Hi Bold Bakers, as you can see I’m still in my bed, that’s because I’m going to
take you on my journey throughout the day to show you what I do and also I’m going
to make a mug meal for every meal.
Because they’re my most popular online and I wanted to show you how easy it is to make
them.
But first things first I gotta get up baby George and head into the kitchen.
OK we are up and ready for the day.
So we get up early in this house because George likes to wake up around 6ish.
Then we head into the kitchen and get our breakfast.
And here is our daddy.
Morning guys.
Hi buddy.
How are you.
Good how are you?
So this is our morning routine, Kevin makes the coffee.
I’m going to make my egg mug muffin.
Kevin I am going to challenge you, I’m going to make my mug muffin as quickly as you can
make the coffee.
It’s on.
So I’m gonna get my mug and get started.
And I’m at a bit of a disadvantage here one handed.
That buys me more time.
Yeah it does.
So with the egg mug muffin you add in some flour to make our muffin base.
These ingredients are needed in such small amounts.
That’s what makes them so convenient to make.
A little bit of flour, little bit of raising agent.
You got a helper?
Oh I do.
That’s not fair you’re at an advantage.
Little bit of baking powder little bit of baking soda to make it rise.
And of course a little pinch of salt.
How’s Kevin doing, Kevin are you moving?
I’m getting there, I’m getting to my water, but it still has to brew.
So into my mug muffin I’m going to add in a little bit of egg.
Alright while the coffee is brewing I’m going to change Georgie.
Good luck.
So mix this all together.
Into this I’m going to add in a little milk.
And a tad bit of oil.
You can use a flavorless oil or butter.
This is a really great breakfast and we’re going to mix it all together.
What you can do to go faster is mix it up the night before.
So now I’m going to add in my nice things that give my muffin lots of flavor.
Some scallion.
We’re going to add a bit of grated cheddar cheese.
I’m adding in Irish cheese.
Give that a mix around.
Oh my gosh I better hurry up I hear Kevin’s machine going.
Next I’m going to crack in a whole egg.
This is what makes this mug meal really incredible.
And just so you know all of these mug meal recipes can be found on Bigger Bolder Baking.com
I’m going to sprinkle on a little more cheese for good measure, then into the microwave.
Into the microwave.
I’m going to start it off at a minute and it shouldn’t take much longer than that.
All you want is for the top to be a little firm and for the egg to be fully cooked.
This is a great breakfast especially like I said, if you’re in a hurry make it up
the night before, we’ll always have it on shoot days as you can see lights are set up
we’re going to be doing some recipe testing and food photography.
You gotta be well fueled for busy days like that.
There we go, breakfast is served.
Oh good timing Kevin.
Gem I think we need a new coffee machine.
Or a new coffee maker.
Still not done.
Fair enough.
I’ve got this wiggly worm here too.
This is such a great breakfast.
Oh man.
Don’t talk wi th your mouth full FYI.
Got the egg ready to go.
Oh man.
Breakfast is really important in this house, as is coffee, so we’re going to finish this
and then we’re going to head out for our morning walk.
Let’s do it, let’s grab waffles.
We’re going to take a walk around Santa Monica.
So before we start our work day Kevin and I always like to go out and exercise.
Really important.
And we bring waffles with us, bring baby George and we head off around Santa Monica.
You can’t have all these cookies and cakes and baking without having a little exercise.
Gem don’t forget your mask.
I won’t forget my mask, good job Kevin.
Mask, baby George, Waffles, Kevin, and we’re ready.
Let’s do it.
Ok we’ll see you guys in a bit!
So after my walk I get ready for the day and I head into the kitchen.
This is my favorite part, this is recipe testing.
So I get to try out different recipes, I get to edit them, I practice, I see what’s gonna
go up on BiggerBolderBaking.com and I get ready for the week ahead.
Also in my downtime I edit photography to go up on the website.
So always I’m busy busy busy.
So I’m happy to say that my recipe testing today was a big success and this recipe for
whole wheat bread is gonna be coming your way real soon.
Unfortunately I can’t eat this because it’s for food photography later on, so I am going
to make myself some lunch, a loaded baked potato soup in a mug.
