Dare To Dream Creative Cooking

Sweet Tooth

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00:20 Ola, Bonjoir and welcome to Creative Cooking.
00:23 My name is Nichole Braxton and I am super excited
00:26 to be with you here today.
00:27 Some of the dishes we'll be making are Carob Brownies,
00:31 a Strawberry Glaze, a Mango Smoothie and Doux Crepe.
00:35 And before we get started into all these delicious meals,
00:39 and different recipes, I want to share with you something
00:42 that's really keen to me and is really special to my heart.
00:45 When it comes to cooking, I love to mix different things
00:49 and try out what works well and to be creative..
00:52 And also when I am cooking for people I always like to lean
00:57 upon God. For me, that is really important because
00:59 at the end of the day, He knows best. He created all my
01:02 taste buds, so, when I was preparing for all these different
01:07 recipes, I started to...this song came to me and I wanted to
01:09 share it with you. I am going to share it right now,
01:13 so another thing that important to me besides cooking is
01:16 also singing. I love to sing.
01:18 So I am going to sing a song to you that inspires me
01:21 when I'm in the kitchen.
01:51 Essentially that song is welcoming the Holy Spirit
01:54 into our lives, so for me when I cook, I like to welcome the
01:57 Holy Spirit along with me.
01:59 So let's skip into cooking, let's make our delicious
02:02 carob brownies but before we do, I have a really close friend
02:05 that is here with me. Jason will you come join me?
02:07 Good to see you. Good to see you.
02:10 So, I have to be honest with you.
02:13 I've been watching you on Creative Cooking,
02:15 I've been seeing all of these wonderful recipes being made,
02:20 I've tried the food. I love the food,
02:23 which surprised me because my diet is a little bit different
02:28 but I was very surprised.
02:31 So I am excited to jump into whatever we are going to be
02:35 making today.
02:37 What are we going to be making today?
02:38 So we'll be making carob brownies and the ingredients
02:41 for that include:
03:08 Wow! That sounds like a power packed desert.
03:13 Yes! Now how much does this recipe yield?
03:16 Yes. So this is a really good recipe because it is great
03:20 for groups. When making it you can make around 20 to 30
03:24 different brownies so remember with quantity,
03:26 this is a really good recipe for groups.
03:29 Twenty to thirty. Yes.
03:30 Or you can have a lot of leftovers.
03:33 Or you could have a lot of leftovers.
03:34 I'm with that plan. So you have that sweet tooth.
03:36 So to get us started we'll first put our dry ingredients
03:40 together. So if you can take the carob powder and
03:42 put it in the mixing bowl. Ok.
03:45 Ok. Then if you can take the flour as well as the
03:57 whole wheat flour. You know what, this is,
04:00 this is really good too because I'm not really that great with
04:03 baking like that. Um hum.
04:05 I can cook at home. Yes. But the whole baking thing
04:09 is not really my strong suit so I'm happy to be learning.
04:13 You know what I like, the recipe, this recipe is
04:17 really good to help have a good base so then
04:19 when you go home, it's easy to make so this is going to be
04:23 a good one.
04:24 And while you stir this up... Ok. I'm going to melt some
04:29 of the vegan butter.
04:36 Alrighty.
04:41 Now in general when it comes to desserts
04:43 the absolutely best desserts come directly from nature.
04:48 But if we do decide that we want to bake something like
04:52 a brownie like we are doing today...Um hum.
04:55 This is a good vegan recipe.
04:58 Nice.
05:01 Alright, so I am just letting this...
05:03 And I'm making a mess over here while I'm stirring.
05:05 You're doing good, so as you are mixing,
05:07 you are essentially making it so that all the different
05:09 dry ingredients come together and so when you put a liquid
05:13 with it, sometimes it will clump up.
05:15 So for example, have you ever had something that tasted like
05:18 chalky? Yeah.
05:19 Almost like when you make a rue. Yes...How that clumps.
05:23 Yes exactly. Gotcha. So that will come up.
05:25 So now our vegan butter is done.
05:29 Lovely, lovely.
05:32 Alright, so now we are going to combine our
05:35 liquid ingredients in a separate bowl
05:37 Ok. So what I found is apple sauce is a really good binder
05:45 for ingredients when you do like baking,
05:48 it really puts it together, keeps it moist and has a good
05:51 texture. So if you can pour this in here...
05:54 Tell me. I've got an interesting story to do with applesauce.
05:59 Ok. So when I was a kid and coming up, my mom...
06:03 she's very healthy...Ok, that's awesome.
06:07 So what she used to love to do was to put herbs and supplements
06:13 in the applesauce and mix it around so that I would eat it
06:19 and I would get those supplements and all of that.
