Welcome to Cook 30. I'm Jeremy
Dixon from the Revived Cafes
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in Auckland, New Zealand. And
I also wrote the Revived Cafes
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Cookbooks. And today I want
to share with you some delicious
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cafe style meals you can cook
at home. Cook 30 food is all
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about using whole food,
plant based ingredients.
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We're going to be using
great protein sources like nuts
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beans and lentils. Whole grains
like brown rice and quinoa
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tying it all together
with fresh fruit and vegetables
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and international flavors
and fresh herbs and spices.
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And the best part about Cook 30
food is you don't have to spend
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hours slaving away in
the kitchen to make it.
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I'm going to show you how
you can make a delicious meal
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for your family in just 30
minutes and you'll not believe
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just how easy it can be.
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On the menu today we have
a delicious Mexican feast.
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We have a corn and pepper
fiesta served with Guacamole
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Zesty Coriander Rice
and a fresh Mexican Salsa
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We'll heat up some black beans
and lettuce and for dessert
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we'll have freshly cut
mangoes with lime juice.
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Okay the first thing when
you start a meal is to make sure
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that you got
your kitchen prepared.
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We've got the jug boiled,
boiling water ready to go.
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pans on the stove, chopping
board, knife, clear bench area
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and a fridge and cupboards
stocked with lots of healthy
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foods that we can use.
First thing we're going to do is
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the brown rice. So I've got a
hot pan here and we're going to
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cook brown rice. The
recipe is basically two to one.
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So we're going to start with one
cup. This is a big container.
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One cup of brown rice, and I
usually use long grain because
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it generally
takes less time to cook.
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And then we're going to
use two cups of boiling water.
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This is the standard
recipe for brown rice.
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So we'll let that cook. Bring
it to a boil, so I'll just turn
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it up so it's nice and hot
and then turn it back down.
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Rule for cooking rice,
number one - you want the lid on
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This is the absorption method
which means you want the water
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to be absorbed into the rice not
steaming out the top of the pan.
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Also, don't stir it. You'll
ruin the little steam holes
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that come up to cook the rice.
Just leave it then and when it
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starts boiling and bubbling
we'll turn the heat right down
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so it's just simmering and just
bubbling. It will take around
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20-25 minutes to cook.
Ok we're going to start with
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the corn and pepper fiesta.
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And we're going to use canned
corn. If you've got fresh corn
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that's great as well.
Just going to open these cans
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And this is a really easy
salad to make. Very, very quick.
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Very nice and Mexicany. Two cans
of corn, drained in the sink.
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And I'm going to mix it in
the bowl we're serving it in.
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We can save a lot of
dishes by doing that.
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Two cans of corn. Lovely
yellow batch that one. We have a
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red capsicum or bell pepper.
Depends what country and what
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you call them. Take out the
insides and we're just going to
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dice this really finely. So to
start with you want to slice it
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really finely. You want a
really sharp knife for this.
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It can slide off and
take your finger off.
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And what we're going to do with
every dish which I try to make
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is to add a lot of color. And
color just makes food look good
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and if it looks good, it
will generally taste good.
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Line them up
together, chop them up together.
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Another run through as well.
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You want to make sure
it's no bigger than the corn.
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Put that in there as well.
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Going to add some spring onions
or scallions or green onions
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or whatever you call these.
Going to add three of these.
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These add lovely color, chop
off any ends that aren't fresh
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Chop off these ends as well
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Cut them in half and just slice
them through. It's quite nice
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to slice things diagonally
if you get a chance, like this
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really fine and when you're
slicing these type of things
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you want to make sure
your knife is going all the way
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through to the board or
else you're going to end up with
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all these bits that
are joined together.
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So a nice slice,
rocking the knife back and forth
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so you're getting a
clean contact with the board.
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And you don't end up with
too many bits joined together.
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Catch any of the ends that
have missed out. Look at that.
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Put that in as well. Lovely
colors. Ok, the rice as you
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can see is now bubbling away
so I'm going to turn that down
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to very, very low heat so
it will keep simmering gently.
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So now we have to add a bit of
dressing to this. So we'll add a
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tablespoon of oil, I've
got some extra virgin olive oil
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just a good sprinkle of salt
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and I think that's
pretty much all the ingredients.
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Just mix it up, the oil sinks
down. You don't need sweetness
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for this one because the corn
is very sweet. Mix it around.
