No matter how many
people you cook for,
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you will always face the dilemma
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of what to do
with your leftovers.
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Today, we're going to
show you some great ways
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to make a delicious meal
out of those luscious leftovers.
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So don't go away.
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Welcome to Let's Cook Together.
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I'm Barbara Nolen
and our guest cook today
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is Jennifer White
from Hardyville, Kentucky.
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She teaches nutrition classes
that has some wonderful ideas
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to share with us today
on how to use leftovers
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to make delicious meals.
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Welcome to our show, Jennifer.
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Thank you. Good to be here.
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Well, I'll tell you, I
have all of these leftovers
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from previous
meals and I'm hoping
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you can give me some ideas
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of how to use them
to make a nice meal.
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Tell me what you have.
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Well, I got
leftover mashed potatoes.
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These are lentils I
cooked in my crock pot.
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You can also
cook them on the stove
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but I like to do
them in a crock pot
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because they
make them so tender.
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Yes, that's our
favorite way to cook them too.
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We just put the
water to cover it well
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and cook them overnight.
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But you have leftovers,
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now not quite enough
for another main dish.
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No.
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I also have some tomato
sauce, some tomato paste.
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I've got some
leftover cooked brown rice,
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some whole wheat bread.
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God, it's just too
old not fresh anymore.
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Yeah. okay.
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But you do with
just two little slices.
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And I've got some
leftover corn bread,
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just two little pieces. Okay.
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Half an onion.
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One carrot. Okay.
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And a little bit
of leftover broccoli.
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So what can I do with this?
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Let's see what you got here.
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I think that we
could make a very nice meal
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out of these leftovers.
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Okay, you said you
have lentils and, you know,
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we can make these
into bread crumbs.
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And an onion and we
have some seasonings on hand
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and that I know let's I
have a recipe for a lentil loaf.
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Oh. That sounds wonderful.
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Yes, let's make
lentil loaf. Okay.
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Well, let me share that
recipe with you. All right.
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Well, I can read
the recipe for you.
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For lentil loaf ingredients are:
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I think that lentil
loaf is such a wonderful dish
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because it uses the
legumes that are so good for us.
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Legumes are such a--you
know, lentils are legume
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and they are such a
valuable part of healthy diet
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because they are high in
fiber, they are low in fat,
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they are full of minerals like,
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lentils are specially
high in zinc and it's just
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a great--legumes are
great product to use.
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So I'm excited that we
can make our lentil loaf here.
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Isn't that good we have such
a wonderful flavor to lentil.
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Yes, they do and
they are very versatile.
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So we're just gonna
show you one way today
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that we can use them.
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But before we, we
start mixing anything,
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those the leftover onion
that you had, let saute it.
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Because a lot of times onions
taste a little better sauteed.
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Sometimes they are kind of
strong if you put in a dish
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without
sauteing will reverse it.
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Don't you love that aroma that
makes through your whole heart.
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They make
everything taste better.
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So we put the onion in here.
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We're using
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one half of a small onion but,
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you know, if you like more onion
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you can use more onion or
less if you want to use less.
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Now while we're
waiting for those to saute,
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let's use the lentils--we
got two and half cups
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of your leftover lentils here.
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We're gonna put them in a bowl.
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For this recipe
it's very important
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that your lentils are dry.
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So if you haven't
cooked your lentils to be dry,
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then you can use one of these
strainers and pour your lentils
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preferably hot
lentils into the strainer
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and let it sit on
a dish for a while
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and the liquid will drain out,
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so that you end
up with dry lentils.
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Okay. If you
don't use dry lentils,
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you probably have lentil
casserole in that lentil loaf
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but it would still taste good.
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Well, that's a good tip to know.
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Okay, since we're trying
to make lentil loaf well.
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Yeah, you wouldn't
want it to be too wet.
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Right. So we have--
and if you do want to,
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if you don't
have leftover lentils
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and you still want
to make this recipe,
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you can always
start from scratch.
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You use two and a
quarter cups of water
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with one cup of
lentils, dry lentils
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that you buy in a bag
from the grocery store.
