Hola and bonjour!
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Welcome back to
Creative Cooking.
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My name is Nicole Braxton.
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And I'm looking forward
to being your tour guide
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as we journey the
world one bite at a time.
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Today, we're going to continue
with our health segment.
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And we're going to make
a health and hearty soup
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along with cornbread
and a potato leek soup.
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Today's theme is
dinner at the fireplace.
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For our first
soup, we will need...
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So let's get started.
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For our soup, I'm
going to start it off,
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and I'm going to have the
two cups of water boiling.
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And while that's
boiling, I'll prep our veggies.
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So we're going to cut
our onion and dice it.
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Okay, take the skin off.
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And the great thing that I like
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since we're speaking
of boiling our water,
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one of the key health
principles that I found
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is drinking water really helps
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to do a lot of
great things in our body.
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For example, it can
help the flow of toxins
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to leave the body.
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It also is really
great for promoting
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a good environment
for vascular health.
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And it can help your
body to properly allow blood
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to flow in your system.
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So that's why I
have my water here.
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So when I get
thirsty, don't mind me,
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it's really important
that we continue to consume
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the amount of
water we need daily.
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So I'm going to
keep chopping my onion.
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All right.
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Next, we'll add some carrots.
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You can make it
into three slices
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or you can buy chopped carrots
already prepared at the store.
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And we'll start
with our rocking motion.
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All right.
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So we've got our carrots,
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and now we're going
to get our lentils ready.
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And a separate
skillet you can also...
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You can either saute
your onions in the big pot
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or, and if you do it in the
big pot, you'll saute it first,
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and then you'll add your water
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or you can separate
it and do it separately.
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You can saute it
separately in this pot.
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So I'm going to use a
little bit of the olive oil
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that we've talked
about before or water.
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I highly recommend that too.
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This is a great
thing to saute it in so.
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Actually, you can
try something different.
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This is Creative
Cooking after all.
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You can use water or you can
use the olive oil as written.
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So we'll put our
onions into the skillet.
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Okay, and then
we'll put our carrots.
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I can hear the water
boiling, it's waiting for us.
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So we have the onions
going in there and the carrots.
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And now we'll just
stir them together,
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and let them continue to saute.
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And this is the
critical part of the recipe.
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Now, are you paying attention?
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I want to make sure
you're paying attention.
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This is critical, this
is the step in this stage
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where you're going to
put in all of your spices
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so that the oils from it
can effectively exude from it
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and come into your
soup, so it's important.
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This is where
you put your spices.
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You can add it later on,
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but it's the heat that
inspires the different oils
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from the herbs and spices
to come out during this part.
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So you want to
put it at the base
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when you have your onions.
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I'm also going to put
some garlic in here as well.
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All right.
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And if you can hear,
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it's starting to saute
just as fine with water.
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Now I'm going to put
the different spices.
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So on the recipe, it
says to put cayenne in.
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Now, I want to let you know,
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if spice is not
something or hot food
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in regards to the different
amount of temperature it is,
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like for example, if
you don't like spicy food,
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I will use less cayenne.
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So you can just
put a little bit in
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and taste it and go like that.
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Otherwise, if you
like really spicy food
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or you like a kick to it,
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you can put the
whole amount of cayenne.
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But I would encourage
you to season it as you go
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to make sure it's
not too spicy for you.
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Then we'll put
in our cumin seeds,
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our cumin powder...
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some Italian
seasoning, thyme actually.
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Okay, now we'll saute it.
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And if you start to smell
the aroma from the spices,
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that's how you know it's
almost done being sauteed.
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So when you start...
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Wow!
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That's amazing.
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It's a really,
really, really good smell.
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Okay, I wish you were
here so you could smell this.
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But okay, so
we've got that going on.
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Now, we're going to
put this into our soup.
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We've seasoned it well.
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All right.
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So we're going to
add this to our soup.
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Next, we'll put
the vegetable broth.
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It's a good base and
gives a lot of flavor.
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We'll also put the lentils in.
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So the recipe calls for
the lentils being cooked,
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you can do that.
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And if you have them cooked,
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you put the lentils in
towards the middle part of it.
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So you can put
them in raw as well
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because it's
all one pot of soup.
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All right, so
we're letting that cook.
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All right.
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Then we've got
our diced tomatoes.
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We'll pour this in as well.
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All right.
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And one of the last
things you'll let it cook,
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just continue to
allow it to boil.
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Okay.
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Wow, that smells really good.
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I like the citrus
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that's going to be
coming in when we put our lemon.
