eating expired foods for a week!🥴🦠 jk but i am cleaning out the pantry tho

[@lisadevries1099]

I never ever pay attention to expiration dates. If it looks, smells and tastes fine, it's most likely no problem to eat it.

[@Tiffxit]

My anxiety doesn’t let me do this 😭 I won’t even eat food that’s exactly on the best before date

[@trinitylee]

@@Tiffxit I like to keep in mind that companies will probably put an earlier expiration date than necessary to avoid potential lawsuits

[@yin6177]

I agree. If I see "best before" or "best by", I think it's fine to eat after the date. The food wouldn't be in its "best" form, but at least it's not poisonous 😂

[@champagneandgummybears]

Especially for things like nuts. You will smell or taste if they are rancid really quickly.

[@daddomegahonk3471]

I do that too unless its dairy

[@xghoulishgalx]

Watching as I enjoy vegan coconut yogurt that's one month past its expiration date

[@emlyewng]

extra fermented 🤪

[@ILESSTHANTHREEss501]

The coconut yogurt from months ago in my fridge 👀👄👀 I’m scared to eat it.

[@mylapawielski]

I just assume because it’s vegan it can’t go expired but it always does

[@naomio8163]

@@emlyewng emily please what pizza dough recipe do you use in your vids it looks good

[@beammeupjosi]

Two videos in a week LET'S GOOOO

[@jordanbrandon1036]

Granola is 100% a comfort food. Mix it with yogurt, fruit, and peanut butter, and you have love in a bowl.

[@Shanaly2x]

I personally hate granola. It’s so rough lol. I just threw out my big box of granola i bought and let expire

[@apocalypsewowww]

Also, topped with apple butter, YUMMM 😋

[@teresamaria3525]

wouldn't classify it as a comfort food, a delicious one for sure, but comfort food makes you feel warm and enjoyable, youghurt bowl is more refreshing idk lol

[@JulieVeganEats]

I eat expired stuff all the time lol. I tell myself it’s fine if it’s vegan (yes I know that’s not true but that’s what I tell myself)

[@lacyparrish9389]

Omg! I do the same thing 😂

[@_reesejames_]

me too but why is this the logic that we’re running with? who told us that was okay ? 😂

[@kassidybrown4054]

Welllll, meat and animal products like milk and eggs, and even their derivatives, likely do expire long before plant-based ingredients, like flour and salt and other natural ingredients that might be preserved by other natural preservatives (salt, sugar, and citric acid are a big three!). I am just now getting into food science, so don’t take my word for it! 😅

[@alliem8497]

My boyfriend makes fun of me because I act like vegan food can’t go bad because “it’s not real meat/cheese/eggs” lmao

[@secretwallflower]

same!!! lol

[@jessicalove231]

I’ve been watching you for a while now and just wanna say how much I appreciate you and your humor. Also I always get inspired from your meal creations no matter how “ugly” or “not presentable” so thank you!!!

[@hr6128]

if you toast your old nuts either in a dry pan or in the oven at 325 for a few mins it should crisp them up/rejuvenate them. you can also keep them in the freezer instead if you don't go through them quick enough

[@tiredapplestar]

Ugh. I just moved and found out I’m a hoarder of crackers. So. Many. Stale. Crackers.

[@theshanelizard6026]

same i crave crackers like once a year and everytime i’m like “i don’t have crackers i’ll need to buy new ones” so now i have like four quarter eaten boxes hahaha

[@tiredapplestar]

I’ve recently been seduced by all these vegan cauliflower crackers. I hope they’ll taste good, but they always seem to taste like the walls of a poorly attended aquarium.

[@aylinty]

love the hair 😻😻

[@emlyewng]

thank u :~)

[@CelineRazavi]

@@emlyewng What hair dye do you use? :)

[@yin6177]

@@emlyewng my dream color! 💗

[@malinblitz]

if that subscriber count don't go up to 100k again real soon im gonna start swinging

[@ihatehandles111]

honestly this video probably helped reduce hundreds of pounds of food waste by inspiring people to clean out their kitchens, so YES you should do more of this. gonna go see what goodies i've got hiding now

[@Thatveganlifestyle]

2:48 You could make a "bircher" (burcha) musli with the leftover seeds and oats. It requires no cooking. It basically means you soak the oats with a variety of seeds overnight. It makes the nutrrients in the seeds more bioavailable apparently. I add raisins and dried fruit in mine and then eat it with peanut butter or almond butter.

[@aw1379]

Very good recommendation but your pronunciation guide of bircher is hilarious to me (no hate). The word is Swiss German so the “ch” is a guttural kind of sound... “bir - kher” is as close as I can get in English (i like in “in”, e like in “met”). Again, no hate, I also laugh at the way English speakers say “toblerone”. You’d probably laugh your butts of at the Swiss German pronunciation of “ketchup”...

