Hola,
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nei ho ma, and
welcome to Creative Cooking.
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My name is Nicole Braxton.
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And I will be
your vegan tour guide.
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I plan on introducing
your taste buds to delicious
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and nutritious dishes
from around the world.
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Today, we're going to explore
the beautiful Asian continent.
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And for some of the
meals that we'll prepare today,
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we will have a
ginger coconut soup,
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fried rice, and
peanut saute sauce.
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And you will find
out a little bit later
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why this place
is so special to me.
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But before we get into that,
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I'm going to invite my
lovely assistant Alex to come
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and share a little bit more.
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Hey, Nicole. Hi, Alex, welcome.
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Thank you. Come join us.
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So Alex will be
assisting with creating
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our ginger coconut soup.
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And the
ingredients for that include...
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And, Alex, could
you go ahead and show us
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how to make this soup?
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Sure thing.
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First, I want to
thank you for allowing me
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to be on your show, Nicole.
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I'm happy you're here.
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And how we start this off is
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we start with
three cups of water.
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So if you mind putting
that into our pretty red pot,
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that'd be great.
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Absolutely.
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So next, we'll
probably adding our lime grass.
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So our lime grass,
we'll be cutting in half.
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It's usually two to
three pieces cut in half.
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And we can go
ahead and throw that in.
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Okay.
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Next, we'll be
needing two teaspoons...
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No, yeah, teaspoons
of our chicken seasoning.
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Alrighty.
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Two teaspoons of
the chili powder,
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chili sauce.
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And we're going to need three
to four teaspoons of ginger.
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So well, what I
need to shred it.
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So after shredding our ginger...
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We got to get this ginger...
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It's really a beautiful smell...
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Ginger is a root.
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It has a very good
healing ability in it.
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It has a really good
healing ability in it.
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And it tastes really good.
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It's also really
good in lemonade.
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It is a lot of
zesting going on here.
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One of the other things
that I really like about ginger,
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it's really good for
the digestive system,
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and it helps to
build the immune system
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when you're sick or
getting over a cold.
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So I really believe, as he said,
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ginger is a great
thing to start incorporating
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within your diet.
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It's a good
thing to have regularly
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to help build your immune system
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and have a healthy body.
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So, Alex, after you
grate the ginger, what's next?
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So after the ginger...
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We have about
three to four teaspoons,
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like I said before,
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we're going to start
to trim our corn down.
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So I'll actually
hand you the ginger.
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Awesome.
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All right, thank you.
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You can do so much with corn.
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You can pop it, you
can throw it in soups,
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and just eat it raw, you know.
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But let's go ahead
and start peeling it up.
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So just kind of
give it a nice slice.
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We need about
half a cup of corn.
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So just go ahead and
fight with that corn,
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get all those extra pieces off.
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Just kind of tear
it apart. It's a...
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It's a tough
one. It's a tough one.
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Just give it a
couple more scoops here.
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Awesome.
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So we'll go ahead and
put that into our little
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measuring cup here.
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All right.
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So we take our
corn, we'll pour that in.
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There you go. Thank you.
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And then, last but
not least, for our base,
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we put in our kaffir
leaves, just two kaffir leaves.
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Where can we get
kaffir leaves, Nicole?
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You can get it at
your local Asian store.
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We found them...
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They usually freeze them
to make sure they stay fresh.
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So we put those in there.
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But one cool thing I
noticed about this soup, Alex,
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is the lemon grass,
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it's really taking
on aroma of its own.
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What is the
significance of lemon grass?
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So lemon grass is a very
citrusy-flavored vegetable.
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And it tastes really good
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'cause it releases
this acids into the soup
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which give it a
whole new life, you know,
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it makes the soup more alive.
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Wow. It's really good.
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Wow, this aroma is amazing.
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I wish you could
smell this with us
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but don't worry,
you can do this at home.
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This smells so good.
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Awesome. So what's next?
