The ONLY Salad to Serve on Thanksgiving | Clinton's Green Salad with Squash & Pumpkin Spice Croutons

It’s Thanksgiving Week on Chewed Up, and Clinton shows up with the one thing Michael Symon never thinks about on a holiday table: a salad. But not just any salad — the salad. The same one Clinton took to The Drew Barrymore Show where Drew declared it her “new favorite.” Clinton, in full Salad Prophet mode, walks Michael and Carla through his roasted delicata squash, toasted pepitas, and pumpkin-spice-kissed croutons — or as the crew insists on calling them, “fat breakers.”

What follows is peak Chewed Up energy: Carla crunches croutons into the mic until Clinton gets strangely excited, Michael goes on a tirade about why restaurants should toss salads for you, and the trio accidentally rename Thanksgiving greens forever. They also drop hard-earned Thanksgiving prep wisdom — thawing your turkey on time, making stock early, mapping out your oven like a battlefield, and why brining is basically a trap if you want good gravy.

The episode finishes with their Monday giveaway: The Frontgate Stay-Chill Bowl from Michael Symon’s Collection, pulled straight from the set and heading to one lucky fan. It’s loud, it’s unhinged, it’s practical, and somehow yes — it’s still about salad.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Cold open: Clinton invented everything, apparently

01:00 – Thanksgiving vs. Friendsgiving vs. “Husband-Giving”

02:20 – Clinton confesses he’s not a salad guy

03:00 – The origin story: Drew Barrymore + pumpkin spice croutons

04:00 – Crouton chaos and the Great Crunching Incident

05:00 – Delicata squash 101

07:30 – Carla’s crunchy ASMR moment

08:30 – Toasting pepitas without burning your kitchen down

09:45 – Clinton’s salad-dressing tasting hack

10:30 – Influencers steal Clinton’s bottle-dressing trick

12:00 – Sponsor: Señorita (THC Margarita)

13:00 – Dressing the greens + Michael’s bowl rant

15:00 – Goat cheese vs. feta diplomacy

16:00 – Dig-in + Thanksgiving prep talk begins

17:00 – The official Tuesday shopping rule

19:00 – The stuffing strategy

20:00 – Make-ahead pie logic

21:00 – The Great Gravy Debate

22:00 – Carla’s “oven grid” system

24:00 – Buffet flow theory

26:00 – Turkey order, brining truth bombs

28:00 – Cooking by temp, not time

29:00 – Sponsor: Caraway

30:00 – Sponsor: Frontgate

31:00 – Sides strategy + mashed potato hacks

33:00 – Carla films the chaos

34:00 – Weekly Giveaway winner announced (Frontgate Stay-Chill Bowl)

35:00 – Wrap-up: Thanksgiving is coming fast

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

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Three lifestyle icons reunite with zero filter, strong opinions, and even stronger flavors. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen with comedy, comfort food, and unfiltered conversation — served loud.

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