- What's up, it's Chris Heria.
Welcome to another vlog.
Now, I know the majority of you watching
have definitely had a McDonald's craving before.
I know I have, and I don't even like McDonald's.
But there's been times before
where a McDonald's ad has popped up and it looks delicious,
and leaves me craving McDonald's.
Now, McDonald's is a billion dollar company
that's been around for almost 100 years,
so they've had a lot of chefs, a lot of money,
and a lot of time to perfect their menus and their recipes.
Well, today I'll single handedly
be going up against this multi-billion dollar company
to see if I can make some McDonald's food better,
tastier, and healthier.
So, after I finish making my version,
we're gonna put the McDonald's meals side by side,
and then we're gonna have Paz give it a taste test.
Paz, do you like McDonald's at all?
- I haven't had it in a while,
but you know that stuff smacks.
- Okay, okay.
So, you heard it from Paz;
this is gonna be an authentic and genuine reaction
and taste test.
Let's start with the first meal.
Let's open up this McDonald's bag
and see what the first item is gonna be.
Okay, this one is a staple right here.
Who doesn't love the sausage, egg, and cheese McGriddle
from McDonald's?
So, we have egg in the middle,
a sausage in the middle with cheese,
and these pancake-like buns.
And to be honest, I don't know,
this doesn't look like the commercial to me.
So, this is the competition, ladies and gentlemen.
This is what makes billions of dollars a year.
It's time to give them a run for their money.
Now, according to McDonald's,
the macros on this sausage, egg, and cheese McGriddle
is 550 calories,
but only 19 grams of protein,
44 grams of carbs,
and 33 grams of fat.
I'm gonna try to beat that,
make it more visually appealing, make it tastier,
and of course, improve on the nutrition and the macros,
having less calories, more protein and less fat and carbs.
That's gonna be way more beneficial
for us to get shredded and build muscle,
while still being able to eat McDonald's.
Alright, first things first, heat up a pan.
I'm gonna spray some avocado spray on it.
Zero calories. (upbeat music)
Now, the McGriddle smelled amazing,
but honestly, it looked like shit.
Now, for our bread, the McGriddle had like pancake bread.
I'm actually gonna make a French toast bread,
and I'm gonna make it a healthy version.
So, I'm gonna be using Dave's Bread,
and per slice only has 60 calories, 12 grams of carbs,
two grams of sugar, and three grams of protein.
And to make our French toast,
I'm gonna be using one large, cage-free, brown egg.
Let's go ahead and whisk this egg up real quick.
Add some cinnamon.
Cinnamon is a natural fat burner.
You can be sure that we're using the best ingredients
when we're making Chris's McGriddle as well.
Who knows where the eggs come from
from the McDonald's McGriddle.
Alright, we're gonna drop in our bread.
Soak it all up.
Grab my next slice.
Alright, now we're ready to drop them in.
Boom.
Drop the other one in there.
Gonna put another pan down.
(oil spray hissing)
Oh my goodness, this smells delicious.
Alright, while that's heating up,
let's go ahead and start cooking our sausage.
Now, I'm actually gonna be using
a turkey breakfast sausage patty,
because this is a lot healthier.
The macros are a lot better than a pork sausage,
and it's 50% less fat.
(sausage sizzling)
While this is cooking,
we're gonna start working on our main ingredient,
that's gonna be the eggs.
So, I'm gonna take one egg,
crack it in there.
Woo, look at that bread.
Alright, we're gonna lower the heat on this,
'cause those are just about ready.
My super tiny turkey sausage is also ready.
Let's just add a little pinch of pink Himalayan salt.
Some black pepper.
Go ahead and scramble this up.
Alright, this sausage is gonna move to the side.
I'm just gonna put it on top of the French toast,
and use the same pan
so that I still have all the flavor of the sausage.
That will get soaked up.
Alright, now one of the last finishing touches,
we're gonna be using mozzarella cheese
because this is a healthier version.
