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00:00here's what's happening on the ranch I'm taking comfort on the road with two classics mashed
00:08together marvelous meatloaf sliders and making chicken pot hand pies all-in-one grab-and-go
00:15ranch favorites then I'm elevating old-school pimento cheese BLT's my most favorite food on
00:22the move and finally putting a spin on homemade crustless PB&J's delicious portable eats for
00:29kids of all ages wherever you're going be sure to take comfort being in the middle of the country we
00:39sure love comfort food around here and being a working cattle ranch we also love food that can
00:45be portable so I am going to combine those two wonderful categories and make some comfort food
00:52that's really easy to take on the go I am going to start with the ultimate comfort food meatloaf
00:59and I'm going to turn it into sliders it makes the best portable sandwich perfect for those cowboy
01:06types in your life I tore up some white bread and honestly the cheaper the bread the better and then
01:14I just poured in some whole milk and that bread is going to slowly start soaking that up and then in
01:20goes the ground beef and I'll kind of break this up when I put it in so it'll be easier to mix
01:27together in just a sec and the rest of the ingredients are just standard for my meatloaf whether I'm making
01:35sliders or just a big old loaf so I added some grated Parmesan cheese a couple of eggs which kind of helps
01:44everything bind together a little bit of grated garlic you don't want to overpower it but the garlic if you
01:51leave it out will mean the meatloaf is really missing something special and then some seasoned salt and
01:58plenty of black pepper I think I've been telling you for about 15 years now that cowboys love black pepper
02:06but it's so true some truths are just timeless all right I'm gonna smush it around a little bit more and
02:15and the final ingredient is some bright green parsley just fresh chopped parsley and then you
02:24know you can go in with your hands if you want to but you know I've got sleeves I've got fingernails so
02:31if the ground beef isn't very cold out of the fridge it's real easy to mix it together and honestly I
02:38love meatloaf that has a little bit of texture left so I like big chunks of bread here and there so I'll
02:45stop just short of really smushing it all together alrighty now to make it easier to make the sliders
02:53I'm going to cook the meatloaf mixture in a mini loaf pan I already greased it and I'll get this mixture
03:00into each well okay the meat mixture is in the neat little loaf pan so I'm gonna make the
03:08glaze to go on top of the meatloaf which in my humble opinion is just as important as the
03:14meatloaf itself so it starts with ketchup which is just a classic comfort glaze for meatloaf and I'll
03:21add a little bit of yellow mustard a little bit of apple cider vinegar just to give it a little extra
03:28bite and you gotta have the brown sugar and that's what helps make the glaze super sticky
03:36I've made meatloaves with different glazes I've done sort of a barbecue sauce baked glaze I've done
03:44kind of a chunky tomato glaze nothing tops the original meatloaf glaze made with bright red ketchup
03:53anytime I get meatloaf in a restaurant I always check the glaze first if it's bright red I know it's
04:01going to be good okay now this is going to be the glaze on top of the meatloaf but I'm also going
04:08to make a spread out of this glaze when I build the slider so I'm going to put a couple of spoonfuls
04:13into a separate bowl and now I'll just divide this mixture among the six little meatloaf loaves meatloaf
04:26I love making the meatloaf in these small wells because when you make a great big loaf of meatloaf
04:36sometimes it's a little tough to get the center fully cooked you really have to pay attention
04:41take the temperature in this case it's so easy to make sure they're fully cooked all right I'm going
04:49to cook these in the oven at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes and then I'll take the pan out and let
04:56them cool for 10. Okay the meatloafs are all cooked and they've cooled a bit and I'm just slicing the
05:05last one in two and as you can tell they just wind up being perfect little meatloaf patties for the
05:12sliders and before I build the sliders I took some of the glaze out before I put it on the meatloafs
05:18and I'm mixing it with mayonnaise which results in basically meatloaf mayo I'll call it this was
05:28basically what I dipped my fries in when I was a freshman in college and I've loved it ever since
05:35all right to build the sliders I've got little just Hawaiian rolls and I'll put a little meatloaf patty
05:45on first and then on top of the meatloaf I'm going to put a little piece of cooked bacon because usually
05:53when I make meatloaf I wrap it in bacon strips before I bake it so this is just a little bit of
05:59a different approach and then I have a cute little lettuce leaf put that on and then you need to have
06:05a couple of pickles to go on top of the lettuce leaf and then for the top bun this is where the mayo
06:12mixture will come in so I'll add about a spoonful and spread it out you want to add enough that it
06:18just slightly drips out but you don't want to add so much that it just inundates everything and then
06:26this goes on what a beautiful little slider I'm going to add a little pick just to keep everything
06:31together as you can see it's very helpful to do so okay that's one built now I'm going to do the
06:37same with all the rest how ridiculously awesome did these look nothing better than a meatloaf slider
06:48now to take these to the Cowboys I would just put a tint of foil over the top and just serve them
