This One Change Unleashed My Cooking Creativity
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When learning to cook it can be easy to focus all your energy on new techniques in order to improve in the kitchen. But sometimes it takes a major mindset shift in order to take your creativity and skills to the next level. In todays episode I'll be talking about one of the biggest shifts that transformed the way I bring meals together in the kitchen and to demonstrate, I'll take a little trip to the garden to harvest a special treat!
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Garden Harvest
04:45 - Spanish Tortilla
9:26 - Potato Pancake
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Creator and Host - Mike G
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You might as well start a gardening series! Amazing.
you could say this is the start of a lot more action in the garden!
@@ProHomeCooks hope there's no mint in that herb bed, I learnt the hard way that it'll take over EVERYTHING 😂
I second that. I wanna see how you go about maintaining your garden
@@poppyseed5270oh trust me I know. I inherited a huge patch of peppermint in the in ground bed. I will say its been nice to pick and dry for tea
@@ProHomeCooks that's what I do with my excess mint too! I'm trying a Korean style mint syrup right now because I just pruned mine and got way too much, I believe I've seen you make those before. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
Love that all the ingredients came from the garden. Those potato plans could have produced a lot more potatoes. Potato plants in bloom are just starting to produce tubers. You harvest potatoes when the plants are starting to die…but if you cannot wait, you can feel inside of the soil and harvest a few early 😊.
“Let the ingredient dictate what you make”
Over the last year I got tired of sourcing ingredients to make this or that dish especially because I moved back with my parents in a small town. Ingredients I’d normally use back in the city are either too hard find, super expensive or can only buy in bulk in the town. I simply started with cooking what I have in the fridge or can buy easily in the market and it’s made a big difference in how I think about food now!
Same! I haven't started going to markets yet but I married saving money with cooking creativity by just buying what's on sale and filling in the blanks from there.
This is such an important lesson to learn with regards to sustainability as well! If we rely too much on fulfilling our recipe’s ingredients needs then we may end up picking ingredients that travelled miles upon miles to reach us. Cooking with what is in season and local is a great way for everyone to make even just a little bit of a difference.
ahh thanks for chiming in on this @Ella. Such a great point and probably deserves another video for a deep dive. Certainly something I've been a bit obsessed with in the kitchen over the last few years!
sorry to be that guy, but eating local is not really better from a carbon emissions perspective. certainly there can be good aspects of eating local, but transportation is a very small portion of the overall emissions, and the specific food chosen matters a lot more for sustainability
Nice looking garden, Mike! 👍There's nothing like fresh produce that you grew yourself. I also like to build meals & snacks around what's popping in the garden at any given time. And sometimes I just wander around the garden & graze, lol.
Potato pro tip from a long time gardener. Hunt for new potatoes just under the surface when your plants are flowering, but don't dig the plants up. Let them die down naturally until the foliage is brown & crispy, then dig up the rest of your spuds. The tubers bulk up when the plant dies, so you'll get bigger potatoes that'll store longer.
My mom's method for crispy latkes: after shredding the veggies put them in a sieve over a bowl and press with a towel. Pour out the liquid and add any starch at the bottom of the bowl back to the veggies. Thank you for more ideas for cooking from my garden!
Glorious garden! Excited to visit soon. Also, for potato’s, you can technically cut a chunk from each potato of every eye and each eye makes a whole plant!
That’s true, but you’ll get much better results if you buy seed potatoes from a seed company. Potatoes don’t clown themselves and potatoes grown specifically for seed produce much better yields. Also, if you use supermarket potatoes, they may be sprayed with a sprout inhibitor and won’t grow.
I’ve been wanting to harvest sea salt, it’s quite easy, would be a great idea
Hi Josh I love you❤️
The veggie pancake you made reminded me of Korean "jeon" (or "Korean pancakes") which is typically made with green onions (chives are also a delicious option) and seafood mixed into a flour and starch batter! You can also kinda throw in whatever u want. We typically eat it on rainy days because the sizzling of the oil on the pan sounds like the pattering of rain on the windows :) I would definitely recommend giving it a shot! (The green onion pancake is called "pajeon" and the chive pancake is called "buchujeon" BTW!)
I've seen those and really want to try them :) thanks for sharing
oh thanks for giving me an inspiration for when I go to the next grocery store, these ingedrients will be bought and then a nice 파전 will be cooked! :)
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I think he already cooked it about a year ago, check his old videos.
Yep! They are super amazing, and quite easy to make!
I started cooking like this and I swear it changed my life. Makes me eat better, stay present in each season, and plan for future seasons as well.
I'm a heavy gardener myself (as is my wife), so please continue to work this into a series! Our seasonality is very different from the normal climate, but there are times where I just NEED IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS GODDAMN SQUASH, WHY DID I PLANT 6 SQUASH PLANTS!?!
