A Week of Comforting Meals (+ Post-Holiday Melancholy)

[@hellodanbi]

I'm from another country, but your cooking is the best. I'm desperate to be healthy, but I think vegan is the answer. Both of my parents had dementia, so I quit my job and took care of them. Last year, they both passed away after 3 months. It was stressful. My parents passed away, and my body and heart aches a lot. I have a brain aneurysm on my head and two brain aneurysms. I even had hypothyroidism, so I suddenly gained 15kg. Anxiety disorder Panic disorder I'm still suffering from insomnia. It's been a year since my parents passed away, but I'm still in treatment, but it hasn't been long since I started again. I started KZbin, took a walk, and went on a trip because I had the courage to share and communicate. Now I want to be healthy. I hope everyone watching this video is healthy. Please take care of your health first.

[@helpfuladvice101]

may God bless you and heal your heart and mind and body. amen❤

[@Blue-xk8vq]

@@helpfuladvice101 Yet he won't cause he isn't real, you have to put in the work yourself like the poster of the comment.

[@julestopper7553]

I know we are strangers, but I am sorry for the loss of your parents. I wish you all the best on your path of healing.

[@pinkrockstar18]

Just survived a divorce: these holidays were the first ones on my own/making new traditions has been bitter sweet. But oh so healing! Love your content!

[@asexualatheist3504]

My heart goes out to you. I wish you well as you heal and create a new life.

[@CitrianSnailBY]

{Hugging and Comforting Smiley}

[@kaiju_k5042]

One day at a time friend, sending you big hugs. You're not alone and people care, I promise

[@ninabrighterman]

The happiness will come back! I promise! All the love to you! And: be proud of you!

[@jess5983]

love eric’s sense of humour and your vibes together. i aspire for such a cosy home in the future! hope you’re both doing well

[@denisekobzoff9726]

Just watching this video made me feel comforted. Like a big food hug. 😊❤

[@0wlyssa]

This was the comfort I needed today. Every November through March is hard for me, especially with my mom's passing in 2015. Thanks for sharing this and for the reminder that even if we feel like we can't do it all, we're doing more than enough and that's all that matters. xx

[@christyogle_thedinnerbell]

For viewers in the southern US, the curry roux is available at most Publix grocery stores 😊

[@jwl-u2h]

I love this video style. I often miss you guys chatting when it’s exclusively voiceover but this is a perfect mix between vlog and voice over! :)

[@suzannemccabe386]

It’s so crazy how you mentioned liking the sound of football playing in the background while making a meal because I feel the same way and I wasn’t sure if I was the only one 😂❤

[@thehappyplate]

The Oreo pie looks amazing! I’d love to see a recipe someday 🖤🤍

[@NinskuuB]

Same! I was looking for it.

[@elenadagis215]

Just new to veganism and bit by bit transitioning the family and your recipes are super encouraging…my family will love many of these. Also thank you for using EVOO, I’ve been baffled by why so many vegan “influencers” avoid all oils including EVOO…it’s liquid gold!❤

[@welldonewit5129]

There are people who avoid using oil, salt, and sugar so an sos free menu because we have food addiction. Oil (sugar or salt or any combo of them) can be triggering for us and cause us to overeat ☺️ it isn't the devil, it's just makes it tough to continue of a path of mindful eating. You want to eat how it works for you☺️

[@SustainableSierra]

I’d love to hear more about how you blend your holidays, especially during the years when they fall on the same days. ❤

[@tenillestewart5370]

MY dad passed away in 2016 too!!😲😩I’m so sorry ! What a terrible thing to bond over lol I still feel bonded somehow 🥰 The holidays are harder now for sure. Hopefully yours just get better & better with your love 🙏🏾💕

[@steph0D]

I literally want to try ALL of the recipes from this video. I LOVE your content; you are my fav chef/content creator

[@amr0927]

I’ve made several of your recipes over the past year. All have been delicious! You should do a cookbook!!

[@moscafroglover2127]

I love that you are both setting your traditions. Your videos are always so inspiring. Your voice is so calming🥰

[@CoramDeo1977]

Do ASMR cooking videos! 😊

[@kaiju_k5042]

Ohh she would be amazing for audiobooks! I got chills just thinking about that haha.

[@dianehall5345]

Your channel is great and gives me more choices. I'm not vegan, but strive for organic ingredients. We are in a rural community, and get organic eggs delivered at $4.00/doz. You have such spirit to experiment with the alternatives. I only have egg substitutes if I can't get eggs. Its ironic, that on my post surgical diet, I am discouraged from eating vegan butters, because of all the additives. I'm off packaged foods, unless they have only a few organic ingredients. I guess it depends why you are adopting a particular eating lifestyle. Mine is to keep my liver and pancreas happy after gall bladder removal. Keep these recipes coming. I can eat most of them! Tofu is on the list.

