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- Hey everyone.
Happy holidays.
Today, I'm gonna be showing you guys everything I eat
in a day during a holiday.
This is the time we're hanging out with family.
We're eating good, we're drinking good.
It's gonna be a blast.
And a huge thank you to Haus for sponsoring today's video.
All right.
So I'm gonna get started with breakfast first.
So for breakfast, I'm gonna have some fruit and some yogurt.
Here I have a cantaloupe and I'm just going to prepare it.
I'm just gonna chop off this edge part here,
and this is where I'm probably doing it wrong,
but this is how I cut a cantaloupe.
I use this edge as a base.
It gives me a better grip,
getting the knife and taking that skin out.
Now that the skin is roughly off,
I'm just gonna cut it in half
and I'm just gonna run it through to get these seeds out.
I'm just gonna chop it into little cubes.
All right.
So I'm gonna put half of this cantaloupe here.
So now I'm just gonna plate this,
I wanna just pile the cantaloupe here.
This is almond milk yogurt
and it's actually really delicious.
It's definitely more watery than Greek yogurt,
but I actually liked this runny texture.
And then inside the yogurt,
I'm just gonna put a little bit of goji berries,
just for some flavor and texture.
All right.
And voila, we've got breakfast.
So let's have a bite.
I like to get the cantaloupe and then kinda dip it in
the yogurt.
It's so perfectly tangy and sweet.
It's great.
All right. It is lunchtime.
And for lunch, we are gonna be having shrimp cocktail.
I don't know if this is just an English thing,
but every time Ben and I go and celebrate
the holidays in England,
we always have prawn cocktail.
And I have made life a lot simpler.
I just purchased some store-bought shrimp cocktail.
It came with a pre-made cocktail sauce,
but I think we should make our own.
So making the sauce is super simple.
We're just gonna get a little bit of ketchup,
some mayo.
I'm gonna do an equal part of that.
A little bit of Tabasco,
three squirts of that.
Then we have some paprika.
And then lastly, a dash of Worcestershire sauce.
And I'm just gonna mix this all up.
You can really tell by the color.
That looks good.
Let's do a little taste test.
It's delicious.
Let's plate this.
So that is our homemade cocktail sauce.
I just poured the store-bought cocktail sauce on the other.
We'll see which one Ben likes more.
And then I'm just gonna plate these little shrimpys.
So I thought we would make a cheeky little drink
to go along with lunch.
It is the holidays,
you wanna to let your hair down a little bit.
So I'll be making a spritz using Haus.
First off, look at this stunning bottle.
It is gorgeous to display on our bar cart.
This is in the flavor, citrus flower.
It is my favorite.
I first heard about Haus from our good friends,
(indistinct).
I saw them drinking it and then it got us a little curious.
And now, we are obsessed.
I have always loved citrusy things.
And this one tastes really fresh and bright
because it's made with lemons and elderflower.
Every ingredient is listed on their website
and the pamphlets that you receive.
So you always know exactly what you're gonna be putting
in your cup.
So for today's drinky poo,
we're gonna be making a Haus spritz.
It's two parts of Haus.
I always feel so technical when I've got
specific measurements.
And then it's gonna be one part soda water,
one part champagne.
Gorgeous.
We're gonna get a little spoon,
mix it around,
and plop a lemon in there.
All right, let's have a sip.
Oh, it's so good.
It's so festive and Christmasy.
I need to try the Ginger Yuzu flavor next.
You guys have got to try house.
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All right.
- Wow, what a treat, babe?
Thank you.
A bit of prawn cocktail.
We've got some Haus.
I haven't tried this.
Cheers, babe. - The spritz.
- The spritz.
Let's give it a go.
Oh, that's very drinkable. - I know. It's so delicious.
Can you guess which one I made? The sauce?
- This one.
- What gave it away?
- Well, partly because we went to the shop together
and I'll say I helped explain to you what you put in
the Thousand Island dressing.
- This is Ben's recipe.
Why do we always have prawn cocktail?
It's good, huh?
- Why do we have prawn cocktail?
I don't know where it came from or why we do it
and whether it's just an English thing or what,
I don't know.
When I was younger,
my job was always to do the Thousand Island sauce.
My family were doing the whole roasted Turkey,
the trimmings.
And I had to just put some mayonnaise and catch up together.
I loved it.
- I was the mashed potato smasher.
- The smasher - The smasher.
- But then over the years, your (indistinct) get bigger.
Now we do everything.
- It's true.
Well, he does everything.
Ben is such a good cook. - We're a team.
- He's really gonna be shining for the dinner portion.
- [Ben] No pressure.
- [Jenn] We just had lunch
and now we're immediately making dinner.
- Which is all right because it was a light lunch.
We're still hungry enough to enjoy the cooking process.
So we're gonna make a nice roast dinner.
We're gonna start with some roast potatoes,
make them perfect for you guys,
a veggie turkey and some Brussels sprouts.