Joking aside, I want to become a lot more self sufficient with my cooking and grow most of the herb/vegetables myself, so learning seasonal parings and what I can include in my garden as the years go by to add variety to my seasonal dishes would be incredibly useful to me.
You can freeze that squash, quarter it, lightly steam, toss with balsamic vinegar and freezè, it's the best in winter
It is so easy to get too many squash all at once. I slice and lay out squash on a parchment covered sheet pan to freeze, then transfer to gallon zip bag. Freezing flat means you can remove just what you want all winter. I also shred some as that is used for soup, breads, and fritters (mixed into my fav cornbread recipe 50/50 and sauted in half butter and half olive oil .
The main thing about cooking that I learned from my dad was seeing what we had in the house and figuring out what to make using that. A lot of leftovers made their way into different meals. I've made dinner for my roommates in the past with what we had laying around and they were kinda shocked how it came out.
Dude I remember you explaining to people how to use and prop up a Foreman Grill for stoner munchies. And now this. Good for you
I do this all the time and tell the family this is a once in a lifetime meal. Enjoy!!
With all of the food shortage rumors and such it's so inspiring to see gardens like yours. I love your videos, keep it up :)
potato omelettes are my go to for an awesome breakfast, the main differences when i make it are that i use less oil and a non stick pan (also lets you have fun flipping it with just the pan), and i cut the potato into smaller cubes and fry the outside till gold and crunchy for some more fun textures. (oh and added cheese)
You literally changed my life with your recipes, love that you use homegrown veggies, really inspiring me to plant some more in my garden.
This is the way to do it! It’s all about fresh, home grown ingredients. Nothing more rewarding. You can go far with this theme. I grow new things each year and wonder how to make them sing in the kitchen. I and many other avid veggie gardeners would love to talk recipes/inspiration, etc.
This is a brilliant change in how we can regard food and cooking. Ingredient centered cooking helped me achieve a $1 a day food budget, just to prove it can be done.
It starts by looking at the food languishing in the refrigerator and creatively turning that into a meal. Like leftover baked potatoes, parmesan cheese rind, half cup of milk, half of an onion, a few slivers of sweet green pepper, a newly expired can of corn, the last egg, and suddenly we have a free meal because that lot might have been trashed. With an indoor garden full of greens, herbs, scallions, celery, sugar snap peas, and root vegetables, I tend to stay on top of my ingredients as they grow and prevent waste through creativity. That potato-corn savory pancake was tasty and nutritious when accompanied by a fresh homegrown kale salad.
I live in Puerto Rico where not every ingredient you want is always available- especially produce. You go to the market and basically get what you can get- so I’ve definitely had to adjust to basing my weekly menu on the availability of the vegetables and herbs I can find
Hell yes!!!! This is what I’ve been waiting for out of your channel. Excited to see where this series goes & can’t wait to see more of the garden!
That's a really interesting way of making mayo! I'm from Belgium, so we're kinda the king of "fries with mayo" and we always make it with a whole egg, a splash of vinegar and sunflower oil until it's nice and thick.
I'll definitely try your version once!
Love this style of farm to table home cooking. More of this please!
Yay!!! LOVE seeing you harvesting ingredients from your garden/chickens, and then creating a delicious meal!
This is my second year growing potatoes. I LOVED growing, cooking, and eating purple potatoes! So cool. They’ll definitely be a staple in my garden.
I love this! Just last night I was thinking, as someone very new to veggies, how much I would like to see a series just like this! Focusing on one veggie and giving different ways to prepare them
Awesome video! Your enthusiasm is contagious. I will probably make the potato/daikon/zucchini dish but julienne the veggies rather than grate them, and add some carrot and onion (and a bit of corn starch instead of egg) for more of a tempura fritter. The herb aioli was brilliant!
I've been watching you for ages man. You should have your brother in an episode randomly. Bring that nostalgia back
hmmm, you never know!
Love the plan to let what you have dictate what you make. I'm no chef, but generally cook following that philosophy. Whether it's fresh ingredients from the garden or shop or "day old" items. I find a use, lower my food costs, and an enjoyable meal. Btw, instead of composting the potatoes you couldn't shred, just chop them up and add to another dish. Love learning from you. And, loved the chef flip! 🤗
I love your channel so much! I love that you learn while filming and you leave it in for people to learn from as well
I've been trying to get into cooking lately and love your channel.
I really struggle with getting frustrated and not actually enjoying the process much. I can see how much passion and joy you get from it and it makes me think that I would love to see a video from you that gives some tips on how to get enjoyment out of cooking for people who are not good and will likely mess up a lot along the way.