[@aw1379]

Also, one excellent thing to add to bircher is grated apple. My favourite “base” is oats, apple, nd milk or yogurt, raisins, and a little bit of cinnamon. And then some seeds to top it in the morning - great start to the day!

[@vanamarkarian]

Soak the goji berries and throw them in some energy balls..

[@jesswueb9505]

“I left it in the oven overnight kind of on accident, but it was better the next day!” That is peak achillvegan vibes right there

[@MrNioMoon]

*EMILY,* I want to share an air fryer + pancake making tip I feel like may help (and may also be a fun future video **wink, wink**). If you cut up & line parchment paper in between pancake batter and in an air fryer, you can make all the pancakes in one go. >;'-)

[@annaboucher7135]

Maybe you could blend the goji berries to a powder to color smoothies? Idk if it would affect the flavor too much though.

[@yum.peace.happines1641]

I guess it would be more of a paste? But great idea 🥰 I always make energy balls out of "old" dried fruits to get rid of them (never buy goji berries though because I absolutely hate the taste of them 😅🤭)

[@mollysodaofficial]

This was the most enjoyable "what I eat in a week" i've ever seen!

[@SamElle]

I have things in my pantry that are yeaaaars old and have gone bad. They tend to be the stuff that are on the top shelves or in the very back that no one reaches for

[@leticiabarros2568]

Rice and beans are the ultimate Brazilian food! We eat a lot for lunch! Usually with meat, salad or farofa! Love it! You should totally try to make farofa is tapioca/manioc flour (idk how you call it) butter, onions and garlic. Put a lot of butter on a pan, fry the onion and garlic and put the flour and let it toast a little. Its amazing!!!

[@CelineRazavi]

holy shit i love your hair and i suddenly have the urge to copy you and die my hair for the first time ever!! ps. the parent food surplus/waste problem is so real i feel you

[@A.x3]

Whyyyy?? It's 3:50 a.m. in CO, Emily!! Go to sleep.

[@emlyewng]

it's only 2:50 here tho 😈

[@veglifehealth6217]

Loving your videos! I add goji berries to overnight oats. They plump up after soaking that long and then just have a mild berry flavor.

[@meagnelhug9976]

This is the perfect video to be inspired by - got to eat all my university apartment food before I go home in 2 weeks! Chickpeas and cereal for dinner for me 🎉

[@Hannahbanana99xo]

I got goosebumps from how terrifying the mustard on the avocado toast was

[@pauladeensbuttbutter]

This comment made me lol and I agree 😂

[@Mossfaerie]

Did you mean to match your smoothie at 6:02? Because u did and its magical~*~

[@iamlindavilela]

silent viewer here: i've missed you terribly. you're precious.

[@MllrSr]

My mom and I are “watch it, smell it, if it seems okay eat it” kind of people while my dad will not eat anything past its best by date...

[@4amstorm]

omg my family’s the opposite! lol my mom and i will not eat anything past the expiration date and my dad will eat anything and everything, even if it has mold or is in the kitchen sink

[@ChristinaLouise44]

Sometimes its actually worse to put sell by/use by dates on products. if they haven't had any preservatives or pesticides on them it's difficult to predict when things will go bad. Instead they use a number/code (the big long numbers) to say when the product was picked/produced and stores can use these numbers to rotate stock instead of sell by dates.

[@suupanoova]

I located some Trader Joe’s sweet chili sauce in the pantry that expired june 13 2014 not sure if that’s pushing it to use something that old but then again yolo 🥵

[@reykaye6096]

Well depending on how much vinegar is in it it might be okay lol, don’t shake it before opening it and look inside the bottle to see if it looks funky at all.

[@larahattingh]

You can freeze ginger & garlic so it lasts longer

[@dedoubecool]

💯 And it makes it easier to grate it into everything

[@yin6177]

@@dedoubecool this is a great tip!

[@bekkkabby]

I get some sort of sick satisfaction out of using things up. I don’t know what it is. I LOVE when I’ve used something up.

[@MrNioMoon]

Omg, I didn't like goji berries the firs time trying them too. Haven't visited them since. I want to revisit, but I also don't want to be wasteful

[@sophieraut9723]

I LOVE YOUR HAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Also totally didnt leave my exam to come watch this

[@MsAlise1999]

Emily, thank you so much for making these videos - they are very entertaining and I am always put in a good mood, when I watch them. :)

[@robin4923]

yea expiration dates are more for companies so you can't sue them, if it it looks + smells fine and the packaging isn't damaged (in the case of canned goods) you're probably fine.

