Hola! Bonjour and Benvenuto!
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Welcome to Creative Cooking.
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My name is Nicole Braxton,
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and I'm super
excited to be here with you
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as we journey around the
world one bite at a time.
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Today, our episode
is called Mamma Mia!
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As we journey to Italy,
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we'll be making three
amazing and delicious dishes.
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They include lasagna,
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eggplant
paramagiana, and asparagus.
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For our lasagna,
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some of the
ingredients include...
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Now let's get started.
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I'm super excited,
I love Italian food.
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And this is a
nice plant-based spin
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on the average
and the normal lasagna
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that we grew up with.
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So we're going to
start off by taking some tofu
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and put it in a bowl.
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You can get a
tofu that is non-GMO.
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So this is a part of the recipe,
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you like to roll your sleeves up
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and get messy
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because we're
going to crumble our tofu
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to make it
symbolize a ricotta cheese.
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So this is a
vegan ricotta cheese
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by just putting it
together with our hands.
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And if you want, you
can also do this with,
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you know, a spoon
or things like that.
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This is a very hands-on
process to say the least.
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All right, so
here is our lasagna.
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This is one of my favorite
recipes because it's simple,
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like, once you cook it,
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you can eat off a
bit through the week,
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most people love this recipe.
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So I'm really happy to
share it with you today.
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Okay, so now
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we have our tofu ready.
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And if you look, now
it has a consistency,
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a little similar to
like a vegan ricotta.
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Now only thing
that's left is the flavor.
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So one of the things
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that I found of
eating plant-based
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is that you can
be really healthy
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and also have delicious meals
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if you put a lot of
fresh herbs and spices in it.
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And I didn't always
eat this way, not at all.
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I grew up eating all
different types of food,
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and so it's
really nice to find food
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that I'm used to,
but that's healthier.
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And once I try different meals,
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you know, vegetables
weren't necessarily seasoned
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when I try
different types of meals.
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So I was wondering,
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"Is it possible
to eat a healthy food
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that actually tastes good?"
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And luckily, I'm very thankful
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that I was introduced to a
chef that taught and trained me.
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And I realize
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that all the
different foods that you use,
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it's really good
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to put fresh
herbs such as basil,
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like we will put in
today and thyme into the food,
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because it really...
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the food absorbs it.
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For example, tofu
acts like a sponge,
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whatever types of ingredients
and different sausage
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you put on top of your
tofu, it directly absorbs it.
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So that's a
great thing about tofu.
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So now, I'm going to add
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some just mayo into the tofu.
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Okay.
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And I will mix it around.
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Can I add a little bit more?
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You can add less,
it's all up to you.
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Because, remember,
it's my goal to empower you
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to be an excellent
chef in your kitchen.
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Okay.
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So this is just giving us
some texture of a ricotta.
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Now to give it its flavor,
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I'm gonna put some
chicken style seasoning.
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Alrighty.
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And as you are stirring it,
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although it's cold
and it's not warm yet,
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you're able to still
smell all the good spices.
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Because in the
chicken style seasoning,
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it has a mixture
of herbs and spices.
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So by putting it in it, it
really activates your senses
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which I enjoy in
this vegan ricotta.
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So if you look at that,
we're starting to mix it.
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Now I want to
add some fresh spices
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or fresh herbs in
there, just one moment.
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Okay.
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We're gonna take some basil,
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and it's part
of the mint family,
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so it adds a nice taste to this.
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I'll take my basil
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and I'm gonna
roll it up as such.
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Can you see? There
we go, rolled it up.
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Now I'm gonna take my knife,
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and I'm going to do a
rocking motion like this.
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Leafy greens, in
general, outside of basil,
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but leafy greens
are really great things
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to start incorporate in diet.
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So the basil adds a
nice flavor to this.
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So I'll put some
fresh basil in there,
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and I might save a
little to top at the end.
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Okay. So now I'll mix that.
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And it's amazing, just
even cutting the basil,
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I can really start smelling
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the different
oils being released,
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and now it's in
this vegan ricotta.
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It's delicious,
I can't wait. Okay.
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So now for our next filler,
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we're gonna put some
spinach inside of it.
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So I'm gonna take out a skillet.
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And you can put a little bit
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of extra virgin olive oil,
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or you can use water.
