Are you a plan-ahead cook?
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Well, no matter
even if you're not.
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Today, we're going to show
you some great recipe ideas
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for ready when you are
meals with crock pot cooking.
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Stay with us.
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Welcome to
"Let's Cook Together."
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I'm Barbara Nolen
and our guest today is
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Jennifer White from
Hardyville, Kentucky.
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She teaches nutrition
classes, has written a cookbook,
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and has some wonderful
recipes to share with us today
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for ready when you are
meals with crock pot cooking.
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Welcome to our
show today, Jennifer.
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Thank you. Glad to be here.
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What will we be cooking today?
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Well, I just
have to tell you that
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I love my crock pot.
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It is my most
used tool in my kitchen
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besides my favorite knife.
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Well, this will
be a good show for me
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because I have one, but
don't use it much. Well, great.
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We'll do a good
recipe to inspire you
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to use your crock pot more.
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Today we're going to do
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crock pot Butternut Squash Soup.
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Oh, really. Fantastic.
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And would you like
to read the recipe?
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I'd be happy to.
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Well, it sounds good.
Well, let's start our recipe.
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Like I said there
are many advantages
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to using a crock pot.
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My favorite advantage is that
it's ready when you are. Right.
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You can put the
ingredients in at sometime
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when you have a few minutes.
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But then when you're
tired or you don't have time,
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but you need to eat or
your family needs to eat.
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It's all ready and hot.
Ready and waiting for you.
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Great for working mothers
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that would have
to go to a job and--
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Excellent. Yes.
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Come home to the meal
already ready. Exactly.
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Another advantage
to crock pot cooking
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is that you really
don't have to use as much oil
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as you would use in other.
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In fact, you can eliminate
it all together in most recipes.
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Oh, that's a good thing to know.
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And then the slow
cooker cooks slowly,
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so you don't have to--
the flavors mingle better.
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And you don't have to
worry about it burning,
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which is something that
I really appreciate. Right.
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So obviously our
Butternut Squash Soup
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will have
butternut squash in it.
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And I thought I'll
tell you how to choose
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a good butternut squash.
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It's good to get
the ones that are heavy,
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that are free of blemishes,
and they are very firm
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because you
know that it's fresh.
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One advantage to
this vegetable is that
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you don't have to worry about
this fresh vegetable spoiling.
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You know if you go
grocery shopping once a week,
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you need to use up that
lettuce, use up that celery,
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but this will store for
months, in a cool, dry place.
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So you can really stock up
on it and use it as a vegetable,
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if you need something
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and you're all out of
your other vegetables.
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So we'll start
making this recipe
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by peeling our butternut squash
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which isn't very hard, if
you have the type of peelers
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that the handle is here
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and you just
peel down like this.
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You'll peel
your butternut squash
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and then take a spoon
to scoop out the seeds
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and cut them up into
chunks, as we have done here.
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We've used one butternut squash,
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cut it up into chunks and
that's the first ingredient.
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And you don't have
to have an exact amount
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because one medium
sized butternut squash
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will do just fine.
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What a great pretty
orange color. It is.
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This is a very colorful soup.
We'll enjoy seeing this one.
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Then we put in a
half of a medium onion
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and a half of a
green bell pepper.
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You can use red, if
you like, but I used green
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because we're
putting tomatoes in,
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so it gets some
color. Wise color. Right.
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One teaspoon of basil
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and you can crush it between
your fingers, if you like.
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And sometimes I've used
fresh herbs in this recipe,
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but for
convenience and quickness,
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we'll use the dried.
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And then one
teaspoon of parsley.
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And an eighth of a
teaspoon of oregano.
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We'll add our four cups of water
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and you can add the tomatoes,
if you'd like. All right.
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See, if I can do
this without splashing it.
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There we go.
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And then we'll put some
corn in which is optional.
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Three and half cups of corn,
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I like the
color that adds to it.
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And we'll stir it up.
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We'll add our salt
after it's done cooking.
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Sometimes salt can make
corn a little bit tough.
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I really like this
recipe because butternut squash
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is such a good source
of vitamin A and fiber.
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So I like to add
that into our diet,
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as much as we can,
more fiber, more vitamin A.
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Most orange vegetables
are high in vitamin A.
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Now crock pots, all crock
pots I found are different,
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so you could say cook it
for 8 hours in one crock pot
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and it will done in one
and not done in the other.
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So sometimes it takes
a little experimenting,
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but in general, you can cook
this for 8 to 9 hours on low.