This video has re-kindled my inspiration to create a balcony garden
I too have been doing this in my cooking since I've been saving money by using ingredients from my garden, the neighborhood food forest, grocery salvage, etc. So fun and inspiring!
Thanks for this!! Your garden is awesome~i have that 3 bowl set, large green one, medium red one and small blue!!!!!!
I love this! My partner and I have recently had the same revelation; to let the ingredients dictate the meal. It's liberating and fun! I have had some of my best recipes this way
So excited for this series! Keep up the gardening, I love seeing how people use their produce in the kitchen!
This sounds like an amazing news series!
I don't have a garden, but I do get those "saved vegetable boxes" with veggies to ugly to be sold in supermarkets. So I never know what veggies will be delivered - and once I have them at home, I have to find recipes for them. And what to say, I just found 2 new recipes to try out for potatoes! Thanks a lot and really looking forward to this series!
So true 👍. It's funny your channel changed the way I cook and even just what I have in the refrigerator and cabinets. I'm not having to even go to the grocery store to get a meal on the table. Now I look in the fridge after two weeks and think wow I still have so much food. I also dont have as much food waste. 😀
Love this, fell in love with your videos with the Sandwich series, knowing all the skills I'd pick up along the way. Now the green revolution is turning more people to their own gardens for produce, this is perfect!
great advice! It's amazing how easy it is to turn whatever's in your fridge or pantry into something gourmet. You really start to understand how cooking works and embracing that creativity eventually turns into full on food artistry! (btw, your garden is badass)
I love how you enjoy the amazing flavors of what you harvested!!! ❣️🥰🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I have been watching your videos for quite some time now but believe this one is my favorite. Please make more videos like this. Thank you and God Bless!!
Omg you garden is goals ! If i can recommend something : put a lid on the potatoes and onions. One of the secrets to tortilla is that it has to fry and "steam" at the same time. The lid allows you to recreate that.
Let me know if you try it :D !
That’s exactly right!!! And as the markets shift with the season, our cooking does too. It’s so basic but such and AHA!
This made me so happy you; wow, what a great job. So great to see how well everything is growing for you.
The second one is quite popular in Germany, it's called Gemüsepuffer (veggi "puffs/fluffies/crusties" maybe). Onionbrings/stripes are very nice in there. Also leek. And a mix of coarse and fine shredded potatoe.
Potatoes alone is called Kartoffelpuffer (potato puffs).
We bind it classically with potato starch (or flour if you like).
In switzerland we call it rösti, best enjoyed with a lot of eggs fried with the potatos and a lot of bacon.
@@HCoreSoldierKili or Züri Gschnätzlets or Bratwurst with onionsauce
Yes, yes, yes! Radish hash browns are so yummy! And the kale sprouts, radish seed pods, radish leaves are great too
I would love to see more of how you arrange your garden and how you plant what you plant. That would be really interesting.
Obsessed with this concept!! I'm gardening a ton these days. I grew potatoes for the first time this year. They'd get bigger if you waited longer, but I can understand why you went ahead and called it. The dishes looked FANTASTIC
I love the way you focus on fundamentals show us how to innovate on our own.
Love the idea of this series very excited to see what you do each season 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
I'm enjoying your garden exploring. Your beautiful veggie pancake is just like Japanese Okonomiyaki, especially with the daikon. Add a little seafood & scallions & you'd have Korean Haemul Pajeon. Either way, it looks & sounds delicious. Looking forward to what else you come up with. 8)
I absolutely LOVE this video! Such simple yet delicious recipes from the garden - yum! I have the same veg growing in my 1st time garden and we also have 9 hens gifting us eggs daily. I'm inspired! More "fresh from the garden" ideas please 🙂
Amazing! Almost all from your back yard! Thanks for sharing.
Yep. What is fresh and cheap and looks good is how I cook. I just see what looks good and I buy that. Ofc I have seasonal recipes depending on the time of year. Cooking, for me, is like painting. It's my happy place! Happy cooking everyone!
Oh hell yeah gardening is my other happy place! I plan on growing old digging in da dirt! I love digging up taters it's like digging for gold so much fun! IT IS A TREASURE HUNT!
Oh I totally love beet greens, turnip greens, so not surprised you are harvesting the daikon tops! So quick and easy to stir fry with garlic EVOO red pepper flakes. I love mushrooms and onions so that is my very vary fav way to prepare beet / turnip greens / swiss chard. Super easy super quick.
Okay. I already love this series! Can’t wait to see what you highlight next! 🌟🌟🌟
Thank you. I have become confident using my Air fryer. I made first Air fryer dinner. I love repurposing the wonderful dripping from my Air fryer pan thanks to your site.
I loved this video! Please do more garden based content and maybe some instructions for beginners interested in gardening. Also, definitely make a garden harvest Cooking series! Thanks Mike!!
