“Just Cook This!”
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There’s a great show still in its first season on FitTV (owned by Discovery) I wanted to take a moment to note to everyone. It’s called “Just Cook This!” and it’s currently airing at odd hours like 6pm Saturday night and midnight early Monday. Times when people with social circles are either out having fun, already out eating or asleep.
Still, this is one of my favorite shows. It’s hosted by a guy named Sam Zien, or Sam “The Cooking Guy”. He’s not a professional chef, just a guy that knows how to and likes to cook. It’s filmed in his house, as is, no pre-arranged already-finished meals waiting in the oven or any of your typical cooking show hyjinx. If he drops something, they don’t cut it. If a dog or cat or family member wanders by, they don’t cut it. Sam’s main goal is to get people to stop going out for dinner, especially fast food. So the focus of the show is quick meals that taste great and are at least a little better for you than the hurried meals bought when eating out. It’s a half hour show, with commercials, and he still prepares 3 recipes from beginning to end. So there’s not a lot of steps, it’s all pretty easy to prepare, and he’s not afraid to use store-bought items to speed things along, like de-veined frozen shrimp still in the shell for example. It helps the show’s pace that he’s a bit ADHD.
So if you get a chance, check it out, it’s one of those shows that I’m hoping stays on the air.
