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When I learned about actress and fashion icon Tia Mowry's new cooking show, Tia Mowry At Home, I knew I just had to get in the kitchen with her. Lucky for me, Refinery29's #GimmeFive Challenge presented the perfect opportunity for a cold call. To my absolute delight, she agreed, and the next thing I knew, I was on a flight to sunny California to meet Tia in the kitchen.
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00:03We are here for Michelle Obama's Give Me Five Challenge.
00:07We are taking up your challenge, Michelle Obama.
00:10We are ready.
00:11Our five ingredients for Michelle Obama are extra virgin olive oil,
00:14avocado, pasta, broccoli, and feta cheese.
00:18Yes.
00:18And you have decided to teach us how to make asparagus with a feta cheese,
00:23like yummy topping with a vinaigrette.
00:26And I am really excited because asparagus scares the hell out of me.
00:30A lot of people don't really know what to do with the end of the asparagus.
00:34And I like to cut them off.
00:37Put the asparagus on a baking sheet.
00:40I want the asparagus to be nice and crispy.
00:43I'm going to massage my asparagus with olive oil, one of the ingredients.
00:47Hey, okay.
00:48Rows for 10 to 12 minutes.
00:50Now we're going to make our vinaigrette dressing for the asparagus.
00:54One tablespoon Dijon mustard.
00:57Two tablespoons of champagne and vinegar.
01:00Yum.
01:03A quarter of a cup of olive oil.
01:06And you want to do it slowly just because you want it to mix well together.
01:11Some salt and then some pepper.
01:14Yep.
01:14You're going to put this on asparagus now, but you can also use this like on anything, right?
01:18Like a salad.
01:19Oh, yes.
01:20Just to kind of spice up whatever vegetable that you want to eat.
01:24Okay.
01:24Look at how nice and browned they are.
01:28Really nice and crispy.
01:30So when would you make this asparagus?
01:32I would make this asparagus if I was maybe, or if I were going to a barbecue.
01:40And drizzle some of the vinaigrette over.
01:43Look how thick and delicious that looks.
01:45Yummy, yummy, yummy.
01:46So a little bit of feta cheese on top.
01:49You can put feta on anything and everything.
01:52I'm ready to dive in, can we?
01:53Ready?
01:54Ready to dive in?
01:54Okay, let's do this.
01:55Okay.
01:56I always like to get the really nice crispy part.
02:00The cheese in there with the vinegar.
02:03Do you like it?
02:06I love it so much.
02:08It's really good.
02:10Cheers to Michelle Obama.
02:11Thank you for challenging us.

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