Lets see. Wow. Yeah. How was your Super Bowl Weekend . It was a fun weekend. Yes. You went down to palm beach. I did go to palm beach. Oh, what a surprise. I go to palm beach for a book signing. Im signing books outside of jennifer millers jewelry store, a friend of ours. Right there. Love it. Who walks up screaming where is kathie lee over and over and over again but regis. He showed up, and he said i heard she was coming. Hoda, what are you doing here . So, anyway, he lathered this crowd he was in the middle of it. Oh, so sweet of them to come by. Oh, my god. He kept going i know shes here. Everybody said is she here . Such a troublemaker. Thats the crowd. We get together for dinner as often as we can. Usually its every six weeks or so. We pick up where we were before. Every time we would walk into a restaurant regis, i like to quietly get into a booth. He goes thats right, its regis. Look who is here. I cant get rid of her. Its kathie lee. She wants her old job back. I said ill try. Before you know it, everybody is into a lather. That place was so happy. He left, and it was over, and i was still there. Thats the way he does. He ambushes and leaves you there to pick up the pieces. You didnt have a Super Bowl Party in your house. For the first time in 27 years we did not have a Super Bowl Party. I liked it. I love all our friends who come to it, but its aloof work. Its a lot of work. Were getting too old. Let young people throw the parties, and then well come. I cant believe the game. There were so many surprises in the game. Shall we walk down memory lane a little . It started out being a blowout. Baltimore was killing it, and it looked like one of those games that you were going to yawn through like a lot of the super bowl games. Then suddenly the lights went out, which was unbelievable. For 34 minutes. The dome lights inside part of them stayed on, but most of them were off. Can you imagine how that takes all the all the momentum out of it, all the everybody was all their emotions are already on the surface. A lot of fights were breaking out. You could tell it was just very tense. I went to bed. Me too. Stoo then they turned the beat around, San Francisco, and theyve been doing apparently. They had a great comeback, and at the end they couldnt win it, but it was an exciting game, and there was a little bit of drama. I heard there was drama at the end. The two brothers, that were coaches, apparently said they werent nice enough to one another. They didnt hug. They seemed nice. Heres the thing, though. Those two if you fast forward to, like, three thanksgivings from now when its just the two of them and theyre having a conversation about that game and the coach from San Francisco thinks there was an interference called that was missed at the end and you can already picture like, i cant imagine if they dont say, look, its just me and you. You tell me that that guy can you picture it . I picture its going to be one of those things. I dont know, hoda. I doubt we will be privy to it if and when it happens. Everybody was talking about beyonce. Oh, my god. She absolutely blew it away. Killed it. Killed it. Baby its you youre the one i love youre the one i need youre the only one i see come on. Sing it, girl. Yep. And then when the lights come on. Come on. Oh, yeah. Come on. Come on, baby shes one of the finest live performers youll ever ever see in your life. Ive been around since and nobody is like beyonce. I dont know what shes fantastic. Ever, ever, ever. She just has such precision. All the great performers come here out on the plaza all the time, but i have never seen precision like her. Not like that. She practiced that one to the end. She was clearly going to singe live. She showed up with destinys child. Theyre still fantastic together. Really, really good. Im happy for her because that whole thing with the anthem before was was much ado about nothing. Much ado about nothing. Also, alicia keys, i think she was singing it live. I think in light of beyonces situation with the inaugural, i think they said, all right, since were in a super dome and lets do it live. Theres no f16 flying over or anything. She made sure you knew it was live. Playing the piano and being the way she paused. Or she was trying to remember the lyrics. Who doesnt . O, say can you see by the dawns early light see, with that song, you never know why people are taking the pauses. Is it the and the mountains and the the pressure. The pressure has to be crazy. Oh, my i got up in church yesterday to read the scripture, and he was trembling. I was. I have no idea. Yes. It was fun. The time that i sang the national anthem, ten years later i was at my friend David Friedmans partner shawns church. I said, boy, has my career done well. I went from the super bowl ten years ago to a unity church thats on top of a ford dealership. But we should point out that the last time the San Francisco 49ers won the super bowl whats the one that i did sing . You sang the anthem. That is right. Thats a little bit of history. Trivia. You know, you know. The touching moment came as the 26 kids from the chorus of the Sandy Hook Elementary School came to the stage with Jennifer Hudson and sang. Beautiful. God bless america. America the beautiful. It was so beautiful. I often enjoyed this song even more than the anthem. Its just so profoundly personal. Youre right. You can tell how it was touching the players. I mean, right before a game to feel that kind of a wash of emotion was something. That was beautiful. That was really beautiful. Thats the best of america right there. There were a lot of commercials that are that were some hits. Lots of misses, i thought. Overall, i wasnt i didnt see the second half. I did see that guy are an back the longest ever touchdown. 