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And it should come out nice,
if you have an older crock pot
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you may want to cook it on
high because older crock pots
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just don't heat up as
well as the newer one.
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Mine will bring
it to a nice boil.
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Is there a difference
in how much liquid you use,
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when using a crock pot?
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Or would you just use a regular
recipe as other, you know.
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Yes, there is a difference.
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You don't have to
use as much liquid
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when you're cooking
with a crock pot. Okay.
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It cooks at a very
slow low temperature.
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So it retains more
of the liquids. Okay.
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So we'll cook this and
then when we're done cooking it.
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We'll add a half a teaspoon salt
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or you can add it
to your taste because,
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often there is a different
amount of salt in the tomatoes.
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If you're using
home canned tomatoes
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and you know how
much of salt is in it,
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but sometimes you don't know
how much salt is in something.
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So you would want
to salt it to taste.
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Put about half a
teaspoon, should work well.
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And it's such a
colorful dish. Yeah.
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And you saw how easy it was,
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the thing that takes the longest
is peeling the butternut squash,
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but besides that
you just put it all in.
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You can have something
quickly if you plan ahead.
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You can have a
wonderful hot meal
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just like that for you to ready.
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Well, you've inspired me to
try to use my crock pot more.
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Well, let's show
the finished product
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of our soup now. All right.
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It's very, very colorful.
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I think it's beautiful
enough to serve for company.
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Oh, that looks delicious.
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It's very colorful. Yes.
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We put a little
spring of herb on there.
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And it's actually a
full meal in itself.
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It's so filling.
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Well, what is the next
recipe we're gonna make?
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Well, let's show another way
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that we can use
our crock pot. Okay.
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The way that I use it probably
the most is to cook beans.
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Oh, okay. So let's
do that. All right.
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Okay.
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We do dry beans
often in our crock pot
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because they are
such an easy main dish.
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They are very quick and
simple and very good for us
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because beans are high in fiber
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and low in fat and good
source of vitamins and minerals.
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So I'm gonna show you,
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how to do some beans
in a quick and easy way.
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You buy the packages of
dry beans from the store.
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I'm doing dry beans.
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Instead of using canned beans
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helps you to control
the amount of salt used.
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And I think they
taste so much better too.
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You can get the nice and tender.
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So I pour them out on a
towel and sort through them.
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You know they are an
agricultural product,
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so there might be some
stones or dirt in them.
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And take those out.
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And I think that's
the easy way to do it.
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My girlfriend taught
me how to do it this way,
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rather than putting
them all over the counter.
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And once you have them clean.
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You just can dump
them into your colander.
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And rinse them
under some running water.
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And then add them
to your crock pot.
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And for 4 cups of dry beans,
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we'll add about
10 cups of water.
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All crock pots cook differently,
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so again you may
do some adjusting,
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but in general that
should work just fine.
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Now we'll put
this in our slow cooker
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and cook it on
high for 6 to 12 hours.
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It's wonderful that we can
have such a wide range in time.
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Yes, on high too. Right.
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I didn't know
that you could do that.
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The longer you boil beans
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the more tender
and good they are.
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So-- So these dry beans,
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will they get
about twice the size
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or three times
the size? About that.
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About one cup of
beans equals about two
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and a quarter
cups of cooked beans.
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One cup of dry
beans equals that.
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You know I cooked beans once,
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dry beans and I
cooked those little rascals
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and cooked them and cooked them
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and cooked them and
they never did get soft. Oh.
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Maybe you can give me
an idea of what I did wrong
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or what the problem was?
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Well, it could be
a number of things.
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The beans could have been old,
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so it would be of
no fault of yours.
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Nothing you can do about it.
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They just had some old
beans on the shelf. Okay.
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So that might be it.
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Other things that you can do
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to help make
sure that your beans
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turn out nice and tender is
not to add any acidic product
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to your beans like lemon juice
or tomato sauce or anything.
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So in this
recipe, we'll make sure
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we add the tomato
sauce at the end. Okay.
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But it's likely
you got some old beans.
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That happens. Oh, it's okay.
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So we'll put this in a
crock pot and we'll cook it.
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And it's nice that we can just
have it ready whenever we want.
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The longer you cook
it the better they are.
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They are so nice and tender.
You want to cook them on high.
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But some of the old crock pots
just don't cook high enough.
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The beans need to boil,
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in order to be well
digested, by your body.
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They really do need to boil.