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So if the lentils
through take out any debris,
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stones things like that.
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Wash them in a
colander, you know
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all this because
you cook the lentils.
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And--
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when you cook them on a stove
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with one cup of cooked lentils
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to two and a
quarter cups of water
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and you end up with
some very dry lentils
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that's perfect
for the lentil loaf.
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Or like we said before
you can do it in a crock pot.
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Right, and then just drain them.
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Okay. Okay, so
we have our lentils
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and we took that old stale bread
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that nobody wanted to eat
and we made into bread crumbs.
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Now we're going to mix that.
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One in three
quarters cup of bread crumbs
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and we're going to
mix that into the lentils.
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Our onions are still sauteing
so we will add our seasonings.
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A half of a teaspoon of basil,
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half a teaspoon
of garlic powder,
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half of the teaspoon of oregano,
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two teaspoons of salt
and we'll mix that up.
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Maybe I let you mix that
while I check on our onions.
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Well, these bread
crumbs would have absorbed
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some of the moisture too. Yes.
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That's one reason
for the bread crumbs,
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it makes it a firm loaf.
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Our onions are just
about done of course
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sometimes--few times
I have put raw onions
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in the lentil loaf
and it still tasted good.
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But I always
think it taste better
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when you saute them first.
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So I think they
are looking good here.
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We're always trying to
find more ways to add legumes
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to our diet and I think that
lentil loaf is a, is a good one.
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We put our half of a small
onion in there and stir that up.
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This is a very thick
mixture. I sometimes--
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That's why they're so good.
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Oh, good.
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Sometimes I have my son
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do the stirring on
this one for me because
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it's supposed to be stiff.
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You want it
really, really stiff.
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Let's add now our six
ounces of tomato paste.
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Okay. Here we go.
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I guess I need
to use your spoon.
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Six ounces of tomato
paste and that's how it comes
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in the can in the
store, six ounces.
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And what I've found
once it gets to this texture,
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this big fork works really well
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because you must
have to cut it in.
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Mash it through it. Right.
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And then we're going to use
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your leftover tomato sauce for
the topping of our lentil loaf
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and it makes it
very beautiful dish.
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And I'm sure you've heard about
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all the good health
benefits with tomatoes.
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They have lycopene in
them which is an antioxidant.
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A lot of vitamin C too.
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Yes, a lot of vitamin C.
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Did you know that
tomatoes had calcium in them?
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No, I don't think I did.
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I think that's so
interesting how God
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put calcium not just
in a few little things
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but many, many things.
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Oranges have calcium in them.
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Of course we know that greens
are good source of calcium,
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specially, kale
and things like that.
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But even tomatoes have a
little bit of calcium in them.
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So once we get
this, this always--
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when it gets to this
point it always reminds
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me of when I was little
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my mom used to make meat loaf
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and it looks like meat loaf,
it's like orange--orange look.
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As you mix it, like I
said a very thick mixture
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and you want to really,
really work it in there.
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Chop up the tomato paste in
with the lentils really well.
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Then when you
had it all mixed up,
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then you need to choose
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what shape you want
your lentil loaf to be in.
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I like about this size
pan, I like to make two of these
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and have very small
pieces of lentil loaf
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and then drizzle
the tomato sauce on top.
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This recipe will
make two of these pans.
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If you want to use a larger pan,
you could do that or you could
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fill this pan up really high
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and so you have a
taller lentil loaf.
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So let's put-- I guess which way
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you did it determined
how long you would bake them?
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It really bakes
varies just by a few minutes.
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So it does really well.
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At home of course for time
we didn't mix this as well,
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plus it's really a
tough mixture but at home
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you want to mix this
just a little bit better
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until it's really
orange looking actually.
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We'll pad it in there.
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Another little trick you
can use once you get this
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all in there is you
can take some plastic wrap
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and put it over the
top and smash it down right
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it makes a very smooth top.
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You will want to make sure
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that you really
pack it in there tightly
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so that when you
cut your loaf, its firm.
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Yeah, it won't crumble that way.