06:54right on the board on a tailgate of one of their trucks another thing you can do is wrap them
06:58individually in little plastic bags or paper bags they're perfectly portable and outrageously delicious
07:06my kind of recipe
07:08portable food is seriously a way of life out here whether it's the Cowboys grabbing something and
07:20taking it with them or the boys through the years taking food to their football practice
07:25I just love having things for my family to grab and go well I'm going to show you how to make
07:32portable chicken pot hand pies they are so delicious and you won't believe how easy they are to make
07:40it uses about four different shortcuts but they're so great to have in your freezer or just to bake
07:47and give them to your family to take on the go now one of the shortcuts is store-bought rotisserie chicken
07:53and I just shredded it up the second shortcut is honestly a comfort ingredient that I would never
08:02want to be without cream of chicken soup it's condensed canned soup it's the same kind of soup that all of our
08:11grandmothers used to use to make casseroles and when you want to kind of make a chicken pot pie filling
08:17without doing any cooking this is the perfect ingredient so shortcut number three is a bag of
08:25frozen mixed vegetables this is the mix we all know and love with carrots corn and peas and then a good
08:33amount of salt and pepper and then this gets mixed together yes this is the chicken pot pie filling for
08:42the chicken pot hand pies I mean how simple is that and really the beauty of this recipe is that you can
08:50take it and go on the road and you cannot do that with a regular chicken pot pie definitely not okay
08:57everything is mixed together and so the filling is ready and I'm going to show you how to build these
09:03amazing little pies with the fourth shortcut ingredient which is frozen puff pastry that I have thawed I've got
09:12four sheets and to me frozen puff pastry is actually a very elevated ingredient it is so beautiful when it
09:22bakes I love how flaky the puff pastry is and it makes these seem really special so I basically followed
09:29the line of the fold and cut the big piece in three strips and I'm just going to go across and cut it in the
09:37other direction so you wind up with six rectangles and there's going to be a bottom and a top so I'm going
09:48to grab some of the filling just a little under a quarter cup and it goes right in the center and it's
09:56sort of a fine line you want to add enough filling to really you know have something to bite into when
10:02everybody eats the pies but you don't want to get them so full that they burst open or spring a leak
10:09while they're baking so for the top pieces I'm going to have some fun and sprinkle on just a really small
10:17amount of shredded cheddar on each one and a sprinkle of chives so pretty okay now for the egg wash because I want
10:33these two pieces to stick together so I'm going to put the egg wash all around the bottom one just around the edge and
10:44and this basically acts as glue you can also do water honestly that works too as a glue so instead of putting
10:54the cheese and chives inside I'm actually going to keep it on the outside of the pie so just get it on
11:00there and lightly press just so the top lines up with the bottom you don't want to flatten them you just
11:08want to press it so that the crust lines up on the top and bottom and then the third little press
11:15and then the last thing to do is seal the deal with a fork and you just go around the outside of the pie
11:23and if you kind of smoosh a piece of cheese here and there that's just fine you want to really press
11:30those so when these are baking in the oven you don't wind up breaking your heart when you open the
11:36oven and they're all busted all over the place and leaking I am NOT being precious about this at all I'm
11:44just getting the job done okay and the very last step is to brush the tops with more egg wash and you
11:53want to kind of press the cheese and make sure it's kind of adhered to the puff pastry and just kind of
12:00dab it all over a little dab will do you okay so that's three chicken pot hand pies all built now I'm going to do the
12:12same with the rest of the ingredients and get them all on sheet pans
12:15these look amazing so they're going to go into a 400 degree oven I'm going to bake them for 15 minutes
12:27the puff pastry is going to get nice and golden and when they're done I'll take them out and let
12:35them sit for five minutes I'm just admiring these absolutely gorgeous chicken pot hand pies can you
12:46believe how simple that filling was to throw together and just how glorious these look they
12:50almost look like something you'd see in a bakery case so basically what you do is pull these out of the
12:56oven let them sit for a bit as I did and then wrap them individually in foil and then just throw them
13:02to your loved ones on their way out the door they're so easy to eat in the car on the go at practice now I
13:09do want to show you the inside of one of these because obviously if you're on the road when you eat this
13:15you won't have a serrated knife with you but look at this oh my goodness you see that chicken you see the
13:23veggies and it's amazing that you can get all the goodness of a chicken pot pie without mess all right
13:31next time you need to make some food on the go I highly recommend chicken pot ham pies I think they're
13:39my new favorite thing today it's all about portable comfort food and in my opinion it doesn't get more
13:50comfort food than a good old BLT sandwich it's honestly pretty hard to improve on a good old BLT
