Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00193B
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00:01 We are excited about this recipe Curtis.
00:04 Yes, we are. lasen, lasagna. Easy Lasagna. 00:08 As a matter of fact, lasagna, easy lasagna. 00:10 Oh! Lasagna. Okay, let's go to the recipe, okay. 00:16 It calls for 1 (8-ounce) package of lasagna noodles 00:18 1 medium onion, chopped. 00:20 2 garlic cloves, minced. 00:23 1 tablespoon of olive oil. 00:25 4 cups spaghetti sauce, chunky style. 00:28 1½ cup of water and. 00:30 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning. 00:33 1 tablespoon of McKay's Chicken style seasoning. 00:37 And 1 (16-ounce) water pack tofu, extra firm 00:41 And 1 container of mock burger crumbles. 00:44 2 tablespoons of parsley dry. 00:46 And 1 teaspoon of onion powder 00:49 1 teaspoon of sea salt and 00:52 1/4 cup of vegan parmesan alternatives. 00:56 Okay, now, it has some ingredients that people 00:59 may not be familiar with. Yes, yes, yes, yes and. 01:01 And maybe we will talk about that 01:03 when we get to that we get to that ingredient. 01:04 As we get to them because, okay, 01:06 a lot of people love lasagna. That's right. 01:08 Or you said lasagna, lasagna, 01:09 they love lasagna and you know, we're, we're making 01:12 the healthy lasagna because we've got 01:13 a lot of good healthy things here. 01:15 Number one I'm gonna go ahead on and put in the olive oil, 01:18 okay, until I get started. 01:20 And talk about cholesterol again, 01:23 we want the oil that has, 01:26 the highest amount of mono unsaturated, 01:29 absolutely, and olive oil has that 77 percent, 01:32 has that in it, yes. And oil that has 01:34 the least amount of saturated fat 01:36 and of course that's canola oil has six percent and so, 01:38 yeah, those are two type oils in 01:39 that type of one's. The two types ones 01:41 and then I'm gonna be putting in there also 01:42 fresh garlic, fresh garlic, and also my onion, 01:46 this is two garlic's, okay, okay 01:49 and get all the goodies out, 01:50 why don't you go ahead and put the 01:52 onions in there, we have the 01:53 medium onion going in as well. 01:55 And both of these are cholesterol fighters as well. 01:57 Absolutely, absolutely, yes all the, 01:59 get all the goodies in, there we go, 02:03 and then I have I said, your spaghetti sauce 02:07 and then on top of that I said add the water, 02:09 so we're gonna go ahead and put in, 02:10 I have already got already in my container mixed up. 02:12 I'm gonna go ahead on and this is 02:16 sautéed enough, you want to burn the 02:19 garlic. So you wanna make sure you keep 02:20 a control on what's going on 02:22 and all this is going inside that lasagna, okay. 02:25 This is the chunky style, 02:27 chunky style, it has zucchini, 02:29 carrot pieces, and everything, 02:30 Oh! Everything, yeah, Oh! Everything is already 02:32 in there, right, okay. Okay, 02:35 all of this is going in and I'm gonna go ahead and 02:38 put in also the Italian seasoning, okay. 02:43 Alright and then I would like to 02:47 just get this stirred up a little bit, 02:49 there is once again the whole thing 02:50 is going to cook, when we actually 02:52 put the lasagna together. 02:53 Now, Curtis you have over here, 02:55 this is the extra firm tofu, okay, 02:58 we're using in the place curd as cheese, 03:00 alright and also he is adding 03:01 a chicken style seasoning, 03:03 which is not a regular chicken seasoning, 03:06 okay, it's a mock vegetarian 03:08 type of seasoning, 03:09 it's looks like mimics that of chicken, 03:11 you also have a beef flavor as well. 03:12 So go ahead and put that no beef... 03:14 Go ahead and put that in Curtis, alright, 03:16 chicken style seasoning and then you're gonna also 03:19 add into that the parsley, parsley, 03:21 and then we also have a little bit of salt 03:24 and then rest of is onion powder, 03:26 okay, okay, all those they're gonna go 03:28 together once again as well. 03:32 I like this recipe because you know, 03:34 one of the things that happened, 03:35 when I was trying to make this switches 03:37 changing over our diet and, 03:38 and still trying to get food items 03:41 and then I will prepare that look like, 03:44 the real thing then what I discover 03:46 is that you can still do that, 03:49 you can still switch over, all you have to do is know 03:51 what ingredients are used that at what time. 03:53 So this tofu takes the place of cottage cheese 03:57 and we're also gonna be using another ground beef, 04:00 which is a mock beef crumble that we're using 04:03 as well in this product, 04:05 along with that then I like to stir it 04:07 around little bit there and get itself ready. 04:10 So, now this is a cholesterol free dish. 04:14 That's right and this is gonna really 04:18 be something fantastic, okay, 04:19 Curtis as well. Now, in addition to that we're 04:21 also using the vegan parmesan alternatives. 