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Right, right. All right,
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well, we've got it in
there so now what we want to do
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is put it in the oven and we'll
bake it for about 40 minutes
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for this size, up to 50
minutes for a larger size loaf.
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We can also--after 40 minutes
we can take it out of the oven
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and put the tomato sauce on
top and then put it in the oven
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for a few more minutes to
let the, the sauce bake in with
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the lentil loaf
and that's really good.
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So it's a very--as you can
see it's a very flexible dish
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because you have
leftover corn bread and you have
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leftover wheat bread
and we just used both.
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Whatever you have,
whatever bread crumbs
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you have available works fine.
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And we'll have how much
onion you like works fine
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and so it's a versatile dish.
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Well, let me get the finished
product so everyone can see.
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Oh, it looks so good.
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That's lovely.
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It is and it's
very good for you.
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We know that lentils are like
I said are good source of zinc
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but they are also a
good source of iron,
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just a really
healthful main dish.
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Now this dish will go really
well with brown rice or potatoes
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with a salad and if you have
leftovers of the lentil loaf
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which is
unlikely, then you can serve
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them cold on a
sandwich with some type of a--
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Oh, yes, it will make a
good sandwich, wouldn't that?
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Yes. It's very good cold.
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A lot of people who I've
helped make the transition
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to a diet that's
centered around meat to a diet
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that's centered around plant
foods have said that this loaf
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is their very favorite of
all the recipes I've given them.
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I can't wait to try it.
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Maybe it reminds
them of meatloaf.
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And it's simple,
simple ingredients.
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Things anyone would
have in their kitchen.
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Yes, and it's very
pretty and attractive.
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So didn't you say
you had some other
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leftovers not just lentils?
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I do, I do. Let
me get them for you.
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Potatoes. Yes, I have
these leftover mashed potatoes.
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Okay. The leftover brown rice.
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What we can do with
potatoes and brown rice.
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And a carrot.
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A carrot and you had
some broccoli and what onion.
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Yes. I think that we can,
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I think we can do
something with that.
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I think that we can make some
vegetable patties with that.
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Okay. I want you
to read the recipe.
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Okay, I'll do that.
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The recipe for the Patties is:
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Well, let's start
this recipe the same way
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we started the other
one by sauteing this onion.
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Okay. Always
taste better sauteed.
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We'll also gonna add some
garlic to our vegetable patties.
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But onion takes
a little bit longer
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to saute, the garlic will burn.
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So we'll get the onions sauteing
till they burn up a little.
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And then after they
start to get a little bit
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soft you can add
the garlic to it.
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Now, I'm so glad that
you had leftover potatoes
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because potatoes
are so good for you.
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They are fat free
and lot of times people
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think potatoes have
fat in but they really
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don't have any fat
in them at all at all
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and they are
cholesterol free of course.
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They are a good
source of minerals
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and about a medium
potato has about a 100 calories
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so it's a good
option for our meal.
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Oh, I love potatoes, they
are my favorite vegetable.
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Yes. We're gonna
get some good aroma
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is going here when
you left to sauteing.
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Now if you don't
have mashed potatoes,
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if you just have like
boiled potatoes for leftovers,
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you can always smash them
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and they work fine
in this recipe too.
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So it's versatile. Right.
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That's the way
leftover recipes have to eat
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'cause you never know
exactly what you gonna have.
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So we'll saute our onions
and then we'll add garlic.
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If you're not a
garlic lover like I am,
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you can leave it out
but garlic is so good.
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We appreciate.
Such wonderful flavor.
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It is. Gives things.
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Yes, and very good for you.
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It's an excellent antioxidant.
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So I like to add more garlic
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into our food whenever we can.
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Now the vegetables.
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The recipe says vegetables,
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so again whatever you
have the thing that I think
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the type of vegetables
that I think taste better
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in this recipe are
carrots and broccoli
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but experiment and
use the type of vegetables
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you have on
hand you may like it.
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Another advantage to this
recipe besides using leftovers
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is that you can chop of these
vegetables really, really small
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and it's a good way
to get your vegetable
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hated child to eat vegetables.
