How to Make the Ultimate Italian-Style Turkey Meatballs and Kale Caesar Salad

[@dongemus]

0:10 Turkey meatballs 10:18 Dry storage containers 13:58 Kale washing science 15:00 Kale Caesar salad

[@rachelsweets]

🤗 thank you

[@meganvanderlinden6755]

Love the deadpan on "Dry things need containers." Perhaps not the most exciting test, but still helpful!

[@alijahquentin562]

I guess it is kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to watch new series online?

[@leonardocaden8247]

@Alijah Quentin flixportal =)

[@alijahquentin562]

@Leonardo Caden Thanks, signed up and it seems to work =) Appreciate it!

[@leonardocaden8247]

@Alijah Quentin happy to help :)

[@sebastianbutlerii6558]

Dry Bridget is the best. Need more

[@miguelinaperez4426]

Thanks

[@dracphelan]

The best tip I have for kale, compost it. Then you can use it grow greens that actually taste goo.

[@elephantgrass631]

There's huge money in videos of people tasting goo.

[@elephantgrass631]

Looks like Alan Au, Justice Defender of Kale, deleted his hero comment. "If you dislike kale, just do not use it, as simple as that. There is no need to make an idiotic comment about it." XD

[@sarahmaywoodruff1443]

I actually prefer slime to goo. But to each thier own. My tip for Kale if you do not like it do not waste your money to buy kale then you don't have to compost the kale.

[@hollym5873]

Love these videos. Thanks

[@davehn3753]

Thank u! Great recipe for the turkey meatball. Love the show. 99% of the food is perfect!

[@junglepitts]

Yum!! I love kale and love eating it in different salads. I will be trying this soon!

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

These were all very interesting recipes. I used to watch all of the different episodes of your show on TV but, your show is not on tv anymore. It's a great thing that I still get to watch all of your videos on your KZbin channel which I'm subscribed to.

[@lisak7380]

They actually still are on t.v. I just saw them yesterday on PBS. Check your local listings.

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

@@lisak7380 Thanks for letting me know Lisa. I'll definitely check it out someday.

[@maroonbells3840]

This is what I've been looking for! Great tips for kale, and dressings that use yogurt as part or all of the base. Ceasar is my favorite salad, thank you!

[@helenla453]

I love America's Test Kitchen Show.

[@colaptesauratus]

14:57 it says "Kale Ceaser Salad" the kale must not cease! the salad is only beginning!

[@dww7777]

I must be weird, I like kale. It’s nice and hearty. One quandary though with Dan’s kale cleaning order of operations, I always struggle with the order when cleaning any greens regardless of it being romaine, kale, etc. I see his logic; however, if you cut before cleaning are you causing a good safety issue by pushing possible bacteria/contaminants into the broken cells of the green? Yes, you wash it before eating, but does the “bad stuff” get in and not wash out? It’s almost like you should wash then cut then wash again (at least for kale). No? Oh, and I can’t help myself, the pasta needs more sauce :)

[@michellehasty1038]

Yes, I think the same way. Wash first, cut, then rinse again.

[@jayleno2192]

Washing vegetables is mostly for removing dirt and sand. If they're contaminated with listeria or something there is no amount of washing that will make them safe to eat.

[@TiffanyConnor]

Add some grilled chicken breast on that kale salad, pair with a nice wine, and dinner is served. Yum!

[@MaZEEZaM]

The meat moisture levels explains why my chicken and pork meatloaf was more moist than I would usually like for a meatloaf.

[@zach2980]

ATK, I was wondering what are the taller plants @16:25 you have there in your kitchen? Thx

[@ellenmcintyre1247]

Zacharofsky my best guess, (as a plant person)....parsley family member, from the arrangement of side shoots/stems.

[@zach2980]

@@ellenmcintyre1247 thank you

[@MrSurfferchik]

Fun changes! We will try the turkey and salad😁. We do not eat dairy, daughter has allergy, but it will still be yummy😎. Thanks for all the hard work and creativity. Love this show, books, also Cooks Illustrated!

[@taratroy3826]

great episode set up! turkey and kale - all staples of the new cook''s kitchen =) Julia looks so adorable in her little ruffled collar too =) flattering & just darn cute as a button!

[@nealtrecartin8788]

Well I'll have to try it looked good

[@Rebecca-dm5ul]

Loved the Kale recipe.

[@tonioros17]

Good lesson. Question if you are not going to put meatball in sauce, how long do you suggest frying. Also do you ever suggest adding garlic for flavor? Last question fish allergies for the sauce, any substitutes?

[@ChristinaMayoAR]

I love Dan:)

[@M.L.Reid9093]

Perfect dream job!

[@jerrygundecker743]

I've been watching you for eleventy-leven years. So glad you do this. And hats off to that founder fellow who started it.

[@skeexix017]

Could Adam Ried test chop sticks. Which ones are the best.

[@winkieman666]

Why in world would the container and lid be sold separately?

