Your struggles with textures and cleansiness is extremely relatable. It's nice to see that there are other people like that.

@Grouch3682

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I heard that and had a little laugh while going “oh shit he’s just like me”. Immediately subscribed after that lol

For garlic: Use the flat side of a knife to squash/"break" the clove. afterwards peeling should be much easier. I've used this technique and I've also seen professional chefs using them. Also if you don't like beets, shredding and frying them in a pan with just a tiny bit of oil (or no oil if you have something non stick) makes them amazingly palatable. Add salt/pepper/lemon juice.

@aaronbailey9454

4 ай бұрын

If you’re not slicing them right away you can also smash them with your palm, or squeeze them with your finger on one end and your thumb on the other. The reason the jar method didn’t work is because certain times of the year, the skin is harder to remove. I can never remember when that is 😆.

@chrisschneider1746

4 ай бұрын

also golden beets are significantly less "dirt" tasting in my experience. give em a go.

@tianamarie989

4 ай бұрын

Just becareful with this, it can bend your chefs knife over time. I use my meat clever for this part. I'm also doing hundreds of cloves at least once a year due to growing my own garlic.

@hullohannah

4 ай бұрын

You can also grate cloves on a microplwnt grater. I hate chopping garlic and this is my go-to

@TheSpecialJ11

4 ай бұрын

I find people don't like beets because they don't cook them right, like squash. Roast them and sautee them with salt and pepper and they're delicious.

Quick tip: you could oven roast your beets then dice & freeze. I throw them into my chocolate smoothies and it taste just like red velvet cake. The cocoa powder negates/cover the dirt taste of the beets. That’s how i’ve been drinking them.

@karleyj9706

4 ай бұрын

Would you care to share your chocolate smoothie recipe? I've been trying to incorporate cocoa powder into my day, and this video made me want to get in some beets too! ♡

@serpenttao

4 ай бұрын

Please and thank you for the recipe for that smoothie!

@leepope3377

4 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing!

@ewillson4953

4 ай бұрын

I cook them till some, put in blender, make spaghetti, chili lasagna sauce. It is ez to get kids to eat veggies ..just blend add to sauce..no body but you will know

@captainclyde5082

4 ай бұрын

Dang I'll have to try that. Frozen banana is great in a chocolate protein shake as well

As an adult that has also struggled with hating vegetables but needs to fix my bad eating habits, I really appreciate a video like this! I don't have anything super constructive to add or anything, just wanted to thank you for putting this out.

@matthew4712

4 ай бұрын

Do t wat vegetables. They're not nutritious and they're full of antinutrients. Eat meat, organs, fruit, dairy and honey.

@Dial8Transmition

3 ай бұрын

You hate vegetables because your body doesn't want them. Every thought about that?

INSTEAD OF CROUTONS take some chickpeas and coat with light olive oil cumin salt and pepper and spread flat on baking sheet and bake them until crunchy!!! So flippin good!!!

@ThatEmoGirl

Ай бұрын

can i do this with canned chickpeas?

@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg

Ай бұрын

@@ThatEmoGirl yes! Just rinse them before.

@ThatEmoGirl

Ай бұрын

@@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg ty ❤

A tip for getting rid of bugs when washing vegetables: Before washing the produce soak it in water with vinegar, bugs don’t like it and get away from their hiding places.

@ceregirl5852

4 ай бұрын

you can also use salty water. the bugs float to the top

@abavariannormiepleb9470

4 ай бұрын

Will give it a try, too - thanks for that tip!

@carolinasv525

4 ай бұрын

I like to first rinse my fruits and veggies a couple of times (using my hands to scrub any firmer fruit/vegetable), drain, and then soak with some white vinegar and baking soda. Drain after 5-10mins, and then run under the faucet to rinse off any potential residue. I’ve heard mixed reviews about adding the baking soda, but I like the fizzing effect and in my mind it helps, so I keep doing it 😅😂 but I know for sure the white vinegar is great, so I highly recommend it, especially for berries and leafy greens! (Once washed, I lay out my berries in a towel or a couple of paper towels so they can drain & dry, before storing in the fridge. This has greatly helped extend their life as well!)

