Have you ever wondered
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how to prepare
healthy tasty meals,
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raw and cook that
actually tastes good?
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Well, stay tuned
while Evita Tezeno
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and yours truly Nyse
Collins show you how to do so
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and give you 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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And it looks like
we have a visitor.
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I have my good
friend, Kinjii Cuington today.
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Cui Kinjii, hey, how are you?
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Hi, Evita.
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What brings you to the
Taste of Paradise today?
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Well, Evita, I've
gotten all the recipes
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for my holiday dinner together,
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but I don't have
any drinks, help me.
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I got just the
things for you, girl friend.
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But you're gonna
have to work for it.
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Okay.
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Okay, we are going to do
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a fabulous
paradise lemonade today.
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All right. Yeah.
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So let's look
at the ingredients.
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Okay.
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Paradise Lemonade:
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So we're gonna start
off with the aloe leaf.
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Okay.
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So aloe is so good
internally and externally.
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It is good for digestion,
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it's also good for weight loss.
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Externally, it's good
for psoriasis and eczema.
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So what we're doing is
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we're trimming
the outer skin off.
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Okay. Yeah.
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And you need a
really sharp knife for that.
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Okay.
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So be careful not
to cut your fingers.
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Right.
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And you want to make sure
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that you cut all
the green outer skin off
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because it'll be bitter.
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Okay. Yeah.
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So it's kind of slimy
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but I'm going to cut this off.
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So all we need is
about a fourth of a cup.
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So you want to make sure...
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Put that in there.
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Okay.
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And then start
handing me the ingredients.
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Okay. Lemon juice.
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And this is fresh lemon juice.
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Okay. Yeah.
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We don't want to use
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any concentrate or
anything like that.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Honey.
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And we don't want to use...
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We could use maple syrup,
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we don't want to
use like any corn syrup
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or anything like that.
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We want to use
honey or maple syrup
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but nothing processed.
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Okay. Extremely processed.
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Remember, we are
living life fresh,
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so we want all
fresh ingredients.
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Okay.
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Okay. And dried cranberries.
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Coconut oil.
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And hand me the lecithin.
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So are you
having a lot of family
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over to your
house for the holidays?
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Yes, I am.
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Good.
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And this is the
Himalayan sea salt.
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So we're gonna blend
all this up in that blender.
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And it doesn't have
to be blended thoroughly,
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you could have a little
chunk 'cause it makes it pretty.
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Okay.
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So here's the pitcher
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and I want you to
pour a little water.
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Oh, the water
maybe about this much.
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Okay. About fourth of a way.
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All right. Yeah.
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Here we go.
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Yeah, that's good. That's good?
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Yeah, that's good.
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And we're gonna pour
the rest of it in here.
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We just want to mix it up.
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So I'm gonna give you a spoon
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and I want you
to mix it up for me.
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Stir it up.
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See, I was gonna
make you work, I told you.
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Okay.
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So we're gonna get our
festive pitcher and our glasses.
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I love this pitcher.
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And you see,
it's a pretty color,
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it's festive.
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The cranberry makes it...
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kind of reddish.
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I'll serve you first
since you're my guest.
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Okay, thank you.
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Let us toast.
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Oh, Evita, this is refreshing.
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It's really good, isn't it? Oh!
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Now, the next one
we're gonna have is egg nog
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but it's gonna
be a vegan egg nog.
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Yeah, and it's gonna not
have egg in it, of course, not.
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But it is a great holiday punch.
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And the ingredients for that is:
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So we're starting
off with the almond milk.
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And I make my
almond milk from scratch.
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I don't use it from store
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because I don't
like the taste of it.
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So all you need
is a cup of almonds
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with three cups of water.
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You blend it, you
put it in a strainer,
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and then you add sweetener
of your choice, that's it.
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Okay, we can do this.
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Yeah. So it's just real simple.
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All right. Yeah.
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So we're gonna
add our almond milk,
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our dates.
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And this is our sweetener.
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I call it God's candy
because it's so sweet.
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I love that, that's
nice. It's so sweet.
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And our vanilla,
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and our sisters.
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And there they go again. Yeah.
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There they go again.
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Our cardamom and coriander,
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salt, two bananas.
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See, everything, you just
place it right into our blender.
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And then our avocado.
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I know, I love avocado.
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I do, too. I love avocado.
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And it thickens the smoothies.
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I love it in smoothies.
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Okay, that's awesome.