[@EugeneAxe]

Jealous of all the food. Bet the house smells amazing 😎

[@mirzaamilia3280]

Popped up in my reccomendation, and im not mad. Such a nice content 🥳

[@Kelbell252]

I love your videos so much lol- this simultaneously made me laugh and feel inspired to use my old food!

[@nebraskafrankcourtny]

I've had that same horror-story experience with little yellow potatoes. I had a net bag like yours of 'em in the pantry, forgot about them too long, when I found 'em they had white fleshy CHICKEN FEET sticking out of 'em EVERYWHERE. OH GOD NO!!!

[@KM-ii4sc]

Lol I’m guessing you’re talking about roots ? You can cut them off - as long as the potatoes aren’t green and smell fine then they’re good :)

[@jenniferk1941]

Hi Emily! Can you give us your story on why you went Vegan, and why you stay Vegan. I am a new sub, Vegan for 1 year now:))))

[@kiddo7858]

wow, love it when you post during the day for me :D

[@carrieharger8099]

the cacao powder expired on my birthday awwwwwww

[@sadiesparrow5484]

Expiration dates are literally meaningless. (This is true, Google it!) They can't predict how you're going to store it either. Look, smell, taste, and use your best judgement. Also, freeze your nuts and seeds and they'll last months longer. From WaPo: "It turns out that the dates on our food labels do not have much to do with food safety. In many cases, expiration dates do not indicate when the food stops being safe to eat - rather, they tell you when the manufacturer thinks that product will stop looking and tasting its best."

[@suckonmyhooves]

I like the term "BEP chili." It sounds like something Julien would make.

[@dkaulitz13]

This is soooo helpful and inspiring!! I love your thought process and all the ideas you came up with

[@nicolemunoz2204]

i hate goji berries too lol they taste like hay you give to your rabbit or somn

[@espacioanonimo8728]

This is the best theme Emily, it's called being original and freshhh! I still laugh at these type of things.. 28:39

[@phoeberainier]

Watching this video again! I love getting inspired to use up my pantry ingredients

[@karabear4640]

This video is a sign from the universe. I have way too much food in my pantry that I can easily use up. Thank you 😭..

[@jessie6439]

I cannot get enough of how your hair and sweater match. Also in Chinese cuisine, they use goji berries to make herbal soup since they kind of add a unique sweetness and flavor.

[@shelbyforrest5416]

This lady at my work got mad bc the milk expired the next day so I had to throw out like 20 small bottles of milk bc of her. And that’s what I like to call privilege, like it’s it wasn’t even expired but her child would have the milk still in their system when it expired. Idk I felt so bad bc it’s such a waste

[@JDoor912]

This is my new favorite video you’ve made!!

[@aliceis9068]

i ignore expiry dates entirely lmao. unless something looks or smells bad (or..... tastes bad, as i often make the MISTAKE of tasting a bit of something to tell if it's bad or not lmaoooooooooooo ) i don't throw it out. i do end up having to throw out stuff i know will go bad and i can't finish though and feel massive guilt abt it. composting has helped some of that guilt tbh. x.x' still have a long ways to go before me and my family (I also live w/ my parents lol) are like, rly waste reduced but, baby steps in the right direction!

[@heyummrandommuch]

Y'all have such a huge kitchen. It's like one of the kitchen in one of my many sims home. Totally forgot oats existed so rn I'm making them w some apple cider and maple syrup and cinnamon 👍 thank u

[@erikadalcortivo4034]

honestly if it's not moldy i eat it

[@heatherfellows9465]

I really like this theme, and how you showed everything and gave ideas, even if you didn’t use them. It helps us get ideas of how to use up our items, too!

[@beatlesnerd11]

Omg yes more videos like this bc they’re fun and also I need help organizing my own pantry... I need to get better about eating stuff up before buying more

[@meiliawhite1030]

DUDE LITERALLY THIS HAPPENED TO ME! I made zucchini bread and i used the poke method and it lied to ME

[@skoop0808]

You can freeze your ginger and grate it whie frozen. Lasts for a long time in the freezer!

[@Lydia-th5jh]

I feel like for the oat flour pancakes it would be easier to just put all the ingredients, and whole oats instead of oat flour, in a blender. I sometimes throw oats, flax, plant milk, baking soda, and bananas into a blender and just pour it into the pan as pancakes.

[@rcusick2465]

It's a great time of year for cleaning out the pantry! I had my freezer empty and my fridge nearly so by the time I bought groceries this time, and it was great.

[@mollyricee]

omg you’re spot on with the goji berries. I have mine in my pantry lol. I think it would be okay soaked and then used in a smoothie? I just want to hide the flavour

[@CelineRazavi]

The safeway/albertsons near me always has bean sprouts, and you could crush up the stale ginger cookies to use in/on baked goods.

[@kelsifink4694]

Freeze the nuts and seeds to make them last longer...just don’t forget about them in the freezer, haha!