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And I'm going to
now take my onions,
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and I'm gonna let this heat,
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great thing is that
these pans heat really well.
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So now I'm going to
put onions in my skillet,
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and I'm going to take the
fresh garlic that we have.
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A great thing is you
can get fresh garlic at...
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You can get fresh
garlic at your local stores.
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And also if you
go to Asian markets,
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they tend to have garlic
cloves peeled, ready to go.
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And I really like
incorporating that in my dishes.
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So I'm just
gonna take some garlic
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and chop some of this.
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Okay.
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Okay, so we're gonna put
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some garlic
inside of our onions.
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To me, when I first started
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being introduced
to a plant-based diet,
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the one way
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that I was convinced
was by watching people
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eat it and live well.
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I didn't know
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that there are so
many different products out
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that are really
good and delicious.
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Nowadays, it's
really easy actually
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to eat plant-based.
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It only requires
essentially making a decision
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and planning for it.
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There's a lot of
access to different products,
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and there's a lot
of information online.
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And this is a good...
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This show is a
really good program
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to be tuned into
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so that you can
learn different tips
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when you're
cooking your meals at home.
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So we have onions
and garlic right now
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that are cooking.
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Okay.
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So as that is
sautéing and cooking,
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I'm also gonna add a little bit
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of Italian
seasoning inside of it.
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I also put some
Italian seasoning
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inside of our
vegan ricotta cheese.
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The next herb
that I'm really excited
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to put in is
thyme, I love thyme.
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This is great for Italian dishes
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and other dishes as well.
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So I'm gonna take the thyme
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and just going to chop it.
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We have the rocking
motion going on right now.
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Okay.
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You can hear the sizzle
from the onions and the garlic.
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Wow! That is amazing.
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Really good.
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So what I found
when I lived abroad,
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I had some really
awesome Italian friends,
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and we would all get
together and try different food,
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and we were able to
try different things.
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And one of the
things that I really enjoyed
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is they're really hospitable,
and they really enjoyed food.
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Food was something
that connected us all,
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and we were from
all different countries.
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And so I'm super
excited to try this lasagna,
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it reminds me my
really kind friends
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that I've met.
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So now we have some fresh
thyme inside of this bowl.
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We have our basil,
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we have our
chicken style seasoning.
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Now, I want to add some
nutritional yeast flakes.
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In previous episodes I
shared with you, it has B12.
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And it also has different
protein inside it as well.
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So it's really healthy,
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a great thing to
incorporate within your dishes.
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So now I'm gonna
take the nutritional yeast
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and put this over
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our vegan ricotta.
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The onions and garlic
are talking to me right now.
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They're like, "Put
the spinach inside of me,"
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'cause they're ready.
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So I'm just
gonna give it a toss.
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Oops! All right.
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So you can take a look,
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the onions and the garlic
are being sautéing, it's hot.
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All right.
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So now I'm gonna put
the spinach in there.
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Okay.
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It's beautiful.
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So the spinach is a rich green.
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And then you have,
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from the onions,
there is a purple,
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a deep purple inside,
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so it's really
nice to mix those two.
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All right.
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This is a nice healthy component
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to add to our lasagna.
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So we have mixed
the vegan ricotta
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with nutritional yeast
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and all these great ingredients.
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Now let's give it a taste.
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It's good.
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I will add a little bit
more chicken style seasoning,
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pour a little bit more.
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So with the
chicken style season,
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make sure to taste.
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And that it's not too salty
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nor bland, so just taste it.
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I will put a little in here
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so I can taste it
with my other spoon.
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Okay, that's what I'm
talking about, so good.
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It's fresh, full of flavor,
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and delicious.
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Okay, so now our
spinach, that's sautéing.
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And I want to add
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some garlic powder
over our spinach as well.
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All right.
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Okay.
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All right.
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So now our spinach is done,
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you can add a
little salt to taste.
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Okay.
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And I'm going to add
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the rest of the
Italian seasoning
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in this too.
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Well, majority of it, mix it up.
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Now it's time to add the
spinach into our mixture.
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So we'll pour this inside.
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All right.
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Now you can either do...
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Each layer, you can do spinach,
and then you can do the tofu,
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you can break it up like that,
or you can mix it together.
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It's very flexible,
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so you choose
what you like the most.