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Yes, excellent
in smoothies. Okay.
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So will it kind of do the
same thing for the egg nog?
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Yeah, it will
thicken it up. Okay.
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Also the coconut oil
also, it'll thicken it out.
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And it'll make it creamy.
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Okay, creamy egg
nog is always good.
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Creamy egg nog is always good.
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And let's blend this.
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So that was
pretty simple, right?
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Right, that was really simple.
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But, you know, I got mustache.
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I have some already
made. You always have some.
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But I'm running a little low,
so we're gonna add that to it.
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Okay. Okay, let me go get it.
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Okay.
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Oh, I'm so
excited for this egg nog.
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Oh, my goodness.
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So let's pour that in.
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Oh, and I can grab the glasses.
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Okay, go ahead. Okay.
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I'll let you fill
it into the glass.
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So because I'm a southern
girl, I will treat you first.
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Well, thank you very much.
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There you go.
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I can't wait to try this.
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Cheers!
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Evita, this is delicious.
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My family is gonna love this.
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Yes.
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It's been Evita and
Kinjii at the Taste of Paradise.
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And remember to live life fresh.
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Live life fresh.
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You can't have a happy holiday
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without the
happy holiday starters.
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And that's what
we're gonna do today.
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We're gonna look at how
to make that holiday meal,
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just take it to the next level.
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Evita made some of
that delicious lemonade,
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that egg nog and stuff.
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You got the drink going there.
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But you need the starters.
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And that is crucial
because a lot of times
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people just jump
into the main meal
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but it's that time
before that main meal.
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The little things to
get that appetite going
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that really sets it off.
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So today, we're gonna look at
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some simple
happy holiday starters.
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Because if you just have a
holiday meal, that's all it is.
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But if you want a happy holiday,
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you need a happy holiday meal.
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So today, we're gonna
look at a couple of them
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that are really
simple, easy, and tasty,
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and one of my all
time favorites, especially.
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Even when I was growing
up, I always remember it.
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You may use it as a starter,
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I used to use it as a snack
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until I knew what
snacks were, you know,
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because there's no
such thing as a good snack,
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anything that
comes in between a meal
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would disrupt that digestion
unless the person is diabetic,
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and they need to
control their sugars.
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But this here, sometimes,
people use it as a snack
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but here, we're
gonna use it as a starter.
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And one of those
items, I think we all know it,
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is garbanzos, garbanzo beans.
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One, some people call it
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the healthiest bean of them all.
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You all know garbanzo,
some people call it chickpeas.
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We call it channa.
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And these are very good.
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They're very
satisfying to the palate.
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You can find this
almost anywhere in the world.
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And that's gonna be actually
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one of our first starters today.
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We're gonna look at how to make
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one of these
happy holiday starters.
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We're gonna call it
the roasted chickpeas
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or what do we call it?
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Channa.
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Channa, for those
who know what channa is.
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Here's the simple
recipe on how you can make
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some of your roasted
chickpea nuts or channa.
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All you need is:
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So we have our channa here.
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This is one of my favorites.
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You can use this for hummus,
you can use it over a salad.
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And booming with protein,
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fantastic nut that
everybody can enjoy.
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All you basically do is
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take the cooked ones, all right?
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So if you don't have
it in a can or something,
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if you do get it in a
can, wash it out, of course.
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And then you can use it.
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But if you don't have that,
then just buy the dried one.
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It's actually cheaper
for you than anything.
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You can buy a whole big
bag for next to nothing.
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You soak it overnight,
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wash out the water,
and then you boil it,
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then you will have your cooked
chickpeas or channa there.
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Then you would add some
of the other ingredients.
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We talked about the lemon juice.
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So we're gonna pour some
of that lemon juice over this.
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At the end, it
gives it that little kick.
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Then we're gonna
add some of that powder,
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either onion powder,
garlic powder, you decide.
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Whatever you want to
add to that, it's fine.
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Then you can
also use some paprika.
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Everybody know what paprika is?
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Paprika is
basically dried bell peppers,
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the red bell peppers.
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So this would be
loaded with antioxidants,
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vitamin C as well.
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And then we're gonna
add some salt to that also.
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Okay. So we're gonna
add about a half a teaspoon.
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Some people like
it a little salty,
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some like it less.
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So you decide.
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I'm just gonna put
enough, you know it,
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as I'm cooking here for me here.
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And then we're gonna add
some of that olive oil to that.