06:22 So I wasn't really a huge fan of applesauce when I was a kid.
06:26 My cousins, they used to call my mom Aunt Evie
06:31 and they still call her Aunt Evie but they would say
06:34 no more applesauce Evie, like they didn't want any applesauce
06:37 because they were terrified because they knew...
06:39 Like it took on a brownish Oh wow...color.
06:43 Ok so you had it in a really medicinal way
06:47 all the properties of all the health stuff she put in there
06:49 was...Ok. So, it wasn't applesauce, it was a little
06:53 different than that.
06:54 Applesauce with a healthy... super healthy twist.
06:57 But this is actually going to be a little brown too.
07:01 That would make sense. But a different kind of brown.
07:04 So what do we do next?
07:05 Now we are going to pour our vegan butter inside. Um hum.
07:08 Also to replace any sugar, we can put some honey.
07:16 So if you will just hold that. There we go.
07:22 Team work makes the dream work.
07:23 It is. Loving it.
07:25 Alright so. Okay.
07:30 Now stir this up. I'm going to put these back here.
07:35 Ok, thank you. You are welcome.
07:38 Umm, can you smell this?
07:42 Wow! I know, I'm excited. It smells delicious.
07:47 So now what you are going to do, you are going to add the
07:50 carob chips in there as well.
07:53 Ok. Dry with dry. Um hum.
07:56 And then you will add a little salt to taste.
08:00 Ok. Alright. But this is a big group, this is a big group.
08:06 Big group. It's a big group. It's for a big group.
08:08 That's right. And then you add a little bit
08:13 baking powder without aluminum.
08:15 Alright we definitely don't want that.
08:18 You know, I've heard that aluminum can cause Alzheimer's.
08:20 Really. Yeah, it's not healthy for the body at all
08:24 That's for sure. Yes.
08:26 So I'm going to get my mix on while you are doing that
08:29 I want to be productive.
08:30 Alright, so now, so I am doing the same thing with the liquids,
08:34 I just want to make sure it doesn't have clumps
08:36 so it doesn't taste like applesauce in one bite,
08:39 vegan butter on the other.
08:40 So like a smooth consistency. Exactly. Exactly.
08:44 So when you have brownies, what are your favorite
08:46 kind of brownies?
08:48 Well let's just put it this way.
08:51 Tell me. I'm happy to be trying these
08:54 type of brownies because we are using carob instead of
08:57 the chocolate. Nice. and all of that.
08:59 I'm looking forward to testing this flavor out.
09:03 Alright, well we've got our liquids done. Um hum.
09:06 So now I am going to pour it in if you can continue to stir.
09:10 I can do that.
09:11 Alrighty.
09:19 There you go, see now it's all combining.
09:22 Ahh, this is really reminding me of my childhood right now.
09:25 This will taste a little different,
09:27 it will definitely appease your sweet tooth.
09:32 I better...we better hurry up and get this thing baked
09:35 before my mom tries to come in and put some herbs in it.
09:38 One of things I also like about this mixture,
09:41 I've added other things if I wanted to have a
09:45 different taste. Let's say if I want peanut butter
09:46 with brownies. I can add some peanut butter in this,
09:49 in the base and then it has its own taste.
09:52 It's delicious, it still combines with the carob
09:54 and the applesauce. Nice.
09:56 So this is a really great thing that you can do to be creative,
09:59 just add a little something extra to meet your taste.
10:02 How convenient because you are on Creative Cooking.
10:06 I know. Ding, ding, ding, ding.
10:08 Alright so then that just...you just keep stirring that until it
10:12 becomes like a nice mixture. That's right.
10:14 And if you decide that you would like to add a little more
10:17 liquid, I would recommend like water, that's a good thing
10:21 to add. So we are just going to add a little water
10:25 to make sure everything is mixing well.
10:27 Ok. This is definitely don't want to make a mess on
10:32 cause I do have to go to a little meeting after this.
10:36 Alrighty, so I will get the pan ready while you are doing that.
10:40 Alright. Make sure I get all that powder and dry ingredients.
10:48 That looks beautiful. Yes. Uh oh, I see a little
10:55 clump there. It looks a little dry under there.
10:57 Just mix that around. And if you want,
11:00 I usually mix with a spoon like you are doing. Um hum.
11:02 And also you can use a blender, that's, that's...I'm old-school
11:07 just using my hands but you can also use a blender
11:09 or so. You can do that when you are making this recipe.
11:12 I can see that, it's like flying all over the wall.
11:14 Yeah basically. One of those mixers. Yeah.
11:17 That's happened to me before so you know what,
11:20 I can use a spoon. You learn by experience. Trial and error.
11:23 Alright. So that's perfect.
11:25 So now, what we will do, we'll just give it one more mix.