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Fool them. Yes. If you--I've
done it in a food processor
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where they are just
little pieces and you hardly
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see them in there and
they gobble them up. So...
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All mothers had to
resort to such things at times.
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Yes, we do. So we'll
forget our vegetable--
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our garlic and onion
nice and sauteed and then
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when they are nice
just we want them soft,
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but they don't
need to be browned,
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just nice and soft.
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We'll turn the heat off and
then we'll add our vegetables.
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Today we have broccoli,
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and the summer
squash, and the carrots.
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We do think that they
taste better cooked but carrots
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do well raw and
summer squash does okay raw,
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the broccoli taste
little better cooked.
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But again this
is a leftover meal
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so experience in
with what you have.
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Lot of times we'll
serve broccoli with our meal
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and just have a few spears
left and this is where it goes.
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So we add our vegetables to them
00:16:19.07\00:16:22.98
and then we're going to
put our vegetables in here.
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You want to put
the mashed potatoes in?
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Yes. We're using two cups
of leftover mashed potatoes.
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Again you can
little more, little less
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depending on what you have.
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This is going to be
a tough one to mix up.
00:16:36.54\00:16:39.22
We'll put some leftover
brown rice in with our potatoes.
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Okay. We like to use brown rice
00:16:43.03\00:16:44.92
because it has the fibers
and the essential fatty acids
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that when you make brown rice
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into white rice are removed.
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So we always want
to use brown rice.
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You can use as much as you want.
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That looks good.
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Shall we add the vegetables now?
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Okay. In our
vegetables we have fairly large
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so that you can see but again
00:17:06.67\00:17:08.22
if you're dealing
with a picky eater,
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cut those
vegetables up really small.
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And I add the
seasonings while you mix. Okay.
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We've one teaspoon, one
teaspoon of onion powder.
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That is really the key.
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It makes very nice flavor.
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One teaspoon salt.
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And you can vary
while if you're trying to
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cut back on the amount of salt.
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You can use little less.
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And one teaspoon
of dried parsley.
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And we'll mix those up nicely.
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And then you can take these
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and you can
put--make them into patties
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with your hands or I have a
little patty maker that I use.
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Also you can use
a cookie scoop. Yes.
00:17:49.64\00:17:53.07
And that's actually the
fastest way to make them,
00:17:53.10\00:17:55.96
to scoop it out
with the cookie scoop
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and put it on your baking pan.
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Then use
something to flatten them.
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Right. I use a glass jar, put
a little bit of cooking spray
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on it and just--all
of on the baking pan
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and you have cute
little potato nuggets. Yeah.
00:18:09.81\00:18:13.81
We've made in a recipe
right now, potato nuggets. Yes.
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Perfect, we got this
mixed up fairly well. Okay.
00:18:16.80\00:18:19.19
And I think we have final
product over there. Yes, we do.
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Want to see what they
look like when they are done.
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These are ones that
I've made with my hands.
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And again you can
experiment with different shapes
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however you
would like them to be.
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That looks so delicious.
00:18:32.09\00:18:33.46
And you can see--
And all from leftovers?
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Yes, all from
leftovers, except for our bread.
00:18:34.89\00:18:37.28
So I thought
that I would tell you
00:18:37.31\00:18:39.90
that we have a home-- very good
00:18:39.93\00:18:42.02
homemade bread
recipe in my cookbook.
00:18:42.05\00:18:43.99
Oh, good, you have a cookbook.
00:18:44.02\00:18:45.39
That's wonderful?
00:18:45.42\00:18:46.79
It's called "In Good
Health" and I believe
00:18:46.82\00:18:49.36
that you can get a
resource sheet from 3ABN.
00:18:49.39\00:18:52.33
Yes. All you have
to do is call 3ABN
00:18:52.36\00:18:54.42
and we'll be
happy to send you one.
00:18:54.45\00:18:56.09
Okay, we have it served
here with our lentil loaf,
00:18:56.12\00:18:58.53
and our homemade bread roll,
00:18:58.56\00:19:01.00
and our vegetable patties,
00:19:01.03\00:19:03.05
but it seems to
be missing one thing.