I make something similar to your potato pancake; however, since I am allergic to latex and potatoes contain latex compounds, I substitute turnips for potatoes. My go to mix for "veggie hashbrowns" are turnips, zucchini, and radishes. I am waiting for kohlrabi to come into season to try in my recipe. I will also turn the mixture into a hash by adding a meat, like ground beef, sliced chicken, or ground turkey. I enjoyed your video. You keep me inspired to try new things. I am consistently looking for ways to adapt your recipes to my dietary restrictions due to allergies. I haven't found a way to make bread without yeast, dairy, and gluten, but I'm trying.
awesome, I already love this series!!!
Loving your garden! Looks great and can't wait to see your orchard in the next few years. Potatoes are so easy and satisfying to grow. Another herb to try is chives. Looks great, super tasty and one of the first to sprout in the spring. And i love leaving green onions in the garden bed as perennials. Just cut the green parts and they'll keep growing. Love your videos and everything looks delicious!
Love this way of thinking! I'm always learning something new from you! I'm gonna try and adopt that mindset. It's hard though, but it's a process!
Heading to the garden to make that first recipe for dinner. Thanks for your lovely inspiration. Stopping by the hen house to gather those organic eggs! Love how you quickly whipped up some mayo. When I discovered making mayonnaise with a stick blender, it was a game changer for me. Two minutes start to finish and I have yummy thick avocado mayo!!
Amazing! Living the dream with that garden. Thanks for sharing!
i love you so much! thank you for taking us along on your journey :)
I love the idea for this series. Super excited to see what you come up with!
Some real excitement and passion radiating from this video, super cool to watch and the recipes looked delicious. One day I'll make it out of the urban jungle and try and do the same as you did. Love the content Mike, keep it up :-)
I literally spend hours watching this channel! Love the way you home cook!
Good lord that was good! I've always dreamed of having a garden and growing stuff. This is amazing... one day...
I am so obsessed with your videos, thank you so much
Brilliant! Mike, you are such an inspiration. I love watching you eat with gusto!
That's awesome! More garden videos please, it's super interesting and inspiring! Thank you for sharing.
When I started going to the farmer's market 6 years ago that is what I started doing. It is so much fun! And tasty too. Fresh potatoes have such a good flavor.
Yummy! Nothing like fresh out of the garden!
Mike these recipes or examples of your vision is epic. I can’t wait to try!
Good job my friend. I really love the location you live in and the way you shaped everything. The veggies look really fresh and super juicy! Keep it going!
Potatoes have really beautiful flowers. You have a nice garden. 😊
My most important cooking change was thinking in ingredient blocks because it meant I knew how to exchange one ingredient if I couldn't get it. And starting from my staples instead of the recipe.
I highly recommend a tortilla sandwich with baguette.
so happy for you man, that looked great
I love that approach of what can I do with these ingredients as opposed to a recipe and look for the ingredients! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As a tip, if you wanna make a healthier tortilla de patatas you can just microwave the potatoes till they're soft, and then do the rest of the recipe. It comes out really nice and you can eat it daily if you want :D
Awesome video! Last week I made garden fritters for the first time. I used candy roaster squash and gris shallots. Candy roasters were a test crop that will be in the garden every year now. Shallots are great in that they are easier to grow than onions.
love the new studio look my friend :0)
You're kicking ass in the garden, great job.
Love this new series!! Beautiful garden
I LOVEEEE seeing the garden!!!!!!
you are living the dream buddy with that garden... beautiful
Oh man I’m in love with this series already
I have some ingredients in the garden as well and it's very fun to cook with it! You however, are on another level. It looks fantastic!!
I love this! Please make more completely homegrown meals!
Found your channel in the heat of the pandemic - HUGE fan. Thank you for the inspiration.
I am now planning a patio garden for my Apt. :)
I truly love your videos, but this new serie... Man... I LOVE it!
the large fabric pots with the velcro "window panels" (I know it sounds sus) have produced the largest potatoes for anyone iv turned onto them. they might be worth a try to compare. they also make harvesting much easier in my opinion.
Love it!! Great idea for a video, plus I’m never sad about gardening
1000% here for more gardening/fresh produce videos. Amazing content
thank you for this beautiful insight!!
Great chewiness! Love your creative ideas. Keep ‘em coming.
That was supposed to say great “chefiness “. Darn self correct!
Loved the video! Your garden is beautiful, can't wait to have my own 😍 and I just love the idea of allowing the ingredients to dictate what I cook. I'm going to experiment with that ☺️🙏
extremely stoked for this series
Gorgeous! Fun! And the MAYO!
Exactly! ❤🍄🥒🍆🌽🌶🥕🥬🥦🥒🥔🧄🧅🍅🫑❤
Garden looks great!