I pickle the kale stems - super easy. Just stuff them into a big jar, pour your favorite flavor of vinegar over, add any extra spices you might like; garlic, colored peppers, tomatoes, etc. Screw on a lid and put in the refrigerator. They will last for more than a year. Eat them as a side taste treat with just about anything except a sweet! I also freeze big leaves of kale. It will crumble in the big jumbo bag. Roll up tight, freeze and sprinkle into whatever savory dish you might be making including a smoothie. Big time saver.
I should have also said that you can stuff kale leaves in the jar also. Another way to fix peppers is not throw out jars of peperoncini pepper juice but use the juice to pickle all kinds of fresh peppers! Just slice, chop or leave whole or whatever size you'd like and stuff in the jar, refrigerate and then wait a few days. Good on just about anything except ice cream! I also "pickle" commercially canned fire roasted tomatoes. Add garlic, vinegar, spices, herbs and again wait a few days and viola' you have a great taste treat.....enjoy.
These are the absolute most ideal recipes for me - "basic," sure, but well seasoned, nutritious, and delicious. Have I made greens, beans, and rice before? Sure! But your tips on technique, prep methods, and flavor combining is so incredibly valuable. Can't wait for the next one.
I LOVE this educational type of video! I'm single, live alone and am very cheap, but I also love to eat so I have to cook for myself. But even after all these years, my cooking hasn't gotten any better. Thanks for holding class.
Brother…new to the channel…and I’ve gotta say, (from a die hard carnivore) your greens / chick pea video and lions main mushroom “steak” video really intrigued me. God knows we can all use a break from the animal food once in awhile…so I’m stoked to follow your channel and try out a few of these dishes on the Family. As a 50 year old meat eater…I’m starting to become open to alternative cooking ideas and techniques. Not gonna lie, Iv’e always been a bit skeptical of an “all plant diet conversion”, but your videos…definitely strike a creative chord…so Thank You. Cheers from the Inland Northwest!
As a plant eater for a decade this was really lovely to read. I always have gotten so much backlash but plant based cuisine can be so inventive and interesting snd fun! Im glad you are finding it interesting
@@donttalktomebye I had tofu pad-thai in front of a friend's brother-in-law and he just would NOT stop going on about it. Even hours later, dude was like "yo, careful! Jesse might go into tofu rage!" After that one small experience, I can't imagine how much annoying shit vegetarians and vegans have to put up with daily lol
Absolutely love this recipe! I’m all over this! Can’t wait to make it and yes! Love being creative with recipes that do not include animals 💚 Going on 8 years vegan 🌱 wish it was longer. And yes! We all love Frankie 🥰 She is a doll 🐾
I LOVE to watch you cook!!! I haven't eaten any animal in over 25 years now! I appreciate your enthusiasm, your style, your recipes, and your passion and compassion. Love Frankie for me. My two pups send their love to her, too.
I love the feel of your recent videos. Recipes like this are one of the many reasons my wife and I have been vegan for almost 25 years: they're filling, realistic to make regularly, and result in leftovers! (And no oven, which is a good thing in Texas when summer arrives. [As you know, we have the opposite problem of English Grey.]) Thank you for all the effort you put into the videos and all you do 😀
I like what you’re doing, Derek! 🎉 I started eating the kind of thing that you are doing back in the ’70s, but there’s always something to learn, And! I like your style. All the best! ❤😊
Really appreciate being able to see how a skilled chef prepares basic food. Basic is usually the healthiest, and it’s what we enjoy. Watching this kind of video helps me to improve the quality of my plant-based cooking for my family!
Your videos are really fantastic. I'm feeling very excited about food again. I kind of was getting into a rut but I feel really inspired by you. As someone who has also been in the food industry for a long time, I really appreciate the fact that you have been a chef for so many years. There's something different about people who start out in the kitchen with animals and then become plant-based. You know how good food can be and you are recreating in a healthier more compassionate way. Please keep it up. We need you in this world
I cook for a family so I buy in bulk. I have found that if I wash and cut all of my greens when I buy them and then put them into the freezer they cook quicker and are less bitter. My husband and kids are not fans of bitter. It is also easy then to grab a couple handfuls to put into a soup. I do a lot of one pot meals and main course soups.
I’m brand new to you and I’m sticking with you forever! I love the way you cook and eat your food but especially I love the way you love your dog you’re my kind of guy!
I've read almost all the comments on this video and I am amazed by how we all seem to have a similar kind of appreciation of your work, Derek. I hope you can feel the love and the gratitude - for you and the cooking and for your charming canine companion!
I feel compelled to encourage you to boost your voice throughout your videos. I understand wanting to keep the setting intimate however some parts can be tough to hear you speak even with good quality headphones on. Doing so might also keep the less attentive of us engaged. I personally very much enjoy the nature and content of your videos but this one thing can potentially improve them effectively. I want to add the Wicked Kitchen cookie dough ice cream is the best. Peace!
Thank you for all of the tips you share as you go. The meal looked so flavourful and I loved that the left overs were packed and ready to go for lunches or dinners during the week. These types of meals are so helpful when transitioning family members away from animal products. Keep up the great work. P.S. Big belly rubs to Frankie from Burlington, Ontario
Cooked the Bedrock thing, and my goodness what an amazing dish. I am not vegan/vegetarian but occasionally like to try different foods. This is so nice.❤ I think I'll try some more of your recipes.
One time in your life, take the time to chop kale stems (if you have fresh one, anyways. Same for anything stems out of cabbage family). Its a whole bunch of different flavours compared to the leaves, tons of fibres and they brown nicely in a pan (thin slices can be marinated for a quick side dish salad. try with a broccoli stem).
