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- To start off this morning,
I made my lemon and ginger water.
Usually I just have lemon, but I've been adding ginger
in it lately just for that extra immune boosting powers
because it's cold and flu season and everyone I know
is sick or battling a cold and I'm trying
to just give my immune system some extra love,
squeezing in some fresh lemon juice.
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I'm also making a glass for Chloe who was filming
and who also was sick at this time,
so she needed some extra love as well.
My little trick for ginger is just to use one
of these ceramic graters.
I will link this one down below.
You can just grate it and then all you have
to do is take that pulp and squish it
between your fingers to let out all
of that delicious ginger juice.
It's a really quick way instead of having
to actually lug out your juicer.
This is the quickest way to do it.
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Top it off with some filtered water and you have yourself
some homemade wellness shots or drinks.
And I always make sure to compost my lemon skins
or any produce, really, that I'm using at home
so I always have a compost right on the counter top.
boiling up some water.
By the way, I'm realizing how dirty my kettle is.
I need to clean it.
Excuse that.
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And for today, I thought I would swap out
my usual herbal coffee for a golden milk latte.
This is just one of those mushroom mixes.
I will link it down below.
You can, of course,
make your own homemade golden milk latte.
I'll have a recipe linked down below,
but I'm just gonna add some hot water,
some unsweetened oat milk and then,
I'm gonna blend everything up so it gets nice
and smooth and frothy and you have yourself
a homemade latte.
Honestly, I'm all about the homemade stuff.
You save money, it's better, it's fresher,
and it's so much quicker to do instead of having
to run out to the drive-through
and order yourself a morning drink.
Sprinkle on some cinnamon and you have yourself
a super cozy drink that's also really good
for you and it tastes delicious.
Good morning, health nuts.
Welcome back to my channel.
My name is Nicole Gonsalves.
If you're new here, hello, welcome.
Today, I'm gonna be doing another what I eat in a day video.
We're doing it like a post-Canadian Thanksgiving,
cozy fall themed style today
because I'm sad turkey day is gone
but I'm really excited because I have some yummy recipes
I'm gonna be sharing in today's video.
I also just want to give a huge thank you
to KitchenAid for sponsoring and collaborating
with me on today's video.
I have been a huge fan of KitchenAid for a very long time.
Last year, I finally got,
I'm looking at it over, over on the counter.
I finally got my stand mixer, which is so beautiful.
It's yellow.
It just makes me happy every time I use it
and they just sent me their food processor,
which I, I always feel like food processors
are so underrated and I'm really excited
because my old food processor, I swear,
was like eight years old.
It was falling apart it,
it was already cracked and broken,
and I was in need of an upgrade.
So I got a fancy new KitchenAid food processor
that I'm gonna share with you guys why it's so great,
why it's different from other ones
and how I like to use it,
because I think some people just don't know why
they may need a food processor,
but I'm telling you, besides a blender,
it is one of my most used kitchen appliances ever.
They also just celebrated their 100-year anniversary,
which is really cool and I just think
all their products are such high-quality and amazing
and I'm just so happy to have them supporting
my channel in this video today.
for breakfast today, I'm actually gonna make a recipe
from "The HealthNut Cookbook."
I'm making my almond orange quinoa oatmeal.
It's so delicious.
There's not a photo for it in the cookbook,
but I promise, it's really yummy
and I have everything I need for it.
So I'm gonna make that for breakfast.
Let's hop over to the kitchen and go make some,
a bowl of oats. shall we?
Let's go.
To make this recipe, I'm starting off with some water,
bringing that to a boil with a pinch of sea salt.
And the mixture for this oatmeal
is rolled oats and red quinoa.
I didn't have any red quinoa so I just did a mixture.
I'm all about using what you have on hand.
Don't feel like you have to go out
and buy every exact ingredient.
If you have a substitute, use that instead.
Once that is mostly cooked up,
I'm gonna add in a frozen banana, some orange zest.
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Almond extract, spices; I have cinnamon, nutmeg,
and then I'm also adding in some coconut milk.
Give it a stir so it gets nice and incorporated
and you're just gonna let that cook for a little bit longer.
While that's cooking up,
I'm gonna toast up some sliced almonds,
which I love the crunch of almonds topped onto my oatmeal.
It's a really good combination.
Now that our oatmeal is done,
I'm just gonna serve it into a nice big bowl.
