Welcome to Cook 30. I'm Jeremy
Dixon from the Revived Cafes
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in Auckland, New Zealand.
I also wrote the Revived Cafe
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Cookbooks, and today I'm going
to share with you some delicious
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Cafe style meals
that you can make at home.
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Cook 30 Foods is all about
using whole food 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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fresh fruits and vegetables all
tied together with international
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flavors and fresh herbs
and spices. And the best part
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about Cook 30 Food is you do
not have to spend hours slaving
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away in the kitchen. I'm
going to show you in 30 minutes
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how you can make a healthy
meal for your family and they
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will love it. On today's
menu we have a breakfast.
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We're going to start with some
Swiss Bircher muesli and serving
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it with fresh wild berries. I'm
going to make some nearly French
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Toast with Maple Syrup and then
we're going to make our very own
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homemade almond butter. And
finish it off with everyone's
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favorite breakfast
meal, breakfast potatoes.
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Okay, to make a meal in a very
short time we want to make sure
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we've got out kitchen ready.
Nice clear work surface, good
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chopping board, sharp knife,
we've got a pot on the stove
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heating up, boiling water
in the jug and a pantry and a
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refrigerator laden with
ingredients we're going to need
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for the meal. So I'm doing a
breakfast this morning and this
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isn't the type of breakfast
you have every single day but
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something you might have on a
Sunday when you invite friends
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around and have a special
breakfast. There are components
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of it you can use during
the week when you generally have
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a faster breakfast. But the
most important thing of course
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as everyone knows you must
have breakfast. It's a really
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important meal and has amazing
health benefits if you have it.
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First job is the breakfast
potatoes. It's going to take a
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while to cook so we want to
make sure we get them in the pot
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straightway and cooking really
fast. I've got some potatoes
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here and I generally like eating
potatoes that are pre-washed
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So you probably want round about
a kilogram or such, and also
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sweet potatoes. This is a nice
ingredient to add to it. Just
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to give it a bit of extra flavor
So we're going to chop these up
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and cube them as small as we
can so they cook really quickly.
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And again when chopping make
sure you economize on your cuts
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so you're chopping more
than one bit at a time, if you
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If you cut in quarters and chop
every individual piece like that
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it's going to take about
three times as long to cut
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always look for short cuts
and time saving techniques.
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So you can choose any
potato you like, there are many
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different varieties out there.
The thing that makes this most
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special is the sweet potato. So
probably about a third of your
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ingredient you want to be the
sweet potato. And again cut this
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You can cut this a little bit
thicker because the sweet potato
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is quicker to cook. So if
we put this all in together
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it should typically be
ready about the same time.
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So big chunks of the
sweet potato and small chunks
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of the normal potato. Boil
the jug before, put into a pot
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turn the heat up as high as we
can to get it boiling very fast
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we want it to come to boil
very quickly so we got no delays
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in everything becoming cooked.
So just throw these in here
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I generally don't salt when I'm
cooking them. I generally salt
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them afterwards so I put it
straight in like that. Lid on
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when it comes to boil
we'll just turn it down so it's
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bubbling reasonably and steadily
That's the first job done
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Potatoes are on. So now we're
going to make the Swiss Bircher
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Muesli and this is a delicious
breakfast you can make. People
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have told me by making it
from my cook books that this
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particular recipe has changed
their life. By starting out
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the night before in making
this delicious muesli or granola
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that you wake up every morning
to a yummy, healthy breakfast.
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So this is something you
can work into your daily routine
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you'll have
amazing health benefits.
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No need to make it sit overnight
but if you go half an hour it's
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generally long enough for
it to soak and taste great.
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So, first ingredient is oats.
I'm going to use quick oats.
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I'm going to put a cup of quick
oats. Quick oats is the same as
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normal oats except they're
being cut down so they're small
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and this will make it faster
for all the ingredients to soak
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I'm going to add some raisins,
about half cup of raisins
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and these will
plump nicely as well.
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And it's always nice to have
something crunchy as well so
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I've got some slivered almonds
about 1/4 cup of almonds.
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They're a great protein source.
And one of the special about
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this that really makes a
difference is orange juice.
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And I'll juice these oranges.
You can use packet orange juice
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if you really have to but
make sure you get a good quality
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not one processed from
concentrate. The orange juice
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just soaks up into the
oats and you get this wonderful
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sweet, orange
flavor coming through.