@JustSumGuy

4 ай бұрын

That's free extra protein yall are trying to get rid of

@abavariannormiepleb9470

4 ай бұрын

I will eat ze bugs and like it only when I choose to ;)

instead of croutons, you can fry a whole box of panko breadcrumbs in about 1/4c of olive oil. That keeps in a quart container for months. It gives you the glassy crunch of croutons without having to figure out how to get them on your fork. (from Brian Lagerstrom's Weeknighting Cesar Salad)

@tanyamadsen7685

4 ай бұрын

You can also bake up some drained and seasoned chickpeas to use as croutons, they will add another veg and a lot of protein to your salad

@Widderic

4 ай бұрын

Spaghetti squash seeds or pumpkin seeds make great substitutes for croutons.

@user-hc4xk2zu3y

4 ай бұрын

Ew@@tanyamadsen7685

@agoosed3281

4 ай бұрын

I usually go with some sunflower seeds, myself. Extra crunch and added nuttiness and protein. Plus, they're available in little tubs without their shells for a pretty decent price at walmart, so it's fairly convenient for me at least.

@janetpattison8474

4 ай бұрын

I go for roasted almonds or sunflower seeds instead of bread crumbs or croutons, but any seed will do, like cashews, pecans, pumpkin seeds, etc.. I would not be able to eat a salad with panko on my veggies. The texture is a huge “no go”.

I love that he dramatizes not liking vegetables to help encourage other man-children to be big boys and eat their veg 😭 doing a good service.

@Zathren

5 ай бұрын

Even as a little kid I preferred the veggies over fruits. I'll never understand the idea that only children don't like veggies. Seems only adults don't eat them to me.

@AFndjdj7373

5 ай бұрын

I know lots of women who don’t like vegetables But I guess that doesn’t fit the 90s sitcom humour of boys=gross

@Yogkog

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@Zathrendepends on how your parents made em. Roasted green beans with a good slab of butter and salt is infinitely better than boiled green beans straight from a can (which a disturbing amount of kids used to eat back in the day)

@TheMealPrepManual

5 ай бұрын

🫡🫡

@lindsaytoussaint

5 ай бұрын

@@Yogkog100% my experience. Which is why I’m impressed with his method of presenting. It takes a lot for some people to eat stuff they’ve had bad experiences with before and have a lot of feelings about.

homemade salsa. Literally the best flavored thing vegetables can do. I add a handful of tender spinach leaves and two scoops of salsa onto almost all of my meal prep meals.

@masternatedaily2595

4 ай бұрын

90% of salsa ingredients are fruits.

@Oyoboyos

4 ай бұрын

@@masternatedaily2595what are you talking about lmao

I pickle a lot of my veggies and eat them as a side dish instead of a salad. Great as a snack too. I slice stuff like cabbage, cauliflower, onions and maybe use a potato peeler to make thin slices of carrots. I put it all in a big container and pour a simple pickling juice over it. 2 parts vinegar 1 part water and a little bit of salt and sugar. It goes well with steak and chicken and even in tacos. I also eat a lot of pickled chilies. Just slice them really thin and put them in a bowl with a cup of vinegar 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of coarse salt. When the salt and sugar is dissolved it goes in a jar in the fridge. Great for sandwiches, omelets and so on.

@rosslarson3295

4 ай бұрын

Pickled Roasted beets are good in salads

For the beets, I wash/scrub them, then wrap them individually in foil ( no need to dry). Bake them on a sheet pan for about 40 min. (The bigger the beet, the longer you’ll want to roast it). They’re ready when fork tender. When they’re cool enough to peel (easier to peel when still warm), take a paper towel and use it to start peeling. Once peeled, slice into bite size pieces. My coworker does not like beets but when she tasted my roasted beets, she was pleasantly surprised. Try cooking at least 1 beet this way and see what you think.

@zarthru

4 ай бұрын

After the above, while still warm…. Slide the beets in cubes, toss it into a bowl, squeeze a couple of limes and one or two spoons of sugar… mix, the sugar will melt and you have your bets ready to eat!

