Food Network/ Food TV Shows

[alexander!5000 0]

So I just got banded like 4 days ago. but thats not the story. Before surgery I started liking the TV show Anthony Bourdain's No Reservation's. Then it became my favirote show. The food he eats on there looks like its the bomb, well long story short...I can't watch that show anymore..atleast for a month or so... hahah who else feels my pain?

[georgia girl 35]

I watch food network all the time! I love cooking shows. So far, it hasn't bothered me, even when I was on liquids. I love 30 minute meals, and the new competition show, Ultimate Recipe Showdown. There are definitely some shows I try to stay away from, like Paula's Home Cooking, simply because she cooks the most unhealthy foods in the world, lol. I call her the Butter Queen,lol. I've never heard of the show you were talking about, does it come on the food network, what time?

[mamato3 1]

I also enjoy The food Network and watch it way more then any person who is trying to watch what she eats should! I especially love Rachael Ray. She probably makes some of the most terrible for you stuff there is, but I still watch her all the time! Every so often she throws in a healthy recipe and you can also tweak her recipes to be a bit more healthy if you are creative. My hubby makes fun of me all the time because I like her so much. I want her pans and her knives and all of her cook books! Too bad we can't afford them LOL

[Daisalana 33]

Hah, I watch the food Network all the time.. post-band. Now I get ideas for cooking.

Paula Dean, I have to avoid. I can't make anything she does with a good conscious.. I watch her arteries clogging in the 30 minutes she's on there, with her fingers in the bowls.

Barefoot Contessa is my favorite, she makes some pretty gourmet-ish looking things with foods I like (onions almost every episode.. num).

[socalgal3 4]

Anthony Bourdain is on the Travel Channel. I have to be careful with food shows. I love to watch them, but they trigger my head hunger in no time!

[GreenChrysalis 1]

I still watch FN although not as much as I did awhile back...nothing to do with being banded, though, I think the quality of the shows has gone down overall.

But somehow I can separate what I eat from what they're making, most of the time. Or I start thinking of a way to modify it so it'll be healthier. I love Ellie Krieger's show Healthy Appetite. She makes really great looking, healthy food. So that's my favorite FN show right now. :thumbup:

[Wheetsin 714]

He's a total geek, but I like Alton Brown. I love learning about the chemistry and physics behind what's happening in food. I'm a why kind of person.

Don't care too much for the other shows. The tiny petite Italian lady with the huge head makes some good looking dishes, but I think she's annoying and... that head...

Ellie's dishes look good, but I wonder how they actually taste. Saw her make mac & cheese with winter squash in it... not sure about that. Her husband is hot.

[georgia girl 35]

I also enjoy The food Network and watch it way more then any person who is trying to watch what she eats should! I especially love Rachael Ray. She probably makes some of the most terrible for you stuff there is, but I still watch her all the time! Every so often she throws in a healthy recipe and you can also tweak her recipes to be a bit more healthy if you are creative. My hubby makes fun of me all the time because I like her so much. I want her pans and her knives and all of her cook books! Too bad we can't afford them LOL

Wow! You sound just like me! I was just telling my hubby over the weekend that I wanted Rachael Ray's cooking set and knives. I hope he took the hint because my birthday is coming up next month, hehehe. I think Rachael Ray is the kind of person you either love, or you hate. I absolutely love to watch her cook and I love The Rachael Ray show too. I DVR it everyday. I noticed that she is cooking a lot healthier lately by doubling up on the veggies in her dishes and using whole wheat Pasta.

[georgia girl 35]

The tiny petite Italian lady with the huge head makes some good looking dishes, but I think she's annoying and... that head...

That cracked me up as I was reading your post! :thumbup:

[GreenChrysalis 1]

Wheetsin, I adore Alton Brown. It's the only cooking show my DH actually likes because of the science aspect. Since I live in the same area he does I keep hoping I'll run into him at some point. I used to work for a company that was trying to get a development deal with him, but it never happened.

The tiny petite Italian lady with the huge head makes some good looking dishes, but I think she's annoying and... that head...

Ellie's dishes look good, but I wonder how they actually taste. Saw her make mac & cheese with winter squash in it... not sure about that. Her husband is hot.

Giada diLaurentiis. She's a bobblehead and she has like 75 teeth. She scares me just because of that, but she does make some tasty stuff.

I have made several of Ellie's recipes and they were great. I haven't made mac & cheese w/ winter squash in it, though. And I agree, her hubby is hot. :thumbup: