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Makes you think about some some summertime, right? If you're like me, you're probably thinking about what goes well with summer time. How about some ice cream? How about some BBQ? How about some bevvies? All that stuff goes with great weather, right? But then we come back into fall. It might be time to start with a clean slate. Our next guest, the King of Salad, is going to help us clean up our act. The cofounder of Chopped, Colin McCabe, helped us get our salad game elevated and also how we can get back to American schools. Thanks so much for being here, Colin. Thank you for having me. Alright, can you can you do anything wrong with a salad? There's no wrong way to make a salad, right? No, there is no wrong way. And I should add salads great year round. That's right. So there's no, there's no it's a lot of times we think about it like as a summer thing, but then you can make it more fall. You can bring in like some great roasted root vegetables. Absolutely. Whatever you wanna do to get your jam on exactly right. OK, So what are we doing here this morning? What ingredients are we using? So today we're gonna do Jimmy Johnsons kale Caesar salad. Jimmy. OK, so we're doing a partnership with Jimmy. He's a legend in the world of NASCAR and support and beyond. Seven time NASCAR champion, all of you've got, you've got the shirt on, you're doing the whole thing. And I've got, I've gotten to know Jimmy Johnson. I met him socially and he's, you know, aside from being a legend, he and I got to talking and I found out we were interested in all the same stuff. He's a triathlete. He's into health and Wellness, physical activity. Yeah, you gotta fuel your body the right way, whether you're a triathlete, that's right or just like a regular human. That's exactly, that's exactly, that's exactly right. And then he asked me what I did. And I told him I was a cofounder of CHOP, right? Which I started in 2001 with my best friend Tony Shore. And still best friends today. Still best friends today. Love that good stuff. And he said, well, that's amazing because I eat it chopped every week with my wife. We live right next to your Park Rd. location in Charlotte, which is the beginning of this conversation we ended up sponsoring. The race card team. And then like we do with a lot of people, we, you know, we work charitably and try to support great thing, right? We always name salads. Good things can happen. Always with the goal of supporting kids. OK Jimmy Johnson Foundation supports kids K through 12. And let's get into this sort of as we do that so we can romaine and kale, right? Right. Already in the bowl. And then we're going to add in, we're gonna add avocado. Love avocado. And we love avocado because it's got great healthy, essential fats. Right, you know your stuff yes and we talk about all the elements and now we're cherry tomato. Lots of we got vitamin C in here and also we love the bright red color cause that means it's doing good things for our body. Throw in some protein, animal protein for those who like it right? That's right, little little protein chicken and we throw in Parmesan for love. And richness and saltiness. We talk about all the elements you want for a great salad. And that's one more green. Throw it in the cube. Vegetables and texturing. Yes. And more color. Here we get the corn in. Absolutely. You're using all the right words. OK. And then croutons. Again. More for love. That's what I call. All right, we got this in here. Show us the signature toss. Come on. You want me to do it? Yeah. Come on. Give us a signature song. And give the people what they want. All up, put this down right here and we'll let the camera get that. Ohh. Yeah, yeah. Look at all those beautiful colors coming together. And then we tie it all together with our chopped Caesar dressing. I love. Right. And that's where we hang our hat. This is our hero product or dressings. Talk about creativity and all that. We do a little or a lot, whichever way you like it. How do you like it? Not too much. That's exactly what I would have done. That's right. OK, so now we mix it up. And now I know you make salads at home and we told me what you made. We did it. We did a nice, nice one last night. Some watercress, some pear, candied pecans. My husband, Rocco, he's a big fan of the salads, amazing on the daily. We talked about watercress being the healthiest of all, the most nutrient dense. Absolutely. OK, OK, alright, so now as you pour this in here, here, hold on. Let me do it. Let me do it the TV way. Never. It's like the queen. You never show your back to the queen. Put it right in here. Let's talk about how your foundation. Helping kids in American schools. What are you guys doing? Well, Jimmy Johnson's works specifically with students in K through 12. Hmm. And he helps with all things education and physical fitness and Wellness and sponsors and pays for a lot of the athletic teams and some of the schools that he works with. Right. And that's also the charitable thrust of of Chopped. We do a lot of work locally with Wellness in the schools charity that goes in and works with kitchens and public schools. To help their food be better. And it's a, it's a tough space because so much that happens in public school kitchens is not actual cooking. It's sort of reheating. And then it's coming from food service companies. That is correct. And there's always room for improvement. And that's where we put a lot of our effort into. This is a lot of improvement in here. That's delicious. Oh my goodness, that is so yummy. Sorry, I'm talking with my mouth full here. Anything that you can tell parents at home about school lunches and how we can get more nutrition when for those of us who pack. Our kids lunches give us a couple tips. Well when I was a little kid the the chef at my school said eat the rainbow. That's what she said. That's what we were talking about right? Always interested in adding a lot of color to your diet and staying away from packaged foods and eating fresh fruits. My my son gets salty cucumbers everyday. Salty cucumbers and Mandarin orange, some cheese sticks. We try to throw it all in there. My son won't eat a salad. What's his name? Miles. Miles, eat your salad. I'll eat your salad. Come on. Alright. Thank you so much, Colin McCabe. And for more on how you can get involved, of course, you can head over to chopped Jimmy Johnson Foundation. Google that up and you can be a part of it too. Thank you so much for being. Thank you so much for having. Appreciate you.