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I can sense that that's
going to be a good ingredient.
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But I like the tomato base.
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And I also like how the
cumin mixes with the tomatoes.
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So it has a nice
contrast in this dish.
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Next, we will put
some coconut milk.
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This makes the soup creamy.
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All right.
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Now we just let it cook down.
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Let the...
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The more time you leave in it,
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you'll allow the soup
to extract all the flavors
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from the different ingredients.
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So you want the
ingredients to combine
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and for the soup to become one.
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So you don't want to
have everything separate.
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So it's really good
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if we just allow time
for the soup to simmer
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and for all the
flavors to combine effectively.
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So now we're going
to let that cooking,
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especially if you put raw
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or uncooked lentils
inside of your soup,
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it's important for
you to give it enough time
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so that they're tender.
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If you put cooked lentils
in, you'll need less time.
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So just let that
continue to cook.
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And when you're done,
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the last thing you'll do
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is you'll put some
lemon juice inside,
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and you can also
put some lime zest,
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so you just let that cook down.
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And the most important part
is you need to get ready to eat.
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So that brings us
along to our next recipe
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which is cornbread.
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For this recipe you'll need...
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So let's get started on
this good old cornbread.
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Okay, so to start it off,
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what you can do is
take your dry ingredients...
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the flour.
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And you can substitute,
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you can choose
your favorite flour
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that you would like to
use and see how it comes up.
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Okay, so we have that.
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Then we'll also
put in some cornmeal,
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which, to me is amazing
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because it's a
color that I like,
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and it reminds me of the sun,
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which points me back
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to one of the great
health principles I've learned,
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which is about getting a
lot of exposure to the sun.
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Getting enough sun exposure,
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it actually can
be healthy for us.
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I didn't really know,
after doing much research,
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I found that
having exposure to the sun
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has the ability to boost
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the melatonin
output in our bodies,
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which, in turn,
gives us more sleep.
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And who doesn't like rest?
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So I think that's a really cool
thing that the sun can do so.
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Now I'm going to mix it.
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And another great thing I
found that research has shown
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that it can help
build your immunity,
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which is really nice.
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And also, it can enable
your body to produce vitamin D,
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which is really great to
aid the calcium absorption
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within your body.
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So it's pretty
interesting how the sun
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can have some really
awesome health benefits.
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All right,
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so we're mixing all
these dry ingredients together,
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and we're also going to put
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some baking
powder in there as well.
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Okay.
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Just want to make
sure it's thoroughly mixed
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because when you
put your liquids in,
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it's just going
to begin to clump up,
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so you want it to be one.
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Okay.
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There we go.
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Now we're going to go
to our liquid ingredients.
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We will add some milk...
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some pureed corn...
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some olive oil...
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and some honey.
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All right.
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Now we will just let
all these ingredients
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combine
effectively in the blender.
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I really, really...
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I really, really love Vitamixes
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because they're
effective, effective blenders.
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I mean, there are so many
things that you can put in it.
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You can put your smoothies.
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Right now, we're mixing
things for our cornbread.
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I really enjoy just
really having effective blenders
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when you are mixing things,
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so just going to
allow this to combine.
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All right, looks
about done to me.
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And, now we will
take our liquid mixture...
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and we'll pour it in.
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Just want to keep stirring,
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allowing everything to combine,
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just like so.
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Okay, so at this point,
you can either take a mixer
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or you can mix with the spoon.
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Just want to mix the wet
and dry ingredients together,
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so they can combine effectively.
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You can use a
whisk, a blender, a spoon,
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whichever works best for you.
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Just mix it all together.
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And this is a good recipe
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to add to your
dinner at the fireplace.
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So we've made a
delicious soup prior to this,
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and you can accompany
it with this cornbread.
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Just continue to mix everything,
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make sure you get everything
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from the sides
and continuously mix.
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And if you would like
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to add more
moisture into your cornbread,
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you can add some soy milk,
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just depends on the type
of texture you would like.
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I cannot wait, and if
you want, during this phase,
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you can also taste
it before you bake it
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to make sure
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it's the
consistency that you like.
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So I'll take a little taste.
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The flavors are good, so
I'm okay with baking that.
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Now, we'll take it
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and put it in our baking sheet.
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We'll just put it in there.
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If your pan creates
things to stick to it,
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you can put a little bit
of oil or something or PAM,
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something to just
put it on the side of it.
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Just essentially you
want a nonstick baking pan.
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Okay.
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Now you'll just flatten it out.
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And you want to make
sure you put your oven to 350.
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Got a little on the sides.
