No salads here! Though plenty of people use the new year as a jumping off point to get in shape, some of your favorite celebrity chefs are taking a different approach to the holiday as they share their ultimate “cheat day” comfort foods with Us Weekly.
Scroll down to see which tasty dishes made the cut, and maybe you’ll be inspired to feast on a New Year’s Day indulgence of your own!
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No salads here! Though plenty of people use the new year as a jumping off point to get in shape, some of your favorite celebrity chefs are taking a different approach to the holiday as they share their ultimate “cheat day” comfort foods with Us Weekly. [ami-related id="1334840" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/food/pictures/hot-male-chefs-curtis-stone-antoni-porowski-and-more/" title="Hot Male Chefs" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pp-Hottest-Male-Chefs.jpg"] Scroll down to see which tasty dishes made the cut, and maybe you’ll be inspired to feast on a New Year’s Day indulgence of your own!
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No salads here! Though plenty of people use the new year as a jumping off point to get in shape, some of your favorite celebrity chefs are taking a different approach to the holiday as they share their ultimate “cheat day” comfort foods with Us Weekly. [ami-related id="1334840" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/food/pictures/hot-male-chefs-curtis-stone-antoni-porowski-and-more/" title="Hot Male Chefs" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/pp-Hottest-Male-Chefs.jpg"] Scroll down to see which tasty dishes made the cut, and maybe you’ll be inspired to feast on a New Year’s Day indulgence of your own!
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The Cake Boss star is partial to one of his most comforting recipes when it’s time to cheat – his famous macaroni and cheese carbonara. An inventive take on two classic Italian-American recipes, this dish, which is on the menu at Buddy V’s Ristorante locations around the country, features smoked mozzarella, fontina, egg, pancetta and sweet peas. “Is there anything more indulgent and comforting than a good plate of warm macaroni and cheese? I'm known in my famiglia for my carbonara so I thought marrying the two together would be a match made in heaven and it sure is,” Valastro, 41, tells Us. “This is exactly how I like to treat myself whenever I get the chance to!”
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A beloved and nostalgic dish, daal chawal is a comforting yellow lentil soup featuring turmeric, ginger, ghee and butter over plain steamed basmati rice. Simple yet wholesome, the meal explodes with flavor, texture and aroma, taking the Chopped star back to her childhood in India. “This is my chicken soup for the soul,” the Chauhan Ale and Masala House owner tells Us. “Not only is it delicious — it’s pretty healthy too!”
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When the Top Chef alum is craving comfort food, he grabs a BomboBurger at BomboBar in Chicago. Perfected by Viviani himself, the dish features sharp American cheese, shaved garlic butter pickles, red onions and dijonnaise sandwiched between two bomboloni doughnuts. “It’s insane,” Viviani, 40, tells Us of the food item. “The burger is served on buns that are Italian hole-less doughnuts. If you’re going to cheat on your diet – go all out!”
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Though the Chopped winner is responsible for the tasty meals coming out of the kitchen at The Mockingbird in Nashville, he looks beyond his own restaurants when it’s time for a cheat meal. “If I want to go all in for a cheat day, there is no denying Jet’s 8-corner turbo crust pizza! It is a Detroit-style pizza and just the perfect combination of crunchy crust,” he explains to Us of the chain restaurant dish. “It features two square pizzas so you are maximizing the crust — genius and gooey cheesy perfection. A good friend turned me on to it, and I’ll be forever grateful. It is a perfect combo!”
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For the Chicago-based restaurateur behind celeb-favorite establishments such as Sunda and Underground, sweetness is key. “My favorite cheat day food is Sunda’s tempura French toast, which is a borderline dessert,” he tells Us. “We take French toast and amplify it by deep frying it so that it is super crispy, then top it with a brown sugar glaze, bananas, berries and whipped cream.” Dec adds the dish is “kind of like a breakfast sundae.”
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