Beets are an amazing side dish: slice them, throw in some olive oil, salt and herbs (a bit honey if you like) and roast in an oven. Also really good in a falafel mixture

List of vegetables I will take away from this video: * Carrots -> Chopped and submerged * Celory -> Chopped and submerged * Lettuce -> Oil + vinegar + mustard + Garlic cloves + pepper -> Leave in a jar to keep in the fridge. * Mushrooms -> Combine randomly. * Beets -> smoothie with other juices or be a pscyhopath.

@flvl5448

4 ай бұрын

😂 i realy like boiled beets

@FolkFaninMA

4 ай бұрын

@@flvl5448I like them roasted.

@williamphillips7717

4 ай бұрын

@@FolkFaninMAI like them on the other side of the room, or better yet, still sitting at the grocery store.

@carolinasv525

4 ай бұрын

@@FolkFaninMAI’ve made roasted beet tacos before (with some sour cream, fresh cilantro, and salsa), and they were so yummy! But honestly, I love beets so much I even eat them raw either by themselves or with hummus or artichoke spinach dip. I once also made a roasted beet hummus with fresh garlic and serranos and omg it was delicious! And had such a lovely color! Anyway, hope y’all give beets a fair chance! I also love them juiced but I already posted about that in someone else’s comment 😅

Finally a helpful video on getting more veggies in from someone who has sensory and textural issues with food!! Can't tell you how often I see that never being taken into account. Not sure how I managed to find your channel, but I super appreciate it. :)

@TheMealPrepManual

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful

@destrygraves

4 ай бұрын

Me too on every thing you said.

Dude spends more time eye banging and cleaning his lettuce than it takes me to make whole meals. I respect the patience. There is no way in this short life I'm going through that process every time I eat lettuce.

@theBU3NO

4 ай бұрын

it's ok to be a slug enjoyer

@lf2334

4 ай бұрын

@@theBU3NO protein is good.

@tarabooartarmy3654

4 ай бұрын

@@theBU3NOnever seen a slug or bug in storebought lettuce, but I'd certainly be careful with home grown or farmer's market lettuce.

@traceytrotter9934

4 ай бұрын

No way.

@lf2334

4 ай бұрын

@@traceytrotter9934 ok.

Onions are super easy to add for most savory recipes. You can almost always add one whole onion to recipe without it being overpowering. Just make sure to cook it to golden before you add other ingredients.

@carolinasv525

4 ай бұрын

Yessss, I love onion (and garlic) and def add them to mostly everything I cook 🤤

The humor in these videos is just absolutely outstanding haha Would love some more high calorie big boy meal prep recipes! :D

By the way, do you ever tried soups? Especially with beetroot, like classic Russian borscht. Seems like type of dish that could be made and advance and stored in freezer for long time. Or some sort of cream soup where you blend a lor of stuff together.

@traceytrotter9934

4 ай бұрын

Or pates/hummuses.

@ultrasuperkiller

4 ай бұрын

Ukrainian borst too

@gabagool...not_italian...

4 ай бұрын

YES the Slavs knew the vibe

Ha! I automatically hit like on your vids, Josh. I'll need to hire you to prep my veggies like that. But I am getting better. Your recipes are 95% my go to. Starting a cut next week (during Christmas??? ... yes) so a big thanks again for being a part of that.

@TheMealPrepManual

5 ай бұрын

best of luck 😎

If you don’t mind a softer texture for the seeet potatoes, try cooking them at 300 for 2 hours (you might want to wrap them in foil first though, the pan can get messy). At this temp the potatoes will get get extra sweet, and I’ve had some that almost came out tasting like candy (this is coming from someone who didn’t used to like sweet potatoes)

A tip I use for garlic is to separate the cloves and since they’re still unpeeled, put them in some hot water for 3 to 5 minutes and that will make them easier to peel. I always have hot water on hand so this works for me.

For the Garlic: Costco and Sam's club have giant jugs of whole cloves pre peeled ready to go. Might want to package some up in vacuum bags and have them chilling in the freezer if you don't think you can use them all before they go bad in the fridge

@danidawes8411

5 ай бұрын

This is the way ! Also a silicone garlic sleeve will peel them easily as well.

@pubcollize

5 ай бұрын

they turn weird in the freezer

@JakeMW

5 ай бұрын

Careful with that. Most pre-peeled garlic is produced in China from slave labor sourced from prisoners. Oftentimes their fingernails fall off and must resort to using their teeth to peel them. Better off smashing the cloves to get the peel off, or buy a garlic press if you use a lot of minced garlic.