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Each layer and each
dish that we just did,
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the spinach and the tofu,
they're already ready to go,
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so you can do it
individually, put the noodle,
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spinach or noodle, tofu,
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or you can mix them
together like we're doing today.
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This is Creative
Cooking, remember,
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so I encourage
you to be creative
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when you cook these recipes.
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All right, so now I'm
just mixing these together.
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Okay, so if you take a look,
that is what it looks like.
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This is a vegan
ricotta with spinach
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which is really, really good.
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And just to make sure,
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I'm gonna give it another taste.
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I want to adjust my seasoning,
since we add this spinach in.
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That's good. That is very good.
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Maybe I might add just a
little chicken seasoning.
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But that is very good.
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So now it's time
to layer our lasagna.
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I'm gonna take some tomato sauce
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and put it at the base.
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Now oftentimes, we make lasagna.
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A lot of times, we
boil the noodles before
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and then we put it
into the baking dish,
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but we don't
need to do that today.
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I'll show you a cool trick.
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So you'll pour...
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The sauce at the bottom.
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It's a deep red
color, it's beautiful.
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Okay.
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So you can make your own
sauce, or you can purchase it.
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So we have our
tomato sauce at the bottom,
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then we're
gonna put our noodles.
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Okay.
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Now we're going to
put the vegan ricotta
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and spinach in there.
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And you'll spread it out.
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Okay, it's really beautiful
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and colorful with the
red, white, and green.
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Okay.
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So you just
spread it out like so
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and make sure it's flat.
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By putting this
mixture on top of the noodles,
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it gives it a moisture.
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So when you cook it, it
will also cook the noodles.
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So make sure you
cover your noodles
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with this second
layer, just like so.
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Do you see how it looks?
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It almost looks
like a spinach dip,
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but it's a
beautiful vegan ricotta.
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So you just make
sure you do it like that.
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If you want it to be fancy
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and add some
different herbs in between,
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you can do that as well.
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Next, you'll put
another layer of noodles.
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One, two.
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Okay.
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Then you'll put
a layer of sauce.
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Now you can make your lasagna
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as many layers as
you would like it to be.
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I'll put a
little bit more sauce.
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Okay.
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So this, now you get the concept
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of how to make the lasagna.
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And you, at home, can go ahead
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and make all
the different layers
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that you like.
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What you will do now
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as you put the
fresh basil on top,
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sprinkle that.
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You can also take
some Italian seasoning...
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Like so.
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And then you'll just cover this,
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and bake this in the oven,
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and get ready to bring
all your friends together
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to try your delicious lasagna.
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Now let's go to our next recipe.
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We have eggplant paramagiana.
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The ingredients are...
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So let's get started.
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Now for the
eggplant paramagiana,
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all you do is
just start cutting it
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into the one-eighth inches.
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Okay.
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And as you
continuously cut the eggplant,
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and you will get
significantly larger
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because of the shape,
so you just keep cutting.
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Okay.
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I like eggplant
because you can put
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this in all
different types of dishes.
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And it has a nice
texture and consistency
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that can be a
great meat replacement.
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It can be a good filler,
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and it's really good and
packed with different nutrients.
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So I like eggplant,
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it's really great
to add to this dish.
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Eggplant
paramagiana coming right up.
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So we continuously cut. Okay.
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So now we have
our eggplant slices.
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We're going to make the sauce.
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So the sauce
consists of the olive oil,
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we'll pour this into the bowl.
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Okay.
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We have our olive oil,
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we'll also put
00:20:02.13\00:20:04.20
our fresh spices or herbs.
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Then we will add some
nutritional yeast flakes.
00:20:10.04\00:20:12.57
Okay.
00:20:16.81\00:20:18.15
Then I will also
chop some garlic.
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Okay.
00:20:26.42\00:20:27.96
Like so, really
great thing to have
00:20:27.99\00:20:31.09
to help build
your immune system,
00:20:31.13\00:20:33.13
doing the rocking
boat motion as always.
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You can also
finish it off like this.
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Chop your garlic. Okay.
00:20:39.30\00:20:42.37
So now we have
our garlic in there.
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And we're going to
add this into our mixture,
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it gives it another
dimension of flavor.