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So make sure
that if you're trying
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to cook beans in a crock pot,
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then you have one
in the newer models
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that cook well,
right? Get hotter, yes, okay.
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Well that's the
good thing to know.
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So we're gonna
put this over here
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and pretend that it's
coking in our crock pot.
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And while when our
beans are done cooking,
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we're going to add
some sauted onions.
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So we'll get our
onions sauteing in here.
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And then once
they get a little soft,
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we will add our
garlic and of course,
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if you want to, you can add
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lots of garlic and
onions to your beans.
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We like to add
whole cloves sometimes.
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If you put these in at the
beginning of your cooking time,
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they tend to loose their flavor.
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So that's why I
cook the beans first
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and then add the
sauted onions and the garlic.
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Maybe you can show us what
our cooked beans look like,
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while I saute this onion.
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This is what they'll
look like when they're cooked.
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And of course, we
can eat them this way--
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Just boiled.
Without anything to them.
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Sure. A little salt
and they're delicious.
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They smell very good.
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But if we want to add a
little more flavor to them,
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we can saute this
onion and garlic together
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and add that to the beans.
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While this is sautéing,
we can, whoa, jumping garlic.
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We could add the
one teaspoon of parsley,
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the half a teaspoon of basil
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and a quarter
teaspoon of oregano.
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And then we'll put our
onion and garlic in there
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and stir that up.
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Things are smelling good.
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I think they make
a good pot of beans.
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And then a few other
things we want to add to that
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to give it a little more
flavor is a tablespoon of honey.
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And, yes, we'll add
the tomato puree as well.
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You really don't have to.
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The honey is optional,
but it does give it a--
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does kind of, tend to bring
the flavor out of a little.
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So you want me to go
ahead and add this now?
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Yes, that's a
cup of tomato puree
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which is simply tomatoes.
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So we know it's
a helpful product.
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I'm gonna mix that up.
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Now for best results, of course,
we want to add the salt too.
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One and a half
teaspoons of salt.
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For best results,
we'll want to cook
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that a little longer to
help the flavors mingle.
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Even though, we've
already sauted the onions,
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so they don't really
need to cook anymore.
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It does taste better if
you let the flavors mingle.
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So if you're coming
home from work or something,
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just add these ingredients to it
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and while you relax or everybody
gets together for dinner.
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It can be cooking and
so it can be ready to go,
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when you are.
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Well, that's wonderful.
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And we have our
final product here.
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Well, you can see
what it looks like.
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Oh, yes. Nicely. Ready to eat.
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As my husband would
say it looks enough to eat.
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Yes. Very good.
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I like beans,
they are so nutritious.
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And they're very easy.
They really are. Very easy.
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A real southern
type of dish. Yes.
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When you really-- Bean comrade.
00:14:21.91\00:14:23.97
When I'm pressed for time
I usually will make beans.
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And my husband likes them
so that really helps a lot
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that he's like's them.
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But you know dinner
is not the only thing
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you can cook in a crock pot.
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In the morning when you
really don't feel like cooking,
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you can have breakfast
ready and waiting for you.
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All ready for
you, when you wake up.
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It's smelling
good down there. Yes.
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So maybe can make
our breakfast recipe.
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I always hear about that,
but I've never tried it. Okay.
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We're going to fix
Creamy Breakfast Rice.
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The ingredients are:
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So that's simple enough.
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It is really
simple, quick and easy.
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You know, most people
think of rice for breakfast
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usually it's a
side dish to a loaf
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or something like that to beans.
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But it's
delicious for breakfast.
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And so we're going
to use two cups of rice.
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Now if you have the
privilege of knowing
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where to obtain short
grain brown rice, definitely,
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try the short grain brown
rice. This is even better.
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Oh, it's delicious
with creamy breakfast rice
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'cause it has that chewy texture
and it's a little bit sweet.
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So it's really good.
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But if you can't the
long grain works great too.
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Let me just add a little
bit of salt to your taste.
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I use about one teaspoon.
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And then the ratio is
for every one cup of grain,
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use four cups of water.
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So we are putting
in eight cups of water.
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And that's it.
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Is that quick or
what? You just put it in.
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Yes, so many people complain
that they don't eat breakfast
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'cause they just
don't have time to fix it.
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So this would be a wonderful
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solution to
their problem. Exactly.
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To put something
quick like this on at night,
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when you get up in the morning,
it's all ready for you. Exactly.
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You just put it
in your crock pot
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and you can really cook
it on low or high all night.
