Disney parks are closed for the foreseeable future, but its kitchens are still spreading magic—this time with its hallmark recipe for extra-special grilled cheese, usually served at Woody’s Lunch Box at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
It’s the latest how-to in a series of beloved (and once secret) recipes that has circulated over the past few weeks, including Dole Whip, churros, and cookie fries.
And this one couldn’t come at a better time, because what sounds better than curling up on the couch with an ooey-gooey grilled cheese (tomato soup on the side) to watch a Disney classic from your youth? And if you’re thinking, “Duh, I know how to make a grilled cheese” the crew at Disney has some special hacks for you to make it even cheesier.
Here’s the recipe, which serves four people and includes the special spreads that make this sandwich unlike your average grilled cheese.
Ingredients:
Cream Cheese Spread
Garlic Spread
Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich
Instructions:
For Cream Cheese Spread:
Combine cream cheese, Double Gloucester or cheddar, heavy cream, and salt in food processor. Blend until smooth. Set aside.
For Garlic Spread:
Combine mayonnaise, garlic, and salt in small bowl and stir until blended. Set aside.
For Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich:
Lay out artisan bread slices on parchment paper or large cutting board.
Place 2 slices of cheddar on 4 of the bread slices. Place 2 slices of provolone on remaining bread slices.
Equally spoon cream cheese spread on slices with provolone. Gently smooth cream cheese spread over each slice.
Press cheddar side and provolone side together.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes, until hot.
Brush both sides of the sandwiches with garlic spread.
Grill sandwiches for 2 minutes on each side, until cheese is melted and bread is golden brown.
Like all of us, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are trying to find some semblance of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic. And for them, that usually means finding a way to give back. They may no longer be working members of the royal family, but their charitable tendencies aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Entertainment Tonightreports the couple have been volunteering with Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles organization founded by Marianne Williamson that prepares and delivers healthy meals to those affected by serious illnesses. (The couple reportedly made the big move to L.A. earlier this year.) ET says the Sussexes first volunteered on Easter Sunday and then delivered another 20 meals on Wednesday, April 15.
“They told us they heard our drivers were overloaded and wanted to volunteer to lighten the drivers’ workload,” Project Angel Food’s executive director Richard Ayoub said. The couple reportedly followed all social distancing guidelines, staying six feet away from others and wore masks and gloves.
“I am blown away that they chose us. They care about our vulnerable population,” Ayoub also told ET. “Our clients are most at risk to contract the coronavirus, having compromised immune systems including heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and most are over the age of 60.”
We’re sure the Project Angel Food clients are so grateful to still have their meals delivered, even during this difficult time—and it must have been quite the surprise for many to find Meghan Markle and (Prince) Harry doing the delivering.
The Duke of Sussex recently opened up about how he, Markle, and baby Archie are doing during quarantine on a video call with one of his U.K. patronages, WellChild.
“There’s a hell of a lot of positives that are happening at the same time and being able to have family time — so much family time — that you almost think, ‘Do I feel guilty for having so much family time?’” he said. “You’ve got to celebrate those moments where you are just on the floor rolling around in hysterics. Inevitably, half an hour later, maybe a day later, there’s going to be something that you have to deal with and there’s no way you can run away from it.”
When you think about delivery, you probably don’t imagine a balanced, well-rounded meal—more like pizzas and pad thai, right? But healthy meal delivery services are out there, and there are a lot of them. There are a slew of options that make food prep painless (with good-for-you ingredients, too). So we’re here to help you sort through the bunch to find your delivery soulmate. These healthy subscription services, which offer either prepped or pre-made wholesome recipes and meals, are easy to pull together, taste damn delicious, and are available to be dropped at most doors nationwide (some even deliver internationally). It’s practically impossible to not find a healthy food delivery service that’s perfect for you. So, what’s for dinner? Read on to find out.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF SUN BAKSET
Perfect for: Dietary restrictions
The details: With meal planning options for vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, plus for those managing diabetes, eating paleo or gluten-free, Sun Basket has the healthy food bundle for your particular eating yen. Its ingredients are organic, and antibiotic- and hormone-free, and they come in recyclable, enviro-friendly packaging. And the best part: Sun Basket promises each recipe (you can mix and match from 18 weekly) can be thrown together in 30 minutes or less with. If you’ve got food rules to manage, but not a lot of time to cook, this is the healthy meal delivery service for you.
Cost: $36.94 for your first box, including three meals for two people.