It has a lot less calories than American cheese that's used
in the McDonald's McGriddle.
How's our egg looking over here?
Alright.
We are just about done.
There you have it.
Last but not least,
the secret ingredient.
Only five calories.
Sugar-free maple syrup.
So, I'm just gonna put a little bit on the plate,
and then put this right on top.
Mix it around a little bit.
Be sure you get it on both sides.
Woo.
Alright, there you have it,
Chris Heria's McGriddle.
Now, the macros on my McGriddle is only 390 calories,
which is like 160 calories less
than the McDonald's McGriddle.
It has 30 grams of protein,
which is over 10 grams more protein
than the McDonald's version,
has 27 grams of carbs
which is almost half less than McDonald's version,
and 21 grams of fat,
which is significantly lower fat
than the McDonald's McGriddle.
Now, putting them side-by-side,
let's go ahead and have a visual test.
What do you think, Paz?
How about we give a rating for each one,
starting with the McDonald's version.
(upbeat music)
- Alright, so the McGriddle smells really good,
but it does not look as good as it smells.
This one, I like how it looks.
It looks like a homemade sandwich.
It looks really good,
and I wanna try it.
- [Chris] Go take a bite.
Moving on the taste test.
Shee!
- It's the best McGriddle I ever had.
(Chris laughs)
- [Chris] Are you being honest?
- For real.
And McDonald's better hire you for the healthy menu.
- [Chris] Hey!
- Hell, no.
This one won for sure.
(triumphant music)
I'd give this one a 10.
That one's like a five or a four.
I don't know what.
(Chris laughs) (upbeat music)
- Alright, you heard it.
Paz gave his score, and his opinion,
but the final judge is gonna be you guys.
So, make one, give it a try, give it a taste test,
and let me know what you think.
Let's move on to the next meal.
(air whooshing) Alright, time to go back
into our McDonald's bag, (upbeat music)
pull out the next item.
How many of you guys like sausage burrito?
This thing is embarrassing.
Let's see what it looks like.
Oh my God.
What is this?
See what it looks like in here.
Alright, well that's what we're working with.
This is a billion-dollar company, baby.
We actually bought two.
Shall we check if the other one looks just as disgusting?
Dude, what the heck?
As you can see, it's not just one, they all look like that.
But I'm gonna go ahead and give it a shot.
It shouldn't be too difficult.
Now, the macros on this McDonald's sausage burrito
is 310 calories, 13 grams of protein,
25 grams of carbs, and 17 grams of fat.
So, I'm gonna try to beat that in every way,
visually, taste wise, and nutrition wise.
Alright, so first up, (gentle music)
I already got my pans heated up,
add some more avocado oil in there.
Now, let's get started with our eggs.
I do not wanna make one of those sorry-ass burritos.
Mine's gonna be nice and girthy.
So, I'm gonna be using two eggs for my burrito.
Right, let's add a pinch pink Himalayan sea salt,
some black pepper.
I'm just gonna add a tiny bit of crushed red pepper.
Alright, let's go ahead and mix this all up.
We're gonna be using one eighth of a cup of peppers total.
So, I'm gonna be using a red pepper, this green pepper.
So, in total, we're gonna be working with one ounce
of peppers.
Alright, boys and girls, we got our eggs.
Go ahead and drop that in.
(eggs sizzling) Ooh!
Now, we're gonna make some fluffy scrambled eggs,
'cause that's what it looked like
inside the sausage burrito.
You don't wanna cook these eggs too hot,
then they're not gonna come out fluffy.
Another little hack,
drop in a sprinkle of milk.
That's gonna make it extra fluffy.
If you've never had peppers in your eggs,
God, you definitely have to give this a try.
This is one I actually wouldn't mind taste testing myself.
You're gonna have to share this one, Paz.
(gentle music) Alright,
time to turn this off,
'cause this is pretty much ready.
Sausage in real quick.
