Did You See Me On ABC’s The Chew
Hey, Cuties,
I’ve been holding on to this secret since the last week of August. On Monday I began to share the news via social media. Now, I get to give you all the details and behind the scenes. MimiCuteLips was on The Chew, that is right, I was on a Daytime Emmy Award-winning show. I had the honor or bringing my sister and cousins along with me for the journey.
Oh yeah! This totally happened. I am officially in syndication.
Hilarious road trip with 1 AM hotel check in. Yup!
I do nothing for social media, I am who I am. When my family and I get together we always have an amazing time. We’ve been this way since we were kids so we naturally have fun doing absolutely nothing. We make friends wherever we go and we are funny and contagious and you can’t help but be entertained. This is how we ended up on The Chew.
Oh, they made the magic happen.
We arrived with a mild beat and this dope makeup artist took our beat to the next level. Talk about feeling special, oh we felt pampered.
Get into this beat.
Fun Fact: The Chew has been nominated for the Day Time Emmy’s three years in a row. In 2015 the Host won for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host and in 2016 the show won for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative.
Keeping it cool until it is show time.
This was our main hangout, you arrive early and you sit and wait. In our case, we ate snacks then acquired new snacks (Thanks Chew Crew) and laughed and joked even more.
Fun Fact: Gordon Elliott is the executive producer of ABC’s The Chew. He is the same Gordon Elliott that used to have The Gordon Elliott Show in 1994. He is also the announcer on the show.
We all cute and beat and ready to go.
We need one more selfie before we went down to get mic’d up. The everyone we came in contact with was such a good freaking time. We left lasting impressions for sure.
It's National Taco Day, and the co-hosts are giving you something to taco-bout with delicious Eggplant Parmesan Tacos; super couple actors/authors Roselyn Sanchez and Eric Winter show how to make a delicious, savory Squash and Goat Cheese Tart and talk about their new children's book, "Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha"; Michael Symon makes a sensational Cedar Plank Fluke with Broccoli Stem Slaw.
Our seats were better than front row. This was a total shocker, we had no idea we would sit on the set the entire time. When you see our reaction, it was genuine. They incorporated us into the entire segment beginning to the end. Usually you are only on for one segment, nope. We broke the mold and set the standard.
After filming our episode of The Chew we strolled back to our hotel and we ran into Nev Schulman, the Co-Host of the MTV hit show Catfish. I called his name and he said “How did you recognize me?” ummm duh I know what you look like. He was so dope and so chill we walked and chatted for about seven blocks.
Oh all of the things we ate this was my absolute favorite so I had to share the recipe. You can get the others on TheChew.com
CANDIED GINGER APPLE CRISP
Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Ingredients:
Crisp:
2/3 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup candied ginger (roughly chopped)
7 tablespoons butter (chilled, cut in to 1/4-inch cubes)
Apple Filling :
1 tablespoon butter (for greasing)
3 McIntosh apples (peeled, cored, thinly sliced)
3 Honeycrisp apples (peeled, cored, thinly sliced)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons light brown
1 lemon (juiced)
1 tablespoon flour
To Serve :
1 pint Cinnamon ice cream
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375ºF.
For the Crisp:
In a medium bowl add the flour, sugar, light brown sugar, salt, old fashioned oats, and candied ginger and toss to combine. Add the cubed butter and work the butter into the flour mixture using your hands, pastry cutter or fork, until pea-sized crumbles form. Keep refrigerated until ready to sprinkle over the apples.
For the Filling:
Grease an 8-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon of butter. In a large bowl add the apples, cinnamon, sugar, light brown sugar, lemon juice and flour. Toss until evenly coated and remove to the baking dish.
To Assemble:
Sprinkle the crisp topping over the apples, cover the dish with foil and place in the oven. Bake for 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake an additional 10 minutes until the topping is golden brown and the apples are bubbling and cooked through. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly and serve with cinnamon ice cream.
Tip: If the topping gets too brown while cooking, shield with foil and continue baking until cooked through.
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I got all excited while watching the video! What a grand experience and getting to sit on the set throughout the entire show takes it to the next level! Congrats to you and your cousins!
OMG Alli when they told us we were sitting on set we were floored. It was an experience of a lifetime for sure.
Totally missed watching The Chew that day. Will have to see if I can catch a re-run. What a wonderful experience.
No worries, I shared the episode on YouTube.
Oh wow! Looks like you had an amazing time. I saw Carla Hall at BlogHer earlier this year! Luv’d her!!! Ok, thanks for the recipe and all, but Nev! OMG!!! I heard he and his wife are new parents and have a new series coming out. Did you get the deets on it? Do tell. Do tell.
Carla is so dag on electric she is amazeballs. I didn’t know about the new show but I knew about the wedding this summer and the baby.
It sounds like you had a great time, it must have been very exciting and memorable for all of you. I have watched The Chew a number of times and they always look like they’re having a good time.
