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Healthy Meals | Basics with Babish

Mar 27, 2020
Okay, so my secret ingredient to making

healthy

food taste good is cashew cream, which is pretty simple to make: just start with a bunch of raw, unsalted cashews, place them in a large bowl, and cover them with water. Wrap them in plastic wrap and let them sit at room temperature for at least 4 hours and up to 12. Once done, drain them and pour them into the container of a high-powered blender along with again enough water to cover the cashews. Blend on high speed for 1-2 minutes, adding water as needed until you have a thick, creamy cashew cream.
healthy meals basics with babish
This product has countless uses to make creamy and rich

healthy

dishes. It's high in fat, but it's still about half as fat as mayonnaise and those are good fats that are perfectly healthy to eat in moderation, as I'll demonstrate now. Let's start with a very modern overnight oatmeal in a very modern glass jar. I'm going to combine 1/2 cup of old-fashioned rolled oats, a quarter cup of chia seeds, and a quarter cup of our cashew cream diluted with 3/4 cup of water to make cashew milk. You can also add things like vanilla extract, artificial sweetener of your choice, and a pinch of kosher salt.
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Close it, shake it, and then overnight oats live up to their name by storing them in the refrigerator overnight. Then, in the morning, you'll be greeted with 2-3 servings of a nutritious, slightly sweet and savory base to start your day. I like to top this type with a few handfuls of berries of my choice and some freshly chopped mint and this healthy and filling breakfast is around 366 calories and I personally like it a lot, but it tastes very healthy. . How about something that tastes decidedly unhealthy? And to me, that's a BLT. Here I have four slices of low-fat turkey bacon that I'm frying and what seems like a lot of oil, but that helps make the bacon super crispy and barely absorbs anything.
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Now, to make our cashew cream taste a little more mayonnaise-like with a couple tablespoons of this stuff, I'm adding small pinches of mustard powder, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder along with the necessary pinch of kosher and freshly ground salt. pepper. Give it a little shake and try it and we're off to the races, because with the real thing, a BLT is just as good as your T, so try to find some heirlooms to make sure it's full of flavor. Next I will spread a little of our "mayonnaise" on some sprouted whole wheat bread, lightly toasted, of course.
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And then you can use butter lettuce if you want the more traditional version, but I'm using some spinach for a healthy boost, stacking the ingredients in any order you choose. Cover, poke in the cloves and cut in half along the diagonal. Is it as good as a real BLT? Of course not. Are you going to scratch the itch? Absolutely, and it will do so while only costing you about 357 calories. Now, a big tenant of most training diets is eating smaller, more frequent

meals

throughout the day, and then I wanted one absolutely packed with protein. So I have to go with one of my old favorites: chicken salad, and I'll start by butterflying three chicken breasts, pressing them between sheets of plastic wrap and using a meat grinder (or a frying pan if you can't find your own).
Pounding them to uniform thinness because when we cook boneless, skinless breasts, we want them to cook as quickly as possible, which we will do in a pot of not quite boiling water at 185 degrees Fahrenheit to be precise. . Adding the breasts will lower the temperature, so keep the heat on until the temperature rises back to 185. Turn off the heat and try to cover...realize you put too much water in there...I wonder why you included that in the edit...cover it and after about 15 minutes your chicken should have reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit internally. This method of poaching chicken poaches it very gently and slowly, which prevents it from becoming dry and stringy like chicken breast dropped into boiling water, making it an effective technique whether you're on a diet or not. .
Anyway, once these guys have cooled a bit, about 15 to 20 minutes we'll wrap them in plastic wrap and cool them completely for about an hour in the refrigerator, unless you want to eat your chicken salad hot, which It's Your prerogative, weirdo. We'll cut them into small pieces and add a few tablespoons of our cashew cream, then I'll throw in some chopped apples, label and all. I'm just kidding, don't do that too. like some finely chopped green onions and parsley, but this is where you can really customize your chicken salad with whatever fruits, vegetables, and herbs you like.
Then I like to season my chicken salad with a little curry powder; Again, this is up to you. You can opt for sweet, salty, Italian or Mexican. Just make sure they are seasoned with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper and that you have a ton of protein and healthy fats. This recipe makes 3 to 4 servings depending on your appetite. I like to serve it on a bed of baby spinach, and it's a hearty, healthy meal with lots of flavor and texture, at around 439 calories per serving, which may not be a big surprise, it looks and tastes pretty healthy. .
But what happens when we need to eat some pasta? Well, boy, you have a solution for that. First, we're going to lose our place a little. Or is it the place of our mission? Either way, it doesn't really make sense. And then we're going to peel and devein about half a kilo of shrimp. Optionally, you can keep all the shrimp shells to make some shrimp broth and give your pasta an extra shrimp kick. It's pretty simple to sauté. the shells in a little oil for about a minute and then add 2 cups of water, bring to a simmer and then boil until reduced by about half, which will leave you with a nice basic seafood broth that will be a great addition to our pasta.
In the clean pan we're sautéing a small, finely chopped shallot with all our newfound health and energy by adding about a cup of halved cherry tomatoes and our crushed garlic clove, sautéing together for about a minute before adding maybe half a cup of water to help the tomatoes cook, then it's time to add maybe half a cup of our shrimp broth and spread out the shrimp, so make sure they're evenly exposed to the cooking liquid, getting rid of any loose shells and then here inside. In a medium saucepan I have some red lentil pasta. which is very rich in fiber and protein and also has a very mild flavor that combines very well with the sauce.
Flip the shrimp after about 2-3 minutes and let them cook 2-3 more minutes on the other side. Express your pain and strength through dance. And then, once the pasta is about a minute away from being fully cooked, it's time to add about 1/2 cup of pasta water to the pan along with the cooked pasta, and let the pasta finish cooking with the sauce. I also add a little parsley and lemon juice and then stir it in so the sauce emulsifies and becomes nice and creamy and cohesive. You can tell it's practically done when it sticks to the bottom of the pan like this.
Of course, we're going to season with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper and then, to turn the creaminess up to 11, a small dollop of our cashew cream that will give the pasta an almost vodka sauce consistency. Which will enhance the fact that it is full of flavor. This makes two servings and each will provide you with approximately 472 calories and, unlike regular pasta, is very high in fiber and protein. And there you have it: four

meals

with a total of 1,634 calories. Should you eat cashew cream with every meal every day? No, definitely not. But whenever your diet is missing some of that special something, it fills that void beautifully.
Otherwise, stick to lean proteins and green vegetables, cut out as much sugar as you can, and use these recipes as tools in your health arsenal. If you like these healthy

basics

, I'll be making more in the future, but for now, let's get back on track with brownies and whiskey next.

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