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Just like that. Make sure
you leave some green at the top.
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And that is ready to go to
the table. How quick is that?
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It wouldn't be Mexican without
Guacamole. So we'll get two nice
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avocados. I'm going to cut into
them, cut them in half long ways
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Lovely. Look at that
lovely green coming through.
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Not too bad. Just going
to get the stone out of that
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Take off the skin, it's a great
way of getting the creamy flavor
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in a Mexican meal. You can
buy some prepared guacamole but
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I've never had any success.
They taste a million miles away
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from the fresh stuff, really.
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A little blackness happening
there, we'll cut that out.
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Everything else is
fine. So put that in a bowl
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We're just going to
squash it down with a fork
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and mash it up so
it's lovely and fine.
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Here we go, it's coming
along getting there eventually
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You don't want to mash it
100 percent, just a few lumps
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is quite nice but
generally mash most of it.
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Mash it up reasonably well like
that. Add the juice of a lemon
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Squeeze it in
the lemon juicer here
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It gives it a lovely acidic
bite. Avocados are very mild
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vegetable, a fruit actually.
Pour it through my fingers
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Oh! One always
goes in doesn't it?
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Need some salt, so
half a teaspoon of salt.
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And red onion to give it some
more bite. Just a quarter of red
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onion, we don't need
much. So again chop off the ends
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We just want to cut thin
slices hold them together
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You want it really, really thin
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This is a nice easy
way of cutting thin slices.
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It's probably
about enough actually.
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Clump it together and
slice it into really thin slices
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You don't want big chunks
of onion coming in your meal
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since it's not cooked, so get
it nice and thin is worth it.
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Add it into the avocados.
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So that's all the ingredients.
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Ah, clove of garlic. One clove
of garlic in the garlic press
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press it through, just like that
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and we'll stir it up
and the Guacamole's made.
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The salt, lemon juice and
onion combine really well.
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You can add tomatoes as
well but because I've got salsa
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happening we'll do a
basic avocado and onion.
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There we go, all ready!
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I've got beautiful home grown
tomatoes for the Mexican salsa
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and these will really
make this dish beautiful
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So chop off all
the home grown bits
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Chop off the stuff you
don't want. I've got a beautiful
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yellow one, look at that. So for
salsa you want them really thin
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for the salsa I like. You still
want it a bit chunky not blended
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So chop it into rounds
like that and chop through it
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And then the other way
with the knife, like that
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And then the same with these
guys. You want about two cups.
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Those little end bits
can be quite dangerous.
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Let's keep slicing. It's really
nice making your own salsa
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You can buy salsa at the
super market but I think making
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your own, it only takes a couple
of minutes and the flavor is
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just WOW compared to
what you can get in a package.
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Get it chopped up right
through, looking beautiful.
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Ok, we're going to add some
red onion. We'll use the one we
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used before. Again, a quarter.
The big onion is better than
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the small onion, and
we're going to make little cuts
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dice this up really finely
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Here we go. We're
going to add some cilantro.
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This is lovely as well. We're
going to cut this up finely.
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We're going to
cut all the leafy bits
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that's half the cilantro and
we're going to preserve the rest
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of the stalks for
the cilantro rice later.
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You want the juice of some
limes. I'll just grab 2 limes
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They're juicy and
we're going to juice these
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You want about 4
tablespoons of lime juice
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and add a bit of
salt, half teaspoon of salt
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And that's pretty much
every thing. Ah, chilies.
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We can't go without chilies.
I've got a nice chili here
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They're not too hot. So again
taste your chili, know what
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your capabilities are. We're
just going to dice this chili
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really finely slice it.
You've got some nice hot flavors
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coming through. This
one is a really mild one
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but just go
cautious if you need to.
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Put the seeds and all in.
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And we'll just squeeze a
clove of garlic in as well
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Where's that? I think
it's over here. Ah there it is.
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And here we go. We'll
just infuse it with garlic.
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Mix this lovingly on
the board here. Like that.
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Doesn't that look beautiful?
In the next course of 10 minutes
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these flavors will
mingle beautifully...
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don't forget all the juice,
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and we'll just pour this
lime juice on here as well.
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You have a really delicious, you
know it's going to taste good
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Lime, cilantro, salt, lemon
juice, all the great things
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for a delicious salsa.
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If you've just joined us
on Cook 30, we are cooking a
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delicious Mexican feast. We
have a corn and pepper fiesta
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guacamole and
zesty coriander rice.
