Game Changing VEGAN FOOD HACKS That Will Change Your Life // Plant Based Diet // Vegan Health Tips
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- I am so excited to share with you some of my favorite Vegan food hacks that I use eating a whole foods plant based diet. These vegan food hacks are GAME CHANGERS AND and have helped me transition, live and thrive eating a healthy vegan diet. These hacks were also instrumental during my 50 LBS weight loss and I hope they are just as helpful for you on your vegan health and wellness journey. Enjoy these healthy vegan plant based health tips!
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Thanks for watching this video on my GAME CHANGING vegan food hacks that have helped me live and thrive eating a healthy whole foods plant based diet. These vegan food hacks not only helped me live this life easy, but they helped me during my 50LB weight loss and I am not sure I could have done it all without them. I hope you enjoy my vegan plant based health tips!
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I keep a cloth bag in my freezer and add my broth veggie scraps like onion ends etc. when it is full I cook in on the stove on low for a couple of hours then strain. Free broth!🌈🌈
When it comes to peanut butter, I turn the jar upside down when I get it home from the store. When I go to open it I shake it up so it blends and then once I've taken out what I need I put it back on the shelf upside down. I find it much less messy than blending it and then putting it back in the jar and it works just as well.
One hack I do. I got a spray bottle that is supposed to be for oil and put veggie broth in it. I keep it in the fridge and when I roast veggies I just spray it with veggie broth and throw them in the oven. Helps them not dry out too much. I also double batch waffles and pancakes for the kids and throw them in the freezer. Easy breakfasts for the week.
Also, Changing to a pantry chef after watching Tia's video a couple months ago changed me life. I have soooooooooo much more time to get other things done because I'm not in the kitchen all evening. And yes!!!! The frozen rice is a game changer.
I love these ideas. Definitely going to start freezing our own waffles. Love ❤️
Genius!!
@@HealthyVeganMama you have such a great Channel. This video was so great and so helpful. Can I get a pancake recipe from you I am so new at this. Thank you so much!
Which video is this ?
I grate several carrots (6-7) in my food processor and place into a jar and it will last for at least 2 weeks. Then I use grated carrots in my salads and I love putting a handful in my morning oatmeal before cooking and I use in baking( baked oatmeal or muffins)
It’s a great time saver for me! And carrots are so clean that all I do is rinse my food processor out and dry. 😉
Great ideas! I buy avocado when the bag of 5 or 6 is on sale but they are usually all ready to eat. I peel and freeze them in a ziploc. Thaw each in the microwave for 1 minute at half power. I often take 1/2 of one mixed with PB2, a little water and garlic and it makes the best kale salad dressing ever! PB2 replaces tahini in this recipe.
Oh that’s smart!
Also if you let avocado's ripen at room temp and then place them in the fridge once they are ripe. they'll stay perfect for a couple weeks
I didn't know you could freeze avocados.
Hi! My hack is to make our dry beans in an instapot. It takes about 30 to cook, 20 to cool. We then usually make hummus and use the beans during the week, including freezing. We love this because when we went plant based, we were drowning in bean cans. No, no recycling of cans! Cans are still an awesome hack in a pinch! And Thx, Tia!!
Tia….you have changed my life! I can’t thank you enough!!! I have been struggling with my weight for a long time and have tried everything. I have also been teetering for almost a year on going vegetarian, and you have now made that such an easy transition for me. You have no idea the impact you have made in my life and I can’t thank you enough. I have lost 7 pounds in 3 weeks and LOVE that I don’t have to track anything or log anything or count calories, etc. You make meals fun and easy to make and gave me all the life tools and hacks I need to succeed❤️. Please don’t ever stop your videos and recipes! Do you have a cookbook?
Oh Rita I’m so happy you are doing well and are enjoying my channel :) thank you for sharing. Cookbook coming soon
Frozen pasta works great. All you need to do is put frozen pasta in strainer and run it under hot water and serve
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I can’t wait to do this!!!
Do you rince the pasta before freezing?
I put the small dough hook attachment on my mixer and blend the peanut butter right in the jar. No need to have the extra step of putting it in a blender and then putting it back in the jar and having to clean the blender. It works really well
Love that!
Was here to say the same!
You can also flip the peanut butter jar over (close tight) and store that way. Everytime you flip it over to open it, the best peanut butter is always at the top. :-)
I keep mine in the fridge and never deal with separation after that initial stir.
