I think so too. It is much better than using more processed foods and mock meats

True that

I think you can overdo anything and I've seen some vegan chefs try to recreate recipes with veggies only and make some really unappetizing stuff. It really depends on the chef and these are only one example.

It also depends what you grew up eating. I grew up with lots of veggies and I never felt to need to replace meat. And let's not forget that lots of the fake meats didn't exist or were harder to find 15-20 years ago.

2 years vegan and I agree. I still re-create my favorite veganized versions of things on occasion but I find that I enjoy making vegan dishes from whole foods or using new veggies and spices I’ve never used before. I feel like it’s made me become more creative. All this food looked yummy ☺️

Same. Specially the Corn Fritters. :)

@@jamiecee4960 they look healthy too. I love healthy meals.

Yes!

Right where can we find them written down!

@@dezlove ty so much for the info, I’m gonna try to make some of his receipes

I thinks it’s cus a lot of people like to make the excuse abt how expensive going vegan is and how vegan alternatives don’t taste like the real thing and how unhealthy it is, when in reality you can make cheap and delicious meals without using mock foods, and maybe some people don’t know that.

Bruh I thought we were all going vegan cuz of animal cruelty...lol I'm confused at these comments

@@mariem4057 yeah lol, if you’re doing it for health then it’s plant based

@John Rando You actually can get all of your nutrients without meat. Omega-3 fatty acids can be from chia seeds, flax seeds, some other stuff, and supplements. Omega 3 ALA is found in chia seeds and flaxseeds, and DHA and EPA can come from algae supplements. While DHA and EPA can be converted from ALA, it’s inefficient, thus making algae supplements ideal. B12 can come from nutritional yeast as well as supplements. B12 is apparently given to animals in their food, so it doesn’t necessarily come from them naturally. That could be wrong, I’ve just heard that before. I’m too lazy to write all the supplementations and vitamins so just take my word for it. You can be healthy on a vegan diet. You don’t have to be vegan, I just hate when people make excuses. Like, just say meat tastes good and call it a day. No need to say you eat meat bc health (unless you have an allergy that prevents you from eating major vegetables or something that makes you unable to be vegan).

@@literallycringeidk360 Solely, sure, but I believe you can be vegan for both health reasons and animal cruelty. Regardless of the reasons, animals are being helped if a person doesn’t eat meat and doesn’t use things like leather. If a person extends their plant based diet into not purchasing goods that contribute to, say, animal testing, I’d argue that’s vegan. I agree with you. Don’t mind me, I’m bad at words lmao

Because sadly, some people in our community are snobs who look down on other vegans for using mock meats

I think maybe it’s because the mock meats are highly processed and therefore less healthy. But to each his own.

@@LadyCaramel33 Processed doesn't automatically mean unhealthy...

Right it's hard transitioning. Have meat substitutions helps the process. I'm sure as time goes on he'll stray away from it more.

@@lalalulu5035 it actually does lol please inform yourself or ask ANY nutritionist. the difference is if you eat processed foods every now and then or all the f time... a variety of mostly fresh food without a ton of preservatives, coloring and chemicals is actually one of KEY elements to staying healthy. theres are researches that proove that processed food, specially processed meat are carcinogenic and have a direct link to heart diseases so

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Why do you need to watch your soy intake?

@@TigerGreene high estrogen content

​@Chelsea Smith soy has not been shown to change people's estrogen levels because it contains phytoestrogen instead of the 'real' thing. Dairy products, however do have estrogen in them. So take that into account if you're worried about intaking to much estrogen!

Bulk n freeze

I'm guessing the professional chef cooks his celebrity meals in quantity and reserves a portion for himself. Maybe not, but that is how it worked for a friend of mine who was a pro chef (for not celebrities).

i can do it cuz i’m a housewife lol prob the main reason my husband wanted me to stay home- time to cook

@@gabriellawhitton3907 It does certainly, take time but bulk cooking is a great weapon& all the hacks we learn 👍

I'd call myself a home cook and I've working in vegan restaurant kitchens, and the one most important thing I took away from working in restaurants is food prep. I do prep when I buy my groceries, before they go in the fridge (5 - 10 minutes tops), and when I'm short on time throughout the week, I can knock up some pretty awesome meals because of that one simple trick. Try it and see how you get on. Good luck! 😊

Same👍🏽☺️

Me too, lol

not a big fan of beyond meat and just egg. Used to use those but gradually started disliking them over time. Now they're pretty gross to me.

I know!!!!!! I'm salivating just watching him cook!!