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So we're gonna pour a little
bit of olive oil over that
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to get that going.
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We're not gonna fry these.
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In many cases, when they use
it and they make it, they fry it
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but we're not gonna fry those,
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we're gonna
actually just bake them.
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So this is gonna be a healthy,
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nice little treat
to get that meal going.
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So you just mix it up nicely.
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It's so easy, you
know, people are like,
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"Man, I'm trying
to make this meal,
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what do I start
with, what do I end with?"
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Like this, you can do this
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with your eyes
closed, literally.
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That's how easy it is.
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Then you're gonna put
it on a simple baking dish
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or cookie pan or as
you see right there.
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Oh, man, that looks good.
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And then we're gonna go ahead
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and we're gonna
put that in the oven.
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You can do that about
350, 30 minutes, 45 minutes.
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If you want it extra
crispy then what do you do?
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You basically, you
bake it a little bit more.
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So we're gonna go ahead,
I'll put this to the side here.
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And I'm gonna run
this over to the oven,
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350 at about 45
minutes or whatever.
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The crispier you like
it the longer you leave it.
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And then I should
have a finished one here.
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Let me get that going.
00:14:53.22\00:14:55.29
All right, I'll
put that in there.
00:14:55.32\00:14:56.66
I'm gonna need to
grab the finished one.
00:14:56.69\00:14:58.16
So let me get this.
00:14:58.19\00:15:00.00
And then you're
gonna see how it looks.
00:15:00.03\00:15:01.36
It's gonna look
basically the same,
00:15:01.40\00:15:02.76
it's just gonna be dry.
00:15:02.80\00:15:05.03
All right. So
we have that there.
00:15:05.07\00:15:06.97
And then we basically, we
have our first starter here.
00:15:07.00\00:15:11.34
So we have the channa chickpeas,
00:15:11.37\00:15:15.01
the roasted chickpeas.
00:15:15.04\00:15:16.38
So I'm gonna put a little
bit of that here in a corner.
00:15:16.41\00:15:18.81
I'm gonna have a
starter plate for you all.
00:15:18.85\00:15:21.72
And there you
go, it's that simple.
00:15:21.75\00:15:23.55
That easy to get
your first starter going,
00:15:23.59\00:15:25.95
the channa chick peas.
00:15:25.99\00:15:27.32
So I'm gonna put this
on a side here real quick
00:15:27.36\00:15:29.86
to get you rolling.
00:15:29.89\00:15:31.23
And then you can't
just start with that,
00:15:31.26\00:15:33.40
you have to have
a little bit more.
00:15:33.43\00:15:34.86
That's why it's called
starters with a s plural.
00:15:34.90\00:15:37.87
So you need to
have something else.
00:15:37.90\00:15:39.23
And what we're gonna do is
00:15:39.27\00:15:40.60
make a nice little one
that a lot people enjoy.
00:15:40.64\00:15:42.40
Everybody loves pastry,
00:15:42.44\00:15:43.81
especially the
savory type pastries.
00:15:43.84\00:15:46.64
So here we have a
nice pastry bite for you
00:15:46.68\00:15:49.58
that you can add to your
nice little starter plate,
00:15:49.61\00:15:52.01
and now we're gonna
make this a happy holiday.
00:15:52.05\00:15:54.22
So here's the simple
recipe for your pastry bite,
00:15:54.25\00:15:57.55
your happy holiday pasty bite.
00:15:57.59\00:15:59.75
Here it is, all you need is:
00:15:59.79\00:16:01.12
Basically it's that
simple, everybody can do this.
00:16:15.80\00:16:18.67
Again, you could probably
do with your eyes closed
00:16:18.71\00:16:20.44
but be careful with the knife.
00:16:20.48\00:16:21.81
We don't want you hurt yourself
and blame Taste of Paradise.
00:16:21.84\00:16:23.65
So here it is.
00:16:23.68\00:16:25.01
We're gonna put
our starter plate over,
00:16:25.05\00:16:26.38
don't worry, channa,
00:16:26.41\00:16:27.75
you're gonna have some
friends here in a second.
00:16:27.78\00:16:29.25
I already went ahead and diced
the red bell peppers for you.
00:16:29.28\00:16:32.32
Who remembers what red
bell peppers are good for?
00:16:32.35\00:16:35.26
One of the highest
sources of vitamin...
00:16:35.29\00:16:38.26
vitamin C it is.
