Top recipes from "The Kitchen" TV show include Italian chicken pasta salad, slow cooker pot roast and peach cobbler. Some other good recipes are strawberry fool, quickest mac and cheese, and Sunny's quick-chilled carrot soup.
To make Italian chicken pasta salad, cook 3 cups of dried elbow macaroni until al dente, rinse it with cold water and allow it to drain. Toss 2 tablespoons of olive oil with the pasta, and add 1 cup of cubed rotisserie chicken, 1 cup of diced English cucumber, 1 cup of halved cherry tomatoes, 1/2 cup of chopped and pitted Nicoise olives, and 1/2 cup of diced hard salami. Mix 1/2 cup of chopped roasted red peppers, 1/4 cup of diced red onion, 1/4 cup of chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, and 4 ounces of grated ricotta salata or crumbed feta cheese into the salad. Combine 1/2 cup of olive oil, 1/3 cup of red wine vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste in a bowl, and mix it with the salad. Allow the salad to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes prior to serving.
Make strawberry fool by pureeing 2 cups of sliced strawberries, 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, and press the mixture through a sieve to remove any seeds. Whip 2 cups of heavy cream until peaks form, and fold it and the puree together. Chill the dessert before garnishing it with sliced strawberries and mint leaves.
