Lidia Celebrates America
Lidia’s Peach and Beet Salad
Clip: Season 2025 Episode 1 | 1m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Peach and beet salad made simple! Lidia teams up with Kiki and Firas for this colorful, dish.
Lidia teams up with influencer Kiki Ruff, and Firas Ayyad, founder of No Res Gourmet, to make a vibrant peach and beet salad — sharing tips on using every part of the vegetable and reducing waste. It’s a simple, colorful dish that celebrates giving, gratitude, and the joy of cooking together.
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Lidia Celebrates America
Lidia’s Peach and Beet Salad
Clip: Season 2025 Episode 1 | 1m 57sVideo has Closed Captions
Lidia teams up with influencer Kiki Ruff, and Firas Ayyad, founder of No Res Gourmet, to make a vibrant peach and beet salad — sharing tips on using every part of the vegetable and reducing waste. It’s a simple, colorful dish that celebrates giving, gratitude, and the joy of cooking together.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- I asked Kiki and Firas to show up a little early and roll up their sleeves and do what they do best.
And it's a great easy dish.
You can use it in your projects and you certainly can use it in yours.
So, peach and beet salad.
Now, peeling a peach is like peeling an apple.
You can pull the skin off.
- Yeah, I've only ever peeled a peach with a potato peeler.
I've never done it this way.
- Oh, you can do that.
Just cut the slices right off.
- Wow, that was so fast.
- They give so much and so willingly of themselves.
I like the whole beet with the stems.
We pulled dinner together for them to honor them, to thank them.
That's good, that's perfect.
Throw it right in here.
- How are we looking here, chef, a little bit more?
Yeah, a little more, go ahead.
- You want me to finish the whole thing?
- Yeah, yeah, so you use everything.
You use the leaves and the stems.
- I love that.
Waste nothing.
- Yeah, we use the whole beet.
That's the beauty of it.
No waste of food.
For me, one way of giving is just teaching and sharing with them.
- This one might need a little choppy.
Okay, good, yeah.
Use your judgment.
- Just scoop them up?
- Yeah, let's scoop them up and let's put them all in there.
- This is looking nice and colorful now.
- Ah, isn't it?
Look at this, look at this.
- Yes.
- Isn't this inviting?
- Yes.
- I wanted to leave something with them.
You dress it.
That they could share with their diners, viewers.
So you give it a toss.
(gentle music) - There we go.
(gentle music) - So crumble the little cheese on top.
All of, that's it, all over.
- All over.
- Alright guys, I think we're ready.
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Clip: S2025 Ep1 | 2m 50s | Lidia Bastianich cooks garlic pasta at SAME Café, where meals are earned with time, produce, or pay. (2m 50s)
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Clip: S2025 Ep1 | 2m 44s | Lidia brings A Nation of Neighbors volunteers to SAME Café to connect over food and purpose. (2m 44s)
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Clip: S2025 Ep1 | 4m 28s | At Ikoi No Kai, Lidia finds comfort, culture, and Naomi’s Japanese Curry with Chicken Cutlet. (4m 28s)
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Clip: S2025 Ep1 | 4m 50s | Lidia cooks ‘Ruff Rice’ with Kiki Ruff, sharing tips for confidence and creativity in the kitchen. (4m 50s)
Serving Dignity: Lidia Joins No Res Gourmet’s Mission
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Clip: S2025 Ep1 | 3m 26s | Lidia joins No Res Gourmet, where they serve dignity, joy, and hope — one meal at a time. (3m 26s)
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