#veggie prep

[nekousagii]

Authentic pho soup is all about the broth! Don't skimp on the simmering time or you'll miss out on the complex, aromatic flavors that are so important to this soup.

[imaginary-food-booth]

Day 5 of realistic nutrition tips

Source of video and on-screen captions: NutritionByKylie on YouTube

Start of video transcription by @/imaginary-food-booth is under the cut

Kylie: I'm a dietician and this is day 5 of realistic nutrition tips. And this is more related to cooking because sometimes the key to good nutrition is taking steps to learn how to make home cooking more manageable. So whenever you're preparing vegetables keep a mini garbage can or bowl next to you. This is mine.

[Kylie shows a small white plastic garbage can to the camera by holding the garbage can by its handle.]

Kylie: It opens really easily and I use a biodegradable bag.

[Kylie opens the garbage can to the camera to reveal the light greenish-blue plastic bag inside before going back to shaving carrots.]

Kylie: I know it sounds unnecessary but it ca be the difference between taking a long time to clean up after cooking and saving some time by just emptying a little garbage can or bowl after you've prepped everything. If you have a biodegradable bag, you can compost the scraps or you can save the scraps and make a nutritious broth.

[Text above her states "Rachel Ray also popularized this kitchen trick in the 2000s".]

Kylie: My parents have been doing this for as long as I can remember

[Text above her states "It also saves you steps from running back and forth to your (actual) garbage can!!".]

Kylie: and it helps me cooking a little easier because then you won't have to clean up as much afterwards. Try it out. I promise it's worth it.

End of transcription

Here is a comment thread that I think is helpful.

Comment from @/runyuanchen6286 that is ❤️ by Kylie Sakaida, MS, RD (@/NutritionByKylie): Yas i do this too! A side note tho, biodegradable and compostable are actually not the same thing, the word “compostable” is regulated but “biodegradable” is not, so if you buy biodegradable bags, u may not be able to treat them like compost and end up creating more wastes (e.g. bury them in ur backyard, send them to local composter, etc.)

Comment by @/alim.9801: Thank you for the info!! I have a patio finally and I want to try composting but if I didn't see this I probably would have been in trouble lol

Comment by @/corylcreates: Also: Some compostable products are only compostable in municipal/city/large-scale compost too (like the kind I get) compared to backyard/small-scale composting.

End of comment thread.

[easypeasypaleo]

Stews Recipe A recipe for beef and cabbage stew that is well worth the effort. For a filling meal, beef, potatoes, and cabbage are simmered in a tomato-based broth.

[solardee]

Meal Prep Day!! Or really just a prep day lol

Most of these veggies are gonna get frozen for me to throw into meals later since I've still got my burritos from last week but otherwise it's fair game! I chopped 3 lbs of Onions, some Celery and Turnips, a whole head of Napa Cabbage, and the strawberries that didn't end up on my baking sheet! Oh and two bunches of green onions.

Note for the kids: if you're gonna prep/chop onions, refrigerate or freeze them for a bit so they're cold! It won't make you cry as bad lol.

Also pictured the broth Im still waiting to defrost because I took it out later than I should have lol

I'm also trying some oven dried strawberries, I'll tell you how those turn out too lol. Got another hour and a half in the oven right now

And lastly! My scrap bowl for the compost pile out back- he was very very full lol

[iwanttogototherex]

So..

I have not posted anything relevant to my actual life on here in a while because I have been super busy, as always. I literally work every single day. The only day off I had was this past Sunday, but other than that it has been work, work and more work. I am not complaining because I love what I do and I really enjoy it a lot but I'm so tired most days because I work both jobs most days and they are long ass days. And to top it off I have rehearsals three nights a week and the show opens in 22 days. Oh man. Thank goodness for Yoga Wednesdays because I would just cry a lot if I couldn't relax for the hr and a half session. So I just ordered a new messenger bag and it took me probably 20 minutes to decide if I was going to order it. It wasn't too expensive and all I do is save money so I thought why not splurge on myself and continue working my ass off and saving money. I really don't buy things for myself and I really wanted a timbuk2 messenger bag. =) I really should be getting to bed because I have to be at work by 8ish to prep veggies and cut pies and cheesecakes and top the pies with whip topping that I made tonight. I also made hummus today and it came out well. It's just plain 'ole hummus and I'm diggin' it. So this has literally been my life and my schedule just keeps getting busier but it's good busy. <3