109 yards. That was unbelievable. That was good. One of my favorite ads was the one with the taco bell with the older crowd. Betty white was going to show up any second with off their rockers. It reminded me from cocoon. My favorite one was the clydesdales. Theyre breaking out of the old folks home. Oh. Yeah. I guess were going to watch the whole thing. Okay. Parts of it. No, its adorable. It really is. They dont stop having fun just because youre 90 or so. They were making out. You can do it. You really want to. Oh, that was the moment that joe man man. You got to see the ketchup stain. This guy sitting there and was eating fries, and out of nowhere, look what happens. Oh. Dude, you got montana on your jersey. He becomes unbelievably famous. Theyre talking about he was on the today show five times. Went like this and its real. Anyway the montana stain is taking the nation. I dont know how much were going to see of this. Lets take it to the end. Were here. I saw the stain. Put it on. Stain on a stick. Montana land. Look. Here. Where is my 49ers jerdzy . I washed it. You washed it . There was a stain on it. Oh oh. Go ravens. Come on. That was so great. I was thinking about that one this morning. When was it decided that it was going between San Francisco and baltimore . Only a couple of weeks ago. They must have had that they shot that thing that fast. Youre right. They probably they knew who was in the finals. Youre right. But isnt that amazing . A lot of those other ones are made months and months in advance. Youre right. They came up with that very, very quickly. Youre right. Can we say hi to julie . Hi, julie. Julie is over here. We did a ten years later contest winner. She has an amazing story. She has an amazing story. Shes a twotime cancer survivor. Breath cancer and ovarian cancer. Her doctors said she had a 17 chance of living, but guess what, its 2013, its six years later, and she is still defying the odds. Shes living well. Look how beautiful she is. Were going to lunch together. Okay. Excellent. Well see you later. In the meantime, we are a little late having our everyone has a story getting back on track because of the new year. Do you think beyonce is the only one that can pack a stadium . Our winners today, and we will have a song for her on thursday, is vicky. They have two names here. Lisa miller. Oh, and her daughter. All right. Lets figure it out. Rochester, new york, and vicky and lisa are on the phone now. After her son was deployed overseas, he asked her to send a gift to his girlfriend, and i guess thats who lisa is. They didnt tell me the name before. Vicky started a really cool nonprofit called full circle homes. He said if i cant be there, mom, will you take her a gift for christmas . She realized there must be so many moms or significant others that would love to receive something special, so she started doing it with the help of her friend, lisa, picked it up, and, sorry, wrote this song a long time ago. And so theyve been sending gifts to the troops. Love it. It sounded like a christmas thing in the past, but now they do it for mothers day, so we thought we would highlight their story now to give everybody time to get in their requests for mothers day. I love it. Coming up before it will be here. Sorry, guys. I butchered that. Sorry. Hey. Are you excited to come see us . Theyre excited. Are you guys drinking . Youll be here on thursday. Okay . Well get everything right by then. David and i have written a song i think youre really, really going to love. Well figure it all out. Thank you, ladies. God bless. Time for favorite things. You want to go first . This is something i talked about it once before, but i think its so important. The rita hazan root spray. Look at my roots. Want great. Not great. No, no. Its time. Its time. I need to go. This is what this saves your buns. Rita hazan. Thats the first time youve ever repeated. A favorite thing. Because i needed it, and i didnt have one. Okay. Mine is i think quite adorable. This is amanda. This is the cutest thing. Its can you go back . You skipped mine. Please. There we go. Tell us about the hat. I got you. Give us the hat. Its a beautiful hat. Oh, yeah. Here she is. Peekaboo ponytail hats. Theyre 36. 