Same as Cheri F; I chill my peanut butter, mix it once it’s cold, and then keep it in the fridge and it never separates again. Perfect all the way thru and no blender to clean!
I make a big pot of dried beans on the weekend and put some in the fridge and the rest in the freezer...just like your rice and grains!
Awesome tip and hack!
I do the same! :)
Love this! As well as canned (or tinned as we say in the U.K.) beans I cook dry beans in an instant pot, which means no soaking, then freezing them in portions so they’re ready just to add to things when I want them. 🌱
Why didn't I think to freeze rice and quinoa???? I usually make a big batch and just put it in the fridge and use up quickly, but freezing would be so much better! Thank you!!
We wash fruit in a 1:4 vinegar:water ratio when we get home. Let dry, and it will easily last 2x longer!
Awesome tip
Us too!
I Was Wondering If They'd Be Ok If I Stored Them After Washed Like this !! how Long Do you Leave Them In The Vinegar Water ?
@@EsaMelly6 I let them soak 5 minutes or so. Let completely dry. Store in refrigerator for a week or so!
I second becoming a pantry chef. We will stock up on the beans and legumes when they’re on offer, even if we aren’t planning on using them straight away. It means we are stocked up and have really easy options when we are running low on fresh foods. So quick and easy to whip up a bean/lentil curry out of the pantry.
Parboiled rice is great too. I cant tell you how many times I've grabbed some parboiled brown rice and had it cooked up within 15 minutes instead if 45. Game changer.
Hi! I’ve been vegan for almost three years and I have to say I WAS a processed food eating vegan but I just switched to a WFPB diet and I’m so excited I found you on UA-cam!!! I was thinking that other day I pray I find someone on UA-cam that I can learn from and that inspires me and I found you!! Thank you for your videos, I’ve been watching them for a few days and have already tried several recipes!! By the way, my name is Tia too!!!
I’m so happy you are enjoying! Thanks for watching.
I Love Love the pantry chef idea. I stress after working 40 hours a week about “What in the World am I going to cook every day. We just started completely plant based and I’m learning! Thank you for the great tips 🌟
Woohoo! So happy this is helpful
I completely agree with this too
Congrats going plant based best thing for the family mine also went plant based about a month ago and were lovin it
My peanut butter hack for natural pb is to take my hand mixer and only use one attachment and mix it right in the jar. Just be sure to stop it before pulling it out lol.
When making any meal when possible-go ahead and double the amount and freeze. Works for pancakes; waffles, pasta, muffins, rice, soups, chili, sloppy Joe lentils, pbj’s for kids etc.
PB- we find simply stirring new jar of all nat PB until oil is reabsorbed / homogenous and then keeping in fridge works like a charm ❤️❤️❤️
I like to cut up all sorts of stuff and freeze it; minced ginger, diced onion & sliced, sweet peppers, diced and a separate bag of sliced, green onion, saves me a lot of time.
I use a stick blender to mix in the peanut butter oil.
It is slow but I don't have a blender jar to cleanout.
Also, I batch cook rice, and beans from dry, then bag them up and freeze them.
Dry peas and beans are much cheaper than canned.
You covered a lot of great things in this video! One thing I will add is there's an easier way to keep the peanut butter oil from separating, you just have to store the jar upside down! It will all mix up perfectly
Great tips as always Tia! Another hack that I recently learned about avocados is to cut them in half width-wise instead of lengthwise. This exposes less surface area to potentially brown before you can use the other half. I haven't tried it yet, but it could work!
Very interesting
Put a slice of onion on top of the open flesh and refrigerator, it works.
I do cut mine like this and it helps. The best thing is leave the seed in and put the half in a bag or container. It will stay green for a day or two
I haven’t heard anyone say MamaJama outside of our family. That is what my daughter called my mother (passed away last April). Thank you for the sweet memory ❤️
:) my pleasure ❤️
I have been a pantry chef for quite some time and most would consider me "OCD" about it, LOL!! All my grains/beans/fruits etc. are in WECK jars. I converted my dining room into a master pantry area, with stainless steel racks for all my equipment, pots/pans, dried goods, etc. To me, it is such a fun and organized way to be creative. I have actually been remodeling/creating pantry areas for friends. Also, I make homemade everything and soup is one of my son's favorite. He happens to be so incredibly PICKY (he won't even eat fast food when he's out with his friends, LOL!!)! When the soup cools, I put portions in food saver bags, seal and freeze! I LOVE your PB2 idea and I'm going to try it! Thank you ALWAYS, Tia! I LOVE all your ideas and creative ways. You are adorable and such an inspiration!
