Live like a Vegan King on $50 a Week - Day 3

[@nicwill8525]

Loving these vegan videos!! Giving me tons of ideas! I might try to make ramen soon. I had no idea it was that simple. Thanks!

[@acmulhern]

For the ramen noodles, I put a tsp of vegetable oil in the dough and I don't have that problem. Also, make sure to since them in cold water after you cook them. The hot broth will warm them up again, but they won't stick.

[@applegwava]

Yeap,the cold water is to rinse off any starch that had come out

[@LootableCorpse]

+Anne-Catherine Mulhern what does 'since them' mean?

[@acmulhern]

+LootableCorpse * rinse them. Typo, sorry

[@LootableCorpse]

Ah, np i just couldnt work out what word it was supposed to be.

[@gratefulheart5454]

I feed my family of 3 for 60 bucks per week and we also eat like vegan kings!!! Wonderful ideas!!

[@jasminefountain]

Hey! How do you manage that? Looking for tips! Thanks in advance!

[@Candyprincess971]

+Dulce Robles I need tips too thanks :)

[@gratefulheart5454]

Jasmine Fountain I do a few things. I save tons of $ by shopping for produce at a store called .99only. I usually find organic greens there. I shop the store circulars as well. I also meal plan for 5-6 meals per week. Cook big batches for work/school lunches. A typical week for us for example. Mon: chow mein stirfry w/springrolls Tues: Fajitas w/beans/guac. Wed: Boca Burgers/onion rings/slaw Thurs:pasta w/ mushroom&peppers/toast/salad Fri: potato and leek soup topped w/asparagus/garlic toast. I buy Gardein products.

[@gratefulheart5454]

Candyprincess971 If you like soyrizo, Trader joes has a really yummy one for 2 bucks. I make chorizo potato tostadas w/ beans and toppings. So yum. I buy my rice, lentils, flour and beans in bulk when there is a good sale. Hope these ideas helped! :)

[@Candyprincess971]

Thank you. :)

[@silversnow18]

I love all your vegan recipes. Please make more please

[@eringrady1207]

I would love it if you could do a whole thing on some inventive lentil dishes. Lentils are so cheap, but then I never know what to do with them.

[@marielchavwez]

I gotta say it, for some reason your videos change my mood and make me want to keep the good path of clean eating... i am glad i re found this channel! I love the serie of $50 challenge. cheers!

[@Sinthiastar]

TIP: Ooh when you make fresh noodles, avoid the sticky clumpiness by dunking the boiled noodles into ice water for a minute or so, they will firm up and the chew will remain!

[@christineloggie4785]

Love the gritty art that this video is! Bravo!

[@Avvytootz]

Did you try washing the noodles after boiling it? It helps a lot when it comes to stickiness. 😁

[@StancePunk]

+AVS maybe add a tiny bit of oil?

[@threestepssideways1202]

+Stance Punk Yep you have it, a drop of sesame oil would be just right in keeping with the Asian sense of the dish and stopping the noodles from sticking; exactly the same as in Italian cooking a putting in a small glug of olive oil to give the pasta a slickness and keep it from clumping together.

[@thesam3291]

I'm vegan and I'm pretty creative with my food but when a great cook is making vegan food it's totally different 😍 I'm going to try some of your recipes in this series soon 🙌

[@sarahanne4]

Hahaha nooooo! I just got back to my dorm after a biochem exam, just wanted to "veg out" (pun intended), and you start talking about alkaline noodles! I can't escape them chemistry!

[@IncogneatoKeen]

OMG at everything, but that pizza looks amazeballs!! You are really impressing me with this challenge and I can tell you are working so hard at everything from scratch.

[@Ciercel]

Brilliant tip about the coconut cream instead of milk, thank you! You instilled in me a love for coconut milk in cooking when I had never tried it, and I was worried about breaking the budget buying coconut milk.

[@lanael9215]

"I can't tell you WTF That means." LOL hilarious. love this channel. new subscriber.

[@fraeuleinpusteplume2730]

Wow! The pizza idea is so smart! I will definitely try this out. Thank you very much

[@fionajackson8002]

Next time you make sweet potato burgers, put more of the beans and rice (or other things like nuts, mushrooms, seeds or lentils). You'll get a much less mushy burger. Also, you can stir some nut or oat flour into the mashed sweet potato to get a firmer texture. I make big batches of sweet potato burgers all the time, they are incredible. Usually mine have brown rice, sauted onion, spinach, sunflower seeds, walnuts, maple syrup and chili peppers. They are out of this world.

