the worst divas (and she should talk!) and so on and so on... my husband and i have decided to watch the show on our own, cuz we can't keep track of what is going on. lol!
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Whoami
Member
08-02-2001
| Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 8:51 pm
Gotta agree with others here about Heather. Yes, she does act like Ivy on Project Runway. What an ugly personality. And what a drama queen about getting elbowed in the lips. Was she really standing there with an ice pack on her face during judging? I guess she wanted the judge to feel sorry for her. I'm surprised she didn't make a big deal about her missing rice crispy treats in front of the judges.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 1:35 am
So sad at the judges' choice to send home tonight. Erika was one of the very few like-able contestants on the show! Was so hoping for a Heather or Danielle exit, of the three at bottom. Re greenie smoothies mentioned above: I started making these a few months ago, with my new Blendtec blender. Have really enjoyed my pineapple-spinach drinks, with possible carrots/avocado/frozen berries/frozen bananas added. Keep chilled overnight in fridge and find really delish! My main problem is when I try to branch out to other greens than spinach--the bitter taste of other greens gets to me. My second experimental drink actually got poured out to nurture the garden outside, it was so bad to the taste (that one was with Romaine lettuce). I just recently tried again with a few lettuce leaves (dont' remember kind of lettuce; was from friend's garden). Again the bitter taste overtook everything else good about the drink. I rescued it only by adding a significant amount of concentrated black cherry extract from health food store. Spinach, on the other hand, I can add fistfuls of, and even when I taste the spinach quite strongly, it's fine. Any thoughts on getting past the bitterness?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 5:56 am
O.M.G. Danielle is making me craaaaaazyyyyyyy with those whacky facial expressions!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 7:00 am
Beth, try using cabbage as a green. Who, totally Heather is the Ivy of TCJD. I really do not like her at all. I was hoping Danielle would go home. She's been in the bottom almost consistently, hasn't she? I was very sorry to see Erica go. She was one of the few I'd have liked to have seen in the finale.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 8:44 am
Until last night, I thought maybe Heather was a bit melodramatic about "Morganza," but now I realize she was right. His misogyny is pretty run of the mill--the kind of thing you'd expect from someone pledging a frat, etc.--but then his virulent homophobia about Zach just sealed the deal. He's downright offensive. I was happy to see that, during Bravo's poll about him, 60% of those voting agreed that his behavior is boorish.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 4:01 pm
Thanks for the tip re cabbage, Costacat!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 7:35 pm
I can't believe Danielle has not gotten the boot yet. She's is in the bottom most of the time and I don't know why they send home a chef who has performed really well for most of the challenges, but has a bad night so they send them home. Danielle...... please go home!! lol
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 9:36 pm
Danielle and Heather, please both go home! It's rare for me to want an all-male finale, but in this case, it's warranted. Mixed feelings about Morgan: first was impressed with the minty dish for his son, and he does good work, but sexist attitude does bother.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 11:36 pm
So I'm not the only one to think of Ivy while watching! 
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 7:54 pm
I don't know why, but I like Morgan. Sometimes I want to slap him upside the head. But I still can't help but like him. I think it is because His boorish behavior comes across more as joking than serious. He needs to grow up and quit acting like he is in middle school, though. I had to laugh at Heather and her ice pack. She put it aside when the judges came to her table, and apparently no one noticed her "wound." None of them mentioned it and they are usually very perceptive and sensitive to that sort of thing. Makes me think that while it hurt it was not as bad as she put on. But lordy does she like the drama!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 7:56 pm
Kappy, no, you are not the only one. She reminds me of Ivy when she complains and when she makes comments about the other chefs' desserts. She has the same sour expression on her face that Ivy has.
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 12:14 am
this is my daughter last week after making her first "princess cake" at culinary school.
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 12:15 am
holly's first chocolate souffle - October 2010
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 7:29 am
That souffle looks amazing Land, and that cake looks perfect, like it's almost fake. How long has she been in culinary school? I really like to bake as well, sadly I'm not very good, but I do try.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 8:18 am
Wow Landi, you must be so proud. I'm jealous of anyone that can bake. I can cook, but I can't bake.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:56 am
She's SO grown up, now!
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Konamouse
Member
07-15-2001
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 7:47 pm
Hey, "Hi Holly". Looks really good there!

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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Monday, October 25, 2010 - 10:17 pm
darrell, she was only 12 when I started posting here, and is now 20! she's been in culinary school since September of 2009. We let her take a year off after high school to just "veg" and be sure this was what she wanted to do.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Holly looks so happy. Good for her! I was so happy tonight. Team Diva got beat by the other team and Heather went home. Team Diva was their usual ungracious selves, praising themselves and putting down the other team that Heather named "Team Losers." And it was not a case of just one of them messing up badly, it was a case of the entire team messing up. But they just could not see how the other team beat them. They were literally stunned. Will be interesting to see what the dynamics of the group will be not
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:22 pm
Holly looks so happy. Good for her! I was so happy tonight. Team Diva got beat by the other team and Heather went home. Team Diva was their usual ungracious selves, praising themselves and putting down the other team that Heather named "Team Losers." And it was not a case of just one of them messing up badly, it was a case of the entire team messing up. But they just could not see how the other team beat them. They were literally stunned. Will be interesting to see what the dynamics of the group will be not with Team Diva broken up.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 4:45 am
I enjoyed watching Team "Go Diva" go down in flames and Heather get eliminated that I had to watch it again this morning...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 6:17 am
I enjoyed watching the arrogant divas end up in the bottom, and enjoyed their surprise at being there. I was also very glad to see Heather get eliminated (although did anyone else find it odd that Yigit broke down sobbing?). I knew that the divas would be in the bottom the second the judges commented on their empty bakery case, and then it was confirmed when they couldn't break the tart shell of Yigit's. And honestly, of all the desserts, I thought Morgan's looked the best. It looked like it belonged in a dessert restaurant. Just so glad to see the divas found out they aren't all that. I think Zac can go next and I'd be very happy!
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