95. They come in multiple colors. Available at ponytailhats. Com. Heres the point. Heres the point. See, can you turn around . It has a hole there for high ponytail and around youll find another spot, a lower place for a lower ponytail. Cute. So you dont have to smash it, and i thought that was adorable. Thank you, sweetie. We should point out there are crazy people in their underwear outside of our window, and that happens often. These people are not with bodies like that. Yeah. Lets let those guys come in. Its called the cupid undie run. Youre chad . Chad. Its so tell us about your its called the cupid undie run and its to benefit the childrens tumor foundation, and it was started by myself and a few friends of mine in d. C. Brendan, bobby, and taylor, and this is our new york city race director julie. Of course, she is. Who is looking at her . Very clever idea. Very sweet. You are getting everybodys attention. You are right about that out there in the freezing cold. Sfroo we got to let them in. We are cruel. Tell them were sorry. It wasnt my idea. This is a preview for saturday. We have two spots left in case youre interested. This is for matt lauer and this is for al roker. Oh, thanks, guys. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you so much. All righty. She is one of hollywoods hottest moms, former playmate of the year, and shes single. A new talk show, Jenny Mccarthy is here, and from the super bowl performances you may not have seen to another big win for ben affleck. Rob shooter is here, and he needs a dentist. We will explain after this. He will now be known as ben afflick. Right after this. Teaching myself how to play itar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. Finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. How you ask . With 5hour energy. I get hours of energy now no crash later. Wait to see the next five hours. In the middle of the night it can be frustrating. Its hard to turn off and go back to sleep. Intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you cant get back to sleep. Its an effective sleep medicine you dont take before bedtime. Take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. 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So if you suffer from middleofthenight insomnia, ask your doctor about intermezzo and return to sleep again. Jebby mccarthy is one of the most gorgeous women in hollywood who never seems to age. Makes you a little bit crazy. Yes, it does. She even posed for playboy again just before turning 40. This mom has also written eight books, seven of them on the New York Times best selling list. Shes living. Shes about to launch her own friday night talk show. It is called the Jenny Mccarthy show. Take a look. Cute. So crazy. Welcome. Thank you. She goes im a single mom. I needed a job. Come on. Nobody believes that. It was a long time in the making, and i have been waiting for this job. I havent found one that fit me best in hollywood, and talk show, i have been in that circuit of trying to get one going, and i realized where i could be my most authentic self is in late night. I am a little bit of a dirty bird sometimes. A little naughty. I havent bleeped on your show, but still the show is pg13. I have a son thats 10, and he will be in the greenroom, so i cant go too far. One of the things i tried to mimic was playboy after dark where hef did welcome to my late night party. A Little Sammy Davis junior. That would be quite i do have the long island psychic coming on the show. I just wanted to make it a party fun atmosphere, and i even do interviews where i lay on the ground. I dont understand that. So youre on the ground. What happens . It can be quite tricky and stuffy and not their authentic self. I did a little trick with bradley cooper. I want to trick him real good. And i did this thing where i lay on the ground, and he held up a flip cam, and we did this interview facetoface, and i held on to this for a few years saying i want to kind of put the celebrities on the ground and do this groundbreaking interview, and we do it now on the show, and it turned out to be a the best segment on the show. Great, great. When you say lets do this, are they all pretty much game . They say, come on. We just lay down and hold up the flip cam, and i get this interview, this very conversational and really different. Yes. They feel like theyre with their shrink. Yeah, right. Lets talk about your singleness. You were doing a show called love in the wild. Then one called singled out. Whats going on with you in the Men Department . I dont know whats going with me. Whats the problem really . Is it you . I dont know. I wish someone would tell me. My sister probably here would say yes, it is. You know, i am a serial dater. I had the next one lined up. This is the first time in my life that im going, you know what, im going to take some time for me because the order was like this for single moms. Work so you can pay the bill, evan, and then a boy, and that boy has to be so good he is going to take time away from number two . You better how about we go for a man instead of a boy . I know. That was a little faux pas. Yes, yes. You dont want you need you know what i mean. No, no, no. I mean, youre right. Theres a few people that i find very interesting right now. We should see. Well, dont let us know because it will spoil everything. We should you the best of luck with your show. It begins this friday night on vh1. 9 30, right . We would love to have you on the show. He is hollywoods it guy. Another big honor for ben affleck. All the celebrity scoop you may have missed. Rob shooter is here, and he is going to a dentist right after the show. Of sinus products dont treat cough. They dont . [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ angry gibberish ] [ fake coughs ] sorry that was my fault sir. [ male announcer ] alka seltzer plus severe sinus. 