[@happyneek4699]

I learn something new every video! Love your intro!

[@PorcupinePunched]

toss the noodskies with a little olive oil or something to that effect, after they're cooked. that will prevent sticking. love your videos, thanks guys.

[@FamilyTaste]

So inspirational! Practicing what you preach :)

[@mayagold10]

i think some sesame oil or any type of oil could help the noodles

[@mikakarkkainen5479]

Watching America being snowy reminds me of Home Alone 1-2 movies. You have a good many videos to learn from. I have learned many things from your videos. If you ever read this comment, I would be interested in more sourdough videos. Keep up with the good work!

[@422raziel]

Great video and tips !For the noodles not to stick you need to boil them in more water so you won't have flower in your water and after that you need to wash the noodles with cold water constatly mixing them so they will not stick togheter.

[@Honeyoc]

I love your channel, what a great video with amazing recipes. For the noodles, I would rinse them under cold running water to wash off the extra starch which acts as the glue that makes them stick. The cold water also causes the noodles to contract so they're more springy with a good "bounce" when you chew. The hot broth added when you plate up should warm them back up sufficiently so you can start eating immediately and not burn the roof of your mouth. Well done on your channel!

[@duaa8899]

your recipes are amazing روعه

[@Piepeschatz]

Omg yess this is literally the best

[@theservinggirl]

I really like how you used the leftovers and how you used the apples to sweetened your meals

[@nguyennhungluu2678]

I think a bit of oil into the water when you boil it to prevent them sticking together, just like with pasta?

[@claytonsmith195]

+Nhung Luu yep!

[@carloalberto4132]

Nhung Luu Olive oil is my favorite!

[@mahoganybuckley6577]

you can also after cooking the noddles shock them in cold water a drizzle some olive oil to aid in keeping them from sticking together.

[@Candyprincess971]

on japanese food channels I see they put the cooked noodles in fresh water with ice cubes a few seconds, maybe this could help with the stickiness

[@sformichelli2]

As someone who is a chemist, I figured you may be interested to know. The baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) is unstable at high temperature, even as low as the 250 you used. What happens is it is transformed from NaHCO3 --> Na2CO3, releasing water and carbon dioxide in the process. This makes the noodles more "alkaline" which may be a mispronunciation because sodium is an "alkali" metal

[@kristinmac2472]

brilliant! Im not good in the kitchen and i love how well you explain everything. ill be trying to replicate a lot of these meals

[@sharmainest.hilaire6967]

to make them not stick together after you remove them from the boiling water them transfer them in a bowl of ice cold water works like a charm

[@nidusyaldabaoth2428]

Wow! Your video premise is a great idea. This would be awesome for those who argue on many "Vegan issues".

[@MasterClasster]

I suggest straining out the broth and then boiling it on high for a while to reduce it. Less water = more concentrated flavor. Then cool and add coconut cream, etc. Also, try boiling the noodles in more water. That water was cloudy. They're covered in flour and the water was full of it, so when you drained they were still sticky. More water and move the noodles around.

[@Hostilegeese]

alkaline means that it has a basic PH (over 7), or more in depth it means that it contains a substance (usually a salt) which will dissociate and react with water in a manner that forms more hydroxide ions (OH-) than hydronium ions (H3O+) baking soda (NaHCO3) will do this with no extra help and in reality putting it in the oven just makes hot baking soda (still NaHCO3)

[@DylanFowler]

A spizzle of sesame seed oil in with the boiling raman noodles should help. Ps I cant wait for day 4 that dessert just looks so good to eat.

[@LydiaKnudsen]

If you rinse the noodles in cold water right after you cook them it will seriously help with the sticking.

[@ariarob5085]

you are an amazing human

[@sicklad3309]

this is great, keep up the good work. loving the series :)

[@jamaradee9657]

LOVE the series!!

[@daniel_lisbona]

Sylar is into cooking now

[@victoriaa.4639]

Pablo Clavo I think you mean Spock ;) (your comment killed me tho)

[@Claudi771]

You're doing great! Keep up the great work 😺

[@dostagirl9551]

After you make the ramen, put it in a bowl with some flour and then toss it until the noodles unstick, then make sure that when you cook it that you have the water at a boil already before dropping it in, separating the strands as you do (if any are sticking). It can also help if your noodles are chilled a bit.

[@mindirenee6978]

Great shirt! Iowa here!

[@LaySongTV]

these videos are so great!

