(upbeat music)
- Hey everyone and welcome back to my channel
and welcome to a new video.
In today's video, I am making some healthy
comfort food recipes.
It has been so cold here in Toronto.
We've had like a two-day now like snow storm.
There's blowing snow.
It's just really cold.
It's minus 17 Celsius, which in Fahrenheit I'm not sure
but I'll put it here 'cause I know
a lot of you guys are from the states
so you kind of get where I'm living,
but it's so cold it hurts your face.
So you just wanna stay in and have something cozy and warm
and super yummy, but you don't necessarily
want to have something unhealthy
so I created these recipes to kind of have a comfort food,
but also kind of healthy for you.
If you are new to my channel,
don't forget to hit that red subscribe button
so you that you see my new videos
and make sure you turn on those bell notifications as well
so that you don't miss any videos.
And if you've turned them on just leave me a bell down below
so that I know that you've turned them on as well.
And if you haven't entered yet,
I do have a giveaway going on for the month of March.
I'll leave the link down in the description box.
It's super easy, quick.
It's kind of just like a thank you to you guys
for supporting my channel and continuing
to watch my videos so you can win an Instax Mini 8
in the color of your choice.
And like I said, everything will be down there
and I want you guys to comment down below
what your favorite comfort food is
or what you love to have when it's like blowing snow
and just really cold and you want to be cozy.
Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it
and let's get into it.
Okay, to start off the show we are making
some flourless chocolate chip cookies.
So I'm starting off with one cup of almond butter,
which I chose because it has a lower glycemic index
than peanut butter and it's also not inflammation causing
like peanut butter is.
But if you're allergic to nuts,
you can use a sunflower butter like sunflower seeds
or any other kind of seed butter.
And then I'm putting in an 1/8 of a cup of maple syrup.
I'm using a bigger cup 'cause I couldn't find
my 1/8 cup.
But I'm putting that in and that's gonna add
a little bit of sweetness, but it's gonna be less
than four grams per cookie, so we're good to go.
A little bit of vanilla for flavor
and then an 1/8 of a teaspoon of baking soda
so that we can have them rise a little bit
and get like a nice texture like cookies do.
And then I am going to stir this up
and look at my spatula guys.
It's Star Wars, so thumbs up if you like
that Star Wars spatula.
And then I'm adding in a scoop of this
vital proteins vanilla collagen.
This just adds a lot of nice collagen
and amino acids to the cookie and a bit of protein,
but you can use protein powder or almond meal.
And then I'm adding in a 1/4 of a cup of dairy free,
sugar free chocolate chips and these are great
because they're allergy free, they're soy free,
they're egg free.
They're like by the Enjoy Life brand.
I really like them.
And them I'm gonna chill this dough for about 1/2 hour.
This part is important.
And then I'm using a cookie scoop
and I'm putting out big cookies.
I like big cookies 'cause they just make me happier.
Thumbs up if you like bigger cookies too.
And you can make them smaller as well if you want,
but I like big cookies.
So then we're gonna bake these for about 10 minutes
at 350 degrees.
And then once they're done, you'll have these nice
big giant gooey chocolate chip cookies
that are flourless, gluten free, dairy free,
soy free, egg free, everything like that.
And they're so yummy and they made the house smell amazing.
I definitely had a few of these while I was baking.
Next up we're making these mashed potatoes,
which are actually made with cauliflower.
So I'm starting off with a head of cauliflower
and I'm just taking the stems away
and then we're going to be cutting our cauliflower.
And this is a great substitute for potatoes.
It has a little bit less carbs
and you don't feel as indulgent.
And we're gonna chop that up into small pieces
because we are going to be cooking it.
And then I'm going to place that into a large pot
where I put some salted water
and you're gonna put everything in there along with
two cloves of garlic and you can use fresh garlic
or the one from a jar.
I like this one.
And we're going to cook that for about 10 minutes.
And once it's done, it's going to be like soft and tender
so that you put a fork through it.
That's how soft you want it.
And then I'm gonna put it into a blender
or if you have a food processor,
anything that you think will blend this up well.
And we're going to add in a tablespoon of olive oil,
which is a great healthy fat along with some pink salt,
which I love.
So many benefits of pink salt.
And we're going to blend that until it's smooth
and it looks like this.
And then I'm just scooping it out into my bowl.
It's nice.
It's creamy with a little bit of olive oil
and the cauliflower mixed together.
It's just so decadent and you don't feel like
you're missing out on anything.
And then I'm drizzling it with a little bit of olive oil
and a few sprigs of fresh thyme,
but you can do whatever kind of herbs that you like,
but I think the herbs give it a nice freshness.
And there you have your healthy like mashed potatoes.
That's actually cauliflower, but you can barely even tell
and they're so yummy and great for a chilly cold
kind of comfort food day.
And lastly, we're making this super quick
creamy mac and cheese that's gluten and dairy free.
So I'm starting off with a cup of chickpea pasta,
which only has like chickpeas and red lentils in it.
And you can find this at like any kind of grocery store
in the cold foods, but I know Trader Joe's
makes it's own brand.
It's pretty like available nowadays.
And I'm putting a tablespoon of olive oil
with some brown rice flour and some almond milk
to kind of get like a nice thick sauce.
And you'r gonna cook that over medium heat until it's thick.
And then I'm adding in half a cup of nutritional yeast,
which gives it that cheesy flavor, but it's also super high
in vitamin B12, which will boost our energy.
I'm putting a dash of garlic powder in
for a little bit of flavor
and then I'm just whisking that together
and the hot sauce will kind of melt the yeast
and you'll get this nice creamy cheesy sauce mixture.
Add in whatever pasta you like.
I used elbow because I think elbow mac and cheese
kind of go together.
And then you just have to put it into your dish
and that is your creamy and quick mac and cheese.
I love how easy this is
and I love how high protein it is with the chickpea
and lentil pasta.
Super yummy and great for those chilly days.
Okay guys, so thanks for watching.
If you haven't yet, leave me a comment down below
like what your favorite comfort food was from this video
or which one you'd want to make.
And I hope you guys all have a fabulous day
and that you're staying warm 'cause I know
I have to stay warm because it is just too cold
to go outside.
So I'm gonna eat more of these cookies
because they smell delicious.
My house smells amazing right now.
So I'm gonna go eat more of those cookies
and I will see you guys in my next video.
Bye guys.