@eveleynce

5 ай бұрын

If you're going to be putting them in the freezer, you're honestly better off just getting dried garlic, it will taste pretty much the same but last indefinitely on the shelf. Re-hydrate the garlic powder in a teaspoon or two of water for a minute or two and the flavor will come right back

@pubcollize

5 ай бұрын

​@@eveleyncedidn't try reconstituting garlic powder, thanks for the tip. How do you keep it from clumping tho? silica gel? In my environment I have to start excavating it within a couple of weeks in a sealed container

As someone who’s come to terms with how much I actually hate veggies, this is very helpful. Thank you so much for posting these videos.

I recently learned to wrap celery in foil and it stays perfect for weeks.

Love your take on everything. Thanks for the tips. Great helpful video.

I used to hate dealing with garlic. Now I freeze whole heads of garlic. When I need a clove I pull one out and stick a paring knife into one and pull at an angle. The clove comes right out whole. Then I use a micro grater to shred it. Frozen garlic grates up beautifully. I've never had an issue with cooking it frozen, garlic cooks quickly. If desired you could let the grated garlic thaw for a minute though. Good luck!

Thanks! I generally do OK with getting a decent amount of veggies in my meals, but having them fresh, prepped, and ready to go sure makes it easier. Good tips.

Great tips! I also find that cutting up stuff is a great way to prep in advance. I just throw in the air fryer when I'm ready. But I might switch to cooking in advance, sometimes I just don't want to wait 20 minutes to eat something

Funny and informative. Definite subscribe. Also even ordered some of the storage stuff so hopefully you get a little stipend too! Looking forward to more videos

Another salad tip is to add crispy onions! They add crunch and saltiness to a salad and they have gotten me to eat a lot more salads. I don’t think they are necessarily the healthiest addition but if it means I am not just packing a PB&J to work I say it’s a win.

These video's are so good I don't even care it's one big commercial. Zwilling must be insanely happy with your top notch video's!

@TheMealPrepManual

5 ай бұрын

haha thank you

@anthoniomontana2396

5 ай бұрын

And I’m all in on these zwilling products. It has revolutionized my meal prep game

Highly recommend roasting your mushrooms. Toss with a little olive oil, oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. Green beans are great this way, too, Always look forward to your next video.

My superfast meal prep tip for dicing and storing onions is to get a Ruk vegetable chopper and chop a few onions ahead of time for stir frying the whole week. Super quick and no crying

After finding out i was on the autism spectrum it made a bit more sense to me why i was naturally drawn to your videos. Also, i feel slightly more accepted and "seen" knowing someone else has the textural food issues i do

@TheGreektrojan

4 ай бұрын

Its not just autism. Textural issues are something most people have in unique ways in food. For me, the key to vegetables was dicing them small. Others might be the opposite. Everyone's got to experiment.

Another fun veggie I recommend is steamed edamame. You can top them simply with any combination of salt, sesame oil/seeds, garlic, soy sauce, furikake, chili crisp, shredded cheese - the list goes on.

Your videos are awesome and inspiring Josh - keep it up....!

Love your video. It helped me. Thank you.🤗

you're so helpful josh haha, keep up ur content!

Dude!!!! You rock! I have 15 year old twins who want to “bulk”! 🤦🏼‍♀️. And I work full time. Thank you for your videos!

@Josh Cortis great video. Thanks for the tips! To peel garlic, don't smack it- save your hand! Just put a broad knife on top and use your body weight to break the skins. Then either rinse your cloves or put em in a bowl of water. Makes peeling much easier.

My tip for the garlic is to twist each clove between your hands. Great video!

Really, really great video. Even just the part about "wash them right away" to remove friction for using them later is worth the whole video, good idea

It's interesting to hear the other side, because I feel a bit sad when I eat a meal that has no vegetables. I don't love vegetables, but I do like some of them and I know how important they are, so it makes me feel good mentally when I have them. The crappy part is that some of the veggies I really like, my body doesn't.

