Melissa Knific, Award Winning Content Creator
Meal prep is the act of preparing some or all of your meals ahead of time, usually for the whole week. This can involve cooking entire meals in advance or simply chopping vegetables and portioning out ingredients. The goal is to make healthy eating easier during your busier days.
Recipe development is the process of creating a recipe from an idea, typically for use in cookbooks, restaurant menus, or food businesses. It involves a creative and iterative process of exploring techniques, ingredients, and flavor profiles to create delicious, visually appealing, and easy-to-follow dishes.
Episode #62 of Provisions & Libations Podcast with Melissa Knific covers those mentioned above and a whole lot more with her culinary expertise and great advice. With the new 1-ounce cubes by Challenge Butter, meal prepping is made easier, and dinners are ready in no time for the kids during the summertime. Along with growing a garden, with the many options and staples her family loves, Melissa uses the Challenge Butter Cubes for ease in the kitchen.
As a classically trained cook, Melissa learned from the best at the French Culinary Institute in New York. And from there, Melissa has joined the ranks of many media powerhouses, including Rachel Ray, The New York Times, The Today Show, HelloFresh, AllRecipes, Nestle Toll House, Real Simple, Inside Edition, Epicurious, Good Housekeeping, and Bon Appétit Magazine. Finally, winning an Eddie Award for creative content in Family Circle. Melissa has proven she knows her way around a kitchen with her impressive portfolio of culinary excellence.
Challenge Butter
In our conversation for the podcast, Melissa discusses her favorite meals to prepare and how her children have learned a few culinary tricks themselves. Especially with corn on the cob. As part of my contribution to the conversation, I share with Melissa my family’s favorite recipes for Father’s Day. This year, my sister and I prepared all my dad’s favorite meal items for his special day. Tracy made Bruschetta and a Beet salad. She also brought Beluga Caviar and crackers for fun. I made BBQ Chicken halves using a Santa Maria-style seasoning blend (salt, pepper, parsley, and garlic salt) with drawn butter and beer. A pinch of Thyme is our official Bogue Family Secret Ingredient, adding the final touch.
BBQ Chicken on an open-air pit
Basting and turning the chicken every ten minutes is also crucial for browning the skin and achieving the proper crispness while retaining the moisture inside. Challenge Butter was on my list of ingredients for this ultra-special meal, along with the use of my dad’s built-in BBQ pit. He was kind enough to share it with me for the afternoon. One may never get in the way of a man and his BBQ pit. A pit in our neck of the woods is a status symbol like a 4X4 truck or a belt buckle.
Santa Maria Style
Santa Maria Style is a way of life on California’s Central Coast. It is defined by the red oak we use, the open pit, the long burn time to smolder the wood for optimum temperature, the right ingredients, and a good cut of meat served alongside great friends with a good bottle of wine.
Episode #62, Provisions & Libations Podcast; Meal Prep and Recipe Development
Listen along as Melissa and I discuss meal prep and recipe development, home gardens and my dad’s Father’s Day BBQ dinner. We will leave you with your mouth watering for a bite of our culinary discussion. Yes, with all the puns you can handle!!
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4z81ctH0nUlN7hHtCzXCiO?si=3SAADxp9QXWAfXgJOZemZg
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