Also a nice little drizzle of vegetarian gravy over the top,
all homemade.
So you'll get to see the whole process and enjoy it with us,
but you can't obviously taste it with us,
but you can watch us enjoy it.
- So first we're gonna be making roasted potatoes.
- And we want to give them a good peel.
Now that they're peeled,
we're gonna chop them in half
then we're gonna throw them in some boiling water
for 10 minutes on a medium to high heat,
just to get them a bit nice and succulent inside.
So now that the potatoes are finished,
this is the special part.
We give them a good fluff,
a good shake,
just kind of rough this around the edges.
And this will just help get them nice and fluffy
in that oven.
And then you set that aside
and then you get a nice baking tray,
get some olive oil,
get it nice and coated.
And then I'm gonna throw the potatoes in.
Again, give them a little shake in the oil
nicely mixed in.
And then I'm gonna chuck a couple of bits of butter
in there.
This just helps get them nice and crispy.
I'm gonna add some salt and pepper.
Throw them in the oven around 400 degrees
for about 25 to 30 minutes
just so they get slightly brown underneath.
So next up we have the meatless roast by corn.
This does such a good job.
It's so easy to make and it tastes just as good.
And you don't have to stick your hand up for turkey's butt
to rip the heart out.
So pierce the film,
throw it in some foil.
Give it a little wrap.
Chuck in the oven with the potatoes.
Easy.
Look at that.
Phase one of the potatoes are done.
Let's have a little look.
I can see they're getting a tiny bit of color to them
at the bottom.
So this is the special part of the potatoes.
As you can see,
they're getting a little bit brown underneath.
Get a nice mash potato masher.
This is where you wanna be delicate with it,
delicate but firm.
And you just wanna give it a slight little push.
This is how you get them nice and fluffy and extra crispy.
We're gonna throw some garlic,
we did five cloves.
We're gonna keep the skin on as well.
This just stops it from burning.
And this is where the real flavor comes in,
some fresh Rosemary.
Grab it off the Sprig, whatever you would call it,
sprig it off,
(indistinct) a bit more salt and pepper.
And then we further back in the oven
for about 25 minutes to 30 minutes until it's delicious,
crispy, golden brown,
fluffy to the touch.
- [Jenn] So the Turkey has been in there for 40 minutes
and now we're gonna pop it out.
And by we, I mean Ben.
- [Ben] So you're gonna get the wrapping off.
So this is where we wanna cut up
a couple of slices of orange.
This just gives it a little zesty feel to it,
A nice bit of flavor.
You're gonna place on either side.
We're gonna pour some olive oil on it
and get some salt on there.
And then we're gonna throw it back in the oven
for about 20 mins.
- So now we're gonna make the vegetarian gravy.
It is absolutely delicious.
So you're gonna need half an onion.
We've just diced these
and we're gonna pop them into our manual food processor,
five cloves of garlic,
and then we're gonna pop the lid on and go to town.
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- [Ben] Look at that.
Nice and fine
so it just adds to the consistency of the gravy.
Then we're gonna pop that into a pan.
With some vegetable oil or canola oil,
you wanna good amount of this
and then get a medium heat.
And then we're gonna add our onion and garlic
that we've already prepared.
And you wanna fry this for five to seven minutes
until it's softened and slightly browned.
Now we wanna add a third of a cup of all purpose flour.
This is gonna get a nice thickness to the dish.
Then we want some nutritional yeast seasoning.
You want about four teaspoons of this.
We don't need much.
And then we want four tablespoons of soy sauce,
this just adds to the richness.
And we wanna whisk it together into kind of an almost paste.
We want two cups of vegetable stock
and the nice liquid,
get the gravy texture.
Look at that.
Basically, you wanna keep whisking this
until it turns into a nice liquid.
Add some salt.
So you let this sit and simmer for 10 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
And while that's cooking and smelling bloody lovely,
I must say,
we're gonna do some Brussels sprouts.
We are gonna wash them,
chop into half.
We're gonna throw them in some boiling water.
Cook that for about 10 minutes until nicely softened.
Get the salt in there. Yes.
- [Jenn] All right.
The potatoes are finished.
- Look at these. - Wow.
- [Ben] Golden brown,
nice and fluffy.
I'm so hungry.
- That looks so good.
- It smells great.
- [Jenn] And then to plate it we're just gonna put
a little bit of rosemary there.
And there we go.
- And the Turkey is done.
It doesn't look like much, guys,
but it tastes lovely.
- [Jenn] Yeah.
Wow, look at that.
All right.
So the sprouts are done.
A little bit of salt,
pepper.
Again, if you wanna be naughty,
throw some butter on there,
but we don't need it.
- If you don't have a gravy pot,
you can just use a simple tea pot.
That's what we do.
Gorgeous.
- Are you ready to eat?
- I am so ready to eat. - We did it.
You can see the sweat.
We've been drinking this like it's water,
naughty water.
All right. Let's eat, babe.
Let's plate this up.
- Let's do this.
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