Have you ever wondered exactly
how to prepare healthy food
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that actually tastes good.
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Well stay tuned
while Evita Tezeno
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and yours truly Nyse Collins,
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show you just how to do it
and give you something better,
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a taste of paradise.
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Welcome to A Taste of Paradise.
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My name is Evita Tezeno.
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Pizza, pizza,
pizza and more pizza.
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Yes, remember,
season 2 if I remember,
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I made a Southern
pizza that was to die for.
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This time I'm
making a California pizza.
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It is topped with pineapple,
Pico de Gallo, and avocado.
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Oh! A food set
for a king or a queen.
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Let's go straight to the recipe
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because it's very, very lengthy
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but it's gonna be fantastic.
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Let's go.
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So this is the
basis for our crust,
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is the soaked buckwheat groat.
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This is a gluten free grain
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and I use it a lot
in my bread recipes.
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And it's a binder,
it's just wonderful,
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and also you can
use it for granola.
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It's just a wonderful grain.
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And then I have
the sunflower seeds
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which is high in
calcium, believe it or not,
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it's more calcium
than a glass of milk.
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And because fresh is fabulous,
we have our fresh celery,
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our carrots...
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garlic cloves of course,
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sesame seeds to add that
little special nutty flavor.
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Olive oil,
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and this is the
water from soaked,
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sundried tomatoes,
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and it adds that
extra flavor to recipes.
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And I keep a jar of it
just in my refrigerator
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just for different times.
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And then we have
our Himalayan sea salt.
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And what I like to
do is ground these first
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because the flaxseed
will act like a binder.
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So, as they has been processed,
then I add my flaxseed.
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Now because this is raw,
we are not using the oven,
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we're using a dehydrator,
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and what a dehydrator
does is it pulls the moisture
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out of the ingredients
and makes it dry basically.
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And it's
cooked-- it's not cooked,
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it is dehydrated at
a low temperature level
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of a 110 degrees or below.
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So I am using a
9-tray dehydrator today
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which is my staple
tool in my kitchen,
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or my staple
appliance in my kitchen.
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And this is a teflex sheet
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which is like a
barrier from the...
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the mesh.
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So I'm gonna take
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the flaxseed
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and the buckwheat crust.
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And I wish we had Smell-O-Vision
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'cause this smells so good.
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And we're gonna spread this out,
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like so and what
we're gonna do is
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we dehydrate this overnight
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for about say 12 hours.
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And the next day--
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we wanna spread
all the way to the end
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because we want a big pizza
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because this is
going to be so delicious
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and because of the
miracle of television,
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I have made a crust already,
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but we're not
ready for this just yet,
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'cause we have to
make Ricotta cheese
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and that is the
next recipe coming up.
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Okay, if you
remember from past programs,
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I always say to soak your nuts,
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and soaking the
cashews makes it more creamier,
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so it gives you that
creamy kind of consistency.
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So we have the
2 cups of cashews,
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and it will help if I
had my blade in place.
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And our lemon juice
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which gives it
that tart kind of taste.
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A clove of garlic
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and we don't want
a strong onion taste,
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so I'm using onion powder,
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I usually use fresh.
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But 'cause
remember, fresh is fabulous.
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But I'm using onion powder today
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'cause I want a
milder onion taste.
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And for the cheesy flavor,
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nutritional yeast
which is high in B vitamins.
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Yummy, which calms the nerves.
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And a Himalayan sea salt.
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And I'm reserving
the water to last to see
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the consistency of our mixture.
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And then we'll see
how much water we need.
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So I'm gonna pour in about
half the amount of water here.
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So depending on your appliance,
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if you don't have a
strong food processor,
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you might need a little
more water or less water.
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I have a stronger
processor because,
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so I don't need a
lot of water this time.
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So I think that
this is the consistency
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that I'm looking for.
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Let's see.
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Yes, this is it.
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So, let's get ready
for our next recipe,
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it's the pesto, yummy.
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And the ingredients for that is:
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Now, pistachios tend to
be a little more expensive
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than the other nuts
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but I say treat
yourself every once in a while.
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And if you don't
want to use pistachios,
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you can use almonds.
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No, I'm sorry, you
can use walnuts instead.
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So, we're gonna
start off with pistachios
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and they have
been soaked and dried
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and then we have
our Himalayan salt.
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I'm gonna process the
dry ingredients first.
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So we have this wonderful
green salty mixture right here.
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So we're gonna
put the lime juice in
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and the garlic clove,
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and then we're going to blend.