00:16:38.29\00:16:39.63
It actually has up to four
times the amount of vitamin C.
00:16:39.66\00:16:43.03
Also good for
the digestive tract,
00:16:43.06\00:16:44.93
people dealing with
ulcers and stuff like that.
00:16:44.97\00:16:46.74
The bell pepper is the only one.
00:16:46.77\00:16:49.10
But remember what we
said, red bell pepper.
00:16:49.14\00:16:51.44
So we have that,
we have the garlic
00:16:51.47\00:16:54.28
and then basically the spinach.
00:16:54.31\00:16:55.98
So all we're gonna do
is just saute it down.
00:16:56.01\00:16:58.38
So I already have
this stove running here,
00:16:58.41\00:17:01.98
you want to put it
on medium to high heat.
00:17:02.02\00:17:03.92
We're gonna go ahead
00:17:03.95\00:17:05.29
and we're gonna add
some of that oil there
00:17:05.32\00:17:07.29
and just the tad,
00:17:07.32\00:17:10.19
we don't want to
end up frying stuff.
00:17:10.23\00:17:12.56
But we're gonna get that going.
00:17:12.59\00:17:13.93
We're going add our garlic.
00:17:13.96\00:17:16.40
All right.
00:17:16.43\00:17:17.77
Ooh, I love when
that garlic gets going.
00:17:17.80\00:17:20.27
And now if you
want a little bit more,
00:17:20.30\00:17:22.20
go ahead, enjoy yourself.
00:17:22.24\00:17:24.27
You'll be
lowering your cholesterol.
00:17:24.31\00:17:26.47
Matter of fact
they say garlic is
00:17:26.51\00:17:27.91
so good to
lower that cholesterol
00:17:27.94\00:17:31.21
that if you just put
garlic on bread, all right.
00:17:31.25\00:17:35.58
Wait, let me call the time up.
00:17:35.62\00:17:36.95
If you use bread with butter
00:17:36.99\00:17:38.72
it can increase your
cholesterol by almost 20%
00:17:38.75\00:17:43.43
just by having
that bread with butter.
00:17:43.46\00:17:45.46
So somebody do the math with me.
00:17:45.49\00:17:46.96
If your
cholesterol is already at 200
00:17:47.00\00:17:49.33
and you knock off two
slices of bread and butter,
00:17:49.36\00:17:53.70
you increase it by 20%.
00:17:53.74\00:17:55.14
You do the math, 20%
of 200 is 20 and 20 is 40.
00:17:55.17\00:17:58.57
Your cholesterol can
easily jump up to 240.
00:17:58.61\00:18:01.64
But watch what the garlic does.
00:18:01.68\00:18:03.28
You ready for this?
00:18:03.31\00:18:04.65
If you just rub
the bread with garlic,
00:18:04.68\00:18:07.08
just rub it with garlic there.
00:18:07.12\00:18:08.65
Imagine if you put it in,
00:18:08.68\00:18:10.02
it actually stops
that jump from happening.
00:18:10.05\00:18:12.42
So here's my little note.
00:18:12.45\00:18:13.79
Everybody stop 'cause I
see you all trying to go ahead
00:18:13.82\00:18:15.56
and write down,
"Just rub bread with garlic
00:18:15.59\00:18:17.53
and we could all the butter on."
00:18:17.56\00:18:19.59
But still the butter is fat,
00:18:19.63\00:18:21.00
it's gonna cause a
whole bunch of other problems
00:18:21.03\00:18:22.53
so you don't want do that.
00:18:22.56\00:18:23.90
Just to hold off for
using the excess butter
00:18:23.93\00:18:26.30
but that's how
powerful garlic is.
00:18:26.33\00:18:28.47
It actually stops that
cholesterol from jumping up.
00:18:28.50\00:18:31.47
So we have the garlic going.
00:18:31.51\00:18:33.14
We're gonna put in
our red bell peppers.
00:18:33.17\00:18:38.31
Ooh, it smells
nice and good in here.
00:18:38.35\00:18:41.88
Oh-oh, I'm making a
mess up in the kitchen.
00:18:41.92\00:18:44.55
We add a little bit more,
00:18:44.59\00:18:45.92
I want a little
extra vitamin C going.
00:18:45.95\00:18:49.99
All right.
00:18:50.03\00:18:51.73
Let me get that.
00:18:51.76\00:18:53.09
We get the salt,
just a little bit of salt.
00:18:53.13\00:18:54.90
If you want to add other
seasonings, you can do so.
