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[lauren] this is how we met. [john] kay.
[john] hey guys it's john. [lauren] and lauren from hot for food.
[lauren] and today we've got another challenge for you!
[john] thank you guys very much for voting for my breakfast bacon cups that were victorious.
[lauren] yes, that was an interesting one, wasn't it?
[john] it was.
[lauren] let's move on from that.
[john] if you haven't seen it already, go check it out.
[john] some people did not like it.
[lauren] so we're tied now, 5 & 5. this will be the tie-breaker.
[lauren] so this week we are doing the AFTER SCHOOL SNACK CHALLENGE
[lauren] because it's back to school season. you have that weird feeling even when you're an adult
[lauren] and in your thirties, you still have this odd feeling of like,
[lauren] "oh no! school!" even though we don't go to school, nor will we probably ever again.
[lauren] but we still like after school snacks and we thought that
[lauren] if you are looking for something easy to whip up as a snack one day,
[lauren] this is your inspo.
[john] okay, looks like i've got my rough ingredients here.
[john] you got, a couple potatoes and some cheese.
[lauren] and pizza sauce.
[john] i have some pizza dough, that we just store bought but you could also just make our pizza dough recipe on the blog.
[john] i'm doing something i've wanted to do for a while, they're pretty easy.
[john] uhh, pretzel bites.
[john] i've wanted to make a pretzel for a really long time but i think that pretzel bites is something easier.
[john] you could probably even just freeze and set aside and then when you're ready for after school,
[john] munchin time you just throw em back in the oven, or in the microwave and heat em up!
[lauren] okay. i'm going to do like a pizza potato skin. [john] what are you doing?
[lauren] i don't know if it's gonna work cos these small potatoes don't have thick skin like those russett potatoes.
[john] unlike you [lauren] unlike me. so they might fall apart but if they do,
[lauren] i'm just gonna smash them and crisp them up and then put pizza toppings on them so
[lauren] it's essentially mini gluten-free pizza.
[john] you probably need the oven then.
[lauren] oh yea, let's turn the oven on, 450F. you need about 450F i think on your pretzel. i'm helping you again [john] thank you for your help.
[lauren] now john's gonna tell you how to make pretzels, bye!
[john] here we go.
[john] pretzels/
[john] before you roll out your pizza dough, you're gonna wanna get a large pot of water boiling
[john] with about two tablespoons of baking soda.
[john] on a lightly floured surface, i'm gonna roll this dough out with my hands.
[john] this looks like the desired size, it's about in inch wide i'd say.
[john] and i'm also gonna do one-inch cuts for the pretzel bites.
[john] now that i have my one-inch pieces, i'm gonna roll these into little balls so they're all in consistent size and they bake evenly.
[john] now we're gonna add the dough to boiling water and baking soda.
[john] once they float to the surface, you gotta remove them and quickly add salt.
[john] the baking soda is key to making them that golden brown pretzel colour that you're used to.
[john] i kinda want these guys to pop open while they're baking
[john] so i feel like if i make a little incision here with the knife i think it'll do that in the oven.
[john] good luck!
[john] okay we're obviously going to need a delicious sauce with these pretzels
[john] so i'm going to whip a spicy maple mustard.
[john] so we're gonna start with a couple teaspoons of grainy mustard,
[john] i'm gonna add about two teaspoons of prepared mustard,
[john] a teaspoon of maple syrup,
[john] and a little bit of your favourite hot sauce.
[lauren] so i've got these mini red and white potatoes.
[lauren] i'm just gonna coat them in olive oil, salt, pepper and then bake them.
[lauren] so these baked for about twenty minutes, now we're gonna cut them in half and scoop out a layer of the flesh of the potato.
[lauren] kay the yellow ones didn't really work so i just smashed them but they'll still get crispy.
[lauren] so you're just gonna put a lil more olive oil and salt.
[lauren] put those back in for about 5-10 minutes to get crispy.
[lauren] okay so this is the inside of our potatoes. we're just gonna mash them up.
[lauren] we're gonna add a little more olive oil,
[lauren] we're gonna add vegan cheese,
[lauren] and to make it taste pizza-like, we're just gonna use dried oregano and basil.
[lauren] we're gonna add salt, and just mix this so it's really well combined.
[lauren] kay so we've got our crispy skins, and now we're gonna top them with our pizza toppings.
[lauren] so we're just gonna add cheese on top for these yellow potatoes as their own little
[lauren] potato pizza here.
[lauren] you can add whatever toppings you want, but i'm gonna do some green onion.
[lauren] you could add chili flakes, or vegan pepperoni.
[lauren] and now we'll add the mashed potato and cheese back onto the skins here.
[lauren] and if you wanna add a little more cheese on top, you can.
[lauren] and these go under the broiler for a few minutes and just watch them.
[lauren] woooo
[lauren] i wish i went to school just so i can eat these.
[john] like today?
[lauren] i mean you can eat these anytime, don't have to go to school.
[john] this is true. [lauren] these after school snacks.
[john] i personally thought that these were gonna take a lot longer,
[john] and they were super easy. it's like dough, boil, bake. done.
[lauren] fifteen minutes.
[john] what do you think about yours?
[lauren] uh, well actually i haven't tasted them
[lauren] they smell like pizza though.
[john] i'm gonna try one of mine.
[john] this guy. they look perfect.
[lauren] mm! [john] golden brown on the outside, spicy maple mustard.
[john] that's a hit.
[lauren] so you gotta use. you can make russett potatoes, you can make big ones,
[lauren] or make mini ones with the red potatoes cos the skin is thicker.
[lauren] yellow potatoes or the white potatoes don't work.
[john] try one of mine.
[lauren] these are good yes.
[john] mm.
[lauren] i want a cheese sauce though!
[john] oh yea, make our nacho cheese sauce, with the pretzel.
[john] like we had in Portland, everybody served their pretzels with cheese sauce, is that a common thing?
[lauren] uh huh
[lauren] in my life it is.
[lauren] it's up to you to decide who wins this challenge, who breaks the tie.
[lauren] is it going to be my pizza potato bites?
[john] or my pretzel bites with spicy maple mustard?
[lauren] you can vote in the poll in the corner, press that little i icon there,
[lauren] vote in the poll, that's how we keep track mainly.
[lauren] leave a comment though, about what you think.
[lauren] about both of these recipes, about this challenge, about all the things we do here at hot for food.
[lauren] and if you make these recipes, post them on social media, tag us @hotforfood.
[lauren] you guys are killin it!
[lauren] on the social media game with hot for food recipes.
[lauren] there's so many and they look amazing.
[john] makes us realise how many freakin recipes we've made.
[lauren] oh yea, we've got recipes coming out of the hoo ha now.
[john] all over the place. people post things and we're like "oh yea!"
[lauren] yea and it never ends cos the ideas keep flowing.
[lauren] so we'll be back with another challenge next month, what will it be? i don't know.
[lauren] but you can leave suggestions below as well and thank you for watching !
[lauren] we are over 2000 subscribers!
[lauren] what the f is happening?
[john] did you say 2000 or 200 000?
[lauren] oh what'd i say? [john] maybe she said 2000
[lauren] well anyways, 200 000 is what i meant,
[john] also over 2000 though, you aren't incorrect,
[lauren] okay well
[lauren] i'm gonna eat pizza on potatoes cos i can have pizza anytime!
[john] bye.