13:58but I'm going to show you how to I'm going to make a pimento cheese BLT it's a sandwich that I love to
14:06take on the go whenever I have to go to Tulsa or run to town for a meeting and it is incredible not
14:13just because there's pimento cheese but also because the bacon itself is taken to a whole other level
14:19so I'm going to cook the bacon in the oven and I'm going to add a seasoning mix to the top of it
14:24I started with brown sugar and chipotle powder I'm going to add plenty of black pepper and then
14:32for a little more heat some crushed red pepper I love making little brown sugar based seasoning mixes
14:41to go on bacon to bake it in the oven it just kind of turns it into a candied bacon situation
14:48and the heat from the chipotle powder and from the crushed red pepper flakes just makes it irresistible
14:55I try not to make too much of this at a time whenever I do make it because I cannot control
15:01myself around it it is so good okay this is all mixed together now for this I use thick cut bacon
15:09and I've got it on a rack over some foil and for the first stage of cooking I'm going to spread the top
15:17with this seasoning I need to save enough for the other side so I don't want to use it all on the
15:23first side okay one more little sprinkle okay this is all ready for the oven so I'm going to bake it at
15:33425 degrees for seven minutes and then I'll take out the pan flip the bacon season the second side
15:40and put it in for another seven minutes until it's all cooked
15:52it's BLT time my favorite time the bacon is out of the oven I'm going to show you that in a second but
15:58what makes this a pimento cheese BLT is this wonderful pimento cheese recipe this in itself is
16:07a comfort food for me I've made it for years and it's so simple to throw together I just added softened
16:14cream cheese to the mixer along with mayo Dijon mustard adobo sauce from canned chipotles some black
16:22pepper and mix them until they were combined next I added grated sharp cheddar cheese
16:28grated Monterey Jack and mixed them in two then added drained diced pimentos chopped dill some salt
16:38and gave everything a final mix then I spooned the pimento cheese into a bowl covered it and chilled it
16:46this pimento cheese is honestly the best and if you're going to make a pimento cheese BLT you really
16:54want to pile on the pimento cheese as I have done so the L for the BLT is lettuce so I'm going to put a
17:02couple of pieces on top of the pimento cheese okay and then the T is slices of tomato I remember when I
17:11was a little girl I would order BLT sandwiches without the L and the T so basically a bacon sandwich
17:18okay speaking of bacon this is a BLT so I am not going to be shy about putting the bacon on here and
17:26just look at this glorious bacon it's so glossy and you can see the little peppers on there and the color
17:35is just divine okay so I think three ought to be perfect and then I'll put the top piece of bread on
17:42this is sourdough bread and I just generously buttered it and put it in a pan to get it nice
17:49and golden what a sandwich now I usually like to slice it in half first of all so I can admire the
17:58beauty but second of all if I'm going to wrap it in parchment or a plastic bag to take with me
18:05I want to have it already cut because it just makes it that much easier to eat all right let's take a look
18:12I mean I'm speechless wow that doesn't happen very often portable comfort food does not get better than this
18:22I'm running to town on an errand but I have one more portable comfort recipe to share with you
18:34my homemade crustless PB&J's they're a homemade version of a famous store-bought snack
18:42my kids always loved them and when you see how delicious these homemade versions are
18:47you're going to want to make them really soon they start with homemade peanut butter who knew
18:53that was so easy let me tell you how to whip that up so for the peanut butter first you tip two cups
18:59of unsalted peanuts onto a sheet pan then put them in the oven to roast at 350 until they're just
19:06starting to turn brown it takes about five minutes then take them out and let them cool for 10 minutes
19:12next put the roasted peanuts into a food processor and process them until they're very smooth this takes
19:20about 10 minutes which seems like a long time but you got to stick with it the mixture is going to go
19:25from dry to clumpy and then finally nice and smooth then and only then add one teaspoon
19:33of maple syrup a teaspoon of kosher salt and pulse the maple syrup and salt into the peanut butter
19:41honestly making homemade peanut butter is so much fun store-bought is totally fine of course but the
19:48texture of the homemade is so good all right so once you have the PB it's time to make the PB&J's
19:55okay so eight PB&J's coming right up just put a tablespoon of the peanut butter in the middle of a slice of bread
20:03along with a tablespoon of strawberry preserves put the second slice of bread on top and cut out the
20:10center with a three inch biscuit cutter which is the perfect size then pinch the edges of the bread together
20:17and put the PB&J on a parchment lined sheet tray along with seven more sandwiches so you
20:25can just eat them right away or you can pop them in the freezer and flash freeze them then keep them
20:30in a plastic storage bag for whenever you need a little snack like now for instance who said you
20:38don't need a little comfort food when you're out and about running errands i know i sure do well with
20:43that friends i'm going to leave you with one final thought when it comes to portable food
20:49take comfort bye have a great day
20:55mmm yummy
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