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Series Code: DDCC
Program Code: DDCC000021A
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00:21 Hola and bonjour!
00:22 Welcome back to Creative Cooking. 00:24 My name is Nicole Braxton. 00:26 And I'm looking forward to being your tour guide 00:29 as we journey the world one bite at a time. 00:32 Today, we're going to continue with our health segment. 00:37 And we're going to make a health and hearty soup 00:40 along with cornbread and a potato leek soup. 00:44 Today's theme is dinner at the fireplace. 00:48 For our first soup, we will need... 01:22 So let's get started. 01:26 For our soup, I'm going to start it off, 01:28 and I'm going to have the two cups of water boiling. 01:32 And while that's boiling, I'll prep our veggies. 01:36 So we're going to cut our onion and dice it. 01:49 Okay, take the skin off. 01:55 And the great thing that I like 01:56 since we're speaking of boiling our water, 01:58 one of the key health principles that I found 02:02 is drinking water really helps 02:05 to do a lot of great things in our body. 02:07 For example, it can help the flow of toxins 02:10 to leave the body. 02:11 It also is really great for promoting 02:15 a good environment for vascular health. 02:19 And it can help your body to properly allow blood 02:25 to flow in your system. 02:28 So that's why I have my water here. 02:30 So when I get thirsty, don't mind me, 02:32 it's really important that we continue to consume 02:34 the amount of water we need daily. 02:37 So I'm going to keep chopping my onion. 02:57 All right. 03:07 Next, we'll add some carrots. 03:13 You can make it into three slices 03:15 or you can buy chopped carrots already prepared at the store. 03:24 And we'll start with our rocking motion. 03:33 All right. 03:35 So we've got our carrots, 03:38 and now we're going to get our lentils ready. 03:45 And a separate skillet you can also... 03:47 You can either saute your onions in the big pot 03:53 or, and if you do it in the big pot, you'll saute it first, 03:56 and then you'll add your water 03:57 or you can separate it and do it separately. 04:00 You can saute it separately in this pot. 04:03 So I'm going to use a little bit of the olive oil 04:05 that we've talked about before or water. 04:08 I highly recommend that too. 04:09 This is a great thing to saute it in so. 04:12 Actually, you can try something different. 04:15 This is Creative Cooking after all. 04:16 You can use water or you can use the olive oil as written. 04:21 So we'll put our onions into the skillet. 04:29 Okay, and then we'll put our carrots. 04:38 I can hear the water boiling, it's waiting for us. 04:42 So we have the onions going in there and the carrots. 04:46 And now we'll just stir them together, 04:51 and let them continue to saute. 04:54 And this is the critical part of the recipe. 04:57 Now, are you paying attention? 04:59 I want to make sure you're paying attention. 05:00 This is critical, this is the step in this stage 05:05 where you're going to put in all of your spices 05:09 so that the oils from it can effectively exude from it 05:12 and come into your soup, so it's important. 05:15 This is where you put your spices. 05:18 You can add it later on, 05:19 but it's the heat that inspires the different oils 05:24 from the herbs and spices to come out during this part. 05:27 So you want to put it at the base 05:29 when you have your onions. 05:30 I'm also going to put some garlic in here as well. 05:37 All right. 05:44 And if you can hear, 05:45 it's starting to saute just as fine with water. 05:54 Now I'm going to put the different spices. 05:57 So on the recipe, it says to put cayenne in. 05:59 Now, I want to let you know, 06:02 if spice is not something or hot food 06:06 in regards to the different amount of temperature it is, 06:09 like for example, if you don't like spicy food, 06:12 I will use less cayenne. 06:14 So you can just put a little bit in 06:16 and taste it and go like that. 06:17 Otherwise, if you like really spicy food 06:19 or you like a kick to it, 06:21 you can put the whole amount of cayenne. 06:23 But I would encourage you to season it as you go 06:26 to make sure it's not too spicy for you. 06:29 Then we'll put in our cumin seeds, 06:35 our cumin powder... 06:41 some Italian seasoning, thyme actually. 06:47 Okay, now we'll saute it. 06:52 And if you start to smell the aroma from the spices, 06:56 that's how you know it's almost done being sauteed. 07:02 So when you start... 07:03 Wow! 07:05 That's amazing. 07:06 It's a really, really, really good smell. 07:11 Okay, I wish you were here so you could smell this. 07:14 But okay, so we've got that going on. 07:16 Now, we're going to put this into our soup. 07:22 We've seasoned it well. 07:26 All right. 