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Now this might
seem like a lot of basil
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but I'm telling
you this is worth it.
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So we're gonna
put all our basil in.
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And then our olive oil
which will help the process.
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And we have one little leaf,
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but we're not
gonna worry about that.
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So let's just do
it a little bit more.
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And now we're ready
for our next recipe,
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and that is the Pico de Gallo.
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For the Pico de Gallo we need:
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I'm using the Roma tomatoes
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that have been diced and
they have less water in it
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when you dice them,
so I like to use those.
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But if you don't
have Roma tomatoes,
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whatever it is in
your pantry is okay.
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And I love my onions, so yes,
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chopped onions and spicy,
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and jalapeno peppers,
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cilantro,
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garlic...
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the citrus,
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which gives it
that zest and the salt.
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And you just mix this up.
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This is just real simple.
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And you can use this is
in any of your Mexican dishes
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and if you want to
use it with some chips,
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you can also just
blend it up a little bit
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or put it in a food processor.
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Okay, now let's put
it all together now.
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We have our crust.
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And if you don't
have a food dehydrator,
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you can use any kind of
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flat bread recipe that you have.
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Well, we'll start off
with the Ricotta cheese first,
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the cashew Ricotta cheese
and we spread this out like so.
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And, you know,
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you don't have to be
super detail on how to do,
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you want to get
it on the pizza crust
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as quickly as you
can 'cause, you know,
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you have your
family and they're hungry
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and you want to get it done.
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So, then
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is the pesto.
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And what I like to do
is just kind of chop up
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the pesto on here,
not really spread it
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but kind of chop it up.
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And I love pesto.
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It's so-- it adds
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so much flavor
to different dishes.
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And basil is one
of my favorite herbs.
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So you want to spread this out.
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And then after this
comes the pineapple.
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I'm just gonna sprinkle
the pineapple over like so.
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And pineapple is
such a wonderful fruit.
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Believe it or not,
it's good for joint pains.
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I found that out.
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That's wonderful,
especially if you workout.
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There we have our Pico de Gallo.
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Look at the colors,
isn't this beautiful?
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And now for the last
bit are the avocadoes.
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I can't wait to
sink my teeth into this,
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this is gonna be fabulous.
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All right,
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this is our California Pizza.
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This was not a easy recipe,
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but I'm telling
you, this is worth it.
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This has been Evita Tezeno
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again with a
fabulous fresh recipe
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and remember to live life fresh.
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Hey, hey, hey,
we're in California
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we might as well
continue to Evita's
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making some good
California meals.
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But you cannot go to California
without some quick quesadillas
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and that's what
we're gonna do today
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in a short amount of time.
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We're gonna do
something little special,
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we're gonna show you a
little bit later on the show,
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maybe not this
one or in the program.
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On another one we're gonna
do some $5 meals in five minutes
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but you know when
you're making a quesadilla,
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you got to take a
little time you know,
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Cali style, but it still
needs to be quick as well.
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And so, I want to
encourage you to go ahead
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and write this down,
we're gonna do it from,
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hopefully scratch.
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The recipe today, and I know
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you'll truly enjoy it,
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'cause we're gonna continue
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on what Evita's
taught a California style.
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So we're gonna go
to our first recipe.
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And it's the Quick
California Quesadillas.
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All you need is:
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Yes, that's all you need.
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We got to get
the quesadillas going
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and we're gonna do it quick.
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So, I'm gonna go ahead
and get this thing rolling.
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The key however to
make it quick is make sure
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you have all the ingredients.
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But we're gonna work
with what we have here today,
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so I have some
simple corn tortillas,
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but this is
actually a nice little blend,
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a unique blend
of corn and wheat.
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So we're gonna get that here.
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We got to get
that on a nice little--
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if you have a
non-stick skillet or something.
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That will
definitely do the trick for you
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so we're gonna warm this up.
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And we're gonna put
about two of them on.
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I don't know about you
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but two is more
than enough for me.
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If you don't have a
non-stick pan or whatever,
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you just put a
little bit of oil,
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that should do it.
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But keep the
other tortillas close by
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because we're gonna go ahead
and add that to that shortly.
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So, I'm gonna run
over to the fridge,
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I'm gonna grab some of
this nice little vegan cheese
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that I have or
if you like I said
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you have the cashew cheese.
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Just go ahead and use
that, the cashew cheese sauce.
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So I'm gonna grab that.