[@AnaIRPiteira]

Although I like goji berries, I do not like to eat them raw and dry. Usually, I put them on my morning oats or microwave bread and I always put them on warm water first with a bit of cider vinegar, to hydrate and clean(and then before use I just rinse them in cold water and mix them in the food I´m preparing). It works for me. You might find other ways that suit you best. :)

[@shreya9156]

Gogi berries are great in soup! It's done in a lot of traditional Chinese soups, they get nice and pump and really good

[@rohar8739]

i like how you organized this video. 10/10 as always~

[@abbieburke5297]

just what i needed to get me though Monday, bless 🙌

[@matty6925]

the first time i tried goji berries they were covered in chocolate and they were okay (didn’t buy again) but i finished them all so it’s worth a try i think

[@sivolia1317]

Spourts can be contaminated with salmonella quite easily, so I think most stores just don't wanna risk it

[@abelvalle7646]

100k!

[@nahmour]

my gram uses goji berries in smoothies i'm pretty sure, in case you were still looking for goji inspo! lol

[@mikbmo]

u really love middle east food u should visit saudi u gonna find every middle east food in one country

[@madameovaries]

The only thing I won't eat that's "expired" is tofu. Everything else if it smells and tastes good it's fine.

[@worm_slop]

Literally watching this to convince myself it's ok that I ate some stuff past it's date cuz I got nervous

[@scentedmarkers94]

With expired mixes you can add more baking powder because that’s what loses its oomph first

[@CharlieZelenoff]

99.9

[@alainadacosta1222]

You're almost to 100k!! Love your videos, you and the way you eat feels so relatable/real

[@catbeara]

If they don't think it's sourdough bread, are they getting it confused with brown sourdough or something?

[@siennac682]

yoooo i’m gonna go home and try and clean out my pantry today :)) thanks for the reminder

[@MyPlatinumRecords100]

I eat expired foods all the time (and I mean like year old shit) and my body is more resilient because of it 😀

[@cortney2957]

Aha that is my philosophy too. Whenever I would question my mom growing up, she would just say "I haven't killed you yet, have I?" and I'm 31 eating expired foods, still alive. Most stuff is totally fine, just use common sense.

[@freebird3004]

im sorry I love your videos but you just buy too much...this is too much waste. im glad you're aware of it but you have to work on not buying so much. love

[@susanlee8826]

So wasteful...So many hungry people in the world and you have so much to throw away!!

[@strawberryswolecake846]

Soak the goji berries in some apple juice for an hour and then snack on them like dried fruit! The sugar helps and they get softer.

[@TheRogueFeline]

#1 rule anything that can be put in a smoothie should go in a smoothie. Also make backed oats or oat cookies with the different nuts and seeds

[@ravenclaw_4life722]

Just curious, do you eat gluten free too? (I haven't gotten through the whole video so I cant tell if you have had something with gluten yet)

[@aloao3028]

Your videos are the highlight of my day.

[@steveperry7799]

Lets all pay close attention to that SUB count......!!! =)

[@sash4752]

also i think u should make a black eyed bean chilli i love them in chilli with roasted red peppers that's just my opinion like that's me

[@BeastyBailerz]

Idk if you still have the goji berries but you can always sneak them in a smoothie

[@GoldenOwl97]

my chinese colleage made goji berry tea everyday, apparently its really good for health :P

[@emlyewng]

ohhh that sounds nice

[@imwiththeband9282]

I never check the expiration date. Shame on me but who cares right ...

[@swagger1021]

The anticipation of finding out if she was gonna make it or not when the name of the meal was floating up to the list made me feel alive

[@swagger1021]

Ps if u wanna make ur lazy pho taste more pho and can’t find bean sprouts, go for hoisin (if u have it), sriracha, LIME and cilantro :,)

[@Tonyboiiiii]

Emily has become so much more chaotic. I’m living for it.

[@Grumpyfern28]

I use instant oats that I don’t want to eat or are about to expire and make a honey oat bread, and you could throw leftover nuts and seeds into it too if desired or rye bread.

[@Traumagirlypop]

Put the golgi berries in a tea or just hot water . It is part of Chinese medicine.

[@jenniferleigh1026]

Petition to get her that Earth Balance sponsor

[@JonesLeFae]

Wondering how old you are because my daughter is probably around the same age. I grew up in Clovis, but she grew up here in Colorado Springs. I just think its funny that 1. I watch videos from people my daughter's age 2. You live in Clovis! Clovis West Class of 1986 in da house!😆

[@JonesLeFae]

I definitely need to do a pantry cleanout video!

[@Evie_danielle]

I eat cold pancakes as snacks....uhhh ill think about that 🤣🤣🤣

[@NatalieWisler]

The first part of this title really scared me for a sec 😅