00:19:03.08\00:19:05.42
I think we need a
nice salad to go with it.
00:19:05.45\00:19:07.48
You know, how salad will
really round out the meal.
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What about the sauce?
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You know, you can
make your own sauce
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because a lot of
times the sauce in the store
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has many harmful spices in
it and you can make it at home.
00:19:19.15\00:19:22.28
You can use beneficial
herbs instead of spices.
00:19:22.31\00:19:25.18
So what I do if
I don't have time
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to do it from fresh tomatoes,
I take crushed tomatoes
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from the store and
add herbs like oregano,
00:19:31.70\00:19:35.32
and basil, and onion, and garlic
and it makes a wonderful sauce.
00:19:35.35\00:19:39.68
And there's no
exact recipe to it because
00:19:39.71\00:19:41.69
you add it to how you--
to your taste. To your taste.
00:19:41.72\00:19:44.25
Right, and that's
a good way to avoid
00:19:44.28\00:19:46.18
the harmful
spices that you can find.
00:19:46.21\00:19:48.31
Oh, that's wonderful.
00:19:48.34\00:19:49.71
So let's make a
good style of dressing
00:19:49.74\00:19:51.93
to go with the salad.
00:19:51.96\00:19:53.33
That's just a wonderful idea.
00:19:53.36\00:19:54.73
We have some
cashew dressing. Okay.
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You know, this is
really a very simple recipe.
00:20:11.43\00:20:13.52
Often we buy
dressings in the store
00:20:13.55\00:20:16.47
because of convenience
and they are rather expensive.
00:20:16.50\00:20:19.98
Yes. But with the
recipe this simple
00:20:20.01\00:20:22.05
its no problem to make it
at home, is it? No, it's not.
00:20:22.08\00:20:24.53
It has to me
much more nutritious
00:20:24.56\00:20:27.22
and it doesn't have
all these preservatives.
00:20:27.25\00:20:29.30
Yes, it really is
much more healthful
00:20:29.33\00:20:32.16
and I just have
to tell you this.
00:20:32.19\00:20:35.15
It's so easy
that my son is usually
00:20:35.18\00:20:38.26
the one who makes the salad
dressing, 'cause it's just...
00:20:38.29\00:20:41.39
Nice to have help in
the kitchen from your kids.
00:20:41.42\00:20:42.99
And he likes a lot of that.
00:20:43.02\00:20:45.32
That's great. He's a motivator.
00:20:45.35\00:20:46.97
But it is very
healthful, one of the reasons
00:20:47.00\00:20:50.03
is because the base
is not a diary product
00:20:50.06\00:20:52.98
or an oil instead its cashews.
00:20:53.01\00:20:56.41
And cashews of course are
nuts that are very nutritious.
00:20:56.44\00:20:59.02
They are high in fiber,
they are high in vitamin E,
00:20:59.05\00:21:03.07
they are a good source of zinc.
00:21:03.10\00:21:04.62
So it's very good to
use cashews as a base.
00:21:04.65\00:21:09.00
So we put one cup of
cashews in the blender,
00:21:09.03\00:21:13.77
with one cup of water.
00:21:13.80\00:21:15.71
And this will make
the creamy base for it?
00:21:15.74\00:21:17.40
Right, that's our base.
00:21:17.43\00:21:20.11
And the dressing
recipe that I'm giving you
00:21:20.14\00:21:22.37
is indeed that a base
which is very good by itself
00:21:22.40\00:21:26.38
but you can
experiment with it by adding
00:21:26.41\00:21:28.68
leftover fresh herbs
that you have in refrigerator.
00:21:28.71\00:21:32.45
Oh, yes. We sometimes
will make parsley dressing
00:21:32.48\00:21:34.73
and it makes a light
green colored dressing
00:21:34.76\00:21:36.92
that's really pretty
and you can use the parsley
00:21:36.95\00:21:39.30
that's kind of getting
old meaning to be used.
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.47
Yes, I'm sure you
could be quite creative.