00:20:49.28\00:20:51.91
So remember, I really
love flavorful cuisines,
00:20:51.95\00:20:54.82
so make sure
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you add
different fresh ingredients
00:20:56.42\00:20:59.22
to give it that extra flavor.
00:20:59.25\00:21:01.46
And especially when it
comes to putting different salts
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in your food,
00:21:03.69\00:21:05.03
you want to have
more fresher food,
00:21:05.06\00:21:06.53
so you need it less.
00:21:06.56\00:21:08.76
Okay.
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So now we have that,
00:21:10.17\00:21:11.80
and I'm going to
just mix everything.
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As you can see, it all
starts to come together,
00:21:22.54\00:21:24.48
the nutritional
yeast acts like a binder
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and brings it all together.
00:21:27.65\00:21:29.55
We have the
garlic in there. Okay.
00:21:29.58\00:21:33.96
So now we're going
to take our eggplant.
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And on each side...
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Before that, we're
gonna take our baking sheet,
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and we're going to brush it.
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You can brush it with
a little bit of water.
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.81
Just want to make
sure that it doesn't stick.
00:21:53.84\00:21:58.68
Here we go. Okay.
00:21:58.71\00:22:01.62
So now we're
gonna take our eggplant,
00:22:01.65\00:22:03.22
and we're gonna place
it on the baking sheet.
00:22:03.25\00:22:05.75
It's really
cool, it's a nice round
00:22:10.19\00:22:12.43
baking sheet.
00:22:12.46\00:22:13.80
Now, we're gonna brush
each side with our mixture.
00:22:13.83\00:22:16.46
Flip it over.
00:22:20.87\00:22:23.94
There you go.
00:22:23.97\00:22:26.57
This gives it a nice crust
00:22:26.61\00:22:28.94
on this outside of the eggplant.
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.85
There you go.
00:22:34.25\00:22:35.58
Okay.
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.53
So this mixture is
filled with different spices
00:22:43.56\00:22:49.26
and nutritional yeast flakes
00:22:49.30\00:22:51.17
which is really good
for you as well as garlic.
00:22:51.20\00:22:54.30
So I really enjoy
putting over the eggplant,
00:22:54.34\00:22:56.87
and it just observes the flavor,
00:22:56.91\00:22:59.64
and it seasons it really well.
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.44
Continue to put it on each side.
00:23:06.58\00:23:09.02
And the last thing
we'll add are breadcrumbs,
00:23:13.02\00:23:15.42
this adds another dimension
00:23:15.46\00:23:18.33
of flavor to it
00:23:18.36\00:23:22.66
and also texture.
00:23:22.70\00:23:24.53
So you can also add your
vegan parmesan cheese as well,
00:23:24.57\00:23:29.17
you can sprinkle it
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.54
or you can add
it in the mixture.
00:23:30.57\00:23:31.97
Okay.
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.42
Now we will add our breadcrumbs.
00:23:40.45\00:23:42.82
We're gonna take
a little bit of this
00:23:42.85\00:23:47.52
and just sprinkle it
over our eggplant paramagiana.
00:23:47.56\00:23:51.99
Okay.
00:23:56.23\00:23:57.57
Now, we're gonna
put it in the oven,
00:23:57.60\00:23:59.63
and we're gonna put it on broil
for about 15 minutes, okay.
00:23:59.67\00:24:04.17
I cannot wait to
taste that. Okay.
00:24:09.58\00:24:12.61
So as that is cooking,
00:24:12.65\00:24:13.98
we're gonna go to
our last recipe for today
00:24:14.02\00:24:16.45
which is the asparagus.
00:24:16.48\00:24:18.39
And the
ingredients consists of...
00:24:18.42\00:24:20.96
Let's get started.
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.87
For our asparagus,
00:24:39.91\00:24:41.58
we're gonna start out
00:24:41.61\00:24:43.28
with a few different asparagus.
00:24:43.31\00:24:47.55
And before we put it in,
00:24:47.58\00:24:49.25
you can put a little
bit of olive oil or water.
00:24:49.28\00:24:53.22
Say, let's put
some water at the base.
00:24:53.25\00:24:56.76
Let the pan heat.
00:24:56.79\00:25:00.36
Then we'll take our asparagus...
00:25:00.40\00:25:03.16
And ration it up.
