Trying TikTok's Viral Vegan Fall Recipes

This video was so fun to make, I love being able to try the recipes that sometimes look "too good to be true". There are some good healthy, quick and easy recipes in here along with some more complicated (but equally delicious!) I hope you all enjoy them, let me know which ones you're looking forward to make and if you have any other recipes you'd like me to try DM or tag me on IG or TikTok!
s/o to the OG recipes:
braised cabbage with miso tahini dressing:
www.tiktok.com/@edeneatsreal/...
sweet potato & roasted cauli soup: www.tiktok.com/@plantbasedrd/...
apple doughnuts:
www.tiktok.com/@littleblogofv...
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Time Codes:
0:00 - intro
1:50 - braised cabbage and chickpea with miso tahini dressing
8:13 - roasted cauliflower and tomato soup
14:39 - mega-viral apple "doughnuts"
18:40 - outro
19:10 - bloopers

[@susy4511]

Things i love your channel specifically this video 1. The conversion of degrees 2. The interruptions of musicals and songs in general 3. Aria tasting the food and interrupting 4. How chaotic some parts are with splashes of oil o steam burns. I loved it!! I will definitely be making cabbage recipe

[@MerleONeal]

So glad you enjoy the chaos :)

[@radhikam6878]

I love that Aria joined you to taste the dish. People, vote to have guests taste the dishes!

[@michaela879]

What about trying meals from different countries and cultures? For example It could be interesting to see what are people eating on Christmas around the world.

[@MerleONeal]

this is VERY cool

[@andicasian4102]

And/or naturally vegan meals from around the world!

[@charliebrown1184]

Love this idea!

[@hannah-vv9ru]

@@andicasian4102 there's a german tiktoker who does and his videos are amazing!

[@kimmycup2704]

I'd love to see her try polish fermented beet soup. It's traditional and vegan! And we usually have it with mushroom dumplings.

[@Vicki2010]

I'm not even vegan but when I see a new video from Merle I watch it immediately!!! (As soon as I'm off work lol)

[@MerleONeal]

🥹 ty

[@Vicki2010]

@@MerleONeal ❤️❤️

[@theaudiobookaficionado]

"it rained for the first time since the last time it rained" so true 😂

[@MerleONeal]

im out here with the hard truths

[@mtbunny-yt]

Rather than just sticking to one angle, I like that you change them around every once awhile. It keeps things fresh.

[@traciechakraborty3829]

In the fall & winter, I make colcannon at least once a month and it's very similar to the 1st recipe. It's cabbage (or kale), onions, and one carrot sauteed until lightly browned, add canelini beans or chickpeas and then simmered w veggie broth and a little miso. Mix with mashed potatoes. It's like a hug in a bowl.

[@GalacticCerealbox]

Aww

[@jesseperkins9669]

When the oil got on your shirt I felt that on a spiritual level. After years of accidents in the kitchen (spilled a pot of pasta sauce down my chest twice as an example) I have accepted that I am my clothing's worst enemy and like how children have separate play clothes I have my own special cooking clothes because I am a terminal clutz 😭

[@MerleONeal]

YEP no more lookin cute in the kitchen

[@beruska3271]

lol merle when you said it rained for the first time in awhile i was in shock !!! here in the south its been raining ike twice a week haha

[@MerleONeal]

I'm jealous

[@sheilaayusyafitri1932]

i have NEVER been this early to your vids, i think i like this angle more! the footage comes out sharper than normal but it does make me worry of when you fry something next time because you'd have to cook in an angle

[@dibamoca9885]

Such cozy vibes☺

[@pepperh.6775]

I love the Aria bit 😆😄🙂. You two are adorable 😎

[@charliebrown1184]

Love the cozy cooking vibes!

[@MelanieYourFace]

Omg yassssss Chappell!!! I just saw her in NC in October 🥰🥰

[@gennyc6941]

Put a drop of liquid dish soap on the grease stains and wash as usual. No need to wait or anything. That works on old stains too.

