Autumn feast from Tim Love, on a shoestring

Tim Love is often called the king of cowboy cooking.

He's the chef and owner of the Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, and the Love Shack, both in Fort Worth, Texas, where he dazzles customers with his mouth-watering cooking.

Tim, who's as comfortable cooking for the Dallas Cowboys as he is for his own kids, is known as much for his "big as Texas" personality as he is for his delicious, down-home culinary delights.

And he accepted the "Chef on a Shoestring" challenge from "The Early Show on Saturday Morning."

Tim chose to make a wonderful, seasonal three-course dinner for four and, as a "Shoestringer," he had to try to do it on our budget of only $40.

And his chef's hat was automatically tossed into the "How Low Can You Go?" ring. In our friendly competition, the "Shoestring" chef whose ingredients cost the least will be invited back to whip up the feast for our year-end holiday shindig.

Tim's menu started off with a Beet Salad with Goat Cheese, then had Parmesan Crusted Chicken, and he finished with a delicious Apple Cranberry Crisp.

Enjoy all our "Early Show" recipes!

RECIPES

Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese Salad

• 6-8 medium beets
• 1/2 cup almond slivers, toasted
• Goat Cheese
• 1/4 cup Olive Oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Wash beets thoroughly and dry them. Trim and remove beet greens.

Wrap the beets in foil and roast them in a 425 degree oven for approx. 1 hour.

Unwrap the beets and let them cool.

Peel the beets and cut into eighths.

Place beet segments in a medium mixing bowl. Add almond slivers and olive oil and toss. Season with salt and pepper and toss again.

Put beet salad on four separate plates, crumble goat cheese on top of each, and serve.

To see more of Tim's recipes, to go Page 2.

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[Nancynurse1983]

I thought the chicken was really moist and tasty. I used a shredded italian blend of cheeses, the chicken was very tasty and moist. I will make this again. I did not like the beet salad. I love beets. but the salad did not work for me.

[SmilingRain]

I saw this episode this morning and thought the Parmesan-crusted chicken looked really good. Yes the recipe is easy and the chicken was really moist, but I didn't think it was that great overall. Just my opinion for others who might want to try it.

[RogerRosswaag]

Tim is great! I'm going to try the goat cheese and beets salad recipe and definitely the chicken breast with mayo and parma cheese. I like his style. He's easy going and fun to watch and just a regular guy. You should have him on more going forward...I look forward to seeing more of his great cooking ideas.