Same turkey sausage. (sausage sizzling)
Go ahead and break this up real quick.
and it'll fit inside our burrito.
Woo, there we go.
It's almost ready.
Alright, let's take our sausages,
dump it into the eggs.
Now, with this pan, we're gonna do the last step.
We're gonna heat up
our wholewheat, keto-friendly wrap.
Give it a nice light toast.
One of these tortillas are only 70 calories,
3.5 grams of fat, 18 grams of carbs, five grams of protein.
Tortilla's looking nice and toasty.
Last step, I'm gonna add one fourth of the mozzarella cheese
right in the middle.
Alright, we're ready to plate this bad boy.
Get our tortilla, drop everything right down the middle.
Now, this is a visual test too,
so gotta make this nice and neat.
Look at that melted cheese line right down the middle.
Now, my burrito wrapping skills are horrible.
We're gonna try to make this work.
Alright, there we have it,
the Chris Heria sausage burrito.
And here we have the McDonald's burrito.
I think visually,
McDonald's ain't got nothing
on my burrito right there, (upbeat music)
but that's just my opinion.
Y'all let me know in the comment section down below.
Paz, you're the judge, man,
so let me know what you think.
- Alright, for one, yours looks way better.
This one looks like they just threw that shit together.
I'm gonna give it a try.
That tastes really good.
I'll give it a 9.5,
just 'cause I like the McGriddle a little more.
Now I'm gonna try this one.
- [Chris] That looks just as bad as the tacos that we had
in the last vlog.
- Oh, nah.
- [Chris] Nah? (laughs)
- That one's a zero.
- [Chris] Damn! (laughs)
- This one smacked it out
the water, (triumphant music)
by looks and by taste. (upbeat music)
- I actually do wanna try that one.
That was delicious.
I don't even wanna try this shit,
but this is not how it looks in the commercials.
Ugh, that ain't it.
Yo, McDonald's, y'all need to step it up.
I don't know what's going on here.
Stefan, you have to try the burrito I made, bro.
- You guys say it's amazing, - Go on.
- [Stefan] hell, yeah.
- [Chris] What do you think?
- Right away, you taste the peppers,
and you taste the egg, sausage,
flavors comes together.
I'm not gonna try the McDonald's one,
but it just looks like mush.
- That's what I was thinking, man.
You bite into this one,
you taste like a whole garden, bro.
Quality over quantity, baby.
Now, to break down the macros on my burrito,
that's gonna be 292 calories.
It's only 20 calories less than the McDonald's burrito,
but it is double the size,
and it has pretty much double the protein,
with 25 grams of protein,
less carbs, which is only 21 grams of carbs,
and the same amount of fat,
just 17 grams of fat.
So, visually, taste, and nutrition wise,
we definitely beat the McDonald's sausage burrito.
I don't know, to me, that was a clear winner,
but y'all let me know in the common section down below.
Let's move on to the next one.
(air whooshing) Let's go ahead
and check what's in this bag.
(upbeat music) We got pancakes.
Three pancakes.
Let's take a closer look.
This is gonna be the most neutral challenge.
I don't even really know how to make pancakes that well,
so I'm just gonna be making it straight from the bag.
So, I'm not even gonna be putting any of my skills
into this.
McDonald's, you're gonna be going up
against a bag of pancake mix.
So, we're gonna see if just normal pancake mix
can hold up to McDonald's pancakes.
Now, the macros on these pancakes are pretty horrible.
It's a total of 580 calories for these three hot cakes.
Only nine grams of protein,
101 grams of carbs,
and 15 grams of fat.
And we got these nutritional facts right from McDonald's,
so to be honest,
I'm not even sure if that counts the syrup,
or if it's just these three pancakes right here.
Let's give it a shot.
Alright, we're gonna be using Birch Benders
pancake and waffle mix.
This is keto friendly.
Just add water.
Alright, so that's what we're gonna do.