Availability: You can check Sun Basket service availability here.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF HOME CHEF
Perfect for: Serious foodies
The details: There are 13 meal options each week with Home Chef—for example, there’s currently an incredibly delicious-looking scallop and corn chowder with crispy jalapeños perfect for winter—making it ideal for those looking to please picky, highbrow palates or those who love the finer things in life. And, the service makes it far more affordable (and convenient!) than it would be to shop for these ingredients on their own.
Cost: $59 for three meals for two people, includes all sauces, salts, and oils.
Availability: Home Chef delivers to 98% of the United States. To check if they deliver to your area, you can check here.
The details: this vegan supplier offers a different menu every week with plant-based, superfood-heavy meals like seasonal salads, sandwiches, and protein bagels with cashew cheese spread. There’s even daily detox teas to support digestion. It’s all quite pretty (not to mention gluten-, dairy-, egg-, and seafood-free), so plate it beautifully with some good lighting—and nail your caption, of course.
Cost: Packages start at $99 per person per day for a five-day plan.
Availability: Originally available only in New York but now shipping to locations all over the country, Sakara Life delivers everywhere but the number of days available depend on your delivery zone which you can check here.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF PLATED
Perfect for: Trying everything
The details: A truly customizable meal-planning service, Plated is for folks who want to try a little bit of everything, without committing to the same kind of foods (on the same day) week after week. There are 20-plus recipes to choose from—and desserts. You can choose menus fit for two, three, or four people; and for two, three, or four nights a week. But switching up these numbers from one order to the next means you can cook for yourself, or use your Plated box for a straight up dinner party, using sustainably-caught fish, hormone-free meats, organic produce, and small-batch or artisanal ingredients you’d be hard-pressed to find in your desperate last-minute bodega run. Recent recipes include cuisine mashups like shakshuka pizza and roasted zucchini bibimbap, plus classics like a juicy hamburger.
The cost: $71.70 for two servings, three meals a week. For new timers you can also save up to $159 with a current offer for 25% off your first four weeks up until January 31, 2019.
Availability: They deliver to 95% of the US, check availability here.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MARTHA & MARLEY SPOON
Perfect for: A Martha Stewart wannabe or superfan.
The details: Created by America’s most trusted home cook (even Snoop Dogg’s a fan), Martha & Marley Spoon is bringing over 18,000 of Martha Stewart’s recipes to your home. Designed with easy weeknight cooking in mind, this meal delivery service lets you select from 10 new recipes every week.This January is a great time to order since incredible dishes like a buttery garlic chicken, general tso’s cauliflower and two-cheese polenta will all be on the menu. You can also plan up to 5 weeks ahead and skip a week when the timing isn’t perfect.
The cost: Two meals per week for two people start at $48 per week whereas four meals for three to four people starts at $131.20 a week. All include free weekly delivery.
Availability: Available in almost all of the contiguous US states, just enter zip code at checkout to confirm they deliver to you.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Blue Apron
Perfect for: The traditional cook
The details: Blue Apron is the OG healthy meal delivery service, and it continues to be one of the best for a reason—they’re good at what they do. Since their launch in 2012, Blue Apron has shipped over 8 million meal prep kits worldwide. Every ingredient is measured, portioned, and packaged, and the step-by-step instructions are easy to follow. It’s worth noting that some meals can take a bit longer than others, but the menu is second to none, with incredible meals inspired by the mediterranean diet. On the menu for January 2019? Sesame kale and quinoa bowls, pappardelle in tomato sauce and tuscan-spiced code, amongst many other things. You can add a wine pairing to your order, too.
Cost: Two-person plans, with three meals per week, start at $60.
Availability: Blue Apron is available nationwide in the United States but different delivery options depend on your area which you can check here.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Freshly
Perfect for: Extremely busy people
The details: The big promise with Freshly’s premade meals is that you can have breakfast, lunch, or dinner ready in two minutes or less—something we hadn’t heard promised outside of a frozen-foods aisle. Nothing’s frozen, either, and you can pull up all the nutritional stats on Freshly’s website to get the quick down-low. Every single meal is gluten free, packed with protein, all natural and is free from refined sugars. And their leftover food gets dished out to local food banks and shelters, ensuring there’s limited waste and that as many as possible benefit from the nutritional goodness they’re whipping up. All meals are kept insulated in biodegradable, recycled denim totes—an eco-friendly alternative to styrofoam—which you’ll want to schlep your leftovers in for lunch the next day.
Cost: Four meals per week for one person start at $50. Also if you refer a friend you’ll help them get $40 off their order and $40 off your next two orders.