I love the flavor of the almond and the orange zest in this.
It's so delicious and it's kind of like a different take
on oatmeal than you're probably used to.
So for toppings, I have some sliced up Cara Cara oranges,
which are one of my favorites.
I love the beautiful color that they have.
Drizzle on some creamy almond butter.
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Those toasted almonds
and a drizzle of Canadian maple syrup.
In my opinion, you can never
have too many toppings on your oatmeal.
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I honestly can't tell you how good this oatmeal smells.
The almond with the orange is so good
and then I love the mixture of the oats with the quinoa.
Mmm,
mmm,
it's so good.
Okay, so, I'm gonna have this while I do some emails.
Lately, I've been really enjoying just
doing emails on the couch.
I know it's not the best workspace but I'm just feeling
like all the cozy vibes right now and if I
have to get cozy on the couch to do some emails
to make them a little bit more bearable,
then I'm gonna do that.
So, I'm gonna enjoy this bowl of cozy oats
and I'll see you guys for lunch.
I already have some shrimp thawing for lunch.
I'm planning ahead today because I already kind
of know what I'm making today.
But yeah, I'm gonna enjoy these,
and I'll see you guys in a little bit.
Mmm, so good.
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For lunch, I'm making my fried cauliflower
rice shrimp stir-fry.
I love this recipe.
It's so easy to put together.
First we're gonna be making some cauliflower rice,
so I'm just gonna cut my big cauliflower in half.
This was a really big one, and I'm just going to chop it up
into some more manageable chunks.
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To make the cauliflower rice,
I'm gonna be using my KitchenAid food processor.
I love this model because all of the pieces fit conveniently
within each other so you don't have to worry
about storing them separately.
It's the smallest features that make
the biggest difference and when you're wanting
to be efficient and seamless in the kitchen,
these are the things I look for.
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To make the cauliflower rice,
I'm gonna use the grating disc attachment.
So basically, it has two sides, one slices, one grates.
Drop the cauliflower florets down the chute
and then just press them down to grate.
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And this is what it looks like when it's done.
The texture really does look like rice
especially when you cook it up.
And even when you eat it, it does trick your mind
into thinking it's real rice.
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I'm heating up a large pan with some toasted sesame oil
and I'm gonna saute some onion and garlic and ginger.
Now the key to making a stir-fry is you want the heat high
and you want to cook everything for a short period
of time so your veggies and ingredients
get crispy and not soggy.
Adding my shrimp and my spices.
I'm using dry chili flakes, Chinese five-spice,
which is one of my underrated foods,
if you watch that video,
and then, of course, some salt and black pepper.
Just saute everything until your shrimp
is almost completely opaque.
It's gonna have a few more minutes to cook up.
Adding in our cauliflower rice, our frozen mix veg,
and for liquid, I have some tamari and water.
This is gonna help steam and cook up
that cauliflower rice while giving some flavor.
During the last minute, you're just gonna make a little well
in the middle, crack in a couple of eggs,
season it with salt and pepper.
Give it a quick scramble and then incorporate it
into the rest of the mixture.
I love that this dish is all made in one easy pot,
less cleanup and it just makes things way quicker.
To plate, I'm just gonna garnish it
with some sliced green onion, sesame seeds,
and a good drizzle of some hot sauce.
So good.
Mmm.
And the cauliflower rice was so easy to make.
So I'm gonna enjoy this, and then I think my grandparents
are coming over for a little afternoon coffee date.
They're here visiting from Portugal right now,
which is really nice.
So I gotta do a little bit of cleaning up
before they get here, but I'm gonna enjoy this,
do a little bit more work before they get here,
and I will see you guys for dinner.
Mmm, probably snack time.
Okay, bye!
So grandparents came by with my mom.
I didn't actually end up having a tea while they
were here, because they just got Tim's,
but I just made myself a little cup
of some lavender chamomile because it's just like
a nice calming tea to have in the afternoon.
And then, I was feeling a little peckish,
so I just did, you would have seen this hack
in my back-to-school meal prep packs video.
I'll link it down below, but basically, this is great.
You can take it on the go or you can just make them at home,
but you can put hummus or nut butter on the bottom
and then you just stack in your fruit or veggie slices.
And the nice thing is is that each time you grab one,
you have some of the dip.
And as you can see, I've upgraded to my kitchen table.
I'm gonna do some emails right now.