07:28 So we're going to add this to our soup. 07:39 Next, we'll put the vegetable broth. 07:49 It's a good base and gives a lot of flavor. 07:52 We'll also put the lentils in. 07:55 So the recipe calls for the lentils being cooked, 07:57 you can do that. 07:59 And if you have them cooked, 08:00 you put the lentils in towards the middle part of it. 08:02 So you can put them in raw as well 08:05 because it's all one pot of soup. 08:09 All right, so we're letting that cook. 08:12 All right. 08:14 Then we've got our diced tomatoes. 08:16 We'll pour this in as well. 08:24 All right. 08:27 And one of the last things you'll let it cook, 08:30 just continue to allow it to boil. 08:34 Okay. 08:36 Wow, that smells really good. 08:38 I like the citrus 08:41 that's going to be coming in when we put our lemon. 08:43 I can sense that that's going to be a good ingredient. 08:46 But I like the tomato base. 08:50 And I also like how the cumin mixes with the tomatoes. 08:54 So it has a nice contrast in this dish. 08:59 Next, we will put some coconut milk. 09:07 This makes the soup creamy. 09:13 All right. 09:16 Now we just let it cook down. 09:19 Let the... 09:20 The more time you leave in it, 09:22 you'll allow the soup to extract all the flavors 09:26 from the different ingredients. 09:28 So you want the ingredients to combine 09:30 and for the soup to become one. 09:32 So you don't want to have everything separate. 09:33 So it's really good 09:35 if we just allow time for the soup to simmer 09:37 and for all the flavors to combine effectively. 09:42 So now we're going to let that cooking, 09:43 especially if you put raw 09:46 or uncooked lentils inside of your soup, 09:48 it's important for you to give it enough time 09:50 so that they're tender. 09:51 If you put cooked lentils in, you'll need less time. 09:54 So just let that continue to cook. 09:56 And when you're done, 09:58 the last thing you'll do 09:59 is you'll put some lemon juice inside, 10:02 and you can also put some lime zest, 10:05 so you just let that cook down. 10:07 And the most important part is you need to get ready to eat. 10:11 So that brings us along to our next recipe 10:16 which is cornbread. 10:18 For this recipe you'll need... 10:35 So let's get started on this good old cornbread. 10:39 Okay, so to start it off, 10:42 what you can do is take your dry ingredients... 10:50 the flour. 10:53 And you can substitute, 10:54 you can choose your favorite flour 10:57 that you would like to use and see how it comes up. 11:03 Okay, so we have that. 11:05 Then we'll also put in some cornmeal, 11:08 which, to me is amazing 11:10 because it's a color that I like, 11:12 and it reminds me of the sun, 11:14 which points me back 11:15 to one of the great health principles I've learned, 11:17 which is about getting a lot of exposure to the sun. 11:21 Getting enough sun exposure, 11:23 it actually can be healthy for us. 11:25 I didn't really know, after doing much research, 11:28 I found that having exposure to the sun 11:31 has the ability to boost 11:34 the melatonin output in our bodies, 11:36 which, in turn, gives us more sleep. 11:39 And who doesn't like rest? 11:41 So I think that's a really cool thing that the sun can do so. 11:44 Now I'm going to mix it. 11:46 And another great thing I found that research has shown 11:49 that it can help build your immunity, 11:51 which is really nice. 11:53 And also, it can enable your body to produce vitamin D, 11:58 which is really great to aid the calcium absorption 12:01 within your body. 12:03 So it's pretty interesting how the sun 12:04 can have some really awesome health benefits. 12:07 All right, 12:09 so we're mixing all these dry ingredients together, 12:12 and we're also going to put 12:13 some baking powder in there as well. 12:16 Okay. 12:21 Just want to make sure it's thoroughly mixed 12:24 because when you put your liquids in, 12:26 it's just going to begin to clump up, 12:28 so you want it to be one. 12:30 Okay. 12:33 There we go. 12:35 Now we're going to go to our liquid ingredients. 12:42 We will add some milk... 12:58 some pureed corn... 13:08 some olive oil... 13:15 and some honey. 13:24 All right. 13:26 Now we will just let all these ingredients 13:29 combine effectively in the blender. 13:39 I really, really... 13:42 I really, really love Vitamixes 13:44 because they're effective, effective blenders. 13:47 I mean, there are so many things that you can put in it. 13:50 You can put your smoothies. 13:52 Right now, we're mixing things for our cornbread. 13:55 I really enjoy just really having effective blenders 13:57 when you are mixing things, 13:59 so just going to allow this to combine. 14:09 All right, looks about done to me. 14:14 And, now we will take our liquid mixture... 