[@leesalt]

If you don't want or need a lid or need to buy an extra if one gets damaged. It's just the normal way of doing things in the food service industry. So please tell me, why in the world are lids sold together? Convenience is the only answer. And the fact that unnecessary new shapes and sizes come out all the time. Cambro makes the same sizes and shapes forever so no fear of replacements stopping production.

[@lareinadiondra6027]

@@leesalt Yes, containers and lids are sold together because a container without a lid is generally useless😁

[@lareinadiondra6027]

@@leesalt First, I didn't suggest anyone should cater TO ME. I guarantee that the vast, vast majority of people who buy a container for flour or sugar or whatever want and expect a lid to come with it. Like I said, without a lid it pretty much useless Second, chill the hell out lady! I'm glad you shop at restuarant stores, but not all of us do.

[@SewAndTellwithDori]

One of the best episodes! Great info. re: washing Kale, and I agree with another commenter that the finished Kale Caeser Salad looked a little wanting - addition of chicken to the salad would have been nice. Would like to see an entire episode or two dedicated to kale recipes since this is the new "it" food. I'm sure there are many cooks out here like me that are hesitant when it comes to an unchartered food territory.. Also, the turkey meatball recipe looked fantastic, can't wait to try it out. Been wanting a less fat/cholesterol alternative meatball/meatloaf recipe and this one really looks like what I've been searching for! Thanks so much to everyone at ATK for all your research and hard work. Your programs help all of us out here be much better cooks! :-)

[@lordgarion514]

Caesar salad does not have chicken. They're showing you a recipe for Caesar salad. It wasn't a dinner, it was a side salad. If you want to lay a piece of chicken on top and make it a dinner, go look up any one of their many chicken recipes.

[@lordgarion514]

Oh, and about eating cholesterol. Not really bad for you. (From the national institute of health) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024687/ "Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. For years, dietary cholesterol was implicated in increasing blood cholesterol levels leading to the elevated risk of CVD. *To date, extensive research did not show evidence to support a role of dietary cholesterol in the development of CVD.* As a result, the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans removed the recommendations of restricting dietary cholesterol to 300 mg/day."

[@AJGreen-of6gn]

Burger King use to use kale as a decoration around their salad bars. One woman thought it was food for the salad and said, "they were the best greens she ever had. This was in the 80s. Who knew she was ahead of the trend.

[@juansierra5704]

What's next, a kale-sadilla?

[@DavidBrowningBYD]

Juan Sierra Kale-based wedding cakes, no doubt

[@NANA4bacon]

Love it but MORE sauce please!!!!

[@Gringorican]

Pleeeease have Bridget and Jack do a review of different saffron brands... there're almost no good videos about this anywhere

[@rachelsweets]

I agree

[@dochazel2]

instead of rinsing the anchovies, could the salt be held out?

[@leemeholdU]

07:45 Only one way to check...lmaoooo

[@michaelolson7540]

Is it possible to use agar instead of gelatin for those that don’t eat mammalian meat?

[@laughingcrow5486]

Hey there all! What are your thoughts on cooking radishes?

[@bramblescottage8735]

I can’t eat turkey (it’s not a good choice for folks with gout). Could I substitute ground chicken for the turkey and get the same quality meatball?

[@KurtisRader]

That people with gout should avoid turkey appears to be a myth. Which is not surprising since turkey and chicken are closely related. But feel free to substitute chicken if you want a less flavorful meatball.

[@heatherspoon6981]

I'm just an amateur home cook and I have never made chicken meatballs but the water content is the same but chicken is slightly fattier so I dont know what that's gonna do to your meatball but i imagine it would probably work just make sure you get really lean meat

[@alanvonau278]

Good recipe for a lighter version of Italian meatballs. Bravissime a Julia e Bridget! They are doing pasta exactly the traditional way -- it is more about the pasta flavored with "quanto basta" of the sauce, and not about the sauce with drowned pasta.

[@bart234465]

I could eat that whole bowl

[@elephantgrass631]

Totally! Add a bit of soy and it's the perfect salad for 2019!

[@devonthomas8750]

Does anyone else thinks this lady favors Ms Kravitz from Bewitched.

[@alexanderhayes1196]

10:23 Ok Wednesday Addams 😂

[@johnherman8861]

So what are the people behind them doing in all these videos? Are they actually cooking or just acting?

[@alanvonau278]

If you dislike kale, just do not use it, as simple as that. There is no need to make idiotic comments about it.

[@veecee3669]

I'm okay with the mayo instead of egg (after all, mayonnaise is egg based), but the yogurt? Not so much. I would add more olive oil instead of yogurt.

[@lordgarion514]

Oil based would be much more correct. A LOT more oil than egg.

[@madthumbs1564]

I thought the kale trend was years ago, and I'm not into so called (but arguably not) healthy foods. I'd also rather have to add water to a sauce than reduce it (covering vs not when cooking).

[@ellenmcintyre1247]

a pair of surgical gloves makes meatball making a happy experience for me!

[@kemitchell]

They totally have a prop ThermaPen.

[@davejones5747]

It's actually an EpiPen

[@Sfglutton]

Wait, do I need to rinse my anchovies?