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What else I'm gonna grab?
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I'm gonna go ahead and
grab some of my cilantro
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and my scallions here.
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Or just work with what you have.
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Oh, look at my fridge is open.
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And then I'm gonna just grab--
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I think I may use
this a little bit later,
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so I'll get that rolling so,
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we put the corn
tortillas here first.
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We're gonna warm
that up then hummus.
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Any kind of hummus that
you have from the store,
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hopefully the good one,
the one without vinegar.
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You take that, you're
gonna pour that on there
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or put a little bit on there,
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but we're gonna do that shortly.
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First, first
before we get there,
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we just want to
grab some scallion.
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As you see here,
we're gonna chop that up.
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We also have some cilantro
that we'll use here shortly,
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so we have the scallion,
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and then keep those
fingers down of course.
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We're gonna chop that,
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'cause we're gonna put
this in the quesedilla,
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all right?
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So hopefully when that warms up,
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this should be ready
and then we're gonna make
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a little bit of
salsa if you don't mind.
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I don't know if you've
ever been to California,
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if you haven't, they
have some really good,
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some really good quesadillas.
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I got my avocado over
here, I'm gonna get to that.
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Gonna grab some cilantro,
gonna chop this up as well.
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Okay, so you just
move that over here.
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It doesn't have to
be like super small,
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you can work with what you have.
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It just depends how you like it.
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Some people just
eat it, so here we go.
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We have that there, so
that is pretty much ready.
00:21:06.09\00:21:09.53
Then we gonna go ahead,
we have a nice little onion.
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Get this going and maybe,
00:21:13.94\00:21:16.60
I should have some
tomatoes somewhere over here.
00:21:16.64\00:21:18.91
I'm gonna use just a little
bit 'cause it's just for me,
00:21:18.94\00:21:21.18
unless you all are coming over.
00:21:21.21\00:21:23.24
If you're coming over,
00:21:23.28\00:21:24.61
you should've given
me some advance notice,
00:21:24.65\00:21:25.98
I'd have made a little bit more.
00:21:26.01\00:21:27.35
So I just have my onions here,
just so I chopped up nicely.
00:21:27.38\00:21:31.19
And I need some tomatoes, okay.
00:21:31.22\00:21:34.66
So these are ready.
He went ahead and washed.
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I got these at the
nice grocery stores.
00:21:37.29\00:21:39.26
I'll pull these off.
These are vine ripe tomatoes.
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Now I'm gonna use probably...
00:21:42.76\00:21:45.77
probably about, who knows,
00:21:45.80\00:21:47.37
about half of that,
okay so, here we go.
00:21:47.40\00:21:50.64
I'm gonna take some of that.
00:21:50.67\00:21:52.74
We gonna chop this up,
00:21:52.77\00:21:54.11
'cause we're gonna make
some of our own salsa as well.
00:21:54.14\00:21:56.81
All right, so I'll
just use a little bit.
00:21:56.85\00:21:58.85
Don't want to waste
food as you all know,
00:21:58.88\00:22:01.82
times is rough these
days, so I have enough for that.
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.32
And this is warming up nicely.
00:22:05.35\00:22:08.46
Here it is, we're
going back to that hummus.
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Take a little spatula.
00:22:10.99\00:22:13.23
I noticed this
is little different
00:22:13.26\00:22:14.60
like people always ask,
00:22:14.63\00:22:15.96
what hummus on quesadillas?
00:22:16.00\00:22:18.87
We're gonna take it to
the next level here today.
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.17
So we have the hummus on there.
00:22:21.20\00:22:23.24
Yes, it's
getting nice and toasty.
00:22:23.27\00:22:26.68
All right, this is
gonna be our quick quesadilla.
00:22:26.71\00:22:29.88
Don't tell anybody that
you put hummus on a quesadilla.
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They're gonna be
like what is going on?
00:22:34.35\00:22:37.42
How you gonna take
a Lebanese and Mexican
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and put it together.
00:22:40.26\00:22:41.59
Well, we're doing
something special here today.
00:22:41.62\00:22:42.96
Then I found
some nice vegan cheese
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at the local supermarket.
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
This is something
that everybody can buy,
00:22:46.56\00:22:48.26
it's really cost effective.
00:22:48.30\00:22:49.96
Where is my scissor? Here.
00:22:50.00\00:22:51.33
I'm gonna put
the cheese over that,
00:22:51.37\00:22:53.57
so it starts to melt.