[@MerleONeal]

Thanks for the tip!

[@LazyProductiveCreator]

Soup girl to my core should be a T-shirt! ❤❤❤

[@Kelseyveg]

Love these recipes!! If you can’t find your lid you can always put a cookie sheet down on your pan instead of aluminum foil 😊

[@jessicastevens5782]

coming to say the same

[@MerleONeal]

Great idea!!

[@dumplechan]

Thanks cooking MacGuyver! :)

[@AI-dreaming-Life]

Thanks for the enriching video today. Looking forward to coming back soon!

[@CharlieCabralos]

I appreciate you for putting me onto Chappell Roan, been listening all day since watching this vid earlier haha

[@MerleONeal]

Omg YAYY! she's truly amazing

[@AwkwardPain]

For sure going to try the apple one, and probably the cabbage one, too... I also have a hard time with the cabbage, so using it all in one go is a good thing!

[@MerleONeal]

Yesssss you get it, that's always my struggle with cabbage, i use half and then the other half just sits there waiting to go bad

[@cjjones5758]

I like this angle definitely brighter!

[@sunny5ma]

Awww I loove our vegan queen who is always bringing in the so important Celsius temps haha we so appreciate it!! Tho to be fair Merle ha if it is 50 degrees Celsius I can guarantee you, you're NOT eating soup hahaha more like nibbling on the ice chips ahahah anyway, loved this video, so many awesome ideas !! And it's always so nice to get an appearance from Aria, I just love seeing you guys together it's so cute!! ❤❤❤❤❤💖💖

[@MysteriousBeingOfLight]

Those videos make me want to cook so bad, I got an Air fryer and havent touched a real vegetable in a week I'm guilty, that cabbage looks fantastic ouuuh

[@LK-ru5lx]

Love this angle SO much better than the other one!

[@cathleenwarner1778]

Fun video, do some holiday vegan recipes, that would be nice to see :)

[@pauricoreilly1]

Love the new recording format!

[@bartoszpiotrowski4846]

i love your animations, heep expressing your humor like that ❤

[@susanneveenstra3434]

You can boil miso, it just keeps more of its nutritional benefits when it is not heated

[@Its_me--Boo_Radley]

I'm busy binge watching all your videos. I have one word: apron. PS. Love cabbage, so I'll be making that recipe.

[@iniyama]

that cabbage dish sounds like I need to make it this weekend as we're apparently nearing -10°C where I live and I am ready to not leave my house all week

[@MerleONeal]

in that case, you simply must. maybe soup too. great for cold weather 👀

[@WovenWilderness]

idk what it is maybe my OCD but for some reason the background seems not straight like the camera is tilted I think it is just the way you have the camera this time but you asked I don't think I mind the angle I am not sure though something seems... off

[@carollara5047]

I agree! I'm neurodivergent and I had a hard time with that camera angle too. For me it made everything seemed so offset, along with for it being a little distracting to my disability and hard for me to stay concentrated. 😉

[@Grumpyfern28]

@dance101145 Just to let you know as someone with OCD, it’s not about needing things orderly or tidy. Its okay to want things orderly or organized just so, but that’s not what OCD is. It’s more complicated and diverse with the OCD experiences from the well known contamination to unwanted thoughts and compulsions. The reason I point this out is because it’s important for those who struggle with OCD that their struggle isn’t minimized or misrepresented.

[@Schneva89]

I also agree that it seems kind of off. But not tooooo bad.

[@WovenWilderness]

As someone with a diagnosed disorder of OCD I think I can speak on it bothering me @@Grumpyfern28 obviously I have issues with odd numbers and lots of other issues in the way my OCD present itself (how I got my diagnosis) but that is not what I am bringing up here and I do not need to tell you all the ways it affects my everyday life. I literally said maybe it is my OCD maybe it isn't maybe I just don't like the angle but it seems off. Stop assuming people don't have a right to speak about things on the internet when they don't go completely in depth

[@ajamm7075]

No you are not OCD

[@celinabond]

Looks at the cabbage “what is this meant to be” 😂😂😂❤

[@djmenkiti8752]

Now that’s what I call a new way of cooking!! Especially that apple donut lol!! Love the singing. You got skills!!

