as a student cooking dinner and lunch can get really difficult sometimes
ingredients can be expensive and some recipes can get really confusing
so we decided to partner with hellofresh to try out one of their recipes and see
how easy it is for a student lifestyle what's really great about the recipes that i've got
is that they're super versatile so the cauliflower bowl is actually vegetarian
the soy mushroom bowl is completely plant-based and then the third recipe is meat and veggies so
depending on what your dietary requirements are or your preferences there's always going
to be an option for you plus hellofresh has also recently introduced their modularity option so you
can swap out protein if you prefer veggies or if you prefer chicken over steak whatever it is you
can swap it and there's so many options that you can pick from today i'm gonna go with the shimola
cauliflower bowl and i'm also cooking for my partner today who is not a fan of cauliflower
but hopefully we'll make him look more convert with this recipe okay first things first it says
i need to preheat the oven to 220 degrees celsius so i've brought you over to my stovetop so you
can see what i'm doing i need to go get some water three and a half cups and then i'm gonna chuck it
in here so now that the water is heating up i'm going to add the veggie stock pot just dropped
stir and let it dissolve into the water now i'm adding in the bowl of wheat
this is super easy because it's a perfect portion size for two people
and the recipe here has exact timing so i know i'm not going to overcook it or undercook it
okay so i don't actually have a proper baking tray i've only got pizza trays
but you got to do what you got to do when you're on a student budget so this will just make do okay
now i need to slice and dice all my veggies and then roast them on the
oven tray so i'm going to prep them here on my chopping board get them in the oven
while i'm working it's also good to remember to put all of your veggie scraps in compost
instead of in the bin that way you're not wasting any food and i mean with hellofresh
as is you're getting exact portion amounts so you're not going to waste anything really
but i top and tailed all my vegetables so all of that can go in the compost and then in my garden
now that my pan is full i'm gonna add some olive oil a little bit of salt and
the spice blend give it a quick toast and then put it in the oven
now that i've got the wheat cooking and the veggies cooking i've got to prep the rest of
my vegetables and other ingredients so i've got some spinach some mint
i've got a lemonade cut up and some
hazelnuts
okay i'm waiting for this to cook right now and it smells so good i just
i just want to eat it now but i have to be patient
so my timer for my veggies has gone up i'm just going to grab them out the oven
so i'm going to toss all my veggies into the pan with the bulk
wheat and spinach and then mix it all together
so i've got my two bowls here i'm just gonna add on
the currants the hazelnuts the mayo a little bit of mint a lemon wedge
all right so this is the finished product it's so vibrant and it smells amazing
this recipe was so much easier than i thought it was going to be it took about 40 minutes
all up but about 30 minutes of that was just roasting the veggies and only 10 minutes of it
was about prep time everything cooked on its own i just had to like check it every now and then
and it's ready to go all right so you're not a huge fan of cauliflower no but we're gonna
thoughts that's nice i like that it's quite nice
so before i step away to go inhale this final thoughts it's super easy what i loved about
my meal kit was i had a vegetarian a plant-based anime veggie option super diverse and i can always
just swap out the veggies for meat or the meat for veggies if i prefer not to eat one or the other
so i'm gonna go eat this now i would definitely recommend giving it a go and happy cooking