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So what we will be
doing is letting this sit
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for about 15 minutes on simmer.
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So that the flavors can
really combine themselves,
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you know, so they
can become one flavor.
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So after the 15 minutes,
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I'll tell you
what to do after that.
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So... Okay.
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So as this simmers, Alex,
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I just want to
ask you few questions.
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I remember us talking,
you were sharing some things.
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I just want to know
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what has having
a plant-based diet
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done for you in your life?
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Actually, it's had a
very big impact on me, Nicole.
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When I was at Great
Lakes Adventist Academy,
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I was about 320 pounds.
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I was very
self-conscious about my weight.
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It was really a
tough time for me.
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And I had worked at a
summer camp that summer.
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And I went over to a group
called Campus after the summer.
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Okay.
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And that's when I
decided to become vegetarian.
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When I became a vegetarian,
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I lost like 20 to
30 pounds by exercise,
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by eating healthy
food, just being vegetarian.
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And over this past two years,
I've actually lost 70 pounds,
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and I'm around 260,
259 actually right now.
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That's incredible.
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So it's still got
weights to go to my ideal weight
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but it really being
a vegetarian and vegan
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has definitely
helped my lifestyle greatly,
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like I feel so energized,
I feel so much clear mind.
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It's really been a
blessing just to eat different.
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That's inspiring.
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So you're telling
me that you went from
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eating all
different types of food...
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Oh, yes.
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Into now eating
vegetarian and then...
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Eating vegetarian and
now eating plant-based
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and you feel
better eating that way?
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Yes.
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Do you miss it?
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Not really. Okay.
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You know,
there's a couple of times
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where I'm looking at
the chicken, you know,
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in the store when my friends
order it at the restaurant.
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You know, it smells
really good, you know,
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the desire is like,
"Man, it's still there."
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But I know that
by eating that stuff,
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it really affects me,
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it really kind of
makes me feel drowsy.
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And it just
isn't the same anymore.
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So no, it's not as
much of a temptation
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as it was when I first got off.
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Wow, Alex. That
is really inspiring.
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Thanks for sharing
that. Yeah. No problem.
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I, you know,
speaking of plant-based food,
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tell me how to finish
this ginger coconut soup,
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I'm really, really
excited about that.
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Most definitely. Okay. Okay.
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So after you've let it
sit for about 15 minutes,
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then you would add
what we're about to do.
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So we'll add...
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Go ahead and add
our coconut milk.
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Okay. Remember,
after the 15 minutes.
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Alrighty.
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Yeah, your coconut milk. Hmm-mm.
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Also when the coconut milk
is all added and stirred in,
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you also add about a cup...
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It says about a
half a cup of soy curls.
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I like a little bit
more meat in my soy curls.
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So I like to put about
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at least a cup of
soy curls into it.
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So I'll pass
that to Nicole. Okay.
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And before you
put the soy curls in,
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what did you do?
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Do they come like this or...?
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Oh, yeah, so remember
the soy curls have to soak
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for about 10 minutes
before you put them in.
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The soy curls
soak for 10 minutes,
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you drain the water out,
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and then you put
them into your soup.
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Okay. Then we take one lime.
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And we go ahead
and cut it in half.
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And then you take it
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and you cut it
into little wedges.
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So you take your knife
and you go ahead and...
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I'm going to use this
one, it's a little sharper.
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I'm going to cut it
into wedges, hopefully.
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So you're going to
want two lime wedges.
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Two lime wedges.
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And you're going to
squeeze them into your soup
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about 15 minutes afterwards.
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So you're going to add
this toward the end of your soup
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being completed.
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So, again, you'd wait 15 minutes
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after you put the
coconut milk into it
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and then, I mean,
the longer the soup sits,
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the better.
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So here is the other lime.
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And that finishes
it off. That's it.
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Well, thank you, Alex.
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The smell is amazing.
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I really enjoyed.
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I can smell the
lemon and the lime.
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The citrus smell from
the lemon grass is amazing.
