Giada at Home 2.0

- Season 5

(2012)

Season 5 begins with recipes for a Halloween party. Included: grape-and-mango parfaits; chocolate-orange cake pops; and spiced pumpkin-raisin cookies.

Prepared: Spanish potato omelets; quick and easy romesco sauce; seafood; sausage and chicken fideua.

Thanksgiving side dishes are prepared. Recipes include baked-mashed potatoes with peas; Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs; sweet-and-savory-root-vegetable stuffing with apples and dried cranberries; and persimmon-pumpkin pie.

Appetizers and cocktails are created for an art show. Included: mini grilled-pork skewers; mini eggplant Parmesan; lemon-and-vodka martinis.

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Giada talks about the benefits of going meatless once a week and shares some vegetarian recipes, including avocado hummus; lentil burgers; and sweet-potato salad. Also: tostadas made with roasted vegetables.

Giada prepares a chicken, which she uses for three separate dishes, including garlic-roasted chicken and root vegetables; risotto with bacon and kale; and curry-chicken-apple wraps.

Giada's take on sports-bar food. Included: sweet-and-sour pork, served on slider buns; sweet-potato strings with beet ketchup; beer-battered cremini mushrooms; and a beer cocktail.

Giada De Laurentiis shows her love of chocolate with a chocolate-inspired menu: Wedge Salad with Raspberry-Chocolate Vinaigrette, Cocoa-Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Chocolate Tomato Sauce and Chocolate Zabaglione with Tiramisu.

Giada prepares 4 meatball recipes, including mini-turkey meatballs w/a mango-raspberry-balsamic BBQ sauce; meatball Panini w/grilled red onions, prosciutto & provolone cheese; white pizza with kale & meatballs; & Italian turkey meatballs.

Three decadent recipes are prepared, including four-cheese ravioli with herb pesto; eggplant-Parmesan meatloaf; and chocolate-raspberry layer cake.

Giada and her Aunt Raffy create three more dishes from Giada's grandmother's recipe book. This time they make a beautiful Frittata of Tuna and Tomatoes, Red Bell Peppers with Eggplant and an elegant Strawberry Omelet.

Recipes for a spring luncheon are prepared using fresh ingredients, including a puree of grilled artichoke and celery root; lemon-cumin chicken; and hibiscus panna cotta.

Recipes that represents milestone moments for Giada, including baked lemon ziti; mozzarella fonduta; rib-eye-steak paninis; and pink-grapefruit-and-thyme Bellinis.

Giada honors three women who give to others by hosting a luncheon for them. The menu features Pan-Fried Salmon with Green Goddess Tzatziki, a Quinoa Salad with Roasted Eggplant and Apples and Iced Tea with Berries, Melon and Mint.

A menu inspired by the fresh flavors of Venice Beach, California, also has an Italian influence. Recipes include lemony shrimp-and-risotto; three-cheese-and-artichoke calzones; and citrus gelato.

Giada De Laurentiis hosts a fiesta, inspired by LA's great Mexican food. Dishes include stuffed red peppers; chipotle shrimp served with arugula salad; an aqua fresca recipe with watermelon and strawberry; and tres-leches tiramisu.

Giada hosts a baby shower celebrating identical twin boys. The menu includes roasted red-pepper hummus in cucumber cups; pasta shells filled with chicken salad; open-face smoked salmon finger sandwiches with herb-horseradish cream cheese.

Giada De Laurentiis and her Aunt Raffy make some family favorite recipes. The dinner menu includes fusilli with pea pesto and smoked mozzarella; lemon-mustard potato salad; and an orange-ricotta-quinoa pie.

Giada De Laurentiis finds great BBQ recipes reflecting the areas of the US. Prepared: pork sandwiches with white barbecue sauce; grilled salmon with sun-dried tomato butter; spiced beef brisket with smoky barbecue sauce; and grilled apples.

Giada shares 3 amazing recipes with America's favorite fruit. Recipes include apple chips with sweet yogurt dip; grilled chicken with apple-mango chutney; and apple galette topped with goat cheese, sour cherry and almonds.

Giada prepares a special Father's Day dinner. Recipes include bacon-and-cheese manicotti; spicy red-wine spaghetti; and meaty penne.

Giada uses a recipe for corn muffins as a basis for other dishes, including blueberry-buttermilk muffins and bacon-and-scallion muffins. She also makes pea-lettuce-fennel soup and homemade chai latte.

Aunt Raffy turns 60 and Giada De Laurentiis throws a big birthday bash. On the menu: turkey-stuffed vegetables; gnocchi with tomato, basil and olives; and a special cake.

Giada plants a garden at a Compton elementary school, with help from students and volunteers. Months later, she visits the kids and faculty, bringing with her a picnic lunch to share, including a pancetta-fontina-zucchini quiche.

Giada De Laurentiis creates meals, requested by her twitter followers. Recipes include corn and tomato soup, shrimp scampi; couscous with chicken and peas; blueberry-banana bread.

Giada De Laurentiis creates a delicious lunch for Jade's dance class. The menu includes sweet apple pops; cheesy-muffin pizzas; and carrot fries with lemon-mint dip.

Giada De Laurentiis shows how to make good Italian pasta from scratch. She also prepares recipes for creamy spinach-and-mushroom lasagna; roasted tomato soup with halibut and fresh pasta; fettuccine with figs, prosciutto and goat cheese.

Giada De Laurentiis makes recipes based on things that are stuffed.