@SerialSpinner-ss

4 ай бұрын

I only eat vegetables occasionally and then only ones I like. They cause too much inflammation for me. Beef and eggs make me feel good. No pain. You don't need vegetables to be healthy

@MichaelSheaAudio

4 ай бұрын

@@SerialSpinner-ss I'm sure it's possible to live with little to no vegetables, but it's so easy to add veggies and vegefruits (tomatoes, peppers, etc. you know what I mean) that it feels like more work to cut them out and get the missing nutrients elsewhere. The biggest problem for me is carotene and the amount of vitamin A those fruits and vegetables have. My body does not like it at all. I love carrots, but they destroy my digestive system.

@carolinasv525

4 ай бұрын

Saaaaame, to me a meal is not balanced and honestly, yes, it’s SAD when I don’t have fruits or veggies with my meals! I need me some balance and color 🤩 (but I love me my fruits and veggies, so it’s easy for me!)

I just want to say thank you for your videos. im a terrible cook and i hate time spent in the kitchen! You have made meal prep much easier for me

When I lived in New England market basket had fresh chopped at the store and peeled whole garlic which I loved. Now in Colorado I tend to hit up HMart. They have whole peeled, chopped garlic but also a variety of fresh and cheep herbs in abundance ingluding big chunks of ginger if that's your thing. Honestly I can usually keep the garlic tubs for a few weeks and if you only use a bit of garlic you can freeze the whole ones and if you put the fine chopped ones in ice cube trays you can portion them out! Helps tremendously with cooking.

I adore veggies, but this helped me in that it reminded me that prep is everything!

The knife smash is good for peeling garlic but the cloves will start to oxidise as soon as they are broken. Not a big deal if you are going to use them up quickly but not optimal (nutrition-wise) if you want to store them. An alternative is to toss the cloves in a bowl of cold water for 3-4 hours. The skins will swell and slip right off without breaking the cloves. Dry on a towel and store. I use this method when I want to prep large amounts of garlic (like 10+ heads at a time). Works a charm!

Awesome vid mate love your stuff really interesting to see what you do. Any recommendations for a food vacumn sealer in australia?

great vid! Have you tried fresh bell pepper? It goes great with every kind of meat. Kind of freshens up the flavor. I eat it in strips, kind of like your carrot and celery prep. I had to laugh when you were talking about the dirt flavor of beets. I actually like the dirt flavor. Yum. Mushrooms taste like dirt to me too, so I like them too. A lovely way to have mushrooms is to saute them in a little butter and fresh ginger. So delicious!

Yay! Been missing the updates!

The jar trick is on the right track with the garlic, but what you need are two large bowls (metal or plastic). Put the garlic in one bowl, then put the other bowl top-side down onto the other, forming a dome. Hold the bowls together tight and then shake vigorously for a minute or less. That'll peel the garlic.

FINALLY, someone tells me what salad spinners are for! I had no idea they were cleaning. I could never figure it out. Now I'm wondering how many creepy crawlers I've mistakenly eaten because a basic rinse is all I've ever done. Thanks for ruining my appetite forever. :) Oh, cool! I didn't realize there were vacuum containers and not just the bags. And yay, GLASS! If I ever find a full time job again, I will look into it. Thanks!

For garlic you can get an easy silicone tube that you roll them inside that easily pulls the peels off. Most kitchen stores will have them.

The way my mom taught me how to peel garlic is to smash it with something slightly. The outer layer tends to stick together for the most part and gives you a decent crack to peel the rest of it off with. I use the flat end of a large knife but you could probably just use the jar. Don't crush it so hard that it becomes mush, just give it a good whack and it'll open up a bit and makes it super easy to peel. The super flaky outer layer I still just end up using my fingers but I think the problematic part is that hard shell around the actual garlic clove and this works like a charm

I like the cleanliness of the fridge 👌

Small tip for the mushroom. Put them in the frying pan right after the meat is done if you rinsed them with water. Because they soaked the water they basically cook from the inside and will be fried faster because their cell walls got destroyed by the cooking first. Making them very delicious and well done.

@Hashashin_Fidayin

5 ай бұрын

I just learned you can also 'sun charge' mushrooms. If you cut mushrooms and put them in sunlight, they convert and make more vit D. Please look into it, and tell others. Vit D is harder to find in food ( I buy Signature pink Alaskan salmon at Safeway, it has TONS of Vit D.)