As a former professional cook who grew up in the "mo butta mo betta" school of cooking, I'm learning to 1) focus on meditation and b) stop eating animals, your channel is incredibly useful! Thank you so so much. P.S. do you always use olive oil when cooking? If so, what kind(s) do you prefer and if not, what other oils do you recommend? Thanks so much for your work.
Great video, thanks. I'd be interested to know what you feed Frankie. I don't have a dog, but hope to rescue a senior pittie sometime soon. A little anxious about a vegan choices for dogs, and if this diet is also healthy for them. Perhaps a video on vegan dog food at some point?
I don't comment on videos very often, but you have made such a difference in my cooking life. I have been watching you from when you were in your pre pandemic kitchen with your brother! Everything that you make is inspiring, and when you made your most recent video about your month in the monastery, my heart was so touched and it made me cry. It was so beautiful. I love how you have Frankie, Miss America in your life. I just wanted to tell you how much of a difference you have made in my life and how I cook. I went vegan seven years ago, and you really taught me A LOT about how to cook vegan...and you still are teaching me. BTW, the food in this video especially the greens spoke to my Italian heart. Thank you for making these videos.
Everybody else DOES love that beautiful dog! This recipe is right up my alley: Love greens, LOVE them, a simple starch, and a simple bean. Delish! And instructions anyone can follow; appreciate the personal perspective toward the end. Thanks for posting 🙂
That was one of the most fascinating things for me when I quit eating animals, there’s an entire world of veggies, ferments, fruits, legumes, different in every country. What a joy cooking is now. Give Frankie a snuggle from Georgie and the piggies. Me n kale not so much but I grow tons of it for the Guinea pig rescue, they like it. There’s a farm just down from mine, he grows the most incredible collards I’ve ever seen. Here in Georgia it’s so hot I never see him outside to ask how he does it. Great video, 🙏
that's sweet of you to help the guinea pigs. they need that vitamin c.. i wish i could get collards.. saw them on sesame st... i love silverbeet/ chard.. it's what i imagine them to be akin to,,
Came to see what he was making. Got stuck because of the Labrador. Became curious about his kitchen layout. Found out he got gifted a pan! Why has no one ever gifted me a pan in my life? Beautiful Pan... That food combo is simple & delicious. Has tons of garlic in it! Will make it ! Thank You for such a lovely treat on cooking !
I really love the fact that your videos move along quickly and the food looks delicious..But, what I most enjoy is that the music is not too loud, or in the way, and that you are not trying to be a comedian with all kinds of corny special effects and gimmicks. I am trying to really grasp the processes of how you build complex flavors. Your sense of humor is there, but I’m here for the food! And of course I am a firm believer in dog love! Thank you.
If I'm making a dish -- maybe a stew or a casserole -- that calls for both onions and something like kale, and where you cook the onions first to soften them, I have gotten into the habit of finely, finely dicing those thick kale stems and adding them with the onions. They cook down nicely, and you're getting all those extra nutrients and fiber, as well as not wasting a thing. Makes me feel like our old ancestors who would use every bit of whatever they had in the kitchen, because they couldn't afford not to.
Isn't collard and kale the same thing, at least when I try to translate them to Finnish they seem to me? 🤔 Lots of love from Finland, thanks for all your blessed work and chill videos. ❤Scratches for Frankie!
The value of this content is just priceless.🙏🏻 Love how you’ve elevated the staples in to something extra special. Encourages me to be more creative with the basics I enjoy. Always appreciate what you bring to the table.❤
Agree with your philosophy that, as soon as you remove those few animals and their byproducts from your plate…a whole world of colors, flavors and textures just opens up and the possibilities become endless. 💚
lol, no. humans are meant and designed to eat meat. leading doctors will explain that with scientific facts. plus meat, beef primarily is the most nutrient dense substance for humans to consume. you simply cannot get the same grade of nutrients from strictly plants.
I use his recipes and add animal based proteins and I feel a lot clearer and going to the bathroom is way better. While I’m not vegan or vegetarian I do source locally and responsibly.
Cooking like this really helps support people transitioning to Vegan/Vegetarian/Plant-based. Simple ingredients, easy and quick to cook, and no high priced over-processed rubbish. Thanks Derek.
Dude! Dig the bandana-wrapped pots! I'm using that. And I'm with you, that taking away animal products, opens up the whole world of food to explore. I really appreciate what you do.
Yay Derek you are wearing the checked shirt 👍. AAAAWH Frankie relaxing❤. Yes, I try to use as few utensils as possible too. Keep spreading the veg, so important. Enjoy your choice of music, how do you decide what music to use? Thank you for sharing and making your videos must take time, so really appreciate it. Hugs to Frankie. Gale x
Really enjoyed this one, and the tips you share, especially for simplified low-waste living 🙏 Yes, I know, I say it every time...all the videos you create are fantastic, but you deserve praise so I'll keep saying it. Without a doubt, one of the top 3 channels on the internet imo (and who doesn't love seeing Miss Frankie too)! Thank you for all that you teach us Derek, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, and thank you for soothing my mental health without maybe even realising it 💚🌱
Best way to use the woody stalks from silver beets or kale, chuck into a high speed blender with some fruits like apple and banana. They are excellent for juicing.
I've been vegan/plant based for almost 9yrs now. I love it! I was never a big meat eater anyway, so wasn't hard for me. I buy meat but it's for my animals(dogs/cats) because their diet is mostly meat, and that's what they get. I make their food also(minimal cooking) i get air dried also(till i buy a airdryer). So I know what they're eating. I love your recipes,ive made many of them and just fablous! You & Frankie are just awesome. Cant wait for what else you've got cooking. Be safe,be well and stay blessed..💚 BLESS🙏🌻