[@aliceattran]

haven’t watched your vids in awhile and this definitely inspired me to try more vegan recipes! i love how calming your voice over is ☺️ all looks so good, thank you Sarah!

[@carolw4506]

I know this was a ton of work, but you are top notch with the presentation. I watch for the recipes, but your calm voice and the food eye candy are a close second ❤ Everything looks delicious ~ thanks for sharing!!

[@MarvelousMaurva]

Your videos are giving me so much life and have really inspired me to cooking more healthy meals for myself❤

[@dibamoca9885]

I love your videos! so cozy and comforting ☺️

[@karenmiller1105]

Always enjoy watching your videos. They are soothing and inspiring. Thanks.

[@elenags444]

the red lentil stew is sooooo yummy!! definitely worth the extra minute for the almond butter 🙂

[@mmirandaaaax]

Love your content. So cosy and chill. My boyfriend’s secret ingredient for mashed potatoes is grainy mustard and horseradish.. it sounds weird but it’s insanely good

[@maetaylor5677]

Whenever I get tired of cooking I watch videos like yours and it just reminds me why I love cooking so much. It looks like the kitchen is such a zen place for you in your videos. Its nice to see. Beautiful recipes and tiramisu . Tiramisu I think freezes really well and can be great to bring to parties or whatever. I wish I had the patience to pipe the ladyfinger batter I always just spread it on a sheet and bake it flat and layer it, but your cookies look perfect! Thanks for all your work to put this video togther love the ideas I am thumbs up-ing for sure.

[@Nikki-ec1zb]

Exactly what I wanted to see! Please do more comfort recipes✨

[@nbobbyn09]

I made the buffalo tofu to go with dinner tonight and woah that’s my new fav!!! I plan on making every single recipe from this video. Thank you for creating and sharing them. You’re recipes are by far my favorite out of all the recipe creators I follow 😻

[@khloflowers]

For the tofu katsu, I've also found air frying them is a good in-between. I don't really like frying things in house, but baking them makes them kinda stiff.. so I found air frying to be just right (:

[@randomgal269]

Sarah, I absolutely adore your voice, it is very soothing and calming.

[@ASMRBarbie]

WOWWW😍when you put together the vegan tiramisu with the homemade lady fingers, I’m always blown away at your cooking /baking 😍💕

[@seanogorman3617]

Yall, I want EVERYTHING YOU JUST MADE! for real if I had a personal chef for a day I’d be like can you make everything in this video 😂🙏🏼

[@Fiftynine414]

You and Rainbow Plant Life are my favorite vegan cooks. You two comprise most of my vegan recipes.

[@mmschwartz84]

Can't wait to attempt some of your recipes... specifically your tofu almond ricotta! I grew up in an Italian family and miss having those classic pasta dishes. Happy New Year to you both!

[@gyoumans2901]

Love Japanese curry, I think I could eat it every week. Can't wait to try your additions.

[@xandybander]

Vegetarian but love to eat vegan as well. I made traditional tiramisu over the holidays so this is fresh on my mind. The lady fingers look great but the creme mixture in your recipe that is supposed to mimic marscapone needs some serious work. How is that mixture of tofu/yogurt/butter supposed to set up in the fridge?? It’s just a wet and gritty looking mess because of how much water is in those ingredients. It’s no wonder it ended up too wet after refrigerating. I would try to incorporate a vegan whip, reduce the tofu/yogurt/butter and serve extra cold (maybe give it 30 min in the freezer to stiffen up the whip even more).

[@nlwolslegel]

where'd you go? =(

[@mariannewaszak8253]

Everything looked so delicious!!! You got me wanting stuffed shells 😊

[@tinabeanajustabean]

I would LOVE for you to make some struggle meals. In my state, folks who utilize SNAP get $280/mo for an individual, so maybe what you'd make for a week in that budget. I'm a full time vegan student with executive dysfunction so I genuinely spend a third of my waking hours thinking + stressing about having + making food.

[@michellemav2368]

Y’all are so cute! Love that you’re making new traditions.❤❤

[@kellbell60]

Good to see y’all back. Happy New Year! Love, love, love the new kitchen.

[@rose8662]

Hey Sarah 🎉 thank you so much for these fabulous recipes! ❤ Have you heard of Gretchen's Vegan Bakery channel? She used to own a bakery and veganized a lot of her recipes. She uses aqua faba a lot. Hugs to you both!

[@tofuneverbleeds]

Gretchen is amazing!

[@thewixter]

I recently got a cookbook called the Vegan Baking Bible and it uses aquafaba as the main egg replacer! I’m excited to try it out.