A memory for the rest of our life for sure. It is fun start to finish, the staff is so dope.
Oh my gosh Mimi, I am so happy for you! This looks like it was so much fun for you ladies. I love making Apple Crisp so I’ll have to try this one.
We had more fun than we probably should have. lol The apple crisp is incredibly drool worthy.
Oh my gosh that is so cool! I love watching the chew. They have all sorts of ideas for different food items that I’ve never even thought about. You must of had so much fun.
They make some really incredible things, I’m going to make the broccoli slaw we had. I already made the apple crisp.
How awesome does your time on the chew sound and you got to meet Nev! Good to hear he was a very chilled out guy!
The day just kept getting better and better.
Wow, what an honor! I would love to be on The Chew! I actually reached out to them once via social media when they were asking for recipes…I sent them our family recipe for corn bread….I didn’t hear anything back. 🙁 I have been devastated ever since.
Oh no, keep reaching out. Sometimes it is just a matter of timing.
What a fun experience! You looked awesome and that food sounds amazing too!
The food was so damn good, like everything was good.
HOw awesome experience is that! You guys are super lucky. The Chew looks like a fun TV show, I’ve never seen any episode before, just this one that you shared.
They staff at The Chew are so freaking incredible. They made the experience even better for us.
What a fabulous experience. That must have been so awesome. Good for you.
It was magical start to finish, even better watching it back.
This is so cool! I really like The Chew. I always watch and get hungry. And you looked fantastic on the show!
And Nev is neat too! I watch Catfish sometimes.
Watching all that cooking makes you hungry. I’m glad we got to eat everything.
I love Catfish too.
Wow, that is awesome that you got to be on the Chew! You guys looked fabulous, and it sounds like you had such a great time.
We had the time of our life.
Congrats Mimi! I can’t wait to see this episode! I am so happy for you 🙂 I love how close you are with your family!
Thanks, they are my favorite people. We had so much fun.
I wouldn’t have been able to hold this news in. What an honor and I’m sure a memorable experience for all of you.
It was so hard to keep it to myself. I was so excited but I kept it close. It is the highlight of my year for sure.
This sounds like it was a fabulous experience! I would love to get together with my girls to be on The Chew. I am glad you and your ladies had a fabulous time.
It was a good time for sure, thanks Lian.
Heck to the yes gir! I saw the whole thing! You were all so awesome!
Hahahhaa, thanks for watching us cut the fool.
Wow! That is so awesome. I don’t have cable so I wasn’t able to see the show but that is so cool!
No worries, I put the YouTube video in this post.
Oh wow, though I am not familiar with the Chew I am immensely jealous, you guys seem to have had lots of fun
We were excited anyway but it was, even more, fun than we imagined.
I totally watched you on The Chew! I loved how they had you come out of the audience to your special seats! That blouse looked great on you! I wore the same one when I was on the show earlier this summer but in yellow! I love the staff of The Chew! Weren’t they great?!!!
Thanks, for watching. I had no idea they had special seats for us. We were shocked for real. Oh wow, yellow sounds beautiful. The staff is amazing for sure.
Wow! What an awesome experience! You sure are going places, Mimi. I am so happy for you and all these opportunities that come your way. I’m saving the recipe you shared and will definitely take a look at the others at thechew.com.
Thanks, I receive that. I am going places. The recipe is incredible.
Looks like you had so much fun and I will have to try that apple crisp for sure! And your ” light beat” looked beautiful!
Thanks, that apple crip was delicious.
Nice sounds like fun! I need to try that apple crisp sounds yummy.
The apple crisp was so freaking good.
It looks like you had a wonderful time! What a great experience. Thanks for sharing.
It was an experience of a lifetime.
I haven’t heard of the chew but I def have seen some of the hosts on other shows. The show looks fun, I like that it has a mini-game show element and you actually get to prepare and try the food. Congrats on being in the segment. I love Catfish, so that was cool that you ran into Nev.
They are solid Iron Chefs so you probably saw them on the Food Network. It was nice to have such a hands on experience.
Oh I watched and saw ya’ll eating all the delicious things. That looked like so much fun! I’m glad they chose a fun bunch to stay on the show.
Oh we ate all of the things. The deep fried eggplant parmesan was magical.
How exciting to have this experience and I love the chew lol. you all did an amazing job as guest!! Totally making this apple crisp.
Thanks, I hope they have us back. The apple crisp is going to be winning this Thanksgiving.
Go MiMi this is awesome sounds like the perfect road trip and one of my bucket list items. Thanks for sharing the recipe I can’t wait to try it this evening.
The recipe was delicious.
This is just the coolest! Your family is so beautiful. Glad you guys had an amazing time!
Thanks, Eva. We had such an amazing time.
I know you ladies had a great time! This was definitely one of those once in a lifetime experiences. I’m saving the recipe.
It was, I’ve made the apple crisp and I made the broccoli slaw last night.