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Debbie glassman will see me straight afterward to fix my tooth. Maybe she can do your hair too. Lets talk about beyonces big night. She killed it. She came out and did eight songs in 12 minutes. Thats a woman. Eight songs in 12 minutes. She definitely sang live so people were going nuts. There was a destinys child reunion on stage that people went crazy for. It was a fabulous time. I cant even take a normal smile. Its out. Its out. Okay. Listen, Justin Timberlake did a concert. The day before the concert, mark cukan puts on a massive show for his network. Thats crazy, crazy. Justin performed at that show. A little bit of drama there. Before he did cry me a river that song he wrote for britney spears, before he did that, he used a to britney spears. Say susan somers. Susan somers wasnt there. So he used the bword, and the bword before he sang this song, so many people now are saying that he called britney the big he went on twitter and said that he would never disrespect anybody. It was not aimed at her. Okay. Bobbi christina is speaking out after cisse houstons book and interview. Cissy houston good one. What did she say . Cissy houston told the truth like i have never read a book about a celebrity where so much was revealed. Nothing was held back. People now are pretty angry about it. Bobbi christina went to twitter, and said it was a little disrespectful to her mother. Other family members have told me that theyre a little disappointed, and they wanted to keep the legacy, maybe the fantasy rather than the harsh truth. Maybe the mother just wants it to be a real a profound warning to other people that only the truth is. Truth will set you free, and there is nothing held back. Listen to you quoting scripture. He said three. I cant understand. Bates whats going on with ben affleck . Oh, ben afflick we have to call it him. Won the Directors Guild award. He was snubbed for this award at the oscars, so everybody is talking about that. Now, he won it, and he had something on his hand. Everybody thought it was his acceptance speech. It wasnt. Its a little note from his daughter. I love that. I heart papa. Other celebrities have done that. When Sandra Bullock adopted little louie, she stuffed his sock in her purse as a good luck charm. He is so grounded now. I finally saw argo this weekend. I thought it was just sensational. Wasnt it . Really fascinating. To all these awards, maybe it could knock lincoln off that number one spot, and he might go all the way to win the oscars. People win for best director. Speilberg won for i have never understood that. You cant give a great performance without a great director. You cant make a great film without a great director. You need to go immediately to the dentist. I cant take another minute. Say susan somers one more time. Suzanne somers. They made you laugh. They made you cry. Which super bowl ads were your favorite . Well look at all the hits and misses after this. 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Its shaping up to be the most watched really . Super bowl in history, we hear. Here with the roundup of what worked and what didnt is abby clauson, the editor of advertising age magazine. Hello. What about that blackout . We were wondering, is that going to cause problems . That was unprecedented, wasnt it . If i was an advertiser in the Fourth Quarter or the end of the Third Quarter during that blackout, i would have been very, very nervous, but after the game i would have felt very, very relieved because it was so close that people like me said who knows how long this is going to go on, i got to work tomorrow, and they turned there were some of those, im sure. I turned to the puppy bowl myself. You know, what you tune back and then it became a great game, and i think then people started tuning back in, and like you said, hoda, its going to turn out to be one of the most watched ever. You know, very relieved. Lets talk about some of the ads. Some weve seen before, and it felt like a re, do and there was some new ones like the tide ad. I loved that one. I loved that one. Didnt they throw that together pretty quickly . They had to. Tell us why it hit. It was perfectly contextual. Its a football game. Everybody can identify with the situation here. Rabid fandom, and the punch line was just great. Genius. When she showed up with that ravens jersey on, and it was just i like when he is reenacting i know, right . I had it like this, and i had it like this. Lets listen. Oh, i washed it. You washed it . It had a stain on it. Oh. Go ravens. And then its about the product. Its the super bowl. Youre paying a lot of money to sell a product. You go into it, but exactly. What are they selling, right . Lets watch samsung, and then well react to it. Pitch me something. People love commercials with talking babies. Yeah, those talking babies. So we should just use seth. In a diaper. I dont wear a diaper. You would wear a diaper for samsung, though, right . I would wear a diaper for samsung. What else you got . Crowd snores. Put it out on the internet that you want people to