[@lindseystory6343]

I love those too! Beryl does them!

[@djmenkiti8752]

@@lindseystory6343 yes ma’am!!! You know it

[@Truecrimeresearcher224]

Some of these look good. I need to make a list of stuff to try

[@ruthanderson4925]

Fun video! I like this camera angle, you don't look so closed in. :)

[@preciousrodgers4541]

I’m loving your gorgeous floral shirt too 😍😍

[@MerleONeal]

Thank you!!

[@dandles2010]

I love the cozy cooking videos!

[@MerleONeal]

I'm so glad!

[@arccv]

i'm going to try the apple one for sure!! maybe i'll make the hole bigger so that it's easier to thread the dough, hope it works!

[@MerleONeal]

i hope you enjoy ittt! it's delicious

[@MR-jq7bk]

I like the side view my love. Been watching you for years, meat eater here but you have opened my eyes to alternatives and I recommend you. Love you. And I love the angle 😉

[@LieraPlays]

Haha not me eating that same apple donut thingie as I'm watching :D

[@kimmurray9346]

I am MOST definitely making that soup! I’m a soup girl from Massachusetts too!! Oooooo you should recreate the 10 veg soup from Panera!!! They took it off the menu and I’m hard core craving it!

[@MerleONeal]

O0O0OO wait this is brilliant! SOUP GIRLS UNITE!

[@kimmurray9346]

@@MerleONeal ALL the soup for you!! 🫶🏻

[@xangie8204]

I love all the musical references lmaooo

[@promisedjubileedaniels]

I love Aria visits ❤

[@indychun]

one way i love to eat cabbage is to just slice it up real small and roast in the oven with oil, salt, garlic, and pepper! if you roast at a higher heat it gets sooo crispy and delicious and i can eat like a LOT of it this way 🙈

[@MerleONeal]

this sounds AMAZING

[@hanoufal-otaibi8761]

As someone who’s from Saudi Arabia I can assure you, you DONT wanna have soup when it’s 50C outside 😆 you will however want lots & lots of watermelon 🍉😋

[@halfassfashion]

Unless the soup is gazpacho

[@hanoufal-otaibi8761]

@@halfassfashion yeah 🤣

[@EvelinaMewa]

I like this new angle a lot. It is actually more enjoyable to watch, more natural. We can see more of what you are doing. It makes for a very nice, evenly lit background. The focus is more on you in a kitchen and what you are doing, which is lovely visually. What a lovely kitchen. And, no, i can't see how this would make me dizzy. The transitions from close ups while cooking and back to this video make sense and tie the video cuts together. We can actually see what you have on the stove cooking in the background. Nice. Great choice to cut out the fridge. I really enjoyed this new angle. It makes a drastic improvement in your video. In the end, I think you should go with what is more pleasing to you artistically as a creator of your content.Thank you.

[@sandrabraga7269]

Soup lover here. This is heaven ❤

[@MerleONeal]

YESSSS

[@jaymayhoi]

ooo may try the last one with some kids in the family!

[@MerleONeal]

YES but prepare for some frustration hahha maybe go with the "up for interpretation" method of wrapping the apples

[@bethturnbull8907]

i love how often you just start singing showtunes ❤

[@MerleONeal]

sometimes the noisiness inside my brain just starts coming out

[@watersk2013]

That Into the Woods reference was top tier!!! I'm not a huge fan of cabbage or cauliflower but all of these looked SO delicious!!!!