[@Joseph1NJ]

Canned or jar anchovies can vary how much salt they'll bring to the dish. I think since they added salt to the meat mixture, they wanted to control the saltyness, this way, if we make it, it'll come out as intended.

[@DavidBrowningBYD]

I’d say if they haven’t bothered you before then continue with what you’re doing.

[@juntistik]

yes you do need to rinse off all the oil and saltiness.

[@elizabethshaw734]

If you're not using ground turkey breast only then you still have 85/15 just like regular hamburger.

[@ClarkRahman]

When you say to put the kale in warm water, how warm are we talking?

[@davidyoung8875]

Bridget is quite witty.

[@mikehueter3982]

If you're going to use 85% lean turkey, then what is the point of using turkey? Why not just use 85% lean beef and not have to add gelatin to it? Ground poultry skeeves me out anyway...

[@jamesjfisk4968]

👍👍👍

[@lordgarion514]

For one, it's a different taste. You might as well ask why not bread and fry steak instead of boneless chicken..... And two, there's a lot less calories in the turkey than the beef, almost a hundred calories less per 4 ounce serving. And three, fruits and vegetables cause more food outbreaks than meat, so if you're going to be squeamish about ground poultry, fruits and vegetables should terrify you. Or you're just being irrationally silly about germs.

[@nathanburns4037]

Whoever came up with using kale should be exiled to an island by himself

[@NotContinuum]

With the kale that he loves so much.

[@juansierra5704]

@@aldofhister6859 I don't get it.

[@inesdelahoya2045]

Leo Plotter Did you skip your medication?

[@aldofhister6859]

@@inesdelahoya2045 do your research

[@aldofhister6859]

@@juansierra5704 do your research

[@heatherspoon6981]

I always feel like they go out of their way to use things I dont keep in my kitchen like gelatin

[@nicholashilton2514]

Heather Spoon Hahaha, me too. Whenever they call for capers I roll my eyes. I never have those on hand! Love America’s Test Kitchen, though.

[@davejones5747]

You really should keep gelatin in your kitchen. It lasts and doesn't take up much space.

[@leesalt]

Also, capers are freaking delicious. They should go in any mayo based salad and added to pasta sauce to make it tastier.

[@nicholashilton2514]

Dave Jones I just bought some today for my pantry! I passed it in the spice aisle and thought “Eh, why not??”

[@nicholashilton2514]

LeeSalt I’m very new to capers. I never really had them before. Thanks for the pasta sauce idea. Love that!

[@UnixGoldBoy]

Plot Twist: Don't wash the kale at all and serve it dirty for more mineral flavor.

[@fairamir1]

Who the hell would design a container where the lid costs extra ???????

[@lorrie2878]

Weeknight meal when you have to rinse achovies? Really?

[@inesdelahoya2045]

Lorrie Mengel Agree. I don’t rinse anchovies for anything.

[@davejones5747]

Is rinsing anchovies difficult?

[@lorrie2878]

@@davejones5747, I must admit that I have no experience with anchovies. Unbelievably, I have never used them! I will have to try them out. Another ingredient to hide from hub, lol!

[@kaylaainsworth8340]

Kayla hi

[@MrWalksindarkness]

when you use whole tomatoes you get seeds which will make your sauce bitter. you can seed them, or buy diced or processed tomatoes, where the majority of the seeds have been mechanically removed. The flavor difference between whole and processed canned tomatoes is negligible, leaving the seeds in makes whole tomatoes much worse than processed, and seeding the whole tomatoes isn't worth it, you basically have to wash the tomatoes to get rid of the seeds, and you lose the tomato sauce/juice they were canned in.

[@zacharylavender1568]

It needs more sauce...

[@prime77089]

Ain’t nothing Italian about this food.

[@lordgarion514]

Check out Alton brown. He explains why Italian cooking is actually American...... And it was invented by an Italian American, first name Caesar, in Mexico.

[@mike1968442]

Very Stupid! Why would someone buy an "air tight container" with no lid?

[@Omnaecyde]

Honestly the fact that he only talks out of one side of his mouth distracts the eff out of me…

[@TheHappydays82]

Thats some dry ass spaghetti

[@nancyjohnson5810]

Love love love all the information videos and recipes but not so much the touchie feelie arms up on each others shoulders or comments of I'll see you later innuendo's as that's just gross.

[@johncipriano3627]

Ok. All of a sudden we are using kale instead of Romain lettuce , is there’s new Problem with Romain 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ And Don’t tell me what I grow in my backyard is going to get me sick. 🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡

[@SolixTanaka]

The problem with romaine is that we have home growers out there that feel the need to be defensive about their lettuce and can't use their own discretion about substituting it in when a recipe, that isn't hard in stone, calls for kale for once.

[@elephantgrass631]

It's 2019, even using Romainian lettuce is considered racist.

[@nicholashilton2514]

I simply find romaine to be a bit flat and flavorless. But, I do like it’s crunch and freshness. Not personally a huge fan of kale. I really love to use spring mix, arugula, or frisée lettuce. Mm! Now I want salad.

[@sstace69]

We poor folks would eat more red meat but it's priced out of range of a disability check lol.