send you ideas, and you dont have to think of ideas. That might be good for this spot. We go to the galaxy into the galaxy. We dont train them. We sent them up there and see what happens. Asian rapper. I dont think we can do that. Were not asian. What i love about this ad is, first of all, they have great chemistry, paul rudd and seth rogan. Even if you havent seen breaking bad he is hilarious in this ad so you have this great chemistry, but theyre also sort of theyre making light of super bowl advertising. At the same time managing to talk a lot about samsung. Yeah. Its an ad that ad geeks like me get excited about, and i think the broader audience. Do you have a personal favorite . You liked it better than the clydesdale horse one . That was close. Ice cubes in your veins. Cold water. This there were a lot of warm and fuzzies. This one was beautiful. It was beautiful. Oh. A man who loves his horse. They should make that into a movie. Two hour and a half movie for me. This was directed, by the way, by Ridley Scotts son. Which is sort of interesting. A big name director on it too. We have a couple of seconds, but what do you think name a couple that missed the mark. I know a lot of people loved the m m ad, but there was something about if you are going to personify an object, lets not go that far. Its just a little weird for me. The m m. The godaddy one with the making out one. That was weird. Im sorry. It was strange. It was eyecatching. Everybody watched it at the party i was at. Some turned away because they didnt want to watch it. They watched it out of horror or maybe it wasnt oh. Thanks. I wonder how many takes they had to do for that . He said 80 something. Thanks very much. She dropped 143 pounds, and she looks amazing. Well show you the dramatic before and after of the latest member of the joy fit club. Im here with your Weather Channel forecast. Taking a look at another clipper thats coming on down and delivering snow to places like indianapolis and chicago. Detroit as well. Not looking for a whole lot of accumulation. A little bit less than an inch in most places. The temperature is starting to popup in the south. 71 in dallas for tuesday, 64. And atlanta, a little cooler in the northeast. So 32 for you in new york city. And 29 in boston. By wednesday, yes, a third clipper is going to make its way down. Here comes another one, folks. Right on down through minnesota again. Making just about the same path as it heads through the midwest and then over to the east coast. Kpliper number two is there delivering some snow in places like boston and new york. And were getting rain down in the southeast. Dallas, houston and new orleans. Well have some rain for you. Moisture coming on in from the gulf of mexico. And the temperatures moving on up. So dallas, 72 degrees. 60 in kansas city, 67 in atlanta. And that cool air stays with us in indianapolis, just 30 for you in chicago as well. Getting a little warmer in the northeast. Upper 30s is the average temperature. By the third day, system is dealing quite a bit of rain in the eastern third of the country. All the by from new orleans eight right up into illinois and also along the east coast. Clear for us in new york city and boston. Staying in the 30s. Now, by friday, we have another system move in from the west, starting to deliver some snow there. And were going to have a little bit of rain in los angeles for you. But nice and clear in the scepter of the country. And our rain moving on just to the fringes of the east coast with a little bit of snow up in the northeast. As we get into the weekend, now the east coast clearing out. High pressure starting to dominate. So well have clear skies there. Temperatures in the 30s in the northeast, 37 in chicago. 45 for you in d. C. And here comes this next system thats moving on in. Well have all the details for you on wakeup with al. And. Done. Did you just turn your ringer off so no one would interrupt us . Oh no, i. Just used my geico app to get a tow truck. Its gonna be 30 minutes. Oh, so that means that we wont be stuck up here, for hours, with nothing to do. Oh i get it, you wanna pass the time, huh. holds up phone fruit ninja emergency roadside assistance. Just a click away with the geico mobile app. Mikes being healthy and chewing like a man. With one a day vitacraves for men. Its a gummy multivitamin with more b vitamins, which help convert food to energy, and help mike do manly things, like wrestle bears and take out the garbage. One a day vitacraves for men. Team now for another installment of look at me now, the joy fit club. Our newest member is 25yearold lisa smith who lost a whopping 143 pounds and changed her whole life. Lets take a look at her story. My name is lisa smith, and i have had weight problems since i was 10. My mom took me to nutritionists, dietitians, doctors, personal trainers, and i tried a lot of popular diet programs, but nothing worked because i would always sneak food and exercise was difficult due to chronic back pain. My weight skyrocketed after i got married and moved out of my childhood home. In three years i gained 113 pounds mostly from dining at restaurants and eating huge portions of fast food. My parents encouraged me to lose weight, but i wasnt able to make