Woohoo! 🙌🏻❤️
Thanks for watching!
What are some Vegan Food hacks you use that I haven’t mentioned? We’d love to hear!
💥 Also video brain fart moment: Three bananas would be close to 210 calories (small to medium size) so one tbsp of oil would be equivalent to close to 2 bananas, again depending on the size you eat. Regardless, the point is, you can eat lots of real food that will fill your belly, for the same amount of 1 tbsp of oil that does nothing in the way of nutrition and fullness. Huge difference!
Don't think I've ever seen someone glow from a vegan diet as much as you're glowing right now ^.^
:) thank you.
I was thinking the same!!!
You could cook potatoes, cut them up and freeze them
Love this hack
@@sheffieldjcondo4828 People could use the frozen potatoes in a stew, not by themselves. I cook a bunch of potatoes in my insta pot too..and eat them throughout the week.
Just a tip for those who don't know: When you cook pasta, potatoes or rice and refrigerate them overnight, then reheat the next day, it makes the starch in them become resistant. Cooked, cooled, then reheated, keeps your body from absorbing as many calories from your favorite starchy foods!!!
Rinsing beans well will cut the sodium content by nearly half. Almost half of the salt content listed on the label is in the liquid in the can.
'We are building up'
I love that!!
Excellent video. Especially like the idea of putting the fruit in jars. Highly visible and accessible. And like you said, its so attractive and appealing to the senses and the appetite. Love all your hacks and your "simpler" approach to food prep like being a Pantry Chef.
This video was right on time for me ❤️ thank you!!
Love the pantry idea! And the fruit and veggies in jars, never thought of that. Thanks for these hacks.
Fantastic idea with fruit in the jars . I'm going to do that !
Yes, love that idea. I had started from her travel video. I'm going to do more of that now!! 😊👍🏽
I love this hack with the mason jars and fruit! I put them in bowls now but I love the clear glass. I never heard of frozen rice. I will have to look for this. I used the veggie broth tip today when I sauteed veggies for dinner. OMG the tip with the peanut butter is amazing! I have always been a pantry chef but I need to overhaul my pantry now. Never tried freezing avocado.
I love all of these! Especially the vertical fruit storage in the fridge, and the pantry chef concept. I can’t wait to watch the videos you mentioned about that! Thank you!
Yay! Thanks for watching
Thank you for all your amazing content!
Here’s my PB hack. The oil is conveniently separated to where I just dump it off before stirring. Super simple and no one in my family of 7 notices a thing!
Thanks so much for so many great ideas!
I pour out the excess oil then stir. Thanks for all your hacks. I like the fruit in jars. Beautiful.
Thank you for these life changing hacks, Tia!!! Your cheese sauce is a staple in my house!
Thanks for all of your tips, I definitely enjoy the storage hacks the most but they are all useful
The peanut butter hack was surprising to me. I thought you'd say to turn the bottle upside down. Great hacks and you're so close to 50k!
Thank you! I am, I can’t believe that! So thankful for all of you 🤷🏻♀️
I turn mine upside-down, so much easier and no wasted peanut butter in the blender
I just mix it in a bowl. No need to clean the blender
I was going to respond about turning it upside down too. I store it in my fridge upside-down. 👍🏽 Very different one about putting in the blender. Maybe I'll try that one day. 😊
I thought she was going to say to pour out the oil.
Hi 🙋🏾♀️ Yes the noodles freeze great I make them fresh and put it in a ziplock bag to freeze and whenever I want pasta for dinner then I just boil in hot water and it taste as fresh as you just made it that day.
PB hack… you don’t have to put it into a blender and get THAT all messy… I put my jar in the microwave just to heat it a little (to get soft) and then use a hand blender right in the jar! Same result, waaaaay easier and less messy! ♥️
Hi Tia! I have another peanut butter hack that I got from Simnett Nutrition! When you bring your jar of peanut butter home with the oil floating on the top, put it upside down (sit it on the lid in the cabinet). In a day or two it will all have sunk down the sides of the jar to the top. Then, all you have to do is vigorously shake it and it stays mixed! I couldn’t believe it when he said it - but it works!