00:21:42.50\00:21:44.65
Yes. We're gonna also
add some lemon juice to this,
00:21:44.68\00:21:48.59
an eighth of a
cup of lemon juice.
00:21:48.62\00:21:50.69
Some times we
like a zinc dressing
00:21:50.72\00:21:52.78
and we'll add a quarter cup.
00:21:52.81\00:21:54.26
And the reason
why we use lemon juice
00:21:54.29\00:21:56.64
instead of vinegar is because
00:21:56.67\00:21:59.09
vinegar is a nervous
system irritant and lemon juice
00:21:59.12\00:22:02.22
is from the fresh
fruit of the tree. Okay.
00:22:02.25\00:22:04.98
So we know it's a product
00:22:05.01\00:22:06.45
that God has
given His blessing on.
00:22:06.48\00:22:08.62
Yes, you're getting a lot of
nice Vitamin C with this too.
00:22:08.65\00:22:10.79
Yes, yes.
00:22:10.82\00:22:12.90
We're gonna add our
wonderful, wonderful garlic.
00:22:12.93\00:22:16.27
I love garlic.
00:22:16.30\00:22:18.11
Are good for your food
00:22:18.14\00:22:20.82
and I use about a half a
clove in that and it's raw.
00:22:20.85\00:22:24.14
And it doesn't--it loses
its bite when it's mixed up
00:22:24.17\00:22:28.29
in the dressing so you
don't have to be afraid of that.
00:22:28.32\00:22:30.36
And then a teaspoon of salt
and or half teaspoon of salt
00:22:30.39\00:22:34.78
and then we'll blend it up until
00:22:34.81\00:22:37.02
it's nice and smooth. Okay.
00:22:37.05\00:22:38.47
What benefits do
you get from the garlic?
00:22:38.50\00:22:42.39
Garlic is an antioxidant.
00:22:42.42\00:22:44.18
Its also antiviral,
antifungal, anti-inflammatory,
00:22:44.21\00:22:50.18
it's just so good for you.
00:22:50.21\00:22:51.81
People have used it
as a medicine for years.
00:22:51.84\00:22:54.65
Really. Yeah, in
some ancient writings
00:22:54.68\00:22:56.50
we read about
how they successfully
00:22:56.53\00:22:58.79
treated many
problems, ailments with garlic.
00:22:58.82\00:23:02.86
I've experienced in my life
00:23:02.89\00:23:04.47
that garlic is a
wonderful health food.
00:23:04.50\00:23:07.49
I love garlic.
00:23:07.52\00:23:08.89
Okay, do we pulse here or just.
00:23:08.92\00:23:10.29
Let's put it on
pretty fast because we want,
00:23:10.32\00:23:14.74
of course we want our salad
dressing to be very smooth.
00:23:14.77\00:23:16.81
Very creamy, so you would love
to run this for a while? Yes.
00:23:16.84\00:23:19.43
I think we turned it on
low, let's try it on high.
00:23:25.98\00:23:28.05
Now the way that you can
tell if your salad dressing
00:23:41.19\00:23:43.68
is done is wash your hands well.
00:23:43.71\00:23:48.45
Take the lid off and pull
a pinch between your fingers
00:23:48.48\00:23:52.41
and if it feels grainy you want
to blend it for another cycle.
00:23:52.44\00:23:55.93
If it's nice and smooth then
you got a nice smooth dressing.
00:23:55.96\00:23:59.51
And like I said
you can add fresh herbs
00:23:59.54\00:24:02.95
to this or dried
herbs even--sometimes
00:24:02.98\00:24:08.34
we'll add a little bit of honey
with a little bit of basil,
00:24:08.37\00:24:11.92
oregano, parsley, and
you have ranch dressing.
00:24:11.95\00:24:15.69
Oh, wonderful. I love ranch.
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.14
This seems to be favorite
with a lot of people, ranch.
00:24:17.17\00:24:19.34
Do we have the
finished product there?
00:24:19.37\00:24:21.29
Think we forgot
to bring it over,
00:24:21.32\00:24:22.69
so we'll just put this
on that will be just fine.