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Okay, so now it's
ready to go into the oven
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and bake on 350 for
about 20 to 30 minutes.
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Make sure you check it.
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And while it's
baking, what you want to do,
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towards the end you want
to put your fork inside of it
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or a knife just to make sure
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that you don't have
any leftover residue
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when you take your fork out.
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So that's a good way to check
and make sure it's cooked well,
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it's not too dry,
nor is it undercooked.
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So here is what it looks like,
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and now we're going
to put it in the oven.
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All right.
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Super excited to try
that when it comes out.
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Now, last but not least,
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we're going to go to
our final recipe today.
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It is our potato leek soup.
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The ingredients include...
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So now to start off our soup,
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what we'll do is we'll
take some vegetable broth
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and let it boil.
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Okay.
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And we'll chop up some
celery as well as some leeks.
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Okay.
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Now we'll get our
leeks in the soup too.
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Once you put that in there,
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we'll also put some
of our vegan butter...
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or if you don't
want to use vegan butter,
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you can just replace
it and add more water.
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As we spoke
earlier, water is amazing.
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So feel free to use
it wherever you like.
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So we'll add our
celery inside of our soup.
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That's awesome.
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Now we'll add some leeks.
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And the good thing about leeks,
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I washed the
outside of the leek,
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so now I'm ready to cut.
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And we'll just roll
it up and just slice it.
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Okay.
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Now I'm going to make
sure to go over it again,
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just to make sure
everything's sliced well.
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Okay.
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So next, we'll put it in,
but the one thing is curious...
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I'm curious about is
to check on this leek.
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So I washed the
outside, everything looks great,
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put it in there.
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But I'm kind of
curious about the inside
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because I want to
use the whole thing,
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I don't want to waste something.
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So let's check and see
what the inside is like.
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'Cause it looks
good on the outside,
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but it's really interesting
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'cause sometimes I found when
it comes to different leeks,
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you see there's
dirt in the inside
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when you get to the core.
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So going back to our principles
we talked about of NEWSTART...
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Sometimes in life,
we can get bogged down
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by all the things going on.
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It's really easy to
start feeling, you know,
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down and out and
focus on our circumstances.
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But the beautiful
thing is there's God.
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And God is there for
us whenever we need Him,
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He can wipe us clean,
He can come into the heart.
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Sometimes, as human beings,
we look so great on the outside
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but inside, there's other things
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that we're dealing with.
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So this leek, this very
simple leek is something
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that is
resemblance of the principle
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we talked about which is trust,
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trust in the Lord.
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You can trust in the Lord
and give your burdens to Him.
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He is there for us.
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So this is a cool principle
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that I was taught
about a leek from my mentor.
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It really taught us
that food is more than food.
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It can be
healing, it can be tasty,
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and also, there are
some very key characteristics
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and principles you can
find just from cooking.
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So I'm going to
add this into our soup.
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All right, next, we'll put
in our chicken style seasoning.
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We'll put in our sage,
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some olive oil or water.
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Now we'll just stir
it, and allow it to simmer,
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and we're going to put in
our potatoes and rosemary next.
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So with rosemary, you
can just take the stock,
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put your hands like
this, and just peel it down.
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Rosemary is one of my
favorite, favorite herbs.
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It has such an amazing smell,
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and it tastes really
good in different foods,
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such as the soup.
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I love it on pizza.
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It's one of my
favorite, favorite herbs.
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So I just chop it and
put it inside of our soup.
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It gives it that extra
flavor element we need.
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It's really nice
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when the difference
spices and herbs blend together.
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So that you can really
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have this explosion
in your mouth of flavor,
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it's not bland, you
want to have flavor.
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And it's amazing how we've been
given so many natural plants,
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herbs, and spices to
really season our food.
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We were made with so
many different taste buds,
00:23:30.67\00:23:33.94
and it's important that we,
00:23:33.98\00:23:35.31
you know, cater to
them in a healthy way.
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So there's no need to
have bland plant-based food.
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You can always season it
with fresh herbs and spices.
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Just going to keep cutting this.
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Alrighty.
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.53
So we'll put this
inside of our soup.
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I'm starting to smell...
00:23:58.50\00:24:00.04
Wow!
00:24:00.07\00:24:01.40
It smells
amazing, amazing, amazing.
00:24:01.44\00:24:04.31
Okay.
00:24:04.34\00:24:07.58
Now we're going to
add some potatoes in there
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as the broth is going...
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your potato, you'll
just cut it in half.