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You probably want round
about three quarters of a cup.
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Again these types of recipes
are reasonably flexible as you
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can tell I'm not measuring
ingredients. Just put the
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measurements in like that. And
that will be soaked up really
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quick in those oats.
I'm going to add some milk.
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Choose your favorite milk.
My favorite milk is almond milk.
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I love you know,
almond milk, soy milk.
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I think this
requires half to one cup.
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We want some apple. And this is
what makes it even more special
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grated apple. This apple adds
a really nice kind of mushiness
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in your mouth when you eat it.
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This is a dish where you've got
not just the flavor sensation
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but all the textural sensation
you can get, a very special dish
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You could grate this in the food
processor but it's only 1 apple
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so it's probably
quicker just to do it by hand.
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Just keep grating till
it comes down to the seeds.
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Put that in along
with the lovely juice.
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And we're just going to stir
that up. Ah, one ingredient.
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We need some almond meal.
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Here it is, some almond meal.
You want a half cup of this.
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And this will add a
lovely creaminess to this dish.
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These are all the ingredients.
And we're going to stir it up.
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Looks reasonably boring now
but when all those lovely juices
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and the oats start to
expand and become lovely.
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The potatoes are boiling, I'm
just going to turn those down.
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Just probably half way so they
are still boiling but don't need
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to be aggressively boiling.
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I might add a bit more milk.
It's looking good at the moment
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but as the oats soak up
all that moisture it's going to
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become a lot more less
runny just a little bit more
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Here you go. So you want it
to become quite a bit runnier
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than you think you need it
because it's going to thicken up
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Just going to pop it in the
fridge and in 25 minutes or so
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it will be just beautiful.
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For the almond butter you want
to use some almonds, about two
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cups of almonds. They're really
nice when they're roasted.
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So I'm just going to
briefly pan roast, pan fry them.
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Just warm them up and you'll
see the oils start to kind of
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the flavors come out. Just
put it in a medium pot or pan
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and we're going to leave those
lightly warm just a touch of oil
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so they don't burn, just a few
more than a touch not too much
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and these will become
really nice and unlocks some
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beautiful flavors by the
time we come to make the butter.
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Okay time to make
the nearly French Toast.
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French Toast is traditionally
made with egg and butter
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and those type of things.
This is the really healthy way.
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So what we are going to do
is make a French Toast mix.
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I am going to start with some
Cashew nuts and we are going
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to use 1/4 cup that's
probably a good handful,
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not too many just a few more
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we're going to
put in a cup of water
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You can use a stick blender
or blend it in a food processor
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it's going to blend very well.
Just a half teaspoon of vanilla
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essence. Just a couple of drops.
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we're going to put
in a tablespoon of honey
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for sweetness. Just a
quarter teaspoon of salt.
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And one thing that's
going to make it nice and yellow
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is turmeric. So just a
pinch an eighth of a teaspoon
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and that will go in there and
give it a lovely yellow color
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Lid on and start blending.
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I'll check the almonds over here
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The potatoes are going well too.
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Here we go, all blended up. It
looks like a really watery mix.
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It looks like it's still watery.
This will actually thicken up
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when we cook it. So all we do
now is get some bread. I've got
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whole grain 100% whole wheat
bread. Don't eat white bread
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bread. White bread is
just processed horribleness.
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So what we're going to do
now is tip this into a bowl
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and we're going to
lightly fry them up.
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So I cut like triangles when
I have French Toast, so cut them
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into triangles and what we're
going to do now is just position
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the French Toast
near the pan here we go
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Just a touch of oil. If
you've got a good frying pan you
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don't need to bathe
these in lots of oil.
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And we're going to dip
these in here and put them
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dip them quickly, don't dip
it too long, put them in the pan
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I'll just turn that up a bit.
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It will start sizzling shortly
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Just a couple of seconds so it
soaks up a little but not a lot
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You can use squares,
whatever shape you want
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and that will take not
long to get done at all.
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And you can see it's
starting to cook nicely
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see it's starting to brown
nicely in a couple of seconds
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and that little bit of
turmeric starts to come out
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you can't even see it in
the mixture but a little bit
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of turmeric adds a lovely color.
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These nuts, I'm going
to turn up the heat a bit
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You keep turning them or they
start burning. If you hear a
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clicking sound it means
they're starting to cook.
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These are probably
ready to turn. Look at that.
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They don't need
much cooking at all.