11:28 That's awesome.
11:30 And now if you hold the bowl I will just pour this in.
11:33 Alrighty. Ok.
11:40 Ok there it is.
11:42 And then we'll spread it, just like flatten it out.
11:46 Ok. Alrighty.
11:51 Do we want to put a little more or are we going to make it
11:56 like super thick or...
11:58 This will be one batch, a few people will be eating it
12:04 we won't do the big group so we'll do one batch
12:09 but you can always...what you do with any extra batter
12:11 if it's too much, you can also put it into cupcakes
12:12 and you can have it for later and so we will put this
12:16 in the oven and it'll be good.
12:19 So hopefully you can try it soon. Sounds good.
12:21 I will, I have to run, please save me a plate.
12:25 Will do. Of everything that you make.
12:26 I will see you later, thank you for the lesson in baking.
12:31 Alright. Take care.
12:33 Alright, so I am going to put these brownies in the oven
12:37 and get ready for our next recipe.
12:39 Alright, while those are baking let's get started on our
12:50 next recipe. And the ingredients for our next recipe include:
13:01 This will make our delicious Strawberry Glaze.
13:05 Now when it comes to our Strawberry Glaze
13:08 I really like it because strawberries are a great
13:10 source of antioxidants and I like to mix it up for
13:14 our glaze and what we are going to do is take a saucepan,
13:19 take a little bit of vegan butter...
13:23 You can also utilize water if you like to replace it.
13:27 Then we'll take some strawberries which is about,
13:32 it makes about 8 ounces to one cup of strawberries...
13:35 When you have your bag of strawberries,
13:38 you want 8 ounces to one cup.
13:40 Then you are going to put it inside of the saucepan.
13:45 The smell of the strawberries is amazing.
13:55 Awesome. So we are going to just keep stirring it.
13:59 Alright. Now as we are stirring it and letting all these
14:06 ingredients melt, I'm going to put a little honey to taste
14:11 and sweeten it just a bit.
14:22 So I will just keep tossing it in my saucepan...
14:25 Wow, the smell is amazing.
14:29 Basically you can see that we have strawberries right here
14:34 and they are just all coming together.
14:37 Just from the strawberries coming out...
14:39 We have a little bit of honey in there and some vegan butter
14:42 and at home if you like to use water, you can do that as well.
14:44 Just let it mix. Ok. That is good.
14:53 Next we will put it in a blender to make a good glaze.
14:58 So take it off the fire, put it in our blender.
15:02 Just pour it in, and now we will blend it.
15:28 Awesome. So with all of my sauces I like to give it
15:35 just a little taste, so for this glaze I am just going to test it
15:39 and see if it what I like.
15:40 That's good. Really, really good.
15:49 This is a great topping for different desserts.
15:51 You can put it on top of the brownies.
15:54 And when it is finished it will look something like this.
15:58 So for our next recipe, we'll be doing a mango smoothie.
16:03 This recipe includes:
16:15 So let's get started.
16:16 We will begin by taking the mango and putting it in our
16:20 blender. Next we'll put some yummy spinach inside...
16:28 You can use frozen or fresh.
16:37 Now I'm going to cut a banana in half
16:41 and one thing I want to tell you, when it comes to cutting,
16:44 since I have this in my hands already,
16:46 it's really important to know the sharper your knife,
16:49 oddly enough, the sharper your knife is,
16:53 the better you will be able to cut
16:55 and the less dangerous it is.
16:57 So for example if you have a dull knife and you are cutting,
16:59 it can wobble around and it makes you more likely to
17:03 cut yourself than if you have a sharp knife
17:05 because you have more grip and control.
17:07 So you want to make sure if you are cutting with like a
17:09 chef's knife or any type of knife, you want to make sure
17:12 it's sharp and you also want to be careful.
17:15 So for example this doesn't have a dull blade,
17:18 you don't want to cut with a dull blade.
17:20 So, we're just going to cut our banana in half...
17:24 Also when taking care of your knife, it is important to not
17:31 throw it in the dishwasher to clean it
17:34 because it makes the knife dull.
17:36 You want to rinse off your knife with cold water
17:39 so it doesn't take away the sharpness from the knife.
17:42 That's a good fun tip for you to know when you are home
17:45 and you are cooking and you want to have a sharp knife
17:47 not a dull knife and you also want to be careful when you cut.
17:50 Alright, so we have this banana and we will throw this
17:53 into our smoothie, next we will put some aqua,
18:00 some water in here.
18:03 Alrighty. Then we will put some ice cubes as well.
18:09 I like this dish in a smoothie because it's so fresh.
18:19 I like the mangos, the bananas and the spinach.
18:24 Alright, so now we are going to just blend it up.