[@silentbliss7666]

The way which Sarah has organised her kitchen drawer to store her spices is so cool! I have never seen it done this way :)

[@gayegerard]

Hi Sarah, are you and Eric still creating cooking videos? Your channel is one of my absolute favourites! Just wanted to check in on you and say hello 😊

[@elenadagis215]

OMG that Japanese katsu curry looks amazing…looove Japanese curry

[@c0ldlight1]

Oh I love chocolate tofu pie- it has become a holiday staple at my house. These recipes all looked delightful! can't wait to try some of them out.

[@littleleslie13]

I love your videos Sarah! Thank you for being so inspiring! Everything looks delicious 🤤

[@onlypaintmode8496]

Sarah, I love your videos. It’s like I found my soul sister in you. Not only I went vegan not so long ago, craved the same things as you (Tiramisu, Cinnamon Rolls), just recently thought about trying to use Aquafaba (you can find it in the stores sold in containers, so you don’t have to open a can of chickpeas just to get your hands on the liquid), I love the cozy vibes and very positive imperfection in your videos and - here’s the thing - my name is Sarah, too. 🥹💕 Much love to you! I really enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for your efforts. ☘️

[@sunnystump5155]

I found it very comforting to listen to you talk and watch your delicious looking recipes. Thank you. Please investigate those ingredients in the curry mix....just for your personal health

[@sunnyshealthcoaching]

Just beautiful! The presentation, the recipes and your lovely calm voice. Thank you for such hard work and delicious recipes! 💗

[@KeabetsweModise-l8c]

Healthy eating is definitely a way to go this year!!!❤

[@Jalbert1989]

Every recipe looks incredible! Probably the tiramisu is the only one I'm not going to attempt (baking is not really my thing) but the others are so going into my arsenal, for sure.

[@frykaik.606]

I miss your videos soo much

[@SuperAriesFireball]

Sarah, I so relate you the comfort cooking during football. I’m not necessarily into sports but prepping the snacks for the game is such a vibe. Thanks for sharing! Stay warm!❤

[@kimternestaal]

I don’t care about the theme 😂 mushrooms with garlic butter is THE shit, and when you grill them in the summer?? Chefs kiss! 🤌🏻

[@TentoNeokleous-sx9lt]

Από την Κύπρο με αγάπη!!!!!! Όλα τέλεια!!!

[@jacquelineflores8393]

Seems each year Christmas comes and goes by so fast ... I know exactly the melancholy feeling your talking about... My thing is I am also feeling it in the summer too which is odd....anyway loving your videos 💜💜

[@valerieP1968]

The melancholy is real! So many people I've spoken with these past couple of weeks were having a hard time feeling the holiday spirit. I spent the almost the whole month of December battling a terrible thumb infection that developed into an abscess. Not feeling well and not being able to really use my right hand pulled the plug on most of my holiday plans. Watching Sarah's videos really helped me get through the rest of December. I am looking forward to when I'll have full use of my hand so I can try re-creating some of Sarah's recipes. I really want to try her deconstructed egg roll dish and her recipe for vegan deli slices. That lemon orzo soup looked absolutely delicious.

[@itsplantbasedliving]

Even though I recently found your channel, I really enjoy your video style!

[@Flareontoast]

Your chickpea stew is similar to a lentil curry I've been making! Instead of the spices I use red or yellow curry paste and add in finely chopped onion, carrot and sometimes potato. The lentils make it sooo nice and hearty and it heats up so well the next day

[@ShonaSaurus]

Omg I would LOVE to see you make vegan macarons!

[@CitrianSnailBY]

YUM YUM YUM!!!!❤❤❤ It all looks *SOOO DELICIOUS!!* Once I'll have a kitchen again, I *shall* make *ALL* of these AMAZING Recipes!! 😍😍😍😍

[@vduback]

That curry looks amazing!

[@donikawilliams5513]

Absolutely loved this video❤ I’m going to watch it a second time!

[@juliez4944]

Probably going to borrow Putting coffee in the curry I like the sound of that. If you want your curry to be a little bit creamer, Try putting in a couple of coconut milk ice cubes and some nutritional yeast I also put in a little A little bit of rice vinegar for tang, but I bet the ketchup as well. Also, if you can get a hold of the extra hot curry it has so much flavor and really isn't very spicy at all

[@catherinebamsey4688]

I love your sister’s Japanese curry additions, definitely trying those next time I make it!

[@zepzour7391]

this is so comforting, especially after a night of freezing my ass off lmao. thankfully the space heater i ordered arrived today so im on cloud-9

[@XtremeMadFan]

Happy new year to you both. I’m now craving stuffed shells, which I haven’t had in forever. Never heard of the “steaks” you mentioned, will have to check them out.