Now if you’ve ever had a loaded baked potato it is cheese, it is onions, it is sour cream,
bacon all those lovely things and we’re gonna put that in a mug in a soup.
I have a mug here and I’m going to grab for myself a peeled potato.
So if you’re by yourself and you need a quick meal, the way I like to think of it
are mug meals are real food fast, not fast food made with good quality, proper, real
ingredients that will fill you up, that will keep you going through the day, and you can
make in no time at all.
So I’m going to put some water on these guys, and like I said earlier the recipe is
on my website, we’re going to pop this into the microwave and we’re going to cook the
potatoes until they’re nice and soft.
So like I said it’s a loaded baked potato so we need some cheese some bacon some onion
and some scallion to garnish.
So all you need is a little bit of onion, we have some bacon to go into our loaded baked
potato soup.
And I cooked that bacon in the microwave so this really is from start to finish in the
microwave.
Got a little bit of grated cheese there, there we go.
So the microwave just pinged so lets go check on our potatoes.
So once your potatoes are tender just drain off that water.
So into here we’re going to add in our onion we chopped up, some bacon.
All those lovely yummy flavors.
Now to thicken our soup, we’re gonna add in a little corn starch to thicken it.
We’re gonna add in some salt and pepper, because no matter where you’re making your
meal everything needs salt and pepper.
And of course you can’t have a loaded baked potato without some cheese in there.
And just give them a mix.
Nevermind a loaded potato I loaded my mug with ingredients.
Ok lovely.
So into this, all you need is a little chock…
I was gonna say chock and stock.
So all we need for this now is a little bit of chicken stock, so you can use store bought,
or you can use homemade and a little bit of milk.
And that’s really all you need the thickening agent in there is going to thicken up your
soup and also the potato because it’s so starchy it’ll thicken up your soup also.
So we’re gonna add those in there, look at that, a meal in minutes.
And just so you know you can make this ahead of time, keep it in the fridge the night before
then just microwave it fresh the next day.
So all you want to do now because all of our ingredients are cooked, we just want to get
it nice and hot so your corn starch thickens and all your ingredients get nice and hot.
So when you make your loaded baked potato soup in a mug make sure you garnish it with
sour cream, cheese, scallions, all those yummy things.
Oh my gosh it’s delicious.
It’s bacon cheese and potatoes, what could be better?
Waffle’s agrees.
So I’m going have my lunch, finish my work and then I’m going to keep going with the
rest of my day.
So often I spend my days responding to fan comments, we get thousands on a weekly basis
from the website, all social media platforms and YouTube.
It’s really important for me to answer comments because I feel like that was a deal we made
early on, where if you watched our videos, if you made our recipes, we would answer your
comments, we would help you we would guide you the best way we can.
So we are six years into this and we are still answering comments, so you know it’s just
important because you guys are super important to me and I like to guide you the best I can.
Oh that’s great Waffles.
Waffles is here for support, he’s not that helpful.
You’re not helping things, no you’re not.
So I’ve been at this a while, the website is down to 106 comments which is awesome because
it was over 200.
So what I’m gonna do now is take a well deserved break and make myself a little snack.
So I’m going to make one of my favorite sweet mug cakes which is banana bread in a
mug.
Now it is three o clock, you start to feel that 3 o clock slump, you need a little bit
of a pick me up and I want something that is a little sweet, and a little bit carby
as well to be honest with you.
So into our mug I’m going to add in some fresh banana, I always have fresh banana in
the house.
We’re just gonna mash that up, there you go.
And into our mashed banana, you don’t have to be too finicky about that, we’re going
to add in some maple syrup.
A little bit of oil, you can also add in melted butter if you wish.
And a little bit, this is optional, but in my house we always do it.
A little bit of vanilla extract, little bit of that in there.
And we’re just going to give these guys a mix mix.
Mix them up, oh my gosh even that smells delicious already.
Yummy, ok.
So into this we’re going to add in some oat flour, now what oat flour is is ground
oats.
You can use all purpose flour for this but the oats are really great for this snack because
they are filling, they are slow releasing with energy, they’re just really good, they
really make you feel like you’ve eaten something.
There we go.