00:24:22.72\00:24:25.77
On our beautiful salad
that we made to go along
00:24:25.80\00:24:29.17
with our luscious lentil
loaf and our vegetable patties.
00:24:29.20\00:24:34.91
Now there's something else
that you might want to know
00:24:34.94\00:24:37.60
is that when you put
this in a refrigerator
00:24:37.63\00:24:39.62
to chill it will
thicken a little bit.
00:24:39.65\00:24:41.76
It won't be
quite as thin as this.
00:24:41.79\00:24:43.59
Right. Won't be
quite as thin as this.
00:24:43.62\00:24:47.81
Another good thing
about this dressing
00:24:47.84\00:24:49.21
is that you can control
the amount of salt you use.
00:24:49.24\00:24:51.52
When you buy
dressing from the stores,
00:24:51.55\00:24:53.06
sometimes it's quite
salty and you can add
00:24:53.09\00:24:56.15
little more and
little less to this.
00:24:56.18\00:24:58.85
And that will, you know,
give you some-- it's just good
00:24:58.88\00:25:01.78
because you have control
over what goes into your food
00:25:01.81\00:25:03.97
instead of buying it
from the store and you have
00:25:04.00\00:25:05.94
all these ingredients
that you don't even know
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.86
what they are. Well,
it's such a simple recipe.
00:25:07.89\00:25:09.33
Yeah, it's quick and easy.
00:25:09.36\00:25:10.73
And it's very important
just to have salads in our diet.
00:25:10.76\00:25:15.61
You can even teach
your childrenhow to make
00:25:15.64\00:25:17.01
the salad dressing.
That's a great idea.
00:25:17.04\00:25:18.63
It's wonderful to
have help in the kitchen.
00:25:18.66\00:25:21.37
We're going to
take a short break now
00:25:21.40\00:25:23.20
and when we comeback we'll show
you all the finished products,
00:25:23.23\00:25:26.46
all the recipes we made today.
00:25:26.49\00:25:27.97
I think you're gonna like it.
00:25:28.00\00:25:29.48
We hope you've enjoyed
cooking with Jennifer White.
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.65
Now let's take a moment to
review our leftover recipes.
00:25:33.68\00:25:36.66
If you would like information
on how you can contact Jennifer
00:26:46.22\00:26:49.31
or if you would like to
receive today's recipes,
00:26:49.34\00:26:51.57
please write to
3ABN, PO Box 220,
00:26:51.60\00:26:55.48
West Frankfort, Illinois, 62896.
00:26:55.51\00:26:59.38
Welcome back.
00:27:02.16\00:27:03.53
Well, it doesn't look like
leftovers anymore, does it?
00:27:03.56\00:27:05.64
Look at this
beautiful meal that we prepared
00:27:05.67\00:27:07.93
using the
leftovers in my kitchen.
00:27:07.96\00:27:10.56
It's just amazing what
you can do with leftovers.
00:27:10.59\00:27:13.03
We made a good lentil loaf.
00:27:13.06\00:27:14.53
That is a good source of fiber
and it's very hearty and filling
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.81
and can be used in
many different ways.
00:27:17.84\00:27:19.69
As I said you can even
put it cold on sandwiches.
00:27:19.72\00:27:22.80
And we made
delicious vegetable patties
00:27:22.83\00:27:25.56
that are also
very versatile because
00:27:25.59\00:27:27.44
you can use leftovers--whatever
leftover vegetables
00:27:27.47\00:27:30.73
that you have available in them.
00:27:30.76\00:27:33.25
And we topped that
made a meal--we topped off
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our meal with
some homemade bread
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and a delicious raw salad
and we didn't ruin that good
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for you salad with
bad for your dressing.
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We made a good
healthful dressing
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which was based on cashews
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which are good source
of zinc and magnesium.
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Well, Jennifer, I
can hardly believe
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we're out of time but thank you,
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so much for coming and sharing
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all these
wonderful recipes with us.
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I want you to
join us again next time
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and "Let's Cook Together."
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