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And the kaffir leaves, wow.
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It all starting to
come together and combine.
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Yeah, it's really
amazing and remarkable soup.
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It's really light,
it's really refreshing,
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it's just a beautiful
soup to start off your day.
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Thank you so much for sharing
this amazing soup with me.
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And I'm looking
forward to trying it.
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So I appreciate you
being here with me, Alex.
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Thank you, again.
Thank you, Nicole.
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All right, take care. Take care.
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So for our next recipe,
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we'll be making fried
rice with peanut sauce.
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The ingredients include...
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Now to get
started with our dish,
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I'm going to go
ahead and cut our onion.
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Now if you have tuned
in, in our previous episode,
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you know, to cut the
onion straight down the middle.
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A great trick that I like to use
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is making little
slits in the onion
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going down this way.
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And then I like to
cut it in the middle.
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And then slowly rock
my knife back and forth
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as I cut the onion.
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Okay, now I'm going
to continue to chop.
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Alrighty, then
I'll do the other half.
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Onions are really
great to add to your dishes
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'cause it adds a lot of flavor
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and it builds a great base.
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You can add this into a mirepoix
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which includes celery,
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carrots, and onions.
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So it's really good to
start incorporating this.
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And the rocking motion again
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as we're finishing up the onion.
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This really helps to
make cutting more effective.
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All right, so I'm
going to take my onion,
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and I'm going to chop
it, and put it to the side.
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Now we want to get
started on the rice.
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So on the recipe, it
says for you to cook the rice
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as normal which you should do.
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And a cool tip since
you're tuning in today,
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I'm going to let you know
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what you can do to
also get the great texture
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that you're looking for
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so that the rice
doesn't become too glutinous
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is to use a
little bit of olive oil.
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So I'm going to turn my pan on.
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I'm going to put a
little olive oil at the bottom.
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And then I'm going
to take my brown rice,
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right here, okay.
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And the great
thing about brown rice
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is the fact that it
breaks down into our bodies
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and when we digest it a
lot slower than white rice.
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So I'll put some brown
rice inside of the pan.
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And my objective of doing this
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is to let it brown a little bit.
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And by browning it,
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it helps to make
it less glutinous
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as we're cooking.
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So I'm just going
to brown the rice.
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And it has a nice
texture when you are making it.
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And the other great
thing about brown rice is
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it has and it's full of fiber.
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What fiber does
is it essentially
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acts like a broom
within your system,
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and it gets rid of
all the different things
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in the body that are unhealthy,
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and it helps to keep you regular
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as well as it helps
to keep you healthy.
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So brown rice is a great
thing to start incorporating
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into your diet.
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I would definitely
recommend it over white rice.
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And it's really good
especially for diabetics
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because it breaks
down into sugar slower.
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And so this is a great thing.
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But also, I remind
you, if you're diabetic,
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it's important
to not use as much.
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But if you're going to use rice,
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I would highly
recommend brown rice
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as opposed to white rice.
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All right, so right
now, I'm just browning,
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and I'm browning the
rice, and it's called--
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So I'm just
browning my rice right now.
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All right, now if you would
like to season your rice...
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I'll let you see
that, you can just look in.
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This is what the
brown rice looks.
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I'm just browning on each side.
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And you can let it get
a little bit more brown,
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let the heat sit on that.
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And now if you would like,
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you could add a
little bit of salts
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or you could add
some chicken seasoning.
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This is to give the
rice a little bit more flavor
00:14:08.18\00:14:10.28
or you could
follow you instructions
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as it's listed on your
box, that is fine as well.
00:14:11.98\00:14:14.55
But for me like a
little more flavor
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so I might add a little bit of
chicken seasoning to the rice.
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Now in proportion to our rice,
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we have two cups
for every one cup.
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So right now the recipe calls
for three cups of brown rice.
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So I'm going to
add six cups of water.
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So I'll pour in my water.
