The McGraw Show

Weekdays 6 am – 10 am

McGraw Milhaven takes on the stories of the day with insight from the newsmakers, comments from the public, and an educated opinion. The show is a must-stop for nationally known guests. If someone is in the halls of power, stage, or screen, they will be talking with McGraw on KTRS. If The McGraw Show is talking about it, you’ll be talking about it too.

Just Sayin…Becka & Milhaven 

Catch McGraw’s new podcast with Tom Becka through the KTRS Soundcloud. Two nationally recognized radio talk show hosts from the Midwest discuss current events and life in general with the only agenda being to inform and entertain.

Tom Becka spent over 25 years as a nationally recognized radio talk show host. He is currently offering commentary with Becka’s Beat on Fox 42 KPTM TV in Omaha. As an award winning radio talk show host Becka was featured on The NBC Nightly News, 48 Hours, Oprah Winfrey, MSNBC and other national shows.  Prior to that he spent 5 years on the road as a stand up comic where he opened for such acts as Jerry Seinfeld, Lewis Black, Sam Kinnison, and Chicago.


white man in suit standing at microphone - mcgraw milhaven at ktrs studios

McGraw Milhaven

From the halls of the White House to kitchen tables all over the region, McGraw Milhaven is nationally recognized.

McGraw has interviewed “everyone except Obama”, and whether it is the news of the day, sports, or entertainment, he will ask the questions you want to ask while keeping his audience informed and entertained. He has been a guest visitor on multiple new stations including, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. In St. Louis, McGraw hosted the Emmy nominated show, “Get Hooked On Health” and was a panel member on the popular sports round table “Chalk Talk”.

From broadcasting on the White House lawn to air-to-air refueling missions on KC135s with the Missouri National Guard, McGraw’s accomplishments are vast and diverse. The Missouri Senate has honored McGraw for his exceptional amounts of time and energy bettering the lives of Missouri citizens. In 2006, The Riverfront Times named Milhaven the best AM personality in St. Louis. Alive Magazine announced its “Hot List: 130 Things We Love About St. Louis” and The McGraw Show the best talk show.

McGraw grew up with five sisters in a small town in Long Island, New York. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned three varsity letters in baseball. McGraw finally moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1999.

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McGraw’s Recipes

Marry Me Chicken 

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McGraw’s Irish Coffee

Add Hot Water to a glass, Let it Heat Up, Discard.

Add Teaspoon of brown sugar

Add a Shot or More of Irish Whiskey

Add Coffee of your choice

Top with Heavy Whipping Cream – Whip in separate bowl to make it thicker.

Pour over top of coffee to the brim of the glass

McGraw’s Little Meat

1 1/2 lbs of hamburger meat (also make with sweet Italian sausage)
1 yellow onion
8 oz  mushrooms (optional, but I love)
2 carrots, cut to size (optional, but I hate)
1 6oz can Tomato paste
1 box/bag of elbow macaroni , or campanelle pasta
worcestershire sauce
salt/pepper
red pepper flakes
12 inch cast iron skillet (optional, but grandma made it in one)
2 cups of beef broth/stock
1 bag shredded sharp cheddar cheese
boil water and start the box/bag of noodles.
Brown meat, set aside.   (if you can get a little crusty, that’s a great option)
add olive oil to pan, chop and brown onion, mushrooms, and anything else you find in the Fridge.
add red pepper flakes, but not too much, a little goes a long way
add worcestershire sauce, alot goes a long way
clear a spot on the skillet, add a full can of tomato paste.
Let the paste cook on the skillet, mix paste on itself on a clear spot of skillet for a minute, then mix with browned vegetables (should be very thick)
then add two cups of beef broth/stock.
stir and let the broth cook off….a few minutes.
add back the browned meat. mix with vegetables.
save some pasta water, just in case
add pasta, mix with meat and vegetables. add pasta water to loosen the mix to your taste.  ( I usually add 1/2 cup of pasta water. )
add some shredded sharp cheddar cheese to top, (but not too much, a little goes a long way.
Eat and enjoy.  Also great for leftovers.

McGraw’s Lasagna 

Ingredients
3 Lbs of sweet Italian sausage
3 (14.5) cans whole peeled tomatoes
3 cups mozzarella cheese (low-fat fine)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
15 oz of whole milk Ricotta cheese
1 large onion
1 box mushroom, (optional)
4-5 cloves of garlic, minced
Red pepper flakes
1 egg yoke
fresh thyme
fresh basil
Olive Oil
lasagna noodles
Side Work
Preheat oven to 400
In food processor pulse 3 tomatoes cans till it is all liquid, place in a bowl
Mix mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese, place in another bowl
Mix ricotta cheese, egg yoke, salt, pepper, and minced thyme, place in another bowl
Mince garlic
To the stove:
Heat a12 inch cast iron skillet
Add oil, sweat chopped onion and mushrooms, 4-5 minutes.
Add red flakes, and garlic, mix .30 seconds
Add sweet italian sausage to onions/mushrooms, brown sausage, 5-7 minutes
Add the bowl of liquid tomato sauce, mix and simmer for 10 minutes, let the sauce thicken just a little.
Now take everything out of the cast iron skillet and place in a bowl.
Off heat,
Take the now empty skillet and line the bottom with a 1/2 cup of  tomato sauce with sausage etc.
Add a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles, covering the sauce.
Then, Spread  1/3 of ricotta mix on to uncooked lasagna noodles
Then, Spread 1/3 of mozzarella cheese mix over ricotta mix
Then Spread 1/3 of tomato/sausage sauce over the mozzarella cheese mix.
repeat
Next layer uncooked noodles
Next 1/3 Ricotta mix,
Next 1/3 Mozzarella cheese mix
Next 1/3 tomato/sausage mix
Repeat again
layer uncooked noodles, last of Ricotta mix, last of Mozzarella cheese mix, and last of tomato sauce.
Sprinkle any remaining mozzarella/parmesan cheese on top.
Sprinkle chopped basil on top.
Put in the oven, which was already preheated to 400 dfegrees.  30-40 minutes.  When noodles are soft, it’s done.   Let cool for 10 minutes.
Enjoy and you can thank me later.

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