So mix that all together in there, so this is what we’re gonna do, this is what I love
in my banana bread.
Kevin’s blueberries.
Kevin has these for his breakfast and every day I take a few for different reasons and
then he wonders what happened to all his blueberries.
And it was me!
Blueberries and bananas are just so good together.
I mean seriously how long did it take me to do that, like 2 minutes?
And now it’s ready for the microwave.
This looks amazing, always just in time, snack time.
Gem I’ve been getting a lot done while Georgie has been taking his nap.
Good job, that’s deliicous.
This is so good.
That would be a great breakfast, I would eat it for breakfast.
With the oats and everything.
Is George up from his nap because I think I hear him?
He is it’s play time.
Let’s go!
Give me back my mug, I’m taking it.
So Kevin and I are both very fortunate that we work from home and we work for ourselves
which means we get to have family time in the afternoon which means no work, it’s
all about George and reading, singing, playing, dancing, whatever it is, we really enjoy this
time in the afternoon.
Hi baby George!
So Kevin is going to take care of George and it’s dinner time so I’m going to head
into the kitchen and make us something to eat.
So for dinner i’m going to make my favorite, Fettucinni Alfredo in a mug.
So I’m a huge huge pasta fan, you can use homemade or store bought.
Or you can makey our own homemade, my two ingredient one, that’s really good.
I’m not sure if you know this but you can easily cook pasta in the microwave, it’s
super simple and it’s fast too.
So we’re just gonna put some water on this.
So we’re just gonna cook through the pasta until it has a little bit of a bite, and then
we’re going to add in the rest of the ingredients to make the sauce.
So after a few short minutes, this is what your pasta will look like, perfectly cooked,
so now we’re just going to strain off this water, we don’t need that, do keep a little
of it thought because like a traditional pasta dish you do want some of that pasta water
reserved, to help make the sauce, it’s nice and starchy as well so it helps thicken it.
So to this I’m going to add a little splash of cream.
I’m going to add a little bit of garlic powder, you can add fresh garlic if you wish.
Little bit of salt, little bit of black pepper, and then a little bit or a lot a bit of fresh
parmesan.
Lovely, so I am going to mix all of those up.
So all you have to do is pop this into the microwave until it gets nice and hot, your
sauce thickens, and you’re ready to go.
So we’re a little bit extra in this household I’m gonna add even more cheese on top.
So because it is summertime, it’s a gorgeous day here in Santa Monica, we are going to
eat outside.
We like to get out of the house because it’s a nice way to unwind from the day.
And also George loves to be outside looking at the trees and the leaves and everything.
So it’s this time of the evening that Georgie goes to bed, so we give him one last bottle,
we sing him an Irish song and then usually he is out straight away.
So it is winding down time it has been a long day, but I’m not going to end the day without
making one of my favorite sweet mug desserts, which is a nutella mug brownie.
This one is super easy because it’s just three ingredients, so we have our chocolate
spread, look at that.
You know what if you want this to be your dessert, there’s no judgement here just
go for it.
You can use any kind of choclate spread you can find.
This is a bit of a sticky job, but that’s ok it’s still gonna taste great.
I’m gonna grab our second ingredient, an egg!
This is gonna help us form a little cake.
We whisk those two ingredients together.
This is a really fantastic desert for a last minute kind of a snack, because it’s three
ingredients and you nearly always have these ingredients in your house, super fast to make.
Ok so we’re going to add in your last ingredient which is a alittle bit of flour.
I have made this before for dinner parties when I had friends over and I realized I didn’t
make dessert, and I just whipped this up last minute.
There you go, in real time it is super fast and easy to make.
This is kind of a messy job but that’s ok it’s delicious, now let’s pop this guy
into the microwave.
Shimmy over there, Kev.
You know how to end the day right.
Yeah.
Gem that was a full day.
It was a really busy day.
Full of mug meals, full of life and Georgie and work and all that jazz.
It was, little bit behind the scenes.
Hope you guys enjoyed, let us know what you think we haven’t really done a video like
this before so it’s unique you know?
Letting people in.
Absolutely.
Thanks guys.
We’ll see you back here really soon.
Gotta get to the bottom because it’s all fudgy, I know gotta get down there.