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Really? Yes.
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If you cook it on high,
you'll get a crispy edge
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around the outside.
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And my children like to take
that out and eat that separate.
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They would just
really like that.
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One way to make sure
that your rice doesn't stick
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to the edge of your crock pot
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is to coat the
inside with lecithin.
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It works really well, but
if you don't have lecithin.
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You can do this little trick.
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Turn it off about a half an hour
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before you're ready
to eat and the rice--
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Rice will soften. Right.
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That will pull
away from the sides.
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You know, ready to eat
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box cereal is so
expensive. That is.
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And this is just
a good alternative
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and it's also very
difficult to find box cereal
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that doesn't have
refined products in it,
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such as refined flours or sugar.
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So this doesn't have refined
products in it and much less--
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It also has a lot of
preservatives as well.
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Right. The box cereal.
00:17:06.36\00:17:07.73
So this is just nice
and good for you now.
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If you think
that's gonna be a problem
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to not have a sweet
cereal. That's okay.
00:17:12.15\00:17:15.86
Just add some raisins
and dates and dried fruit,
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other kinds of dried
fruits or fresh fruit
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and it'll sweeten
your cereal, right up.
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Or you can add
your own honey to it.
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But that way you can
control the sweetener.
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And it's much less sweet.
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It's a natural sweetener
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that's slowly
released in your body. Right.
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Not the refined sugar
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that you get
from the box cereals.
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We have our finished product
that we've put some fruit on it.
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Yeah. Let me show it.
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This looks so good.
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And this is just one
way that you can garnish it.
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Of course, there
are innumerable ways
00:17:49.17\00:17:52.38
that you just put
whatever is your favorite
00:17:52.41\00:17:54.10
type of fruit on it.
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I imagine you would put
milk with this or soy milk.
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Sure, if you'd like.
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Sometimes what we like to do
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is eat it like we
would grits on a plate.
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It's very thick, so on a
plate with a little salt on top.
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Just a little. Yes, yes.
00:18:06.63\00:18:08.72
It's a wonderful good breakfast.
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But of course, rice
isn't the only thing
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you can make for breakfast.
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We can make some-- What
other ideas do you have?
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We can make some
apple oats. Oh, great.
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Okay, well the
recipe for it calls for:
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You know for some
people breakfast is oatmeal,
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but then some people
don't really like oatmeal.
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So I think that
this recipe is a good way
00:18:44.16\00:18:47.07
to help those who don't like
oatmeal enjoy it a little more.
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It's the kind
of naturally sweet.
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Try to fancy it up. Yes.
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We'll start with
four cups of rolled oats.
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Now oats break the rule
00:18:59.11\00:19:01.63
of the four to one
ratio for cooking grains.
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That rule really holds best
for whole grains that varies.
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But this, the four
cups of rolled oats
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only require
seven cups of water.
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So we'll put our water in.
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Now we want to make it sweet,
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but we don't want
to put sugar in it.
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One good way to do
it is to add juice.
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And I chose apple juice,
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but we've made it with
orange juice, pineapple juice.
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We even made it
with grape juice once
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and it was really
interesting color.
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But everybody liked it.
00:19:36.46\00:19:38.81
But it's a good
natural sweetener.
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And I used two cups of
apple juice in this recipe.
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Again, we can add
more natural sweetener
00:19:46.05\00:19:49.45
by using fresh fruit.
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So we're adding
some-- Fresh apples. Yes.
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Some apples to that.
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And so it's a great way
to get the fruit in our diet
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at the same time as
making our oatmeal sweet.
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And a half a
teaspoon of salt really helps,
00:20:05.00\00:20:08.32
give it a little
bit of a buttery flavor.
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Now we'll put
that in our slow cooker
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and cook it on low
for seven to nine hours.
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And if you wake
up in the morning,
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you are going to
smell a wonderful--
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Such a way to wake up. Yes.
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Going through the
house, you're just gonna be
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ready for breakfast and
there's no work involved.
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Right in the
morning, when you don't feel
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like doing work, it's all ready.
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When it's done cooking,
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then we'll want
to add some vanilla,
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when it's all done cooking.
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And will add also
some chopped nuts to it.
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You can add nuts at the
beginning of the cooking time
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and they get an
interesting soft texture.
00:20:50.17\00:20:52.78
But if you like
your nuts crunchy,
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.47
then you can add
them after they're done.
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It's just a really good option.