14:23 and we'll pour it in. 14:28 Just want to keep stirring, 14:32 allowing everything to combine, 14:37 just like so. 14:40 Okay, so at this point, you can either take a mixer 14:45 or you can mix with the spoon. 14:51 Just want to mix the wet and dry ingredients together, 14:54 so they can combine effectively. 14:57 You can use a whisk, a blender, a spoon, 15:00 whichever works best for you. 15:06 Just mix it all together. 15:10 And this is a good recipe 15:11 to add to your dinner at the fireplace. 15:15 So we've made a delicious soup prior to this, 15:19 and you can accompany it with this cornbread. 15:22 Just continue to mix everything, 15:24 make sure you get everything 15:26 from the sides and continuously mix. 15:37 And if you would like 15:38 to add more moisture into your cornbread, 15:42 you can add some soy milk, 15:46 just depends on the type of texture you would like. 15:52 I cannot wait, and if you want, during this phase, 15:57 you can also taste it before you bake it 15:59 to make sure 16:00 it's the consistency that you like. 16:03 So I'll take a little taste. 16:09 The flavors are good, so I'm okay with baking that. 16:13 Now, we'll take it 16:18 and put it in our baking sheet. 16:28 We'll just put it in there. 16:31 If your pan creates things to stick to it, 16:36 you can put a little bit of oil or something or PAM, 16:41 something to just put it on the side of it. 16:45 Just essentially you want a nonstick baking pan. 16:52 Okay. 16:55 Now you'll just flatten it out. 17:01 And you want to make sure you put your oven to 350. 17:08 Got a little on the sides. 17:16 Okay, so now it's ready to go into the oven 17:20 and bake on 350 for about 20 to 30 minutes. 17:24 Make sure you check it. 17:25 And while it's baking, what you want to do, 17:29 towards the end you want to put your fork inside of it 17:33 or a knife just to make sure 17:34 that you don't have any leftover residue 17:37 when you take your fork out. 17:38 So that's a good way to check and make sure it's cooked well, 17:41 it's not too dry, nor is it undercooked. 17:43 So here is what it looks like, 17:45 and now we're going to put it in the oven. 17:56 All right. 17:57 Super excited to try that when it comes out. 18:00 Now, last but not least, 18:03 we're going to go to our final recipe today. 18:06 It is our potato leek soup. 18:08 The ingredients include... 18:27 So now to start off our soup, 18:30 what we'll do is we'll take some vegetable broth 18:33 and let it boil. 18:39 Okay. 18:42 And we'll chop up some celery as well as some leeks. 18:54 Okay. 19:05 Now we'll get our leeks in the soup too. 19:10 Once you put that in there, 19:11 we'll also put some of our vegan butter... 19:19 or if you don't want to use vegan butter, 19:20 you can just replace it and add more water. 19:26 As we spoke earlier, water is amazing. 19:28 So feel free to use it wherever you like. 19:33 So we'll add our celery inside of our soup. 19:42 That's awesome. 19:43 Now we'll add some leeks. 19:47 And the good thing about leeks, 19:48 I washed the outside of the leek, 19:50 so now I'm ready to cut. 19:53 And we'll just roll it up and just slice it. 20:09 Okay. 20:11 Now I'm going to make sure to go over it again, 20:13 just to make sure everything's sliced well. 20:19 Okay. 20:20 So next, we'll put it in, but the one thing is curious... 20:24 I'm curious about is to check on this leek. 20:26 So I washed the outside, everything looks great, 20:28 put it in there. 20:32 But I'm kind of curious about the inside 20:34 because I want to use the whole thing, 20:35 I don't want to waste something. 20:37 So let's check and see what the inside is like. 20:42 'Cause it looks good on the outside, 20:45 but it's really interesting 20:48 'cause sometimes I found when it comes to different leeks, 20:51 you see there's dirt in the inside 20:54 when you get to the core. 20:56 So going back to our principles we talked about of NEWSTART... 21:02 Sometimes in life, we can get bogged down 21:05 by all the things going on. 21:08 It's really easy to start feeling, you know, 21:11 down and out and focus on our circumstances. 21:14 But the beautiful thing is there's God. 21:17 And God is there for us whenever we need Him, 21:20 He can wipe us clean, He can come into the heart. 21:22 Sometimes, as human beings, we look so great on the outside 21:25 but inside, there's other things 21:27 that we're dealing with. 21:28 So this leek, this very simple leek is something 21:31 that is resemblance of the principle 21:35 we talked about which is trust, 21:37 trust in the Lord. 21:38 You can trust in the Lord and give your burdens to Him. 21:41 He is there for us. 21:43 So this is a cool principle 21:44 that I was taught about a leek from my mentor. 