@VVabsa

5 ай бұрын

@@Hashashin_Fidayin Yes. But only with mushrooms with open gills though. Like portobello or shii-takes since the gills are the stuff what takes in the vitamin D. 👍

@Hashashin_Fidayin

5 ай бұрын

@@VVabsa The study I read mentioned button mushrooms and a few others, as well as caps and stalks converting Vit D. The gills are able to generate double the Vit D as the caps/stalks, but the whole shroom can be used. The study I read talked about industrial application of UV lamps and specific wattage/power levels. And they mentioned using dried and powdered. They were able to increase the Vit D considerably in each method I dice mine and put them in the sun for 30-1hr or 1hr30mins If I have time/sun. Its good to research for yourself.

I love your commentary😂. Great mealprep tips too! There is a silicone tube thing for peeling garlic, works great! I wouldn't lie about a garlic tip! I LOVE fresh garlic so much better than that jar stuff!!

You can cut down on prep by doing soups, strews and casseroles. For soup, lately I do stock, veggies, chicken and a bit of rice and then run an immersion blender through - I sip on it and it's quite lovely. Casseroles, I've been baking veggies with cottage cheese and a bit of liquid (soup/milk etc) and topping with seasoned breadcrumbs/panko and a bit of fried shallots Stews/curries are pretty much dumping frozen veggies and meat into a pot with a Thai curry or masala blend and topping off with stock or coconut milk Generally, soups, stews and casseroles just taste better with veggies so you actually want to eat them instead of forcing yourself. You look at the fridge, look at that dry chicken and then rejoice that you have something that makes it better (and that item happens to have veggies)

i inspect every lettuce leaf too. you're a smart man

OMG, I LOVED , loved loved this video…I laughed my head off, you are too funny and I totallly tooootally identify. You have inspired me so much. Thank you , just subscribed😊

The title of this video alone ✨ also - for garlic, if you live near an Asian market (like H-Mart, Seafood City, 99 Ranch), they sell jars/containers of peeled garlic cloves in the refrigerated section by the produce.

About garlic: I see that people have already told you about flat side of the knife. But if you need a lot of garlic for your cooking - you should cut off the roots (all at once) and then do the same move with the jar

Having the sponsor of super awesome containers really help for meal prepping.

Love you Josh thanks for the video! I’ll be giving some of these a try as a fellow veggie hater❤

Loving this 👏

As another adult who has issues with veggies, I go for pickled veggies and for sprouts. Sprouts are underrated

Garlic- you can try two different techniques. 1st is separate the cloves from the head and place them in a bowl and microwave for 10 seconds, allow to cool to touch (you'd be surprised how hot they get) then pinch the non root end and itll slip out. Well it will most of the time. 2nd The way i always resort to is laying the clove on the cutting board and using a large surfaced (i typically use my cleaver for this only and nothing else lol) knife and push down until you hear a pop or crunch. Then soice off the root part and the skins come off easily. I dont use my chef knife fornthe crushing because ive noticed the kife bows after a while. 😊

roasted beets are unmatched, apologies that you don't enjoy them. they are one of my favorites, so sweet and decadent especially topped with a balsamic sauce 😋

I love the food intake!🥬🥔🧄🥕🍗🥗🍲

thank you for explaining about removing anything you don't like the look of. when i was younger it was always a hassle explaining to my mom that i do not want to eat X thing because of the way it looks. potatoes sprouting are still super gross to me, even though you can just remove them to a certain extent. any leafy greens that have bruising or discoloration are so off-putting, i end up just cutting them or tearing them off. it sucks, because i'm against food waste, but it makes it a lot easier to eat things when i know i've picked out the best parts of them

For me, to make garlic peeling easier I soak them in hot water (from the sink not boiling) for a couple of minutes. It helps with separating skin. It cook a bit so not sure about refrigerator aferward and it might affect the taste a little bit

💙 try making borscht soup…also a liquid-ish way of consuming beets but trust me…it’s fantastic! Plus, you can use a lot of other veggies in it like those carrots and celery you already prepped

commercially garlic are peeled using compressed air , so if you have on of those in your garage, u can use it . there is a video about that on youtube also . Otherwise just smash and peel .

