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Last Monday I posted about a Moroccan themed dish that Melissa d'Arabian's prepared on her new show Ten Dollar Dinners (Food Network). Well, I finally got around to making it myself. You can get the recipe by following this link . Here's all the ingredients it takes to make the meatballs and the sauce: Let's tackle the sauce first. So, you want to chop up some garlic and onions and then saute them: Then add in around 4 ounces of olives plus lemon zest: Next up add a half cup of white wine and let it reduce by half: Now we add a quarter cup of chicken stock along with 14 ounces of diced tomatoes plus all the spices and such: Ta-dah! That's the sauce. The cumin and ginger give it some bite. Now let it hang out while we move on to making the meatballs. First mix an egg into 2 TB of tomato paste and then add spices: Then add in the meat-- 12 ounces or so of hamburger: At this point grind up a third of a cup of oats and add to the hamburger along with salt and pepper: ...

I was watching some Food Network this weekend and I caught one of those biography shows they have (Chefography) on the Pat and Gina Neely. It was quite good. They're such a great couple and I enjoy watching them interact. It's surprising they don't have more Chef-duo shows like that on. I just wish I liked barbecue more. That's pretty much all the Neelys do, and I just don't like the taste. The other show I really enjoyed this weekend was the second episode of Melissa d'Arabian's new show Ten Dollar Dinners . If you'll recall, Melissa defeated Jeffrey Saad to win Season 5 of The Next Food Network Star. Anyway, the first episode was Perfectly-Priced Parisian and I didn't like the recipes very much and Melissa seemed a bit jumpy. Okay, she's always high energy--I should say she was jumpier than usual. But always cute as can be! Yesterday's episode was titled Less Money, More Moroccan and the food really looked good. I plan on trying out the th...