This month, Rob adapts the Pom-Ginger cocktail to his taste (sans sour beer) and Chef Tim makes the sheet pan ginger shrimp dinner and thumbprint cookies for the holidays. Check out our full December episode for more cocktail-fueled shenanigans. All recipes adapted from the December 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine.
Category: Videos
Video: November 2018 Recipes
To prepare you for Thanksgiving, we tried out cranberry sauce recipes, a roasted veggie side dish (but we’re bougie and gay so we turned it into an appetizer), and the cover recipe, Pumpkin Bread Trifle. Recipes from the November 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens. Rob’s signature cocktail is a cranberry orange bourbon smash. Chef Tim checks in from Provincetown with his comments. Basically, one of these recipes is a MUST-DO for Thanksgiving! Listen to the full November episode for more Turkey Day fun. Music: Bensound.com.
Video: October 2018 Recipe Tastings
This month we sample paella, delicata squash rings with an herb buttermilk dip, scones, and poached pears–plus our signature cocktail, of course!
Chef Tim got busy (especially for a Thursday night) with four recipes from the October 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens: the delicata squash rings with an herb buttermilk dip, chicken and pork paella, poached pears, and classic scones. Rob paired these with a new cocktail, which we’ve dubbed a Pum-mosa: cava (Freixenet in this case, because it’s easy to find) and Roundhouse Pumpkin King Cordial. It’s an autumnal take on a mimosa…but it’s also very similar to hard cider. So if you’re a fan on that…
Watch and see our reactions to each dish, and stay for the playful banter between Chef Tim and cohost Rob.
Recipe prep: Tim Lawton. Squash from Clarke’s Family Farm. Camerawork by Michael Hall. Edited by J. Dewey. All music by Bensound.com.
Video: September 2018 Recipe Tasting
Could Be Better’s Rob Conlon and J. Dewey sample the coconut-chia oat crisp recipe from the September 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine, and Rob creates a signature cocktail inspired by the global flavors and colors throughout the issue and the special feature about chocolate.
If you don’t have the magazine, you can find the recipe on the BHG website here.
Once again, Tim Lawton did an excellent job with the recipe. He also tried the French chocolate mousse recipe, but we seriously think there was something off about that recipe because it didn’t turn out quite like we all thought it would. We may try it again and see how we can do better.
Camerawork by Michael Hall. Music by Bensound.com.
Video: Our August 2018 Recipe Testing
A new video episode is here! We test out recipes from the August 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine. Our signature cocktail for the month is a Salty Be-otch, Rob’s inspired take on a Salty Dog. Join us for all the fun on our August 2018 episode, now available on the Could Be Better Podcast feed or here on CouldBeBetterPodcast.com. Recipe prep by Tim Lawton, Music by Bensound.com. Peaches provided by Clarke’s Family Farm.
Video: No-Cook Summer Recipes
On a sweltering summer day, Rob and J. sample no-cook summer recipes from the July 2018 issue of Better Homes & Gardens, including a berry lemonade martini. Thanks to Tim for preparing wonderful food once again, and to Michael for stepping in as cameraman. Listen to the full July episode today!
Behind-the-Scenes Video: June 2018 Issue
Go behind the scenes with us when we recorded the June 2018 episode. Here, we discuss the South Carolina garage converted to a beach house, as featured in the June 2018 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine (page 60). But who is the unnamed man in the photoshoot? We also discuss a new product for our new as-yet-only-fantasized-about lifestyle brand inspired by Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James line.
Visit our YouTube channel for more videos and listen to the complete June episode here.