00:18:54.93\00:18:59.97
All right.
00:19:00.00\00:19:02.77
And then as that
gets going a little bit,
00:19:02.80\00:19:05.27
then we're gonna go
ahead and we're gonna add
00:19:05.31\00:19:07.41
about a couple of handfuls
of the spinach, the spinach.
00:19:07.44\00:19:13.55
I love saute spinach.
00:19:13.58\00:19:15.28
I don't know about you
but I love saute spinach.
00:19:15.32\00:19:18.25
So here we go to
add the spinach there.
00:19:18.29\00:19:21.76
Get that going a little bit.
00:19:21.79\00:19:24.66
Now you can find
that spinach anywhere,
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.56
most supermarkets will have it.
00:19:26.59\00:19:28.23
I know it says, "Ready, washed,
fresh" all that other stuff
00:19:28.26\00:19:30.93
but me, I'm
gonna double wash it.
00:19:30.97\00:19:32.97
You never know these
days, e-coli, b-coli,
00:19:33.00\00:19:36.57
soon they're gonna
come out with z-coli.
00:19:36.60\00:19:38.21
So just be
careful here, all right?
00:19:38.24\00:19:40.54
So you're gonna get that going.
00:19:40.58\00:19:44.21
We're gonna mix
that up a little bit.
00:19:44.25\00:19:47.12
And we're gonna get our
other starter rolling here.
00:19:47.15\00:19:51.19
Very nice, very nice.
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.79
And we know the
spinach is fantastic,
00:19:53.82\00:19:56.26
provide a nice little vitamin K.
00:19:56.29\00:20:01.36
There it is, nicely.
00:20:01.40\00:20:03.16
And then we're gonna have our...
00:20:03.20\00:20:05.37
While that gets
going we need our pastry.
00:20:05.40\00:20:10.57
So I'm gonna move
this over real quick.
00:20:10.61\00:20:13.94
And then I'm
gonna grab the pastry
00:20:13.98\00:20:15.51
from, I mean,
through the fridge.
00:20:15.54\00:20:17.15
So it's the phyllo dough pastry.
00:20:20.42\00:20:22.98
I left that fridge open.
00:20:23.02\00:20:26.29
She's going there nicely.
00:20:26.32\00:20:29.89
Very good.
00:20:29.92\00:20:31.29
And basically you
could just cut it.
00:20:31.33\00:20:33.26
Do I have a little...
00:20:33.29\00:20:35.26
I'll look for
something here that I can use.
00:20:35.30\00:20:39.67
Basically you just take
a nice little round item,
00:20:39.70\00:20:42.30
you put your phyllo dough down.
00:20:42.34\00:20:46.14
All right.
00:20:46.17\00:20:47.51
Then you get your knife going.
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.94
Oops.
00:20:49.98\00:20:51.48
All right, make
sure it's nice and wet.
00:20:51.51\00:20:56.08
And then you have a nice
little, nice little pastry.
00:20:56.12\00:21:00.26
Everybody see that
there, really simple and easy.
00:21:00.29\00:21:02.76
This is gonna be your
pastry, your pastry bite.
00:21:02.79\00:21:06.09
So there it is
real quick for you.
00:21:06.13\00:21:07.70
You just make a couple of those.
00:21:07.73\00:21:09.10
And here's the craziest
thing, you ready for this?
00:21:09.13\00:21:11.17
We're gonna actually put
this in a cupcake baking dish.
00:21:11.20\00:21:17.47
All you do is you
take that same pastry
00:21:17.51\00:21:19.91
and you put it in here.
00:21:19.94\00:21:21.28
So watch that, you
just put it in there nicely.
00:21:21.31\00:21:23.95
You all are exquisite
chefs here, executive chefs.
00:21:23.98\00:21:27.42
You just put that in.
00:21:27.45\00:21:28.78
If you notice, there are
a couple of them already.
00:21:28.82\00:21:31.19
And this is pretty much,
00:21:31.22\00:21:32.55
you don't want to cook
it too much, reason why
00:21:32.59\00:21:35.19
'cause we still have to bake it.
00:21:35.22\00:21:36.76
So you
basically take your spoon,
00:21:36.79\00:21:40.10
you take a nice
little sauteed item,
00:21:40.13\00:21:42.36
the red bell
peppers, the spinach.
00:21:42.40\00:21:45.47
And it really easy, you
just pour that in there,
00:21:45.50\00:21:49.50
just pour it in there.