18:45 The great thing I like about this smoothie,
18:47 it has a nice green color which to me symbolizes
18:52 the different nutrients I'm about receive from this
18:54 delicious smoothie.
19:06 Alright, it's time to do one of my favorite things,
19:11 which is tasting it out and see how it is.
19:13 I love smoothies.
19:17 That's good. I really like that.
19:24 It's fresh, it's not too sweet and if at home when making it
19:29 if you would like to add a little sweetness to it
19:31 you can add some more fruit or you could add a little bit
19:34 of honey just to sweeten it up but this is great for me so...
19:37 Enjoy!
19:38 This brings us to our next recipe which is our doux crepe
19:43 and the filling ingredients include.
20:19 And you will need a stainless skillet.
20:21 Now let's get started.
20:23 For our filling, what we are going to do,
20:28 we will take some dates which I really like, they're sweet
20:38 and I like the texture of them as well.
20:41 You can get them at your local grocery store or
20:44 health food. Now we are also going to put in
20:47 our cashew butter. Next we'll put some coconut oil
21:11 some honey, and then you will also add some carob powder.
21:32 Ok. So now we are going to let it blend, you can add
21:45 a little bit of water if you like to help it blend better.
21:47 It's up to you how thick you want your filling,
21:52 it's all up to you. So if you like it thick, then you don't
21:55 need to add water.
21:56 If you would like it to be a little bit more liquid...
21:58 have more liquid, then add some water.
22:00 So let's get started, we'll blend this.
22:19 All right, so we blended up everything
22:22 and now these dates are really thick so this will be a
22:30 very thick filler.
22:33 So when you are done, you will fill your crepe with it.
22:38 Now let's get started on our crepe mixture.
22:41 Now for this we will take our flour, we will add our milk,
22:54 some vanilla to taste, Chia seeds and another great thing
23:10 about Chia seeds is they are full of fiber,
23:12 so when eating them, it really acts like a broom within your
23:16 system. It helps get rid of toxins and things that your
23:19 body does not need.
23:20 So having fiber in your diet is really good and nutritious,
23:24 it's a really good, healthy thing to do and essentially
23:28 when we eat, we can actually be preventative for future things
23:32 that could come, so desserts you could have every
23:35 once in a while. That's why we only have one show of this,
23:38 so you can have desserts every once in a while,
23:39 but when you are eating, it is really important to know that
23:43 what we eat can also impact us in a positive way
23:46 so eating plant based foods is something that I have found
23:49 to be really helpful.
23:51 So now we are going to put some Chia seed in here
23:53 and you can put a little salt to taste and we will mix
24:18 and let all the ingredients come together...
24:29 Alrighty. You can add some water as well.
24:44 I really like this mixture because you can use it for
24:47 many things, you can make savory out of it,
24:50 you can also make dessert out of it like we are doing now.
24:54 The key to this is giving it some time to sit
24:57 and you can put it in your refrigerator for
25:01 a couple minutes, like 30 minutes or two hours
25:06 and you just want to give it a chance to combine
25:09 and become one.
25:12 You can put a little more water in there.
25:16 And this is where you can get creative when you are making
25:21 your crepes, you can fill it with whatever you like.
25:24 So this is the filler for the crepe,
25:27 it has the Chia seeds inside and it's full of fiber
25:34 with the Chia seeds, which I like.
25:37 Alright, so now we are going to turn on our stove...
25:46 We can have...if you have like a non-stick pan that's great
25:52 or you can put a little bit of water, something in the base
25:54 so it doesn't stick.
25:56 Then we'll get ready to pour in mixture, so remember,
26:01 when you make this, you want to make sure you let it sit
26:04 in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to an hour or two
26:09 if possible.
26:11 So after it sits, you will pour your mixture into your pan
26:25 and essentially a crepe is a very thin pancake.
26:43 So you just want to allow it to fill and spread out in your
26:49 skillet and then you will let it cook on each side
26:56 for two to three minutes and flip it.
26:58 And when you are done, you will fill it with your favorite fruits
27:02 such as pineapples, we have strawberries, oranges,
27:08 and then you will top it off with our
27:11 delicious carob filling...
27:13 So that's essentially how you make your crepe,
27:16 your Doux Crepe. So thank you so much for cooking with us,
27:20 we've made a lot today. Let's look at what we made.
27:22 We made a delicious brownie topped off with some walnuts
27:28 and you at home can also top it off with some
27:30 strawberry glaze. All you do is just pour it on top.
27:34 We also made a mango smoothie and a Doux Crepe.
27:42 These are unique desserts you have to try.
27:45 And ultimately, it's been a pleasure cooking with you
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27:58 May God continue to bless you and your health journey.
28:02 Take care!


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