00:24:19.59\00:24:23.43
You can almost
use the same principle
00:24:33.90\00:24:35.40
we used for the onions earlier,
and then, you'll just dice.
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So depending on
what type of shape
00:24:41.41\00:24:43.01
you would like
for your potatoes,
00:24:43.04\00:24:44.48
so just dice it.
00:24:44.51\00:24:49.18
And if you find you
would like it a little smaller,
00:24:49.22\00:24:52.15
you can just chop it, like so.
00:24:52.19\00:24:58.36
Now we'll put our
potatoes in the soup.
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Finish it off.
00:25:07.44\00:25:11.24
And when it comes to different
health concerns, right now,
00:25:11.27\00:25:14.58
I'm just using a regular potato,
00:25:14.61\00:25:19.38
but if you notice that,
00:25:19.41\00:25:22.02
let's say, if you have diabetes
or any other health concerns,
00:25:22.05\00:25:27.02
you could
potentially substitute it out
00:25:27.06\00:25:29.52
with a sweet potato
00:25:29.56\00:25:31.93
because sweet potatoes
are a complex carbohydrate,
00:25:31.96\00:25:36.16
which essentially means
00:25:36.20\00:25:37.53
it breaks down
slower into the body.
00:25:37.57\00:25:39.13
It doesn't spike
your sugars as fast,
00:25:39.17\00:25:41.77
your glucose levels
as fast as, you know,
00:25:41.80\00:25:45.41
when it comes
to like white flour
00:25:45.44\00:25:48.44
or different things like that.
00:25:48.48\00:25:50.01
So if you would like to use
a more complex carbohydrate,
00:25:50.05\00:25:53.65
I would recommend
using a sweet potato.
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Now we're going to stir
our soup and check in on it.
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Wow!
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.00
Okay, so the potatoes
like we just put them in,
00:26:07.03\00:26:09.13
so they have some time to cook,
00:26:09.16\00:26:10.87
but I want you to take
a look at how beautiful
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.93
and how green
and rich the soup is.
00:26:12.97\00:26:17.61
It has a lot of
different herbs and spices,
00:26:17.64\00:26:22.88
lots of fresh products.
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.28
So if you look and see the soup,
00:26:25.31\00:26:32.12
you can see the
different colors.
00:26:32.15\00:26:34.29
And just one spoonful of it,
00:26:39.93\00:26:42.33
you can see that
00:26:42.36\00:26:43.70
it has all the rich
green leeks and celery,
00:26:43.73\00:26:48.50
and now it has the potatoes,
00:26:48.54\00:26:50.07
the fresh herbs, and spices.
00:26:50.11\00:26:54.44
All right.
00:26:54.48\00:26:56.68
That's a really flavorful dish.
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.71
We're just
letting it simmer down.
00:26:58.75\00:27:01.02
But we had a ball today.
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.79
Again, as always,
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.15
it's a pleasure cooking with you
00:27:05.19\00:27:07.29
from my kitchen to yours.
00:27:07.32\00:27:09.32
Let's review what we made today.
00:27:09.36\00:27:11.79
We had our leek soup
that we just finished.
00:27:11.83\00:27:17.93
We also did some
delicious cornbread
00:27:17.97\00:27:22.70
as well as our
hearty holiday soup.
00:27:22.74\00:27:26.81
These are all great meals
00:27:26.84\00:27:28.31
that you could
eat at a fireplace,
00:27:28.34\00:27:30.48
bring some friends together,
00:27:30.51\00:27:32.28
and just spend time
together over a great meal.
00:27:32.31\00:27:35.15
That's a great thing about food,
00:27:35.18\00:27:36.52
it can bring people together,
00:27:36.55\00:27:38.19
you can share memories
and learn about each other.
00:27:38.22\00:27:40.86
At the end of the day,
00:27:40.89\00:27:42.22
I went to school in
a small college town,
00:27:42.26\00:27:44.53
and one of the things
00:27:44.56\00:27:45.89
that I really enjoyed about it
00:27:45.93\00:27:47.26
is that there
weren't many things around,
00:27:47.30\00:27:48.96
but we had each other,
00:27:49.00\00:27:50.33
and therefore we built
really strong relationships.
00:27:50.37\00:27:52.83
So take some time
out, have dinner at a fire,
00:27:52.87\00:27:56.34
and enjoy yourself.
00:27:56.37\00:27:57.77
At the end of the day,
I had a blast with you.
00:27:57.81\00:28:00.08
Thank you again for
tuning in to Creative Cooking,
00:28:00.11\00:28:03.35
and be sure to
tune in next time.
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