Availability: They currently deliver to all states within the continental US.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Hello Fresh
Perfect for: Newbie chefs
The details: There are 10 different recipes offered each week, in either two- or four-person servings. The easy-to-follow, minimal-step meals come in meat and vegetarian options—everything from pork tenderloin with cauliflower mash and snap peas to chickpea- and superfood-laced salads. And now, Hello Fresh is offering food so nice you can eat it twice, with Dinner 2 Lunch, they’re solving the age-old dilemma of “seriously, how do you pack lunch ever?” Dinner recipes come with additional ingredients and instructions to tweak your leftovers for a killer next-day lunch: chorizo beef chili becomes a chili burrito for lunch; sausage and zucchini pizza is reimagined as a salad. If you’re new to cooking, this just made figuring out one more meal that much easier. And did we mention they also have a wine club where you can get 6 bottles delivered monthly?
Cost: Three two-serving meals start at $55.
Availability: They deliver across all of the continental US.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Green Chef
Perfect for: Organic-food lovers
The details: This is the first-ever USDA-certified organic meal kit—free of synthetic pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and GMOs. You can order omnivore, paleo, and gluten-free meals, which are updated weekly. Ingredients come packaged, labeled, and color-coded for organized cooking, and they all take 30 minutes or less to prepare. This healthy meal delivery service also has a wide range of meal plans for so many different lifestyles form gluten-free to family carnivore. Other stuff we love: the eco-friendly packaging (the boxes are literally mini fridges, upping the cute factor), the fact that there’s no commitment, and the flexible delivery dates. It’s probably the most chill meal prep kit of the bunch.
Cost: Two-person plans, with three meals per week, start at $63.
Availability: Green Chef delivers almost everywhere in the continental United States except Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of Louisiana.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Veestro
Perfect for: Picky eaters
The details: Everything’s ready to go from Veestro—the vegan, dairy-free healthy meal delivery service is all about the heat-and-eat, so if you’re slammed at the office, it’s not a big deal, as dinner will still be ready in a few. But the best part is that unlike other delivery services, which are almost exclusively offered with limited meal-plan choices, Veestro’s got all of their offerings à la carte, so you can mix and match their “Plants Please” offerings to customize your perfect menu. (Because you know, not everyone loves tomatoes.)
Cost: Meals start at $10 to $12 à la carte.
Availability: Veestro currently elivers to any physical address within the United States except in Alaska or Hawaii.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF SNAP KITCHEN
Perfect for: Control freaks
The details: Snap kitchen says they make the best-tasting food, made better. That’s pretty appealing but what we love is not just how they cater to lots of different diets from milk free to pescatarian, but that this healthy meal delivery service offers you the freedom of choice. Yes, you can choose a low carb or keto-friendly subscription but you could also build your own completely from scratch or opt for a balance option which allows you to try an edited selection with a little bit of everything. We’re currently eyeing their crunchy coconut shrimp and over easy burger with sweet potato. If you have specific calorie goals, you can also customize those as well.
Cost: Pricing for meal subscriptions is based on how much you spend. Those between $25 and $125 receive a 5% discount off the retail price, meal subscriptions between $125 and $200 receive a 10% discount and meal subscriptions that are $200 or more per week receive a 15% off discount.
Availability: Currently available for delivery or pick up in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Philadelphia.
Accutane is no joke. Before even going on the medication you have to take a blood test, pregnancy test, be using at least two methods of birth control, and discuss any past history of mental illness. Despite all this, I was desperate to get on the medication that has been referred to by many as a miracle. I’ve been battling constant hormonal cystic acne since middle school. It was painful, embarrassing, and both the breakouts and the red marks they left behind steadily chipped away at my already low self esteem. After years of trying every nearly every acne product on the market, prescription topicals, antibiotics, and spironolactone, last December my dermatologist and I were ready to take the plunge and turn to Accutane.
The medication changed my life, my skin is the clearest it’s ever been and my confidence reflects that, but it’s hell on your body. Accutane is essentially a huge dose of Vitamin A that is absorbed into your blood, and much like applying a topical retinol, taking Accutane can make your skin very dry and sensitive. It basically sucks all the moisture out of my whole body. This leads to flaky skin, split lips, dry itchy eyes, and in my case, nosebleeds at the worst possible times (including debuting a new white shirt and on the dance floor on a Saturday night).
While the nosebleeds were unfortunately inevitable, I had a small army of products to aid me in the fight against dehydrated, flaky skin, the MVP being Weleda Skin Food, a thick, glorious cream that borders on a balm-like texture. It has almost a waxy feel, but sinks into your skin and doesn’t leave a greasy residue, just a cushion of luxurious moisture. It has a nice herbal smell that’s not cloying, but a little medicinal.