[@muchotaku1660]

To prevent the ramen noodles from sticking - add some oil to the boiling water you used to cook the noodles , the oil allows for the noodles to separate a lot easier due to the oil acting like the flour you used when rolling it

[@petahhhhhhh]

the pizza looked awesome! can you guys do some more sauce making videos?

[@thatotherdebra1834]

If you put just a little bit of oil in your water (you can even spray a touch of Pam) right before you drop in the pasta it helps prevent them from sticking together :-)

[@lejaders]

And the water won't boil over, I taught that trick to my boyfriend and he thinks I'm a genius now haha

[@thatotherdebra1834]

Lol, Sshh.. Don't tell them we aren't

[@thatotherdebra1834]

Wait, on second thought, yes we are:-)

[@uhyanyan]

Rinse the noodles in some cold water after draining! That'll wash off some of the starch. (I also heard it makes them more chewy, but I can't personally attest to that). You can also drizzle a little oil and toss them around before adding the broth.

[@teiakoi]

Real Japanese ramen in any Japanese restaurant never wash their noodles. N yes when you make it as someone else mention, throw some flour over it to draw out extra moisture.

[@marilynsantana1673]

Thank you for sharing these tasty recipes❤❤❤

[@fioreflower7]

Pour some drops of oil in the pan to avoid noodles from sticking... We use to do it in Italy something.. But just with the homemade pasta!

[@rachelkeller5625]

If you add a little bit of sesame oil or even olive oil to the water when cooking the noodles it should help them not stick together

[@wifi2166]

The pan pizza is amazing

[@teiakoi]

I don't understand why some ppl state to rinse the noodle in water. In any Japanese ramen restaurant, here n Japan, you don't wash he noodles omg!!! If the noodles are made right it should not stick. Boil it by portion, shake it up n down in a hard straight motion to strain out he excess water, pour it into howl ladle broth over n be sure to separate noodle by quickly with chopstick or whatever convenient. For noodles made from rice, normally it is rinse under cold water but not with ramen noodles !

[@fotoreportaze5797]

+Teia Koi I rinse all the pasta to make it colder quicker, because Im usually too hungry to wait for it to cool down naturally.

[@cherylbutler446]

Michigan has very unpredictable March weather too.

[@alalou101]

to help the noodles not stick together, laura vitale said in one of her vids to keep stirring the noodles for at least a minute straight.

[@TheSilenceKick]

Love this series!

[@austinglover1230]

Learned a great technique from Gordon Ramsey, after straining any noodles or grains immeadiately toss them in some olive oil right in the strainer (salt and pepper em too ). This will keep them fresh tasting while you finish up the sauce or broth or rest of dish and they wont stick together!

[@theninjawatcher]

put the noodles in the bowl of ice water as soon as you take them out of boiling water and drizzle a little bit of sesame oil before you pour the broth into the bowl

[@Ginacolata]

strain the noodles with cold water after they are finished cooking. They won't be sticky anymore but with your veggie stock they'll heat up again.

[@Lisa-qt7pw]

+Brothers Green Eats Love the Ramen - and the Pizza... Gosh all of it!! You should try rinsing the noodles with cold water right after boiling them. It removes the starch and prevents them sticking together. I've seen chefs at our local Ramen place do that ;)

[@LoraGradinarov]

You should have left the fresh pasta do dry a little bit before cooking it to prevent sticking. Great videos!

tomorrow vegan ramen for lunch 100%!!

[@williamsun3721]

If You put that noodles into a bowl of cold tap water for 10 seconds , it won't be sticky anymore.100% works

[@Juice84]

0:06 Try some of Amy's Roasted Veggie pizza. I do not think I've ever had delicious such as Amy's. I could eat the whole pie. I'm thinking of doing a video about it soon.

[@Rockydoglover]

everything looks so good! 😍

[@nonih9338]

nice vid. love the recipe. no day 4?

[@girffrommars]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but baking soda, is a base. Meaning it is alkaline, very alkaline.

[@drumnbass8]

Insta like, great series bud!

[@ZoeyVagnerLLF]

i love this! 50$ a week is my goal, and I've been hoping for a video by someone on this same goal i have for myself! thanks for making this :]

[@ZoeyVagnerLLF]

+Yoga with Zoey (Zoey Vagner) do you have a shopping list you are using for the week?

[@LolitaDark]

subscribed! I have been vegan for a year :) the best decision I have ever made. The best for u :) I will be looking forward for more vegan videos

[@jesseblaauw2243]

Before you boil the noodles, you should cover them with flower again 👍🏻

[@jasonfrisby7065]

hey josh i would try to a little bit of oil in the water while you are cooking it or wash the pasta when you are done cooking it or both.