Hey Haley, what measurements did you use for the almonds, rice wine vinegar, water and olive oil?

where did you find the recipe

It looked delicious, but agave is not honey or honey-like. That's like when someone blends chickpeas and instead of calling it hummus, they call it vegan cheese. Agave is much thinner and not as complex flavor, but great for sauces and adding to tea and beverages. Many years ago, I had something called Just Like Honey from Suzanne's Specialties - that was EXACTLY like honey. It was scary. As soon as my friend opened the jar from the other side of the table I could smell it; I had to check the jar to be sure it wasn't real honey. Mixing it with tea was heavenly. It was pretty expensive and I never see it in stores any more, but they do sell it online. I just bought this new one, "Vegan Un-Honey" by The Single Origin Food Company, which is the only vegan honey alternative at Whole Foods. I found it pretty disappointing. Texture is good, but the flavor is weird and gross, and nothing like honey. Plus it was like $8 for a little jar. That might make a good "hot honey". Or, mixing brown rice syrup & agave in equal amounts with a splash of fresh lemon juice.

You've probably already figured out a lot of it, but you may still want to check out Sweet Potato Soul, which is a cookbook that makes really delicious sounding vegan versions of southern classics

There isn't broccoli in Tennessee?!?!

You apparently never learned to spell either.

That’s why we vegans LUV India🙏🏼

@@ceolbeats7182 It is more difficult to find vegan food in India than it is in the densely populated cities anywhere in Canada. I lived in both places. In India everything is made with dairy and ghee. Alternatively you can eat lots of flour+sugar+oil eating the few vegan dishes. I ate all homecooked when I lived in India. Only thing I got outside was coconut water. I never ordered from restaurants... all the menu is heavy oil or dairy lol. It's impossible over there. At home people eat actual dahl and yam and raw cucumber and all that. Why that stuff is hardly ever available or killed with salt/oil even if it is (all dahl..) at restaurants. If even bazaar has sprouted channa then why it's not part of restaurant dish? It is backwards... that restaurant food in India is only for people who want to get sick.

@@agnidas5816 Like u, I cooked my own food, but I found some beautiful healthy vegan dishes out there?? 😋😋

And it's delicious! 🎉 😋

I’m assuming the home cooked food is more vegan and the restaurant food isn’t, because restaurant eating is associated with a more luxurious meal. We think of veganism as elitist in America, but around the world, it’s just how poor people eat a lot of the time. Meat, dairy, and eggs are expensive occasional foods.

Shittake Cream Pasta !

@@User-ef3zw to me no sane person would eat another being, especially when it’s completely unhealthy, unnecessary and immoral.

@@User-ef3zw Meat is carcinogenic 🤮pumped with hormones/anti biot,s that humans who eat dead animals have become resistant 2them!!!!

My friend died from a vegan diet...

@@misshrm14 Go2 local hospital & ask heart surgeon how many ppl died in a week from heart attacks coz of fat build up around d arteries & cancer from eating carcinogenic meats:: victims are told TOlD go on vegan diet 2reverse clogged up arteries, surgeons no longer allow sausages bacon egg breakfast, because that is what caused the heart attacks & Cancer cases, I had better inform, millions of vegan 🙄they will soon die💪🏼🙄 It that what is on grave stone ?Did coroner announce cause of death from vegan diet🥱🥱

You don't even know what the word judgment means.

Or "I'm gonna go ahead"

Someone call 911 I’ve drank too much

I WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO TYPE THE EXACT SAME THING 🤣

I was gonna just comment this 🤣🤣

I’ll be buzzed and shmizy fr fr 🥴

Did you find a recipe for the almond ricotta? I’m having trouble finding one that says rice wine vinegar

@@MilmoAvenue I usually find rice wine vinegar in the international section/aisle at the grocery store, usually near the soy sauce. Hope this helps!!

@@MilmoAvenue white wine vinegar or golden balsamic vinegar both work well for almond ricotta if you can't find rice wine vinegar

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@@MilmoAvenue I think its just rice vinegar

If she had used a bigger pot it would have taken less time. I think the pot was too crowded.

It probably still tasted yummy though.

onions are gross generally

Exactly, and then there would be no need for soy sauce.

Yes, im vegan since 2015 but i still make my lasagna out of "Fake meat and cheese" because i like the taste

I agree. I've been vegan about 7 years and I need the convenience of mock meats to help me meet my nutritional requirements. I like whole foods a lot but I don't have the time or energy to cook for hours every day. I don't have the appetite to eat huge portions of food either, I get bored about 12 bites into most meals other than salad or pasta. I also like the taste of some things a lot, like the Quorn meatless pieces and filets. I can zap them in the microwave for a couple minutes with Cajun seasoning and garlic powder and use them on store bought (or cafeteria/restaurant bought) vegan salads and boom, a complete meal. I like making chick fil a style wraps with lettuce, carrots, sprouts, green onions, and tomatoes with that Quorn chicken too. It's low in fat and calories but high in protein. People bark about processed food but there's no evidence that all processed food is bad, it quite literally depends on what processes are used and what ingredients are in a product. So far I'm not dead, malnourished, or in poor health so I'm going to keep saving animals lives and mind my own business.