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We're making a fresh Mexican
Salsa, much better than what
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you can buy at the supermarket
with some black beans
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and lettuce. And to finish
off we're going to have freshly
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cut mangoes and lime juice.
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And this Mexican meal is some
thing I really love about food
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just to be able to have on
the table all this deliciously
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healthy and interesting flavors
and just put them on my plate
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and eat them how I want. Every
one can customize their meal
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how they want. So it's a really
fun way to eat. I love this
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style of cooking. So we're
going to add some black beans
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which is very Mexican. We're
just going to empty the beans
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into the pan and warm them
up. You can get great canned
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beans from the supermarket and
most of them don't carry lots
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of preservatives and
things. Do check the labels.
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Just simple black beans, just
going to drain them out here
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Drain out most of the
water, leave a little bit in
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and just put them in
the pan and warm them up.
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I'll try one and
see what it's like.
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Nothing really
flavorsome at all which is good.
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I'm going to add just a touch
of salt, to add a bit of flavor
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Let it warm up there
for a couple of minutes.
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Now we're going to add
some lettuce. It's a great thing
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to add to it. And again,
it's called Romaine lettuce
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my favorite lettuce, nice and
crisp. We're just going to slice
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it really thinly to make
it easy to work on the plate
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so just as thin as
you can, slice it up
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and this will add some
nice greenery and freshness
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to all our other
Mexican ingredients.
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I'm just going to
put that in a bowl
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it's ready to go on the
table. Just kind of drizzle over
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If your lettuce is a bit wilted
just a little bit of water
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splashed over it can help as
well. So it's ready to go to the
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table. And before we start
dessert we want to make sure we
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flip the cutting board so
we don't get the oniony flavors
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coming through in the dessert.
One of the things I love doing
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when I go shopping is looking
at people with shopping trolleys
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Not in any way to judge them
but just to see what people eat
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And sometimes you see mothers
with children putting into the
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trolleys absolutely, stuff that
is not food it's just full of
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sugar full of flavorings,
preservatives, processed foods
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and it just so many more
amazing things God has created
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for us to eat. Things
like a simple mango. A mango
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at the end of a meal will
be much more satisfying and
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enjoyable than some chocolate
encrusted, white flour sugared
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horrible dessert. So I encourage
you to make really good choices
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when you go to the supermarket
and get good healthy stuff.
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So I've got a great Mexican
finish off for this and that's a
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mango. So slice them the
long way around the stone
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so you're just missing it. Let's
see if we can get 4 good cheeks
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Look at that 4 beautiful cheeks.
We're going to eat this later.
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What we're going to do is slice
them through here, you know
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this trick and create lovely
edible squares that we can eat
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with the skin. Just a really
quick way to prepare mango.
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Just score through there
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This will be far more satisfying
to make you far more better
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and healthier than some of
the other sweet horrible things
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that you can buy
in the super market.
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And we're going to top this
off with some lime juice and
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some mint. So we not only have
mango but some other amazingly
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created flavors as well.
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Eating these types of healthy
foods you are going to have
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so much more vitality in
your life. Ever since I started
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eating healthy food about
10 years ago, I need less sleep
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I have more brain power, life
is so much more better when you
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have a clear brain and
a healthy mind and body.
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And not to mention that you're
not going to get all those
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horrible
diseases that you can get.
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So basically you just flip
them out, like that. They might
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break apart. Just throw
them on a nice wooden board.
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They might break
apart a little bit.
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They mustn't
bend, just like that.
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Just going to get
the juice of a lime.
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Just a squeeze over it. Oops
I've cut that the wrong way.
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You need to cut them in
half this way to squeeze them.
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And by squeezing this will help
it stop going off, just keep it
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for those final
minutes before we serve.
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And just put some
garnish ones like that.
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Perhaps we can use the limes
to cover the interesting ones
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And now for mint, just chop
it up. Chop off the long stalks
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Just roll it up
into a cigar shape
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And you cut it like that
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Garnish the top and you have
a healthy dessert to finish off.
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OK, let's see how
the rice is going.
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Looking pretty good. Let's turn
that off. I think it's done.
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If you want to see that
the rice is done, all we do is
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pick it up and just pull
back and you can see underneath
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that there's no water left.
And generally that's a good way
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of telling your rice is finished
It's all finished and as you
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can see it's nice and
fluffy which is great.