21:47 It really taught us that food is more than food. 21:50 It can be healing, it can be tasty, 21:53 and also, there are some very key characteristics 21:55 and principles you can find just from cooking. 21:57 So I'm going to add this into our soup. 22:05 All right, next, we'll put in our chicken style seasoning. 22:15 We'll put in our sage, 22:21 some olive oil or water. 22:28 Now we'll just stir it, and allow it to simmer, 22:35 and we're going to put in our potatoes and rosemary next. 22:39 So with rosemary, you can just take the stock, 22:42 put your hands like this, and just peel it down. 22:49 Rosemary is one of my favorite, favorite herbs. 22:53 It has such an amazing smell, 22:56 and it tastes really good in different foods, 22:58 such as the soup. 22:59 I love it on pizza. 23:00 It's one of my favorite, favorite herbs. 23:04 So I just chop it and put it inside of our soup. 23:06 It gives it that extra flavor element we need. 23:10 It's really nice 23:11 when the difference spices and herbs blend together. 23:15 So that you can really 23:17 have this explosion in your mouth of flavor, 23:19 it's not bland, you want to have flavor. 23:22 And it's amazing how we've been given so many natural plants, 23:26 herbs, and spices to really season our food. 23:30 We were made with so many different taste buds, 23:33 and it's important that we, 23:35 you know, cater to them in a healthy way. 23:37 So there's no need to have bland plant-based food. 23:40 You can always season it with fresh herbs and spices. 23:49 Just going to keep cutting this. 23:55 Alrighty. 23:56 So we'll put this inside of our soup. 23:58 I'm starting to smell... 24:00 Wow! 24:01 It smells amazing, amazing, amazing. 24:04 Okay. 24:07 Now we're going to add some potatoes in there 24:11 as the broth is going... 24:19 your potato, you'll just cut it in half. 24:33 You can almost use the same principle 24:35 we used for the onions earlier, and then, you'll just dice. 24:41 So depending on what type of shape 24:43 you would like for your potatoes, 24:44 so just dice it. 24:49 And if you find you would like it a little smaller, 24:52 you can just chop it, like so. 24:58 Now we'll put our potatoes in the soup. 25:07 Finish it off. 25:11 And when it comes to different health concerns, right now, 25:14 I'm just using a regular potato, 25:19 but if you notice that, 25:22 let's say, if you have diabetes or any other health concerns, 25:27 you could potentially substitute it out 25:29 with a sweet potato 25:31 because sweet potatoes are a complex carbohydrate, 25:36 which essentially means 25:37 it breaks down slower into the body. 25:39 It doesn't spike your sugars as fast, 25:41 your glucose levels as fast as, you know, 25:45 when it comes to like white flour 25:48 or different things like that. 25:50 So if you would like to use a more complex carbohydrate, 25:53 I would recommend using a sweet potato. 25:57 Now we're going to stir our soup and check in on it. 26:05 Wow! 26:07 Okay, so the potatoes like we just put them in, 26:09 so they have some time to cook, 26:10 but I want you to take a look at how beautiful 26:12 and how green and rich the soup is. 26:17 It has a lot of different herbs and spices, 26:22 lots of fresh products. 26:25 So if you look and see the soup, 26:32 you can see the different colors. 26:39 And just one spoonful of it, 26:42 you can see that 26:43 it has all the rich green leeks and celery, 26:48 and now it has the potatoes, 26:50 the fresh herbs, and spices. 26:54 All right. 26:56 That's a really flavorful dish. 26:58 We're just letting it simmer down. 27:01 But we had a ball today. 27:03 Again, as always, 27:05 it's a pleasure cooking with you 27:07 from my kitchen to yours. 27:09 Let's review what we made today. 27:11 We had our leek soup that we just finished. 27:17 We also did some delicious cornbread 27:22 as well as our hearty holiday soup. 27:26 These are all great meals 27:28 that you could eat at a fireplace, 27:30 bring some friends together, 27:32 and just spend time together over a great meal. 27:35 That's a great thing about food, 27:36 it can bring people together, 27:38 you can share memories and learn about each other. 27:40 At the end of the day, 27:42 I went to school in a small college town, 27:44 and one of the things 27:45 that I really enjoyed about it 27:47 is that there weren't many things around, 27:49 but we had each other, 27:50 and therefore we built really strong relationships. 27:52 So take some time out, have dinner at a fire, 27:56 and enjoy yourself. 27:57 At the end of the day, I had a blast with you. 28:00 Thank you again for tuning in to Creative Cooking, 28:03 and be sure to tune in next time. |
Revised 2018-05-02