Yeah I’ve been veggie for ages and mock meat is the easiest way to add protein to dishes like pasta and sandwiches (no one wants beans in their pasta)

I really agree with you ! I've been vegan for a year now but I always loved cooking so even when I started I was not depending on mock meat. I use it once in while if I'm in a hurry or want to do a recipe that use it but most of the time I don't use it. I'm not that nostalgic of the taste of meat and I try to be the most healthy as possible. Also like I said I just really love cooking so I love making things from scratch :)

@@Lala47362 chickpeas!

Oh wow. That sounds awful. I highly recommend you look up the KZfaqr Jane Esselstyn. Watch Forks Over Knives if you haven’t already (you’re spitting facts straight from that documentary). Her father is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and that documentary is based on his research. They all look so healthy and practically wrinkle-free. I think we all love Jane and Ann together, too. They’re just so funny. Watch her “More Greens, More with Dr. Esselstyn, More Answers!” He explains why it is so imperative for everybody to be eating leafy greens like kale or arugula. He’s a retired cardiologist and surgeon. My grandpa ate proudly a “see-food” diet and died at 75. Dr. Esselstyn is still alive and well at 87.

God bless, Jesus loves you and died for you all

If you try the French onion soup, make sure you let those onions cook for a lot longer before you add any sugar or other ingredients. They should get actually brown. French onion soup onions should be a deep golden brown. Some other recipes use caramelized onions that have been taken even further, down to deep dark brown. They're so delicious, and it's absolutely worth the extra time to get them to perfection. Start to finish, the process can take about an hour. If you use a lot of onions in a high sided pot like she did here, it will take even longer for the steam to cook off so they can caramelize, so consider using a large skillet instead.

That breakfast looks like it would be my breakfast lunch and dinner

Yesss you’re gorgeous

I agree. Rachel is a national treasure

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

I mean, he IS called the succulent chef...

I was thinking the same thing lmaooo

Hahahaha

In all honesty that’s why I hate all his recipes

French onion soup is just : butter for cooking the onions. When it's caramelized you put your white wine to deglaze and after you can put your broth + salt/pepper. I agree that her onion weren't caramelized, I didn't understand why she put so much ingredients in her soup but if she like it like that I guess it's ok! Anyway, the video was nice!

Looked like a lot of work for a not very filling or nutritious dish.

If you're caramelizing onions, add baking soda. Raising the PH makes caramelization happen faster

this bothered me too. I can't image that soup being very flavorful without caramelized onions

THANK YOU

@thesucculentchef: makes awesome recipes in a youtube video Bunch of people not paying attention: wHy DoEs hE sAY sUcCuLeNtTtTtT?!

Exactly what I thought... They are so expensive!

In the beginning is really like that, I spended a lot buying replacements stuffs

@@LaaFontoura I was about to say the same thing

He’s an amateur, so he’s still learning. He hasn’t learned all the secrets that Chef Brando and Rachel learned yet.

They can probably afford it.

its a transition .. the longer you are vegetarian the more you move away from it. it also serves as a substitute for SOCIAL EVENTS. A party host that is not vegetarian or vegan: can buy these products to host a party or event and have food for everyone. 👍🔥what is timeless is your friends and family telling you WHAT is on the menu at a restaurant . ..😂😭 . vegetarians can read. "hey they got salad !" "dessert is vegetarian isnt it?" They mean well.. but its annoying

true

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Seriously, how many times can he say SUCCULENT ?!

5&10 min vegan meals, by The Happy Pear👍

@@ceolbeats7182 thanks so much for this wonderful recommendation!!!! i'm hooked

Maybe you go on with number three to 700 when you start experiencing the taste 😁😎

Yay☺️ I love when non vegans try our food , it’s for everyone !

Same!

that would be amazing

cool!

What is just eggs actually I m vegetarian who doesn't eat eggs plz do tell

@@aadyatanksali3388 in india, we make chillas, just eggs is like replacement of eggs, it's made from beans(dal). We already make them at home(dal ka chilla)

@@arinmangal5400 yeh ik in maharashtra we call it pola ya besanachi poli But what is that thing he added name "just eggs" is that vegan or vegetarian 🤔

@@aadyatanksali3388 Just Egg is a product you can buy at a lot of stores (target/wholefoods), it comes in a bottle, its made by just foods, it's made out of mung beans, and its a perfect egg substitute for scrambled eggs, omelettes, and baking. Cholesterol / cruelty free and AMAZING. Try it!

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i know right. who cooks three full meals a day with so many components

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 thank u. Even the amateur vegan was pushing it for me 😂

😂😂😂😂

Yes and as he presents it to you he can bend down and Whisper in your ear..................succulent

I think you want him for more than just that lol

@@1234kingconan lol, nah…just the food.