[@sandrodellisanti1139]

Ciao and a happy new year 2024 to you all and best wishes, many greetings from a veggie from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃

[@SarahsVeganKitchen]

Happy new year to you as well! And you get the first comment award, btw 🥇😁

[@happyisasmile]

I get so happy when I see a new video pop up from you! Your videos are so well done and comfy cozy to watch 🥰

[@mspocahantus5985]

Thank you soo much for all of your shares! I could watch for hours. Thank you for sharing your lives as well. Alot of your feelings resonate with me sometimes. It is nice to know that A am not the only one. Blessings!

[@resh8198]

Where are your beautiful aprons from? Especially the pink one? It it lovely!

[@laureenjohnson5570]

It's -35 Celcius here....comforting meals needed - thank you!

[@margarett_b]

I loved each and every one of these recipes, wow! I am definitely trying the stuffed shells (have been thinking of them for weeks :D) and I love you made them together, so special. The cinnamon rolls looked so so decadent too - might take the first place o my go-to recipe list! Also, my mum has been veganizing SO MANY of our family recipes using aquafaba it's crazy how great it works as an egg replacement. She does usually add extra butter/oil to make up for the lack of egg yolk but they work so great when you figure out the perfect ratios! Tiramisu has been my fave dessert for years too and I miss it from time to time but having so many nice vegan cream options (we have a great whippable one too!) these days I might actually try the ladyfinger recipe with your suggestions to see how it plays out! Well, this is a long comment but this video just clicked for me :D I really love your content and I cannot wait to hear/see more from you soon! Lots and lots of love for you and Eric!

[@the_Thanoscopter]

It all looks so good!

[@callcatresa]

I’m loving your kitchen tools! Can you put up a link for your salt container and what you put the tofu in?

[@SmileyVegan]

I've made your lemon dill orzo soup. It's my favorite soup!!! 😀

[@julialutz22]

your videos are so healing. thank you for making them 🫶🏼

[@mommabear5663]

I love cooking to the noise of football too!

[@deanjackson625]

Happy new years Sarah and Eric, hopefully you're settling the move and are doing great things by being back home. Hope Eric is doing well with his health and spirits up and you Sarah are working on your cookbook.

[@miguelinabnasr3719]

Creating new joyful memories are amazing, thanks so much these recipes are wonderful, look forward to trying the lentil curry; will use green lentils and will try adding kale at the end instead of spinach

[@cblack5071]

I need that Oreo Pie recipe! :D

[@grafvonkartoffel1455]

That pie looked amazing ❤

[@kaiju_k5042]

Love watching your videos Sarah, you and Eric are such kind and lovely people, and it shows in the food. Always such a comfort watch for me, also your recipes are phenomenal.

[@chelliebelliexd]

For everyone asking if she's okay, she has been posting on her Instagram story!

[@cavenavasagam6461]

I like the oreo pie and your tireless efforts to make Tiramisu. Also loved the stuff shells and Cinnamon rolls. Panko got too brown but survived. Soups looks great too!

[@hurricanejeffries4606]

Hi sweetheart. I adore your recipes!! I struggle with food for several reasons but mostly due to my autoimmune disease, Lupus and Hashimoto’s. I never seem to eat enough because I choose not o just not eat instead of putting crap in my body. I have struggled lately being busy at work and eating in general but I would really love to know if you have a cookbook I can look at or possibly purchase???

[@Olivia-sings-here]

Very heartwarming and cozy ❤❤❤

[@tereclemmer7923]

Miss you! Hope you are well.

[@rcfnc]

Need to double the ricotta if you want a decent amount for the shells. I followed the recipe to a T and came up short.

[@LeeLuvsTea]

Your food is always Perfection!!! 🤤Looks so good!!!!

[@davidthrower5187]

I love everything about this video! ❤️ Thank you and best wishes for 2024. ✌️

[@helpfuladvice101]

wow that pie Is gorgeous!!!!

[@Jacq892]

Who needs a house in Hackensack ❤. Lovely to set your own traditions and not get caught up in the insanity.

[@juliaayers111]

Awesome video Sarah💛🌞 I’m the exact opposite when it comes the baking, I love to eat the sweets more than I love the process of making them lol! Much love:)

[@katievanhulle4054]

Great video! Yum, I cant wait to try these recipes! Thank you!

[@beeheart6529]

I made the Eat Meati steak tonight. I found the texture was better if I used my spatula to cut the steak up in the pan while it was cooking and let each small piece sear.

[@Pinupred21]

That pie looks incredible! It’s very tasty, no one ever believes the base is tofu!

[@rachl8400]

"hes on the naughty list" - spank, spank, spank "alright" "you can edit that out" I love you guys

[@Nuits16]

I just looove the vibe of your videos. I am actually waiting for it. Thanks for this, and for the food inspiration ;)

[@TheLexiJess]

I just love these videos! ❤️

[@suzettesmith2075]

Looks so delicious. Thank you for staring!