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And it's
imperative that you touch it
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or stir this rice very
little when it's in this state.
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So now just let it sit and cook
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as according to
the instructions.
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Now we will get started
on the different vegetables
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that we're going to
put in our stir fried rice.
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So while that cooks, I'll
put it on a different eye.
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Okay.
00:15:10.74\00:15:12.11
And now for our stir fry,
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we have the onion
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and we're going to add
some red bell pepper as well.
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It's really important to have
different colors in your meals.
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It also is a symbol of
how many different nutrients
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you're getting in your dishes.
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So let's just add
some red bell pepper.
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We can see right here,
and I'm cutting this up.
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Okay, peppers are
really great things
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you could put it
directly fresh into your salad.
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And in this case,
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we're going to
put it in our stir fry
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so we'll dice it up.
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Okay.
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And you'll still do
00:15:57.12\00:15:58.45
the same rocking
motion back and forth.
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Alrighty.
00:16:08.06\00:16:09.50
So we have some red peppers.
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We also...
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After you're done chopping,
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you continue to
chop all the red peppers.
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We also will have some garlic.
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Garlic is a really great thing
00:16:27.78\00:16:29.38
to start
incorporating into your diet,
00:16:29.42\00:16:32.29
it helps to build
your immune system,
00:16:32.32\00:16:34.06
and it's excellent for helping
to have a strong immune system
00:16:34.09\00:16:37.96
for colds and to
help fight them off.
00:16:37.99\00:16:40.40
So garlic is a
really good component
00:16:40.43\00:16:42.16
to start adding
to your daily life.
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.63
Beyond flavor, it has a lot
of good medicinal properties.
00:16:44.67\00:16:48.90
So then I'm going to
chop up my garlic, like so.
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It smells so fresh.
I absolutely love it.
00:16:54.44\00:16:58.58
Now one of the
reasons that I chose Asia
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is because in
one point of my life,
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I got to study
there in Hong Kong,
00:17:03.15\00:17:05.75
so Asia has a really
important part in my heart.
00:17:05.79\00:17:09.52
So I'm excited to share with you
00:17:09.56\00:17:11.56
some cuisine that's inspired,
it's inspired from there,
00:17:11.59\00:17:14.36
there's all different
types of cuisine there.
00:17:14.40\00:17:16.10
But this is just a fusion
00:17:16.13\00:17:17.63
that I've made
just from visiting
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and trying different foods.
00:17:19.77\00:17:21.87
So we have some garlic and
now I'm going to get a wok out.
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Okay.
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So I'll put
some oil at the base.
00:17:35.08\00:17:39.55
We'll put our onions
in. Let the pan heat a bit.
00:17:42.99\00:17:46.23
We'll put our onions.
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Okay, you can hear the sizzle.
00:17:50.70\00:17:53.64
Wow, this is
amazing. I wish you were here.
00:17:53.67\00:17:56.87
Okay, so we have our
onions, we have some garlic.
00:17:56.91\00:18:01.08
And we also have
some red bell peppers.
00:18:01.11\00:18:04.71
Along with that we're
going to put in some carrots.
00:18:04.75\00:18:09.92
Okay, now we're
going to let that saute.
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You almost have every
component for a mirepoix
00:18:21.43\00:18:24.07
but we're missing celery.
00:18:24.10\00:18:26.60
But overall,
this is what you do.
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They are sauteing.
It looks like this.
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Just all the different fresh
veggies sauteing and sizzling.
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It smells amazing.
00:18:38.48\00:18:39.81
And I didn't even
put much in there.
00:18:39.85\00:18:41.18
The garlic is standing out.
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The onion has a
very pungent smell.
00:18:42.58\00:18:48.29
So one principle that I really
would like to teach with you,
00:18:48.32\00:18:51.63
now at home, my
goal is to empower you
00:18:51.66\00:18:54.06
to be the best cook
and chef in your kitchen.
00:18:54.10\00:18:57.73
There is a principle.