00:22:53.60\00:22:55.04
So by the time I finish
my nice little salsa here,
00:22:55.07\00:22:58.34
it will be ready,
00:22:58.37\00:22:59.71
so I'm gonna take
some of this cheese,
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.44
all right.
00:23:01.48\00:23:03.45
Like I said if you have a sauce,
00:23:03.48\00:23:04.81
you can do that as well.
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.61
Put the cheese on
that, just enough.
00:23:06.65\00:23:09.78
You want a little
extra cheese, you can do so.
00:23:09.82\00:23:12.55
Oh yeah, that's
looking good right there.
00:23:12.59\00:23:14.86
I've the cheese,
now, I'm gonna come back
00:23:14.89\00:23:16.69
and grab a little bowl here.
00:23:16.73\00:23:20.06
What am I gonna put in?
00:23:20.10\00:23:21.43
I'm gonna put in
some of the items
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.00
that I'm gonna
use to make my salsa.
00:23:24.03\00:23:26.13
Need a little bit
more tomatoes in there.
00:23:26.17\00:23:29.74
Okay, should be done.
00:23:29.77\00:23:32.64
Get that going.
00:23:32.67\00:23:34.21
Then you cannot have salsa
00:23:34.24\00:23:36.14
without some
lemon, there you go.
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.88
Got to have the lemon.
00:23:37.91\00:23:39.55
Let me just massage it
a little bit, all right,
00:23:39.58\00:23:42.25
so I've my lemon here,
00:23:42.28\00:23:43.62
because my
quesadillas is getting ready.
00:23:43.65\00:23:45.75
Take that, cut that and
just want a nice little--
00:23:45.79\00:23:49.22
I know people have different
measurements or whatever.
00:23:49.26\00:23:51.26
You just put a
little bit over there.
00:23:51.29\00:23:53.29
Just a little bit, just
enough to get that going.
00:23:53.33\00:23:57.07
And let me just dry up here.
00:23:57.10\00:23:59.03
Let me move this out of the way,
00:23:59.07\00:24:00.97
if like to follow.
00:24:01.00\00:24:02.34
Then for this
just for you salsa,
00:24:02.37\00:24:03.71
you just need a
little bit of salt,
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.07
little sea salt there.
00:24:05.11\00:24:06.71
If you want to put in a
little bit of onion powder.
00:24:06.74\00:24:09.14
That will be good.
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.51
A little bit of garlic powder.
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.35
Look at me I'm having a
good time in the kitchen.
00:24:12.38\00:24:14.12
And some paprika.
00:24:14.15\00:24:15.48
You got to have
some paprika, all right,
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.65
so here we go.
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.49
Then I'm gonna
just grab something
00:24:19.52\00:24:20.86
to mix that up
a little bit more.
00:24:20.89\00:24:22.62
My quesadilla is almost ready.
00:24:22.66\00:24:26.33
This is like a ghetto fabulous--
00:24:26.36\00:24:29.73
not a ghetto fabulous
but a special quick salsa
00:24:29.76\00:24:33.44
that you can make here.
00:24:33.47\00:24:34.80
I'm gonna put
that on top as well.
00:24:34.84\00:24:38.87
Should be fine.
00:24:38.91\00:24:41.44
All right,
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.71
then it's really simple,
00:24:43.75\00:24:45.11
I'm just gonna grab two more.
00:24:45.15\00:24:46.48
You all hear
that sizzling there?
00:24:46.51\00:24:49.38
Don't tell anybody
where you learned this
00:24:49.42\00:24:51.52
because as a result,
00:24:51.55\00:24:53.15
they're gonna want some,
but even before I do that,
00:24:53.19\00:24:54.86
let me just pop that off.
00:24:54.89\00:24:56.22
Let me get some
of that cilantro.
00:24:56.26\00:24:59.86
All right, and some of
that scallion on there.
00:24:59.89\00:25:02.40
You can put this on both.
00:25:02.43\00:25:03.77
I've mixed that up there
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.13
so cilantro and
scallion on both of them.
00:25:05.17\00:25:07.44
This is our quick, what is it?
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.37
Our quick California quesadilla.
00:25:09.40\00:25:12.31
So you have that on there,
00:25:12.34\00:25:13.68
you let that sit
for a little while.
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.18
Should be good.
00:25:16.21\00:25:17.55
Let that cheese melt--
00:25:17.58\00:25:19.18
Oh, man, we gonna be
on target here today.