[@MerleONeal]

hehehe 'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@studycats123]

Both ways look good for me)))

[@CorineT]

Here for the part at 2:13 it’s littttt 😎❤ Also Merle’s face at 5:53 😂

[@coloureve9433]

Was a bit taken back that your go to first word of phrase was that they look healthy, instead of that they look in anyway tasty/delicious :'D But they definitely look both. But hey, loved the video, and really liked the change in content. Definitely would love to see more videos that are *normal/usual* vegan options, love learning more about vegan cooking and substitutes from you, Merle! Always a joy to see your pup. Whilst I enjoyed being able to have a better shot of your pans, it was a bit off seeing you a bit to the side the whole time, sort of contorted by body at first by habit, thinking that would help lmao. Maybe a mix of both shots for different points of the video?

[@gracehirschfeld]

Just tried the cabbage… so good!! More videos like this please 🙏

[@JohannysVeganCooking]

Hey please give my channel a try great vegan meals

[@MerleONeal]

omg i'm so glad you like it!!!! It blew my mind

[@liasnclr]

Merle have you ever had haluski? It’s a polish noodle dish with cabbage and it super easy to veganize! It’s also delicious 😋 you could try vegan halupki too!! (Pigs in a blanket- but like, “beef” wrapped in cabbage, not mini hotdogs in crescent rolls lol)

[@MerleONeal]

I have not!!! sounds delicious

[@shilpighosh9142]

Hey! Try sometime Indian food. Tons of vegan option. And you sing wonderfully well. ❤

[@LightsHikesAndWanderlove]

I love the new camera angle!

[@windowmaker8479]

I love your second outfit! You look beautiful

[@TheMavyStar]

Mmmmm apple donuts! ❤

[@friesandrupees]

The angle is good! I think you should get a wider lens that way we can see not just your full body, but more of the table as well. I also reccomend positioning the camera slightly lower than you normally would, that way the perspective looks more like what the naked eye sees. Love everything you do girl! ❤️❤️❤️

[@cdocenko]

I like this new camera angle too!

[@sunfiredsam3427]

I like the brightness of the new camera angle!

[@CLB30ROX]

Hey Merle, you can sing, gurl 👍🏽

[@lindseymarie7228]

Baby powder on the oil stain, if you washed it you can still try but it’s better on fresh oil stains. Let it sit for a few hours. Brush off and wash in cold water

[@MerleONeal]

thank youuuuu

[@bethturnbull8907]

please do these more!

[@MerleONeal]

I enjoy them too!!

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

In Toronto it's cold today. REALLY cold. Perfect soup weather.

[@jchoku]

I discovered Merle and Aria's relationship during the pandemic and I am so happy they are still together!

[@billiobillo]

more of this please

[@milagrosteran2552]

I would like to see the entire work desk!

[@mandyvk90]

Like this content and the angle👍

[@sunnyshealthcoaching]

It looks more open this way!

[@cosmobuttitta6451]

Ok first, dig the new angle. Also, I’m not sure if Merle is actually funny or if we are both warped in similar ways but the aria interrupts/looney tunes stuff made me snort.

[@CherryGryffon]

OMG 7 days to die!!! Incredible game I will have to come watch omg XD

[@MerleONeal]

YESSS i'm hoooked and i just can't stop. but absolutely yes! we'll be streamin tomorrow :)

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

6:22 One pan over the top of another pan. This is partly why I buy two of every pot and pan cause most sets only come with half the lids.

[@MerleONeal]

this is smart

[@jenniferhaddad7830]

Loved this video, and is there any way you could share where you bought that beautiful tank top on day 2?

[@MerleONeal]

The brand is With Jéan

[@leroybrown7757]

..we too are a soup/stoup(stew) based family ☮️&🌱's -tracee ( LeRoy's wife) p.s. cleaning broccoli and or cauliflower produces inordinate amounts of vegetable 'glitter' those little bits you chase all over your kitchen for weeks L🥦L...

[@jordanlexton7354]

Your eyeshadow is fun! The middle part and clips are reminding me of another KZbin creator...