Basically, my week is always broken out
into very different days.
Some days, for me, I'm just on my computer all day.
Other days, we're shooting and filming videos
and photos for the blog.
Other days, I'm running around for meetings or events.
So, every day looks different to me,
but I really do like these at home,
cozy days where I can just make good food,
take things kind of at my own pace,
spend some time with our pup, Cashew,
and, you know, have family come and visit
'cause that's always nice.
So I'm gonna enjoy this tea.
It's very hot right now.
I got my to-do list here.
I'm gonna get through some more emails
and I will see you guys for dinner, which I'm so excited.
I'm testing out a new recipe which will be on the blog
by the time this video goes live.
So stay tuned.
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Emails, yay! (laughing)
For dinner, I'm making a new recipe.
It's my pumpkin turkey meatballs.
I'm gonna first start by chopping
up my onion and garlic in my food processor.
This is one of my favorite hacks.
I've mentioned it before in an old video
and it just mince everything together so quickly
and you don't have to worry
about crying over chopping onions.
It's just such an easy hack.
I love this.
And to make things even easier,
we're gonna make the rest of the meatball mixture
right in the food processor.
So, to my onions and garlic,
I have my lean ground turkey meat.
Adding in some pumpkin puree, rice bread crumbs.
You can use any breadcrumbs that you like.
For seasoning, I have nutmeg, sea salt,
I have thyme, rosemary and sage, some black pepper,
crack in an egg to help it bind together
and then I'm just gonna close the lid,
lock it up and then I'm just gonna pulse it
so we're not over mixing but we're getting
all the ingredients well incorporated,
stopping halfway to scrape down the sides
and then just pulsing again until everything is well mixed.
Next, I'm just gonna scoop out about two tablespoons worth
of the batter or I guess the mixture, we're not baking,
and I'm just gonna roll it into little turkey meatballs
and place it on this baking tray.
Now, you can bake these meatballs if you'd like,
but I'm just gonna do them on the stove top.
One of my tricks when it comes to making something
that you want to cook up all at the same time
is lay them all out on a plate and that way,
you can just pop them all on to the hot pan at the same time
so you don't have ones cooking faster or slower than others.
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Heat up a large pan with some oil and then,
just pop in your meatballs.
You want to sear them first before adding in the sauce,
so they get a nice golden crust on the outside.
You also want to make sure not to overcrowd them.
So I'm just gonna let them cook up for a few minutes
on each side before adding in my sauce.
Now, for my sauce, I did a mixture of tomato
and pumpkin puree with some other spices.
I'm gonna have the full recipe linked down below
for you guys to check out.
And I'm just serving this on top of some brown rice noodles.
You can serve it on whatever you like,
even zucchini noodles would be really nice.
And then I'm gonna garnish it with some fresh thyme
just to use that up.
These were incredible and you seriously need to make these.
Go get the recipe, go to the grocery store,
get all your ingredients and make these tonight.
You will love them.
So that is our dinner tonight, turkey pumpkin meatballs.
They smell so good and Chloe and I already
had a little taste test and they're really, really good.
So I'm gonna actually have the full recipe linked
on the blog down below in the info box
and you guys can make them, save them, pin them,
whatever you gotta do.
Make these; they're so good.
And they're really easy to make, too.
And it's just like another fun way to use pumpkin puree
in a savory dish that's not pie because everyone knows,
pumpkin pie is delicious but you can also use
it in something for dinner that's a little bit more savory,
and I just want to say another huge thank you
to KitchenAid for sponsoring this video.
It is so cool to work with brands that I love
and have been using for years and I'm gonna
have more information down below in the info box
for you guys to check out more information
about their products in the food processor
that I mentioned in today's video which is super awesome,
and is the easiest one to use that I've ever tried before.
So, definitely check it out if you're in the market
for a new one or if you're like,
I just didn't know I needed a food processor in my life.
Now you know you do.
So thank you so much.
Leave me a comment down below letting me know
what your favorite pumpkin inspired dish is,
and as always, don't forget to subscribe, it's free.
I post new videos every single week and if you like these
what I eat a in a day videos,
I will have a playlist down below.
I have so many of them so there's lot to binge watch
if you guys are into them.
So thank you so much.
I will see you guys in my next video
and I should go get Mr. Matt, I guess,
'cause he probably wants to eat these, too.
Bye!
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