00:25:19.21\00:25:21.42
You know, let that cheese melt
00:25:21.45\00:25:22.92
and it's gonna
congeal it together.
00:25:22.95\00:25:25.25
Now if you use a
cashew cheese sauce,
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.09
you just have to hold
it there little bit longer
00:25:28.12\00:25:30.33
or else it's gonna separate
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.13
but we want this
to stick together,
00:25:32.16\00:25:33.66
so we have that going.
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.03
And then
eventually in a little while,
00:25:36.06\00:25:38.10
we're gonna flip
that a little bit
00:25:38.13\00:25:39.67
if it's ready to go.
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.80
So we have our two items there
00:25:41.84\00:25:44.17
and the salsa as we see
depends on how you like it.
00:25:44.21\00:25:46.78
You can put cumin as well.
00:25:46.81\00:25:49.04
I mean there's
no reason in general
00:25:49.08\00:25:50.45
why you should be buying salsa.
00:25:50.48\00:25:52.05
I mean, this stuff is
easy and simple to make.
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.12
All you need is some
onion, some tomatoes,
00:25:54.15\00:25:58.32
some cilantro as well.
00:25:58.35\00:26:01.12
I didn't put that in there,
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.49
but you can put
the cilantro there
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.03
but I put that along
with my quesadilla all right.
00:26:04.06\00:26:06.96
I'm just looking
for my stuff here.
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.46
So while that is getting ready,
00:26:09.50\00:26:13.17
I'm gonna go ahead and clean up
00:26:13.20\00:26:14.57
because if you all know
me, I don't like a mess.
00:26:14.60\00:26:17.11
So what I try to do
is I try to clean up
00:26:17.14\00:26:20.84
as much as possible.
00:26:20.88\00:26:23.65
So when it's all set and
done, all I have to do is eat.
00:26:23.68\00:26:25.81
So this is getting
ready here shortly.
00:26:25.85\00:26:28.42
And then let's see.
00:26:28.45\00:26:30.95
Whoo! Look at that,
that's pretty right there.
00:26:30.99\00:26:34.06
Now we're heading
in the right direction.
00:26:34.09\00:26:36.42
Nice and toasty.
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.36
Put all my stuff here together.
00:26:38.39\00:26:40.30
And if you just want, you
can use the leftovers here
00:26:40.33\00:26:43.43
and just make that
into like I said your salsa.
00:26:43.47\00:26:48.54
And you have some for tomorrow.
00:26:48.57\00:26:49.90
The key to
living California style
00:26:49.94\00:26:52.27
or being quick is planning.
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.44
You have to have
a plan of action,
00:26:54.48\00:26:55.94
so I'll take these items
00:26:55.98\00:26:57.41
'cause we don't
want to waste anything.
00:26:57.45\00:26:59.88
I'll take that,
put that in there
00:26:59.91\00:27:03.75
and let that marinate
a little bit overnight,
00:27:03.79\00:27:07.39
so tomorrow I'm
gonna have this as well.
00:27:07.42\00:27:11.06
Little bit of salt
to keep that moving
00:27:11.09\00:27:13.33
and then you just mix that.
00:27:13.36\00:27:14.76
We're gonna let that sit there
00:27:14.80\00:27:16.13
and I'm gonna grab some of
this good little sour cream,
00:27:16.16\00:27:20.07
the healthy one
that Evita taught us
00:27:20.10\00:27:21.64
to make over sometime.
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.41
Then the quesadilla is
pretty much almost done.
00:27:23.44\00:27:25.94
It's pretty much almost done,
00:27:25.97\00:27:27.31
I'm gonna let that
sit for a little while.
00:27:27.34\00:27:28.68
We'll take some
of that sour cream.
00:27:28.71\00:27:30.95
We'll take some nice avocado,
put a slice or two on it.
00:27:30.98\00:27:33.88
And I already
made some in advance
00:27:33.92\00:27:35.72
you know just in
case 'cause I knew you
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.65
all gonna come try to
sneak up and have some of this.
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.59
So here it is,
00:27:40.62\00:27:41.96
is a simple Quesadilla
California Quick style.
00:27:41.99\00:27:45.63
As you see there, very
nice, very tasty and simple.
00:27:45.66\00:27:49.20
But you can't have
quesadilla without some chips.
00:27:49.23\00:27:53.17
So go ahead and put some chips
00:27:53.20\00:27:54.84
and you will look
like a gourmet chef
00:27:54.87\00:27:56.91
here on Taste
of Paradise, enjoy.
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.11