00:18:57.77\00:18:59.10
There's five
different key components
00:18:59.13\00:19:02.14
when it comes to flavor.
00:19:02.17\00:19:03.61
There's tangy, there's
sweet, there's pungent,
00:19:03.64\00:19:08.41
there's hot, and amalgamation
00:19:08.44\00:19:11.28
which essentially a
combination of all those.
00:19:11.31\00:19:13.55
So when making your food,
00:19:13.58\00:19:15.18
make sure to incorporate
00:19:15.22\00:19:16.82
all the different
types of seasoning factors
00:19:16.85\00:19:20.82
so that you can have
a well-balanced meal.
00:19:20.86\00:19:23.59
So that is stirred in.
00:19:23.63\00:19:26.86
And the recipe calls for
about a fourth cup of broccoli
00:19:26.90\00:19:30.23
which is about this much.
00:19:30.27\00:19:31.73
But if you would
like to add more,
00:19:31.77\00:19:33.47
we can add more as well.
00:19:33.50\00:19:37.21
So for every
recipe that's listed,
00:19:37.24\00:19:39.64
I really challenge you
00:19:39.67\00:19:41.21
to incorporate it into your own.
00:19:41.24\00:19:43.55
Add what works best for you.
00:19:43.58\00:19:47.12
So I'm going to
chop up some broccoli,
00:19:47.15\00:19:52.02
put that in there.
00:19:52.05\00:19:53.49
Maybe a little
bit more just in case
00:19:56.89\00:19:58.86
if you're feeding more
people than just yourself.
00:19:58.89\00:20:03.26
Okay, so we're stirring it.
00:20:03.30\00:20:06.70
And right now,
00:20:06.74\00:20:08.07
all the oils are coming out
from the onions, the garlic.
00:20:08.10\00:20:12.04
And it's really giving this
broccoli a really deep green.
00:20:12.07\00:20:16.01
It's really
beautiful, very vibrant.
00:20:16.04\00:20:19.51
All right, so we have that.
00:20:19.55\00:20:22.75
And now I'm going
to add some sesame oil.
00:20:22.78\00:20:26.09
Okay.
00:20:31.26\00:20:33.26
I'll put some cabbage,
00:20:33.29\00:20:34.86
fresh cabbage in
there as you can see.
00:20:34.90\00:20:38.07
Pour that in there.
00:20:38.10\00:20:40.67
I've saved some to
garnish at the end.
00:20:40.70\00:20:42.94
All right.
00:20:48.74\00:20:50.38
Okay, so now the
rice is boiling, at home
00:20:50.41\00:20:53.31
you would have the normal time.
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.12
But for you today,
00:20:55.15\00:20:57.25
I brought you some brown rice
00:20:57.29\00:20:59.75
that is ready to be
added to our mixture.
00:20:59.79\00:21:04.59
So we'll take the brown
rice and we'll pour it in,
00:21:04.63\00:21:08.83
like so...
00:21:08.86\00:21:10.30
Okay.
00:21:16.30\00:21:17.64
All right, so we're stirring it.
00:21:21.24\00:21:26.55
Okay, now I'm going
to add some Amino Braggs
00:21:26.58\00:21:30.39
which is a really
great replacement for soy.
00:21:30.42\00:21:33.19
It's healthier, it's non-GMO,
and it also has Amino Braggs,
00:21:33.22\00:21:37.66
what we have shared
is a part of a protein.
00:21:37.69\00:21:41.40
So there's 28 aminos
that make up a protein
00:21:41.43\00:21:44.60
and this includes some of
them so put that in there.
00:21:44.63\00:21:47.67
All right, make
sure we're stirring it.
00:21:50.97\00:21:55.34
And then if you find
00:21:55.38\00:21:58.28
that you would like to
add a little more moisture,
00:21:58.31\00:22:00.72
if you want some
more Amino Braggs,
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.08
you can do that as well.