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I've made twice as much rice
because I'm going to store some
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So grab some kind of container
and put some rice in here
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and that means tomorrow when
you want to make a nice healthy
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breakfast of stir fry or
have a curry on rice, you've got
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some rice in the fridge. This
will keep round about 3 days
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The trick is to make sure
it cools off and then put it in
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the refrigerator and
it should last a few days.
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I'll put it aside for it to cool
off, won't put the lid on yet
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Just a handy tip to keep your
fridge stocked with useful foods
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So that was beautiful rice. Now
we wanna make it more delicious
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Now you can serve curries and
things with plain rice like this
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but with Mexican we want
to add a little more flavor
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So I've got the coriander or
cilantro stalks I used before
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I'm just going to
trim off the ends.
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And we're just
going to slice these
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really thinly and these
little ends of the coriander
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are really delicious
and add lots of flavor
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Just take your
time and cut through
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with the leaves as well so we
want a really nice even covering
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If there's one thing you could
probably use to improve cooking
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and give more flavor
is the use of fresh herbs.
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You've probably noticed that I
use a lot of herbs in my cooking
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Coriander or cilantro is lovely
to have in a lot of dishes
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You want some fresh parsley,
mint is really amazing too
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in savory dishes and in some
sweet dishes. You can grow thyme
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oregano, there are so many
beautiful flavors you can have
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to add to your meals. So if
you have a little herb garden
00:23:43.89\00:23:46.79
at home I've got one. Pop
out anytime, pick some herbs
00:23:46.82\00:23:50.89
and then instant
flavor, instant freshness
00:23:50.93\00:23:54.30
There's one thing you can do
try getting some herbs. You can
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buy them at the
supermarket as well
00:23:56.83\00:23:58.57
but there's nothing
like having a garden at home.
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So we're going to
put this in with the rice
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I'm going to add some lime
juice. Fresh lemon and lime
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is another thing as well.
It makes such a difference.
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Cut these limes in half. The
trusty lemon squeezer once again
00:24:16.89\00:24:21.56
Just like that, look at that.
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Also I'm going to
add a bit of zest as well
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.91
We've got some beautiful zest
on here. I should've done that
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.91
before taking the juice
out. Use the fine setting on
00:24:42.94\00:24:47.32
your grater and grate
some of this into the rice.
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Adds a bit more
flavor, the smell is amazing.
00:24:55.76\00:24:59.93
You don't need much but it
will add an extra touch as well
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Add a little bit of salt,
about half teaspoon of salt
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and just a splash of
extra virgin olive oil
00:25:16.28\00:25:20.68
and mix this up. This
is going to go beautifully
00:25:20.72\00:25:24.62
We've got a bowl here to go,
00:25:33.60\00:25:36.10
pour it into the bowl.
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And you know that it's
going to taste fantastic.
00:25:39.67\00:25:44.74
And again I like to use brown
rice rather than white rice
00:25:44.77\00:25:49.51
Basically to make white
rice you take brown rice
00:25:49.54\00:25:52.91
take off all the
fiber, nutrients and vitamins
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.58
and you get white rice. So,
brown rice is much healthier
00:25:55.62\00:25:59.42
option to choose. These beans
look as though they're cooked
00:25:59.45\00:26:03.12
They're warmed up nicely so we
are going to put it into a bowl
00:26:03.16\00:26:08.56
This will go as a great
protein in the Mexican meal
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Here we go. Turn this stove off.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ingredients
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that we can piece together and
make into our own Mexican feast.
00:26:28.82\00:26:32.65
Now the fun part about
this Mexican feast is serving it
00:26:35.42\00:26:38.69
You can choose any quantity
you like of the different foods
00:26:38.73\00:26:42.13
I always start with
brown rice first on the base
00:26:42.16\00:26:47.87
I'll add some black
beans on top of that
00:26:47.90\00:26:52.71
Make a little bit of a well
and serve some of the corn and
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.41
pepper fiesta,
beautiful and colorful
00:26:57.45\00:27:00.62
The salsa, delicious! A
little bite from those chilies
00:27:00.65\00:27:07.02
And a good dollop
of guacamole on the top
00:27:07.06\00:27:10.06
Serve lettuce on the side
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and there I have my
perfect Mexican Feast!
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Thank you for
joining me on Cook 30
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And I look forward
to seeing you next time.
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