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It's worth investing in a really
good non-stick frying pan.
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You need some
non-Teflon based ones.
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There are lots of
really good brands out there.
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And again like anything I
recommend go and invest and buy
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the most expensive one you can
afford and get one really good
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frying pan. Too many kitchens
have 10 or 20 frying pans
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that just don't work and need
to be thrown out where you can
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get just one really good one
that will last you all your life
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when you spend your money. With
any kind of kitchen equipment
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you really want to get
one good item rather than
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continually buying
all the cheap items.
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There you go,
it's coming out nicely.
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So just get ready with
some more of these. You probably
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want about eight I think.
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The breakfast I'm making today
is for probably four to eight
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people depending on how much
you eat. And also you can make
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different components for
yourself during the week if you
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want to. So you might need to
adjust the quantities depending
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on how many people, but
it's lovely on a Sunday morning
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sun streaming in, have
some friends over for breakfast
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it's a great meal occasion.
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So we just leave those
there. They're almost ready.
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I'll keep an eye on those
and do another batch shortly.
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On Cook 30 today we
have a delicious breakfast
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We're starting with a Swiss
Bircher Muesli with fresh wild
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berries. We have nearly
French Toast with Maple Syrup
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And we're going to
make our very own homemade
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almond butter. And finishing
off with everyone's breakfast
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favorite, breakfast potatoes.
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Okay, let's start the breakfast
potatoes. I think these are
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nearly done. Look
at that. Nice and soft.
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Going to drain
these through a colander.
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Just let those sit for a couple
minutes just to drain it out.
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We better start some onions.
This pan is nice and hot.
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I'm going to put some
red onions to start with
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One red onion or half a big one.
And we're just going to cut it
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into slices, just as a
nice shape to blend with the
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potatoes, just about a bit thin
and into nice half moon shapes
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so they're nice and stringy
not ripped and floating around
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Put these in the pan, put a
touch of oil a tablespoon of oil
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Stir it around get
a bit of a head start
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We put the potatoes
in so they start to brown
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I'm going to put
in a squeeze of garlic
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Just one clove of garlic into
the garlic press and squeeze
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it in like that. Don't
need a lot, just a little bit.
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And these potatoes.
They're all lovely and drained.
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I'm going to put them in as well
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and we're going to put just
a little bit of salt over them
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probably about a
half to one teaspoon.
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All the flavors will start
combining nicely. There's no
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extra things in there, just
potatoes, onions, a little bit
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of oil, a little bit of
salt and it makes some really
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amazing stuff. So we'll do
it shortly, let the onions get a
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head start. I think the
nuts are done, look at that.
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A little bit of burning but
that's ok. You can see they kind
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of swell up, become nice
and roasted. So they'll have a
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different flavor, it's really
nice when you make the butter.
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Okay I think it's time to
get some of these out of the pan
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and I think I'll put
another batch of these guys on
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I'll arrange those
later, I'll put them there
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I'm going to soak these in
here and just a touch more oil
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so when you use a non-stick
pan you'll need literally a drop
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we don't want an inch of oil
in there and deep fry everything
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another batch of
these, these are really quick
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actually it gives them a good
chance to soak up some of the
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lovely French Toast mixture
without drowning them totally
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and that will
happily fry away there.
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This is ready to
get a bit of a stir
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I'll turn that up I
think, a little bit more heat
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on high for a bit, you can see
you've got really nice colors
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coming through. You've got
the potatoes, the nice orange
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sweet potato and the red onions.
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Now we make the almond butter.
I'll get the food processor
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And for this one you will
need to have a food processor.
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We're going to get the almonds
here which are nicely toasted
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And we're going to
put in a teaspoon of salt.
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And we're going to put in
one to two tablespoons of oil
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I'll put one
tablespoon so it can blend well
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and basically just start it.
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At first it will chop the
nuts but eventually it will
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keep going and turn
it into almond butter.
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At this stage have a
look, It looks like chopped nuts
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that's how it is for the
moment but if we keep blending
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it will start going beautifully.
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So let's keep it going. It can
take a minute or two sometimes
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In the meantime I think I'll
flip some of these guys here.
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French Toast
getting lovely and golden
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Look at that. I'll
turn it up just a touch
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I'm going to give
these a bit of a stir
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It's looking fantastic.
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The onions will keep
cooking. It smells amazing.
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That's underway let's
see how this is going.