Let's go ahead and pop this open.
Alright, so I got my measuring cup.
I'm gonna put in one third cup of this mix.
That's gonna be one serving.
What do you think, that's about one third cup?
Alright, grab my mix, pour it into a bowl.
Now we're gonna grab some water,
and we're gonna put in one eighth of a cup.
Drop that in there.
And last, we're gonna be using half a teaspoon of olive oil.
Now, we're gonna mix it all up.
Then we cook it, pretty simple.
Now, these are just super normal pancakes.
I'm really curious to see if McDonald pancakes
are gonna be better,
or if these are gonna be better.
Literally didn't do anything.
Alright, this is pretty much mixed up.
I'm just gonna go ahead,
drop this into the pan,
and just flip it once I see it's golden brown.
Now, let's check underneath.
Flip this soon.
Ooh!
Alright, first pancake down.
(Paz faintly speaking)
Holy shit.
I fucked this up.
I told you, I'm not a pancake guy.
I was contemplating on just starting this over,
but I'm gonna give McDonald's a fair chance.
Let's see if they're better than these pancakes right here.
You can't win them all.
Or maybe I will.
Who knows?
Still got the taste test.
But here are my pancakes. (laughs)
Maybe I'll just put that one at the bottom.
Alright, we want this to be (upbeat music)
as authentic as possible.
This is my first try in making these pancakes.
I definitely messed them up.
But first test up, we got the visual test.
You let me know, Paz.
I know it's a lot less pancakes than the other one.
- Visually, you're my dog, Chris,
but McDonald's took this one.
(Chris laughing)
Now then, we gotta taste them.
- [Chris] No, we have to taste them, bro.
- It's the only way, it's the only way.
- [Chris] It's the only way.
Maybe I could redeem myself.
- Alright guys, y'all wish me luck?
- [Chris] Yes, sir.
Imagine those taste better than McDonald's one.
How do they taste, to be honest?
Give it a-
- To be honest, they're not as burnt as I thought.
I'll give it a seven.
They still taste good.
They don't taste as burnt as they look.
- [Chris] They actually taste good though?
Wow, man.
- Let's try these GMO pancakes.
Visually though, you get like a four.
- [Chris] (laughs) Plastic pancakes.
I'll survive that four.
Alright, here we go.
The moment of truth.
- I ain't gonna lie,
those McDonald's pancakes taste good. (laughs)
- [Chris] Yeah, you know they smack. (laughs)
- They do, they do.
- What's the rating for the McDonald's pancake?
- Gotta give them like an eight and a half.
- Woo, okay, okay. (triumphant music)
Alright, well there you have it.
We got it from Paz. (gentle music)
I definitely lost in the visual,
definitely lost in the taste test,
but let's get into the macro nutrients,
'cause here I think I definitely won.
Now, for my pancakes,
the portion size did look visually smaller,
but the calories are only 232 calories,
which is less than half the amount of calories
of the original pancakes,
compared to 580 calories.
The protein was around the same,
eight grams of protein for mine,
which is one gram of protein less.
But here's where the biggest difference comes in,
only 12 grams of carbs.
The original pancakes had 101 grams of carbs,
so you definitely have to be careful with that.
And lastly, my pancakes had 18 grams of fat,
and McDonald's pancakes had 15 grams of fat.
So, technically, you can have two servings of my pancakes,
and still be under the calories
of these three McDonald's pancakes.
And if you have two servings of my pancakes,
you'll end up doubling the amount of protein
that you'll have,
than if you were to just eat the McDonald's pancakes,
and you'll still be over 60 grams of carbs less
than the original pancakes.
So, there you have it.
Maybe I didn't win in the visuals this time,
or the taste test,
but definitely we win in the macros.
And usually, that's the most important part
if you're trying to build muscle and get shredded.
But let me know what you guys think
down in the comments section below.
Give these recipes a try,
give it a taste test right beside McDonald's.
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