04:25 That's right, that's right, again people can get 04:27 this at any grocery store, 04:30 yeah, yeah, not necessary at a health food store 04:32 they can get that and again this is 04:34 also good for the kidneys, 04:36 because the regular cheese is going to 04:37 stress out the kidneys and the kidneys not 04:39 working properly the blood pressure can go up 04:41 and also we're talking about blood pressure 04:43 and also cholesterol as well, 04:45 getting those numbers in the normal range. 04:47 Get them in normal, normal range 04:48 is the name of the game and also using recipes that 04:52 look like those that mimic that 04:53 people are used to eating, 04:54 that's one other things we really enjoy doing as well, 04:57 okay, and lasagna is one of them, 04:58 that's right, so at this point 05:00 what I'm gonna to do is I'm gonna start 05:01 getting things ready for this lasagna, 05:04 I am gonna just start up by putting 05:06 into our dish some of the sauce, okay, 05:09 okay now I have already pre done the noodles. 05:11 Now, these noodles are different also Curtis, 05:13 yeah, because these noodles are 05:15 Whole wheat noodles. Oh! Whole wheat. 05:17 Not the regular enriched like noodles. 05:19 You can get these, 05:20 at the regular grocery store once again, 05:22 a regular grocery store, yes, there. 05:23 Wal-Mart grocery store are, now having a more healthier 05:26 options as far as whole wheat. 05:30 Whole wheat is considered, plant based, yes, yes, mock, 05:33 now I have already pre-done 05:34 the noodles, so they are already ready to go, 05:36 and we're just gonna taken lay them in here 05:39 and usually one is 9 x 13 glass dishes 05:42 take about at least 9 of the noodles itself, 05:45 okay. So, they are already cooked. 05:47 They are already been pre-cooked, okay, 05:49 okay and then we're gonna go ahead and 05:50 put in at least half of the ground beef. 05:52 Now, you use different types of mock ground 05:55 beef for different texture, 05:56 it just depends on the texture, yeah. 05:58 It just depends on the texture and you 05:59 have to experiment and try the 06:01 different ones you know, 06:02 you can get them from any kind of a dry mixture 06:03 all the way up to one that is already frozen 06:06 just depends on what their 06:07 preference is, okay, alright. 06:09 I'm gonna go ahead and also in put in now 06:10 some of the at least half, 06:12 half of the... this would be in place of the 06:14 Cottage cheese, that's right, that people 06:16 would normally have, that's right and again 06:17 this is cholesterol free dish, cholesterol free, 06:19 cholesterol free, and the cholesterol down, okay, 06:22 and it's soy based, so that 06:23 would be helpful as well, yes. 06:25 And it has a same look, once again, yes, 06:27 also and this is a good time also you can hide things 06:30 like spinach and if you have family members 06:32 are don't want to eat their veggies, 06:33 you can put the spinach stuff as well and, 06:35 and zucchini, shredded 06:38 zucchini can go in there also, Oh! Okay. As well, 06:40 all that inside, I'm gonna just put 06:41 little bit of sauce. So, you just gonna just 06:44 alternate the, alternate matter of fact how about, 06:46 how about me letting you do the next layer. 06:49 The next layer, now I'm gonna go 06:51 just the opposite or what? Now, straight up and down, 06:53 Oh! It's the same way, okay. Okay, 06:54 and I'm gonna turn this fire off, okay, 06:57 three of them, alright, one, two 06:59 and the last one there. 07:01 And we're just going to repeat people 07:03 we have already done before, okay. 07:06 Go ahead and put on... 07:07 go ahead put that on, Oh! This next, 07:10 yeah, Oh! Okay, all of it this time, 07:12 move it around, all over your dish there, 07:13 very good Curtis. 07:18 Alright, then just move it around, 07:21 move around little bit. 07:24 We have this... 07:25 Oh! All of it, all of it goes, all of it goes, 07:28 the second layer is a three layered lasagna. 07:30 I will get the...yeah there you go, 07:32 okay, that's gonna go on next and at this point 07:36 believe it or not once I do it like 07:38 put this one we has got that around, 07:40 you want to go ahead and take that 07:42 once again the crumbles, 07:46 okay, spread it around, 07:47 and then I will try to put that 07:48 in next I'm gonna put the crumbles in, okay, 07:52 a nice meaty meatless, meatless and 07:55 give it a meaty texture, yes, okay, nice. 07:59 Now, at this point what I'm gonna do 08:01 is I want to take some of the Parmesan alternative. 08:04 Oh! And I'm going to sprinkle it on, okay, okay, 08:10 alright and then we're going to put a little bit 08:11 more to sauce and how are we looking at, 08:14 our time is going, how is that going? 08:16 It's coming down the wire baby. 08:17 Okay, and you can start closing it out. 08:21 What we're gonna do 08:22 is we're going to actually put the next layer on and, 08:25 and it is real easy once again 08:26 the last layer is going on, 08:28 is I'm gonna put that last layer on 08:30 and then I'm gonna put out of the sauce over top 08:32 of it then we're going to take and put 08:34 foil on it, put in the oven at 350 degrees 08:38 we're gonna bake any oven for 45 to 50 minutes. 08:41 So, if you will say bye, 08:43 you will see the finished product. |
Revised 2014-12-17