00:20:57.57\00:20:59.23
A really good way to help
get off of the sugary breakfast,
00:20:59.26\00:21:04.38
by putting in
your own fresh fruits.
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Maybe a little bit of honey
00:21:07.15\00:21:09.19
and using juice to
cook the grains with.
00:21:09.22\00:21:12.28
And it's so easy and
so much less expensive
00:21:12.31\00:21:14.85
than the box cereals.
00:21:14.88\00:21:16.25
And these nuts
have a lot of benefits
00:21:16.28\00:21:17.86
to them too,
don't they? They do.
00:21:17.89\00:21:19.44
They are very high in fiber.
00:21:19.47\00:21:21.28
So you're not only getting
a lot of fiber in these oats,
00:21:21.31\00:21:24.70
but you're
getting fiber in the nuts.
00:21:24.73\00:21:26.77
Fiber in the apples
as well. Yes, right.
00:21:26.80\00:21:30.10
A lot of times
00:21:30.13\00:21:31.87
even when the breakfast
cereals are made with grains,
00:21:31.90\00:21:35.21
a lot of times the
grains are still refined.
00:21:35.24\00:21:38.00
So we know that the
oats are not refined,
00:21:38.03\00:21:40.05
so they retain the fiber,
00:21:40.08\00:21:42.29
they retain the
essential fatty acids
00:21:42.32\00:21:44.46
and the minerals.
So it's good to eat.
00:21:44.49\00:21:47.49
It is close to the way
00:21:47.52\00:21:48.89
that God provided us
with it, as possible.
00:21:48.92\00:21:51.12
So this is a wonderful thing
00:21:51.15\00:21:52.52
you're doing for your
family by doing this thing. Yes.
00:21:52.55\00:21:54.36
So let's see what the
final product looks like.
00:21:54.39\00:21:58.28
All right. Oh, it looks good.
00:21:58.31\00:22:00.37
So good and wholesome.
00:22:00.40\00:22:01.77
Now we can put some
00:22:01.80\00:22:03.17
a little bit of
soy milk on that.
00:22:03.20\00:22:04.57
Yes. Okay.
00:22:04.60\00:22:09.44
And all of that looks good.
00:22:09.47\00:22:10.84
You could add some toast
00:22:10.87\00:22:14.21
and maybe a fresh
banana or a fresh orange.
00:22:14.24\00:22:17.44
And you have just a
wonderful breakfast.
00:22:17.47\00:22:19.35
Very good for you.
00:22:19.38\00:22:20.75
You won't get the sugar
high and low about mid-morning,
00:22:20.78\00:22:24.38
if you eat a hearty
breakfast like this.
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.15
The fiber will just keep
it you and keep you going.
00:22:26.18\00:22:29.31
I suppose if you
want a twist on it,
00:22:29.34\00:22:30.71
you could add some
cardamom to it. Sure. Yes.
00:22:30.74\00:22:34.39
For a cinnamon like
flavor. Right, right.
00:22:34.42\00:22:37.11
And you can vary that,
00:22:37.14\00:22:38.51
there are different
kinds of fresh fruits.
00:22:38.54\00:22:39.91
Sometimes we'll
cook it without fruit
00:22:39.94\00:22:42.31
and then add
blueberries when we're done.
00:22:42.34\00:22:44.94
That's our favorite.
That's just so nutritious.
00:22:44.97\00:22:46.34
We could take the frozen
blueberries out of the freezer.
00:22:46.37\00:22:49.29
Put them on your hot oats
00:22:49.32\00:22:50.69
and they just kind of
get the little frosty look
00:22:50.72\00:22:52.93
on the outside of them.
We really like that a lot.
00:22:52.96\00:22:55.32
Or any kind of
fresh fruit that you have,
00:22:55.35\00:22:57.87
will work just
wonderfully with these oats.
00:22:57.90\00:23:00.40
So an
inexpensive, yet good for you,
00:23:00.43\00:23:02.81
breakfast that's easy
with -- Oh, fantastic.
00:23:02.84\00:23:06.39
Using the whole
grains that's the way
00:23:06.42\00:23:08.26
that God prepared them for us.
00:23:08.29\00:23:10.52
Well, we're going to
take a short break now
00:23:10.55\00:23:12.45
and we'll be
back in just a moment.
00:23:12.48\00:23:15.76
We hope you've enjoyed
cooking with Jennifer White.
00:23:15.79\00:23:18.47
Now let's take a moment
00:23:18.50\00:23:19.87
to review our crock
pot cooking recipes.