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Okay, look at this. I
think we're nearly there.
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I see that it's still a
bit crumbly, to fix that we'll
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probably add our
second tablespoon of oil.
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Try not to add too much
oil if you don't need to.
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That should help it
to just finish it off.
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I might actually
scrape down the sides as well.
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You can also use this kind
of screw juicer that you can get
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that can do the same job. We
put it and it grinds it together
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That's another way of making
it Most people don't have those
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that's why a food
processor is more ideal.
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While that's going
on I'll do the berries.
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So from the fridge
I'll get some berries.
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Berries don't
need any prep at all.
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We've got Strawberries,
Raspberries and Blueberries.
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So when in summer these fruits
are around make sure you have
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lots of them. They're
really really good for you.
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I'll grab a bowl
and just put them in
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and give them a mix
around just like that
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and they really blend together
perfectly with the colors.
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For the strawberries
just take off the ends
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and just put them in as well.
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You've got the tartness of
the strawberry and the raspberry
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with the
sweetness of the blueberry
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this will go really
nicely with the French Toast
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and also the
lovely Bircher Muesli
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Give it a bit of
a toss up like that
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So you want everything to
be nicely spread out there
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And of course a lovely
herb to put on top is the mint
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Got some mint
here which I'll chop up
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Pull off the long
ends, you don't need much
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even a couple of leaves
can really transform a dish
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Those berries will be wonderful
on the French Toast and
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Bircher Muesli.
It's now ready to go.
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So, how's the almond butter
behaving? Looking pretty good.
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As you can see in there it's
now looking like peanut butter.
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So to extract that
we'll get a nice container
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And all we're going to
do is just hit it like that
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and put it in a bowl and that
is how you make almond butter
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It's really amazing when you
look at the ingredients of some
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butters you buy, even
some almond and peanut butters
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some of them are loaded with
preservatives, with stabilizers
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with sugar, so your making your
own actually works out cheaper
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and is far more satisfying
and healthier for you.
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Here you go, that will spread
beautifully on the French Toast
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That should last a couple
of weeks in the refrigerator
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and you've made your
very own almond butter.
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Let's give this a bit of a stir
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Here you go, the
breakfast is coming along well.
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The berries are done, the
French Toast is nearly done
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we've done the almond butter
and let's check on the Bircher
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Should be in the
fridge here, look at that.
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Now ideally you do want
to leave this to go overnight
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but even look in 25 minutes
or so, it's getting lovely and
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soft. At first stage if it's
a bit too hard pour a little
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more milk and it's ready to go.
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Just going to grab
a bowl to put it in.
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So you can make it ahead of
time. Say on a Sunday night make
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say three breakfast worth,
put it in the fridge and Monday,
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Tuesday, Wednesday you've
got your breakfast all sorted.
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You've got your protein
with your nuts, your whole grain
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with your oats. It's just a
great way to have breakfast.
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Now on top it's quite nice
to have some sliced almonds
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a bit of crunch on top like that
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now it's ready for the table.
00:25:14.24\00:25:16.44
Breakfast is
coming together nicely.
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.55
I have to probably flip
some of the French Toast
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and put it on the platter
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I can cook it a little bit more
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looking nice and golden brown
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Now these go here, I'm
just going to serve it straight
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from the pan. It's a cast
iron pan which is really nice
00:25:40.17\00:25:44.01
my favorite way of cooking
00:25:44.04\00:25:47.74
and these look just lovely.
Going to garnish it with parsley
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Just show you how I
keep my herbs in the fridge.
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Keep them wrapped in a
paper towel, wet paper towel
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and I just, often you can get
a week or even longer out of it
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So we're going to put a
little bit of parsley on top
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and everything is pretty much
ready to serve at the table.
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And you have a delicious
healthy breakfast in 30 minutes
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Starting with the Bircher Swiss
Muesli. You've got the beautiful
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softness of the oats,
the crunchiness of the nuts
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and the tartness of the sultanas
coming through, delicious.
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Have some fresh fruit. This is
an amazing way to start your day
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You've got the French Toast.
You can have it with berries or
00:26:42.20\00:26:46.74
with breakfast potatoes with
lots of flavor bursting through
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This is a great breakfast
you can share with friends on a
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Sunday morning or just use
components during the week.
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Thank you for joining me on
Cook 30. I hope you've learned
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some new skills, I
really look forward to
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joining you next time.
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