If it sounds familiar that’s probably because Skin Food is one of the OG all-natural products. It’s been around for nearly a century and is the stuff beauty editors, makeup artists, and influencers rave about. Our deputy editor even refers to it the “$20 La Mer” because of how luxurious it feels. The base is made of beeswax and healing oils, and it also contains chamomile and calendula, two of my favorite calming ingredients, which helped soothe my dry, irritated skin and any lingering acne I was dealing with.
Although this cream is super moisturizing on it’s own, I found the best way to use Skin Food was as part of my night routine as a sealant to lock in everything I layered underneath. I would start with a hyaluronic acid serum, add an oil (usually rosehip), and then add a generous layer of Skin Food on top to seal in moisture and create a barrier, almost like a sleeping mask.
I also rely on it on super flaky days in the morning, where I apply a thin layer over a moisturizing serum. It smooths over any scaly patches and creates a really glowy base for makeup. After putting on foundation, I go back in with another dab of the cream on my cheekbones, both for a pretty natural highlight and to add a little more moisture before heading out the door.
I finished Accutane in July, and luckily my skin has regained it’s moisture levels, but you can pry my Skin Food out of my cold dead hands. I still love using it as a night mask and on any patches that need a little TLC, and will consider myself part of the Skin Food fan club forever.
In news that will come as a shock for many lovers of a certain bulbous, delicious ingredient, there is apparently one food and one food only that royals aren’t allowed to eat. Found in cultures’ cuisines around the world, it seems as though the humble but decidedly supreme garlic isn’t allowed on royal plates. Much like not wearing red nail polish, messy buns (unless you’re Meghan Markle, that is), and going sans nylons, this is apparently as much a matter of royal protocol as any. Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, appeared on MasterChef Australia earlier this week and explained exactly why.
“I hate to say this, but garlic. Garlic is a no-no,” the duchess said.
“So garlic is a no-no?” one of the show’s judges asked. “Because you’re talking, chatting?”
“Yes, exactly. So you always have to lay off the garlic,” she said.
This news is, to be sure, exceptionally tragic—but it’s not the first time the royal family has come out as anti-garlic. Back in 2016, we discovered that Queen Elizabeth II is royally averse to the stuff (the Queen, let it be said, is “not a foodie at all”). As it turns out, it seems as though she might have set a bit of a precedent.
As former Buckingham Palace kitchen chef Darren McGrady said all the way back then, “When [the Queen] was at the table, there was no garlic at all,” he said. “She was very Victorian and believed when she was brought up that you don’t eat garlic—because if you were holding an audience the next day, you didn’t want to be breathing garlic. It was seen as antisocial.”
Just last month, he added that “anything with garlic” as well as anything with “too much onions” would never be on royal plates. “The Queen would never have garlic on the menu,” he added.
The Queen’s reasoning seems pretty similar to the Duchess of Cornwalls, but let’s be real: This is 2018, and things like breath mints, gum, and super-extra strength toothpaste are available to avoid offending international guests with garlicky breath.
We all know Markle has given up a lot to become a Duchess, and this means she will also have to cancel garlic—an ingredient that she loved to mix in her recipe for a Filipino-style chicken. We hereby humbly submit a petition to the Queen: Stock up on the minty stuff, and cut loose on the garlic. You won’t look back.
Dining out in the city can be a terrific way to spend a night on the town, but what dining options does Fort MacMurray offer? There are many different places and a range of cuisine and dining establishment options to choose from in the area. In fact you may be surprised at the extent of the restaurant selection in an area that is so remote. You can find fast food favorites like Subway, A&W, and many others if you just want a quick bite to eat. If you are looking for a restaurant with a little more class and elegance you could try the Fuji Japanese Restaurant, the Chef’s Table by Mitchell’s, or the Prime Social Kitchen. All of these selections have received terrific reviews for the food, the environment, and the staff.
Fort MacMurray offers an extensive selection of food choices. You can select Hu’s Pizza & Donairs, the Wood Buffalo Brewing Co, or the Keg Steakhouse & Bar if you want excellent food in a casual atmosphere. If you are looking for an exceptional all you can eat crab buffet then you will want to visit the Sawridge Hotel, but if you are looking for top notch vegetarian then Original Joe’s Fort Mac has some dishes you may want to try. Sweet Basil features authentic Vietnamese cuisine that has customers raving and coming back for more. Fort MacMurray has the dining out choices that you want and the exceptional dishes that you are hoping for. The biggest problem you should have is trying to decide which restaurant to try tonight.