the mental commitment. I didnt want to face the fact that my eating was out of control. In april 2011 my mom finally convinced me to attend my first Weight Watchers meeting. She told me that if i didnt do something, i was going to die. Sense my first meeting, i have lost 143 pounds by replacing high fat and high sodium restaurant meals with healthier home cooked options. I make healthy dinners on sunday to last throughout the week, and my husband prepares and packs healthy lunches for us every morning. When i first started my weight loss junior where i, i could barely walk. I now swim and walk regularly. I want to inspire others to eat healthy in their youth to set a Firm Foundation for their future. What a doll. Before we ask lisa to come out, we want to say hello to the leader of our pack, joy. You are about to meet the stunning young woman who has literally transformed her entire life. You wont even believe its the same person you just saw on the tape. Shes very committed together with her husband to cooking these healthy lower calorie meals at home. However, she also still frequents occasionally on the weekends the fast food chains, and i want to show you what she does because shes so strategic. When she hits kfc she used to get the about 490 calories the ones that taste good. Now shes going for the grilled. It still has the skin on it, but 220 calories, right . That saves a lot. When she hits dominos she ugt to get the regular slice, 640 calories for both. If you order their artisan line, its a little smaller and thenner crust. 320 calories. Wow. That is really good. Yeah. And with mcdonalds, this is the angus beef bacon and cheeseburger, right . Almost 800 calories. This looks good to me. Look at the wrap next to it. Its the same thing, but in the snack wrap. Its still the angus beef, bacon, and cheese, but 390 calories. You have to come here. This is lisas before picture. All right. Lisa, come join the joy fit club. Oh, my god. Oh. Gorgeous. You look awesome. How are you . Wow. Are you working. You know it. How long did it take you, leeza, to take off all the weight . It took me 88 weeks. You are counting the weeks, right . And exercise is a part of your regimen as well . Yes. I exercise with swimming and walking and it helps me a lot. Besides the fact that you are stunning, how has it changed your life . Just daily activities that you wouldnt think would make a big difference, but it does. Like just putting on your shoes in the morning or getting out of bed. Wow. Your husband is right around the corner zoosh how in love is he . Ah, sweet. Very sweet. Wow. Does she seem like a different person to you . She does. In fact, the beauty that she had inside when i met her is now 9wx displayed outward. Ah. Thats great. Thats happy valentines day. Youre an inspiration to everybody. Some Healthy Cooking in the kitchen. Delicious comfort food you can whip up on a busy week night. This is today on nbc. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. Its hard to turn off and go back to sleep. 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Were starting with vegan chicken and pesto sandwiches. You can get vegan chicken in my local grocery store. Its made out of soy. Like a veggie burger, but made to taste like chicken. We mushrooms and tomato, zucchini and olive and some pine nuts. Stick it all many there. Were going to use pesto to give us nice flavor. Love pesto. I could eat pesto at everything. Fwoo we have a nice pesto res piece in the book. We have garlic. And some pink himalaya salt, which is the best salt for seasoning vegetables. Mroo it replace the oil that come from cooking regular chicken. This isnt about getting calories. This is about whats the main point of being vegan being meatless . Whats the point . Whats the greatest benefit . I think everybody has their own, like, reason why they go vegan. For us we love animals, and we dont want to eat them. Some people want to lose weight. Some people they care about their cholesterol. Its whatever your reason is. Whatever your reason is. Okay. What are you doing . Were going to take these and bake them in the oven in tin foil pouchs. Oh, like this. Staems together. For how long . For about 375 for about 15 to 20 minutes. Okay. Good. Quick and easy to make. You could have whipped up a batch of these during the super bowl blackout. Youre making sandwiches out of it . We unload our pact, and make your sandwiches up. We like to keep it nutritious as possible. That one is going to be crunchier than you might expect. Then you can top it off with some peppercinnis. Theres a lot of oil in there. Leave that in the packet. Moisture from the vegetables, kath. Not oil. They steam up, and thats how you get your vegetables to be all nice and flavorful. You put some of the hot stuff on there . However many you want. Looking nice. You are good to go. Shall we head around back after we finish making these up . Come on back. It looks delicious. Okay. Well go around back. Okay. I want to grab this. Thank you. What are we whipping up back here, sweetie . Were going to make sweet potato risotto. You are going to take a dutch oven and add white wine and set that to a simmer. Youre going to add some diced red onion, and youre going to add well back off