[@frachinthunder]

to avoid sticking with the noodles use sesame oil once you strain them, like using olive oil with pasta!

[@davet4565]

I've seen people massage their noodles in a bowl in a bit of starch powder before cooking them to help them not stick, and get that nice curly texture. Maybe that will help. Looking good man.

[@davet4565]

Also, a tiny bit of fat (oil) in the mix might help.

[@nickcastillo2952]

By baking the Baking Soda(sodium bicarbonate) you converted it into Washing Soda(sodium carbonate), which has a higher ph :)

[@missdigioia]

So fizzy water would do the same

[@sujonso]

The pizza looked great!

[@kyt120]

U should have used alkaline (type of salt) for the noodles(pasta) - This ensures that the noodles dosen't overboil and statys chewy, this is the secret fact about making addicting ramen noodles. Just a tip, u can do it your way if your in a hurry, but it really makes a difference to the ramen experience! - I always enjoy your super videos, best regards!

[@sposo]

to avoid the noodles to stick together I would recommend to let them dry on a side for 20 to 30 min before putting them in the boiling water. They gonna be a bit like al dente pasta :)

[@ZainxIqbal]

Put some oil in the water when you boil the noodles to keep them from sticking.

[@katelynkirby3475]

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which is mildly basic in water (pH slightly greater than 7). Alkaline is another word for basic. So it's the baking soda that is making your noodles alkaline. Not sure what cooking it does though.

[@marylemma9932]

This inspired me. Thank you.

[@Kwizii]

I think this series is getting even better than your brother's poor for a week series!! :)

[@Babu-kr3cr]

Do you have to bake the baking soda? It is supposed to make doughs rise when it gets hot, but if it was already baked, maybe the rising aspect is spent. Did you only roll your ramen on the first setting? I believe the more you roll it, the chewier it gets. Maybe it will be less sticky and soft also.

[@Pockets-il9wi]

When you bake baking soda doesn't the water in it "boil" away? You should look up diy super washing soda. I think you basically made that?

[@SigKappel]

dude I'm glued to this vegan series. I doing a daily video series on a vegan challenge and I'm incorporating your ideas in.. I did a video refering to this specific series. Keep it up! Question tho I'm trying to stay low fat what would you recommend to use as a natural whole food oil - I was thinking mashing up nuts.. Just finding it hard to pan fry without oil.

[@flyaxe]

If you add a tablespoon of oil in the broth the noodles will not stick together. Great video. Will try it, only with some grilled chicken :)

[@sydneynielsen4480]

The reason you were feeling tired and sluggish was because a) You weren't eating enough carbs. b} You were eating insane amounts of oil. Is that how much you normally eat? In 3 days, you'd probably used about half a cup.

[@LauraRose341]

greetings from Germany!!!!!!!!

[@TheErdbeerin]

+LauraRose341 Ich grüß mal mit ^^

[@matthewszostek1819]

I believe the baking soda turns into washing soda available in the laundry detergent section. Lol

[@kirkandscotty]

wow those noodles look great

[@skz44]

I love making those veggie broths too

[@olegunnar3153]

Add some oil to the noodles when you cook them, that really helps with that "sticky" situation. :D

[@seansmellie8268]

Add oil to boiled water to avoid the sticking of the noodles to each other

[@biggybg98]

The answer isn't oil.....after you cut the dough into noodles you must toss the noodles in some sort of flour or starch. This draws out excess moisture that resulted in the clumping.

[@onokin]

So the answer is raw flour

[@thelindsaysuejohnson]

Loved this! Also, after watching you make that burger the other day, I Postmated the byChloe burger to my house two days in a row 😱 lol it is just soooooo good! Sad part: the cost. I must try your version to save me some cashola!

[@matthewjon561]

Dust the fresh noodles with a little rice flour to help keep them from sticking together.

[@mickisatterlund5127]

I'm enjoying this series, and I suppose I should hit you up with a vegan question, but what I'm really curious about is why are you wearing a t-shirt from Spirit Lake, Iowa? Are you from that area?

[@fleurn0ire]

Rinse the noodles in cold water after cooking to stop the cooking process! This should help not stick :)

[@mikekuppen6256]

Pizza looks awesome! Produce must be crazy expensive where you live, though, I could probably get the same amount of stuff for under 30€ here in Vienna.