00:25:06.43\00:25:07.84
Okay.
00:25:11.31\00:25:12.74
And if you want to put
a little bit of olive oil,
00:25:12.77\00:25:15.34
you can do so.
00:25:15.38\00:25:17.88
Just drizzle it. All right.
00:25:17.91\00:25:21.58
Now we're gonna put
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.12
some garlic
cloves in there as well.
00:25:23.15\00:25:26.92
So I'll chop up
some garlic cloves.
00:25:26.96\00:25:29.22
Alrighty.
00:25:35.16\00:25:39.03
All right.
00:25:39.07\00:25:41.07
So now we're ready
00:25:41.10\00:25:42.44
to add our
garlic into the mixture,
00:25:42.47\00:25:45.77
pour it over it.
00:25:45.81\00:25:49.14
Now, the great
thing about the garlic
00:25:49.18\00:25:51.25
is it perfectly
accents the asparagus.
00:25:51.28\00:25:54.25
It brings now lot of flavor,
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.95
and it makes
them very delicious.
00:25:56.99\00:25:59.12
I like the texture of asparagus.
00:25:59.15\00:26:00.62
As soon as you cook it down,
00:26:00.66\00:26:01.99
you still have the
crunch on the outside,
00:26:02.02\00:26:03.69
and it's a little
bit tender as well.
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.69
So that's the great
thing about this dish.
00:26:05.73\00:26:08.46
Then I'm gonna put some
chicken style seasoning,
00:26:08.50\00:26:10.83
sprinkle it over.
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.73
Now you're starting to
hear it cook, I love that.
00:26:12.77\00:26:15.40
We're gonna put
some garlic powder.
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.77
Mix that in there. Okay.
00:26:22.14\00:26:26.88
Next, we'll put
some Italian seasoning...
00:26:26.92\00:26:29.15
Some oregano.
00:26:32.15\00:26:33.49
We'll cut up a lemon.
00:26:38.23\00:26:41.23
And if you find
as you're cooking,
00:26:41.26\00:26:42.93
hey, just to make
sure to keep tossing it
00:26:42.96\00:26:47.14
and the different spices.
00:26:47.17\00:26:50.77
You see, the more that
you cook the asparagus,
00:26:50.81\00:26:52.64
the deeper the green gets.
00:26:52.67\00:26:54.64
It's really beautiful,
it brings the color out.
00:26:54.68\00:26:58.11
Let that continuously cook.
00:26:58.15\00:27:00.82
You can put a little
more chicken style seasoning,
00:27:00.85\00:27:02.88
taste it as you're cooking.
00:27:02.92\00:27:05.42
Remember, I'm inviting
you to experiment and try.
00:27:05.45\00:27:08.19
And last but not least,
00:27:08.22\00:27:09.76
we're gonna put
some lemon juice on top.
00:27:09.79\00:27:12.19
This is a great
accent to the asparagus.
00:27:12.23\00:27:15.43
Okay.
00:27:15.46\00:27:16.80
There we go.
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.63
So you let that
cook for a little bit
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.00
and then your
asparagus will be done.
00:27:20.04\00:27:22.44
So we have cooked a lot
today. Let's go over our dishes.
00:27:22.47\00:27:26.78
We have the lasagna
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.44
which was our
first dish that we made.
00:27:29.48\00:27:31.51
It's delicious, it's filled
with the vegan ricotta cheese
00:27:31.55\00:27:34.85
we made out of spinach.
00:27:34.88\00:27:36.38
Then we made the
eggplant paramagiana
00:27:36.42\00:27:40.29
which is a great accent,
00:27:40.32\00:27:41.66
you can also add some chopped
00:27:41.69\00:27:43.86
or sliced tomatoes
to accent the eggplants.
00:27:43.89\00:27:47.33
So on the
recipe you'll see that,
00:27:47.36\00:27:48.70
you can add that
in there as well.
00:27:48.73\00:27:50.27
And last but not
least, we have the asparagus.
00:27:50.30\00:27:53.03
So thank you so
much for tuning in
00:27:53.07\00:27:56.84
and making these
delicious meals with me.
00:27:56.87\00:27:58.81
I can't wait to see you
again on the next episode.
00:27:58.84\00:28:01.78
Thanks for
joining Creative Cooking.
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