Me too. I like the representation, I’m planning on becoming vegan, but I’m only 16😭😭 and I live in a Southern household so it's going to be difficult 🤷🏿‍♀️.

*insert Chile anyways so meme*

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legit when she said she cooked them for 20 min I was like yikes that's not gonna be good

I know! It's so sad! Why bother if you don't have the patience to see it through! Onions for French onion soup should be a deep golden brown. Many recipes use onions that are caramelized even more, down to a deep dark brown. Mmmmmmmmmm

lmfsoooooo i saw this comment as i just got to the scene u read my mind

literally came here to say this!

You can caramelize them more if you make it.. some people might just have a preference maybe she was on a time crunch or just preferred them to be cooked enough but the raw flavors lightly aromatic

Same. They look delicious 😫

go to any middle eastern store for zatar

I purchase my Zatar from Amazon

I want to go vegan. What type of noodles was that? I thought vegans only ate veggies and fruit.

@@user-ls5so2ug2g It looked like some Tagliatelle with a nice creamy sauce and mushrooms. its more at the end of the video! No vegans just don't eat anything derived from animals as far as I know :)

@@janetsworld9734 Thank you. I think I'm gonna try this. Take care and Peace.

5&10 min vegan recipes by The Happy pear👍

I will check that out

@@jessicaevans2564 Also sweety, u say stressing out xtra prep, it will be like washing ur teeth u will prep but u won’t stress, u,r, prepping 4ur health ur future, enjoy it, defo join Dr Michael Greger NutritionalFacts.org & over load info from his podcast👍🏽Just remem take your B12 Greger recommends Nutritional yeast Gregg make with added b12, in fact make that your1st b12 Greger podcast😂& Vegan small bite vids on vitamins 👍🏽 all u need2 know right there, enjoy your new Vegan life it gets better & better just like your health😉

Just because you transition to vegan/plant based doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy old favorites 🤷🏼‍♀️ most people do it for the animals and environment

my thoughts exactly. I use them from time to time, too. I'm vegetarian though. I never stopped liking the taste of meat though.

I was more pointing out the done for you products rather than from scratch. Like a newbie may use the fake meat and the more experienced person may create something out of mushrooms and walnuts or something. I think it probably adapts based on comfort and expense over time.

transitional for most of us. Cheese was my most challenging "loss". I now (after 4 years) use a little cheese or meat subs. But it's just occasional. I support Ehi in making the change in whatever way works best for him. When I become a millionaire I don't want a house cleaner or a chauffer, or personal assistant. I want Chef Brando to cook for me!!!

i have been vegan for 6 years and i still use vegan cheese, meat, etc. taste is everything and it’s nice to make any dish vegan :)

Yea I noticed that!! Honestly I tried a few vegan alternatives for cheese, milk, meat...etc, non of them taste like the actual thing. It is very delicious and I would happily eat it just don't compare it to the real thing.

Idk why vegans pretend like JUST egg tastes like eggs 😭😭 it doesn't at all lol. I'd rather have tofu scramble 'eggs' tbh

The lies vegans tell themselves....lol

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@@namzterin14 JUST Egg is honestly awful to me. I usually just do things like tofu scrambles or chickpea omelets. Idk why people pay 7 bucks for that little bottle that tastes like a bunch of nothing

I was thinking the same thing. The breakfast hash was the most like something I’d actually make. The others had so much vegan butter, oil, and vegan Mayo , my arteries hardened just watching. But they were great special occasion meals.

His Instagram: Thesucculentchef

Love that!

Nice!

ahhh me too

try eating more nutrional yeast, legumes , lentils ,and beans(not canned)- from a person with a 500 year line of ancestors at least

@@dilan_2074 I do. I eat those quite a bit. But some days I just don't want that, you know? Some days I'll eat rice and beans or a bean and rice burrito or just a bowl of black beans with corn. Then other days I crave for something else but I still need the protein, that's where the "mock meats" come in. Still prefer beans and rice or any legume on an average day.

@@dilan_2074 Also I only eat bagged beans unless I'm short on money and am forced to use the canned ones people bought me.

@@naiadolling ohh thats good

Anything's better than eating meat lol

@@jadejaguar69 facts

@@User-ef3zw because who would wanna eat dead animal? it's a disgusting thought lol. a substitute is way less disgusting

@@User-ef3zw It’s just for d newbies a transition,& when cookin4 dead animal eaters😂

Yess girl let’s be friends and do some together

I can't find it😭

@@smilingw his insta instagram.com/thesucculentchef/

@@maggiec.8397 thank you 😁🤗

Do you mean succulent 🤣🤣🤣

Sounds delicious!!!

especially when your professional name is The Succulent Chef