00:22:02.12\00:22:03.55
I'm going to turn this
down, and we're going to put...
00:22:03.59\00:22:10.53
our finishing sauce on it.
00:22:10.56\00:22:13.60
So that brings us
into our next recipe
00:22:13.63\00:22:15.86
which is quick and easy,
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.93
it is our peanut sauce.
00:22:17.97\00:22:19.53
The ingredients include...
00:22:19.57\00:22:21.10
Now let's get started
with this delicious sauce
00:22:40.16\00:22:42.82
that I love to top
over the fried rice.
00:22:42.86\00:22:44.86
So now how we start it off
00:22:44.89\00:22:46.39
is we'll put some
crunchy peanut butter
00:22:46.43\00:22:49.83
right into the
sauce pan, like so.
00:22:49.86\00:22:53.64
And you want to heat
it to about medium heat
00:22:53.67\00:22:56.14
so that it can begin to melt.
00:22:56.17\00:22:59.37
Alrighty.
00:22:59.41\00:23:03.28
As you know peanut
butter does have a protein in it
00:23:03.31\00:23:06.41
so it's good to
include within your diet.
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.32
We're also going to
have some minced garlic.
00:23:08.35\00:23:09.88
So I'll just
chop this up, like so.
00:23:09.92\00:23:15.49
Okay, so I'll put the
minced garlic in there as well.
00:23:15.52\00:23:20.73
We'll put some lemon juice.
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.76
You can hear a nice
sizzle when you pour that in.
00:23:26.77\00:23:31.87
The aroma is amazing.
00:23:31.91\00:23:33.31
It's very sweet yet
savory with the lemon juice
00:23:33.34\00:23:37.78
and the peanut butter.
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.95
We'll put some
honey in there as well.
00:23:39.98\00:23:41.85
Okay. Honey is a
great natural sweetener.
00:23:47.66\00:23:51.43
It's really good.
00:23:51.46\00:23:52.79
I found that when I
have cooked for other people
00:23:52.83\00:23:54.93
that are watching
their sugar, honey
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.43
was a really good replacement
as opposed to processed sugar.
00:23:56.46\00:23:59.63
Now I'm going put
some sesame oil in there.
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.87
So we have Amino
Braggs, sesame oil,
00:24:06.98\00:24:09.54
and then a key ingredient
00:24:09.58\00:24:10.91
if you would like
to make it more liquid,
00:24:10.95\00:24:17.62
you can add a little bit
of olive oil in it as well.
00:24:17.65\00:24:20.76
But if you'd use it
as a recipe, that's fine.
00:24:20.79\00:24:23.76
You can put a little
olive oil if you like.
00:24:23.79\00:24:27.50
Okay.
00:24:27.53\00:24:29.16
Now, I'm going to
add some cilantro,
00:24:29.20\00:24:34.14
calls for about teaspoon,
00:24:34.17\00:24:38.44
and chop up some
cilantro and pour it in.
00:24:38.47\00:24:41.04
And now... Wow, that is amazing.
00:24:45.05\00:24:49.75
You can look,
it's melting down...
00:24:49.78\00:24:51.72
so the cilantro
and the peanut butter
00:24:55.16\00:24:57.26
is all coming together.
00:24:57.29\00:25:00.10
So now what I'll do is
00:25:00.13\00:25:01.46
I drizzle this
over my fried rice.
00:25:01.50\00:25:03.60
And you can even incorporate
and stir it in as a sauce.
00:25:06.63\00:25:10.74
So you put it in there
00:25:10.77\00:25:12.11
so now you have a
peanut saute rice.
00:25:12.14\00:25:15.38
Drizzle it on.
00:25:15.41\00:25:18.28
And now your sauce
00:25:18.31\00:25:19.81
and your fried rice is complete.
00:25:19.85\00:25:22.08
So we've cooked a lot today,
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.05
and I've had so
much fun with you.
00:25:24.09\00:25:25.75
Let's review what we cooked.