00:23:19.90\00:23:22.69
For the Butternut Squash Soup.
00:23:22.72\00:23:24.59
For the Slow-Cooker Red Beans.
00:23:55.27\00:23:57.37
For the Creamy Breakfast Rice.
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.85
For the Overnight Apple Oats.
00:24:37.11\00:24:39.42
If you would like information
00:24:58.74\00:25:00.11
on how you can contact Jennifer
00:25:00.14\00:25:02.00
or if you would like to
receive today's recipes.
00:25:02.03\00:25:04.69
Please write
to3ABN, Post office Box 220,
00:25:04.72\00:25:08.77
West Frankfort, Illinois, 62896.
00:25:08.80\00:25:12.07
Or call 1800-752-3226.
00:25:12.10\00:25:17.32
Again that's 3ABN,
Post office Box 220,
00:25:17.35\00:25:21.31
West Frankfort, Illinois, 62896.
00:25:21.34\00:25:24.96
Now let's take a look at our
finished recipes with Jennifer.
00:25:24.99\00:25:31.57
Welcome back.
00:25:31.60\00:25:32.97
Well, Jennifer, do
you have anything else
00:25:33.00\00:25:35.69
you want to tell
us crock pot cooking?
00:25:35.72\00:25:38.23
Well, you know,
crock pot cooking
00:25:38.26\00:25:39.88
really can make life easier.
00:25:39.91\00:25:42.26
Because you can
have things cooking
00:25:42.29\00:25:44.12
while you're away
or while you're busy.
00:25:44.15\00:25:46.85
And you don't have to
worry about watching it,
00:25:46.88\00:25:48.97
being afraid that's
going to burn or overcook.
00:25:49.00\00:25:51.89
Even while you're
sleeping. Right, right.
00:25:51.92\00:25:54.82
It's a really good
way to cook things,
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.96
when you're on a busy schedule.
00:25:58.99\00:26:00.71
And I really, like I said
00:26:00.74\00:26:02.11
I use my crock pot nearly
everyday, it's very convenient.
00:26:02.14\00:26:04.91
So I encourage you to
try to use your crock pot.
00:26:04.94\00:26:08.09
I intend to start
one more. Wonderful.
00:26:08.12\00:26:10.72
Well, how about if we look
at the products that we made.
00:26:10.75\00:26:13.89
All right. Let's do that.
00:26:13.92\00:26:16.17
First, we'll start with
our Butternut Squash Soup.
00:26:16.20\00:26:19.02
It's a wonderful, helpful
dish that is quick to make
00:26:19.05\00:26:23.04
and we can make
in the crock pot.
00:26:23.07\00:26:24.44
It's full of vitamin A,
has a good amount of fiber
00:26:24.47\00:26:28.38
and it even has
some calcium in it.
00:26:28.41\00:26:30.58
One cup of butternut
00:26:30.61\00:26:32.57
actually has 84
milligrams of calcium in it.
00:26:32.60\00:26:36.56
So it's a very helpful dish
and very colorful, beautiful,
00:26:36.59\00:26:40.22
even pretty enough
to serve for company.
00:26:40.25\00:26:42.89
And you can have it
cooking while you're at church,
00:26:42.92\00:26:44.70
so that when
you're company gets home,
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you have a hot dish ready
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and waiting for
them, no cooking needed.
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That's wonderful. Yes.
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And then next we made
some beans in our crock pot
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which really is the
idea of crock pot food.
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They cook so
nicely in the crock pot,
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much better than
they do in the pan.
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Very nice texture.
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They just get
softer, don't they?
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Yes, yes.
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And they're really
the perfect main dish
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'cause they are good
source of minerals and protein,
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high in fiber, low in fat.
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So we made our beans
there, our red beans.
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And then we decided
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that we would make some
breakfast in a crock pot.
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So we made Creamy Rice and
garnished it with some fruit
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and of course, you
can be creative with that
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and vary your fruits and nuts.
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And we made the
traditional oatmeal breakfast
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that we sweetened up
with some fresh apples
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and some good apple juice,
so we could sweeten it naturally
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and it's just a
good high fiber breakfast
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that will stick
with you through the day.
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I know we will all enjoy
trying these. I know I will.
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Well, our time is
almost up for today.
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I can't believe
it's almost gone.
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Thank you for coming, Jennifer.
Thank you for having me.
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And I hope you will
join with us next time
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and "Let's Cook Together."
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