00:21:49.54\00:21:51.07
Take that with
the red bell peppers,
00:21:51.11\00:21:52.64
let's try that again.
00:21:52.67\00:21:54.41
It's gonna make a
mess but who cares?
00:21:54.44\00:21:56.54
We're in a kitchen,
we're having a good time.
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.58
And you just pour them in there.
00:21:58.61\00:21:59.95
So doing about
four or five of them.
00:21:59.98\00:22:03.15
Pour that in there.
00:22:03.18\00:22:05.42
And then there it is.
00:22:05.45\00:22:07.79
So now we take this,
00:22:07.82\00:22:09.19
we're gonna put
this in the oven.
00:22:09.22\00:22:10.56
We're gonna let that
toast just for a little bit,
00:22:10.59\00:22:12.83
you don't want it
about 15 minutes max
00:22:12.86\00:22:15.90
at about 275, 300 degrees.
00:22:15.93\00:22:18.13
So we're gonna put that
and I already did one for you.
00:22:18.17\00:22:20.77
I already prepared it
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.14
and you're gonna
see what it looks like.
00:22:22.17\00:22:23.51
So it is your next starter
that you can definitely enjoy.
00:22:23.54\00:22:26.84
So we put that in there.
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.64
Then we're gonna come,
grab our other starter here.
00:22:29.68\00:22:33.72
And now we have our simple
pastry bites, pastry bites.
00:22:33.75\00:22:39.25
Let me make
sure my phyllo dough.
00:22:39.29\00:22:40.82
This stuff is expensive so
you want to take care of it.
00:22:40.86\00:22:46.19
All right. I'll
put that on the side.
00:22:46.23\00:22:48.70
And then now you have
your simple pastry bites.
00:22:48.73\00:22:51.87
Watch this y'all.
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.23
Here we go, we're gonna add this
00:22:53.27\00:22:54.60
to our happy
holiday starter bites.
00:22:54.64\00:22:58.11
Oops, that's one.
00:22:58.14\00:23:01.11
Here it is, very nice,
looks good, tastes good.
00:23:01.14\00:23:05.01
Now you can add,
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
of course, other seasonings
that you want this however
00:23:06.41\00:23:09.48
because it's a little
wet there with the pastry.
00:23:09.52\00:23:15.29
You have to eat it soon.
00:23:15.32\00:23:16.66
But don't worry about that,
it usually goes by really fast
00:23:16.69\00:23:19.29
so you can
definitely enjoy that.
00:23:19.33\00:23:21.66
So here we go,
that's our second one.
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.03
And we're gonna
go to one last party,
00:23:23.06\00:23:25.83
have party by
happy holiday starter.
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.30
It's one of my favorites,
you know, I love tofu.
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.87
And so here we are, we're
gonna do some tofu skewers
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.24
to go ahead and top this off.
00:23:34.28\00:23:35.84
Here's a simple recipe
00:23:35.88\00:23:37.21
on how you can make
your own tofu skewer,
00:23:37.25\00:23:39.71
our happy holiday starters.
00:23:39.75\00:23:41.28
All you need is:
00:23:41.32\00:23:43.45
Then to make
marinade, all you need is:
00:23:43.49\00:23:45.29
All right. So here it is.
00:24:22.49\00:24:24.63
So we have that, we're
gonna do our tofu skewers.
00:24:24.66\00:24:26.63
I'm gonna move some
of these items over here.
00:24:26.66\00:24:28.53
It's really simple,
easy and fun to make,
00:24:28.56\00:24:31.30
a lot of people enjoy it.
00:24:31.33\00:24:33.44
So I'm gonna go back
here, I'm gonna grab that tofu.
00:24:33.47\00:24:38.47
All right.
00:24:38.51\00:24:39.84
Remember me, I like to
clean and cook at the same time
00:24:39.87\00:24:43.28
because I don't have
all day to be doing this.
00:24:43.31\00:24:45.55
So basically, I'm
gonna take this tofu,
00:24:45.58\00:24:47.42
I'm gonna chop that up.
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.52
You can do it the
size that you want.
00:24:49.55\00:24:51.35
I want, you want to preferably
do it a little bit thicker.
00:24:51.39\00:24:55.82
And because you are,
you can either saute it,
00:24:55.86\00:24:59.36
you can bake it, simple ways.