[@valeriefarley5727]

I had to share your soup song with my girlfriend cause that's so me. I'm also a soup gal and she's also not all that into soup but likes the soup I make usually.

[@MerleONeal]

bahahaha I always say... MORE SOUP FOR ME!

[@meimeirkgk]

did you buy the viet vegan’s old house i swear this was her exact old set up 😭

[@Gabe-bm3bj]

Merle I BEG change the angle back to normal please your highness 😫

[@Gabe-bm3bj]

That floral corset looks great btw

[@oreosarevegan4257]

CHAPPELL ROAN? H O T T O G O

[@AeMuse]

I am very partial to a style of apple cinnamon roll that I picked up from a bakery in Seattle called Piroshky Piroshky that kind of gets everyone’s goat their bakers used to make faces at this window in Pike Place market like Nemesis in Resident Evil kind of thing: superb. I got some pretty awesome vegan stuff I’m working on but I’ve also been decked out recently literally and so it’s like doing it on a harder level but yeah whatever. There’s also a moving set of bakers in Seattle that make this most unique and beautiful black sesame kouign aman that looks like a puck of used coal it is so atrociously good and not vegan in Pioneer Square bakeries but definitely would make an interesting likely many afternoons for a not expert baker kouign aman is very tough to bake and mistress right but damn it was lovely and I want it.

[@jinit8083]

I feel like Aria and I can be good friends as I really dislike soup and tart apples. I only get soup if it’s free hot snd sour from my Chinese take out. Those hit different

[@ZombicidalMadMom81]

Squeeze some Joy dish soap on any butter and/or grease stains, scrub it in w/ a brush or sponge of some kind, and wash like normal; it'll be right as rain.

[@stevenlara3520]

we have no choice but to stan chappell

[@MerleONeal]

It’s true!!

[@cameronwescott3229]

I think it’d be cool to see a video where you veganify viral tiktoks

[@dragonpop]

I've used pizza pans as lids in a pinch.

[@MerleONeal]

This is lowkey brilliant

[@dragonpop]

Right?! Just be careful when you lift it off. ❤@@MerleONeal

[@parkerhahaha]

Boiling miso kills some of healthy fermented stuff but it’s still delicious

[@MerleONeal]

good to know :)

[@ViCT0RiA6]

id love to know what vegan dumplings you like!!

[@miriamwillis5285]

FUCK YES I LOVE THE CHAPELL ROAN SHIRT!!!!!

[@MerleONeal]

YESSSS

[@bearticboy9297]

CHAPPELL ROAN!!!!!!

[@KenzRahming-cd4hr]

Hello Merle love you're video content, keep it coming, question what kind of camera do you have

[@MerleONeal]

I've got a Sony Cinema Line FX30 Super 35

[@KenzRahming-cd4hr]

Thanks@@MerleONeal

[@Melissandrel]

Watched that eating soup 😏#SoupGirlsAroundTheWorld

[@willstegall2527]

That camera angle is so much better.

[@MerleONeal]

it seeeeems to be a point of contention lmfaoooo

[@msoc366]

Slay Merle

[@IQzminus2]

Both of cabbage and cauliflower you get that wonderful Millard reaction while browning, and it tastes so savoury, deep and delicious. Only problem is the smell while cooking.

[@thevirtualtraveler]

Suggestion: turn the apple "donuts" into turnovers. Exact same ingredients, just chop up your apples, cut pastry into squares, and put apple filling in the middle of each square, fold over and pinch closed. Bake. Same great taste, much less annoying fiddliness.

[@Thetrilingualreader]

What type of cabbage are you getting? I buy cabbage and keep it in the fridge to use a few leaves in salads every few days and it lasts more than 2 weeks. I live in lebanon idk about y'all's produce. Also a bruised cauliflower is still very good to go

[@VivianEileen]

Your song was giving Robin Sherbatsky

[@brittanyish]

But please wheree did you get that flower shirt?? SO cute 😭❤

[@MerleONeal]

It was merch from Chappell Roan's concert!