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.86
Now we made this
delicious fried rice together.
00:25:27.89\00:25:30.63
And what I really like about
it is all the different colors
00:25:30.66\00:25:33.60
which symbolize the
different type of nutrients
00:25:33.63\00:25:35.66
we're getting from this dish.
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.47
We have the red
from the red bell pepper,
00:25:37.50\00:25:40.47
we have the
orange from the carrots,
00:25:40.50\00:25:43.10
also has beta-carotene in it,
00:25:43.14\00:25:45.47
we have garlic,
onions, I put some cilantro.
00:25:45.51\00:25:50.15
It's really, really
delicious and fresh.
00:25:50.18\00:25:53.08
Another thing
that I would recommend
00:25:53.11\00:25:54.78
if you're really busy,
00:25:54.82\00:25:56.15
you can make your rice
ahead of time, the day before.
00:25:56.18\00:25:59.25
And then all you have
to do when you come home
00:25:59.29\00:26:01.32
from such a busy day
00:26:01.36\00:26:02.82
is just stir
everything together in your wok.
00:26:02.86\00:26:05.59
And then voila,
00:26:05.63\00:26:07.10
you have fried
rice that is delicious.
00:26:07.13\00:26:09.50
Another good thing I
like to do is take the lime
00:26:09.53\00:26:12.30
and just squeeze it
over the fried rice.
00:26:12.33\00:26:15.60
And this helps to accent
00:26:15.64\00:26:17.01
all the different
flavors within the dish.
00:26:17.04\00:26:18.94
We have some sweet,
some spicy, some tangy.
00:26:18.97\00:26:22.54
And if you'd
like to make it spicy,
00:26:22.58\00:26:24.15
you can add different
sweet chili garlic in it,
00:26:24.18\00:26:27.25
anything that you like to do.
00:26:27.28\00:26:28.62
Ultimately, you
are the chef at home
00:26:28.65\00:26:31.02
so make the
alterations that you like.
00:26:31.05\00:26:32.92
Our next dish is
our ginger coconut soup
00:26:32.95\00:26:36.66
which is really delicious.
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.19
I really enjoy it
because it's light, it's sweet,
00:26:38.23\00:26:42.70
and it also has a
very savory taste.
00:26:42.73\00:26:45.93
The great thing about it is that
00:26:45.97\00:26:48.24
it has different
cilantro in there,
00:26:48.27\00:26:50.77
the lemon grass
brings out the citrus,
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.91
and it's very sweet and light.
00:26:53.94\00:26:57.51
And the great thing about it is
00:26:57.55\00:26:58.88
if you want to
add more flavor to it,
00:26:58.91\00:27:00.92
what you can do is,
00:27:00.95\00:27:02.28
you can put additional
chicken style seasoning in it
00:27:02.32\00:27:04.65
and adjust it
to meet your needs.
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.96
And the last dish
that we made today
00:27:06.99\00:27:09.29
is the peanut saute sauce
00:27:09.32\00:27:11.53
which is really great to be
drizzled over your fried rice.
00:27:11.56\00:27:14.50
The other thing that
you can do with this,
00:27:14.53\00:27:15.86
you can put it into crapes,
you can add it to dessert,
00:27:15.90\00:27:19.80
you could use it as a base
00:27:19.83\00:27:21.17
when it comes to maybe a
gravy, it's really versatile.
00:27:21.20\00:27:25.91
So these are the
dishes that we made today
00:27:25.94\00:27:28.48
and ultimately
it's been a pleasure.
00:27:28.51\00:27:30.85
There's one thing that
I do want you to remember.
00:27:30.88\00:27:33.18
Beloved, I pray that you
may prosper in all things
00:27:33.21\00:27:35.85
and be in health just
as your soul prospers.
00:27:35.88\00:27:38.69
Thank you again for
tuning in to Creative Cooking.
00:27:38.72\00:27:40.96
See you next time.
00:27:40.99\00:27:42.32