Your lettuce routine was super validating as someone who also is very weird abt lettuce

I wash lettuce in a similar way, but I’m really pedantic with spinach. I wash them about three times before storing/using it. Also, beetroot is yum and you’ll find it in sandwiches and burgers here in Australia.

I subscribed. I enjoyed this video. When I peel garlic I just cut the 2 tips and then they peel off easily. When I store my veggies, I wrap them in paper towel. I find it keeps them fresh. I don't wash them until I'm about to eat them. I put the used paper towel in the compost. They come collect our compost (just like garbage and recycling pickup) every 2 weeks. We have a big bin outside that we put our daily scraps in. I'm vegan but have gotten into eating too much vegan junk and processed food. I need to get back to eating whole veggies. Thanks for the video!

seen this on other sites but you can toast some garbanzo beans and use that instead of croutons. season as you like to get that flavor.

If you have a Korean grocery store near you they sell pre-peeled garlic in huge tubs! You can mince and freeze a bunch in ice cube trays for easy storage

The garlic trick is more for the whole head, but as someone else pointed out, if you use the flat side of a knife to slightly crush it, the pealing is easier.

To peel the skin off garlic easier, do a light blanch. Put the cloves in a pot of boiling water and take it out no more than a minute. It will make the skin come off easily and it won’t cook the garlic making it mushy.

I like the description of veg sticks as a vehicle to get dip in

love to see tips on how to eat healthier and more nutricious foods!

I’m not normally a huge fan of beets either, but I love them roasted, cooled, and tossed in a vinaigrette with herbs and feta cheese on top. The brightness from the vinaigrette and the saltiness and tangibles from the feta neutralize the earthy flavor of the beets and bring out their sweetness.

Love your channel. Big fan. Since you got an Iowa hoodie on, I gotta ask.. Are you a big fan of the white Sox or Cubs?

They make a small silicone tube for peeling garlic! You just pop them in and roll them against the counter, I love them and they’re cheap.

Totally agree on the beets.

For the garlic my family has this silicone like cylinder tube that you roll the garlic in and that works great

This is a great video. Thanks!

It doesn't work 100% of the time, but you can put whole garlic cloves into a garlic press, and when you use it the skins are left behind. sometimes a tiny bit of skin makes it through, and sometimes some garlic is left behind in the press with the skins, but if you really hate peeling and want to save time I think it works well enough to be viable

For the crunch w/ the salad in place of the croutons, try walnuts!

the garlic in the jar trick sometimes does work for me, and it always at least loosens the peels to make peeling faster imo

For the struggle with beets I would suggest to try yellow beets if they are available. Yellow beets are sweeter and make less obvious mess. Also nutritional content is mostly the same.

I believe the garlic self-peeling trick can work when there is water in the glass and the glass is tall enough to build some force, but not so tall that you can't shake the garlic violently against the lid and the botton... So it needs to be the correct size for the amount you put in the glass... I use dried powdered garlic and onions a lot for taste because I can't cut things very well (less control in my hands due to some development issues when I was a child) and most people don't want to bite on a chunk of garlic (I don't mind). When I have to peel some, I cut off the base where the roots would be and fiddle with the tip of the knive around until it's peeled. Hate it too. Since I am pretty allergic to raw onions, cutting them is a mess. I have a food processor that claims it can cut onions, put it bashes them into pulp in 0.2 seconds... So my hubby usually peels and cuts onions for me. :)

It's the utter honesty for me 😂 Subscribed.

The jar technique for peeling garlic works better if you cut off the ends of each clove and put a tiny bit of water before shaking it

He cracks me up. Good job!

If you have an instant pot, steak the beets. They come out delicious and you could put on salads. Love them in vinegar too

I literally just made 3lbs of my own mince garlic in oil today. Easiest way to peel is to smash with a glass bottle ❤

Loved your video❤

Thanks for sharing, great tips! For beets, I'm OK with them pickled. Thin slices, very hot water in a jar with some vinegar, salt & optionally some sweetener. Sweet potatoes can be kept raw, and cooked in the microwave (yes, the microwave) after some stabby-stabby; 5-5 mins on both sides for a medium size one (same goes for normal potatoes).