00:24:59.39\00:25:01.03
Basically I'm
gonna take these items,
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.56
I'm gonna put it in
this nice little dish here.
00:25:02.60\00:25:04.90
Then I'm going to add
my seasonings to that.
00:25:04.93\00:25:07.70
I'm gonna take my
Bragg's liquid aminos,
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.27
I'm gonna put that on
top, that's a favorite here.
00:25:12.31\00:25:15.88
We have the garlic as well.
00:25:15.91\00:25:19.05
And we're gonna mix all
of these items together.
00:25:19.08\00:25:22.48
So that's gonna add
that nice little flavor.
00:25:22.52\00:25:24.42
I'm basically
making that marinade.
00:25:24.45\00:25:25.79
You have that nutritional yeast.
00:25:25.82\00:25:27.82
Oh, you can't forget,
this is the kicker here.
00:25:27.86\00:25:31.23
You have the
cumin, the coriander,
00:25:31.26\00:25:34.80
all of these
items, the different...
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.33
I'm just gonna pour,
00:25:36.36\00:25:37.77
matter of fact I'm
just gonna pour it all.
00:25:37.80\00:25:39.23
Basically I'm making a
nice little marinade for it.
00:25:39.27\00:25:42.50
So then what else we have?
00:25:42.54\00:25:44.64
We have the olive
oil, and a parsley.
00:25:44.67\00:25:48.94
Pour that nicely there.
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.31
And we're gonna
mix those items up.
00:25:50.35\00:25:51.68
You can do it with your hands,
of course, that'll help it.
00:25:51.71\00:25:53.98
But basically you
want to get this going
00:25:54.02\00:25:56.15
and you want to
let it sit overnight.
00:25:56.18\00:25:58.15
These things, making
this food is not gonna happen
00:25:58.19\00:26:00.56
which, you know, just like that.
00:26:00.59\00:26:01.92
So you want to go ahead,
let that marinate a little bit.
00:26:01.96\00:26:05.19
You can put this in a fridge.
00:26:05.23\00:26:06.56
I like to prepare
this the night before.
00:26:06.59\00:26:08.73
So then when you
make it, oh, man.
00:26:08.76\00:26:10.87
And this is what it will come
out looking like, all right.
00:26:10.90\00:26:13.80
So here is a
nice little marinate,
00:26:13.84\00:26:16.27
but it's not done
yet, still not done.
00:26:16.30\00:26:19.31
You have to go ahead,
00:26:19.34\00:26:20.71
you put those on a
nice little skewer here.
00:26:20.74\00:26:25.91
And it's really simple how
you do, you just basically...
00:26:25.95\00:26:29.02
Let's grab one.
00:26:29.05\00:26:30.39
I'm gonna put that in there.
00:26:30.42\00:26:31.82
And then you can use zucchini,
you can use red bell pepper,
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.66
whichever one you enjoy.
00:26:35.69\00:26:38.36
Right there. So I
go one, two, three.
00:26:38.39\00:26:41.26
And then let's go with
a little bit of yellow.
00:26:41.30\00:26:44.50
All right.
00:26:44.53\00:26:45.87
So I want to make that,
00:26:45.90\00:26:47.24
then I'm gonna put
another one through.
00:26:47.27\00:26:49.40
And then you
basically repeat the process.
00:26:49.44\00:26:52.44
You make a couple
of them. Look at that!
00:26:52.47\00:26:55.04
Who said we can't have some
nice skewers and some starters,
00:26:55.08\00:26:58.41
a little
barbecue something here.
00:26:58.45\00:27:00.28
You can actually
probably do this in a barbecue
00:27:00.32\00:27:01.98
but don't tell
them I told you that
00:27:02.02\00:27:03.49
because we don't
want to be burning stuff.
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Uh, oh! We lost the tofu there.
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That's fine. We'll
just add another one on.
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And basically,
you get that going.
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You take a couple of these,
you make a couple of them,
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and you put them in oven.
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I already made some
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because I knew I
was gonna be having fun.
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So I'll take this,
I'll put this in the oven,
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I'll show you...
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a finished one here as well.
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You get that going.
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And then you basically have
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your happy
holiday party starter.
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So I'm gonna
clear up the place here.
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And then this is what you have.
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You have your nice skewers,
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you put those on the side there.
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Everybody can enjoy it.
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Take a quick look.
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I may even take
a bite right now.
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And now, you have
your happy holiday starter.
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Go ahead and enjoy.
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Have a happy holiday.
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