Thx for tips and encouragement that I’m not alone! This mama w/ fam of 6 plant based eaters sometimes needs to not feel like a freak🤣! When I often have avocado left I scoop out my portion and leave the pit in tact and put the 2 “shells” back together and place in baggie in fridge and this keeps great for days. I have also had great success leaving the pit in tact and placing plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the avocado and placing in the fridge and that way it keeps it from browning and keeps it fresh with the pit in place. Also a few drops of citrus before storing helps freshness❤️👍🏻
I cook my dried beans without soaking and cook about 40 min in the instant pot until desired tenderness. Love your videos.
These are all amazing tips!!! Thank you so much! 🤗
Thank you for the tips can use some of them
Life changing information here!
I cant thank you enough for all of your hacks, tips, education. You are making this doable for so many of us out here!!! Love this channel ❤
So happy you enjoyed this
I love how passionate you are about living a healthy lifestyle! Your videos inspire me to take really good care of my body and mind. Those glass jars of strawberries oh my, so cute!
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Fantastic video as always. Learnt new things today - Pb and avocado in the fridge. My hacks - strawberries soak them 5 min in 1 part White Vinegar 8 parts Water. Drain & Rinse Then let dry in colander for hours. Pat dry then put in mason jar with lid on. No fermentation. Stays for 2 weeks as good as first day.
Love that, I’ll have to try
Love your tips. Awesome pantry ideas
Tia, I would love to see a video of your 5 favorite breakfasts, lunches and dinners…..love your channel🇨🇦
Whew that sounds like a lot of filming, but I’ll see what I can do 😉
@@HealthyVeganMama I don’t mean one long video, I thought maybe 3 separate ones…like a series one for breakfast, one for lunch and one for dinner, and maybe you wouldn’t have to film all of them just link to them if you’ve already made a video of it🤷♀️ just a thought🤔
This is an EXCELLENT video! Thank you-just wonderful ideas!
Very helpful ideas- thanks!!
LOVE these hacks! I'm definitely going to try mixing PB with PB2, as I've had trouble feeling satisfied with the taste and consistency of PB2. I don't know why I haven't thought of it before! Thanks, Tia!
I LOVE the mason jar idea. Such great hacks. Thank you!!
Great tips - thanks!! ☺️
A way easier tip to nut butters oils not separating is to just store them upside down!
Set upside down jar on saucer or old larger lid, no oil stains in cabinet
Yes, I’ve been using this technique for years! Best way to go!
@@meman6964 huh 🤔 I've never had oil spillage, maybe yours is already open or not sealed all the way
OMG 😳, the blending of the peanut butter GENIUS 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻, I would get a long spoon and moosh the contents then put the jar in the cupboard upside down, but no more my friend.
As I live alone now I rarely buy an avocado, because I would have to eat it all, I never thought of freezing it 🙌🏻🙌🏻. Thankyou for the amazing hacks 🙏🙏🙏
Great tips, thanks Tia 🌸
Great video! A lot of neat ideas in the comments too.
We found a hand peanut butter stirrer on Amazon and it works good but I'm definitely going to try the dough hook/mixer idea. Walmart just had their no salt added canned beans for$0.50 and, yes, I stocked up. Catching those sales 😁
That was a very informative video, nice hacks! I’m going to my pantry now to sort my cans and put fruits in mason jars !
Great hacks! Love the info!
I used to put peanut butter in the blender. or blend it with a knife. but now I do the hack I learned from Simnett Nutrition (giving credit for a great tip - also plantbased). just turn the peanut butter jar upside down. the oil will rise again, blending with the rest. when the oil starts showing on top, shake it. and refrigerate it. Love this.
I also love your 2nd peanut butter hack. now I use it all the time. I love your peanut butter / powder sauce on toast, and put mashed banana with cinnamon and coconut stevia. Yum. and lower fat, now. :)
Great video as always! Thanks for the tips! Because of you I already use the jars in the fridge, gonna remove lids now☺️
Awesome! I find no lid seems to work better
I started putting fruit in jars to take camping after I saw you doing this on your vacation video, thanks for the great tip!
If you want to ripen an avocado fast, put it in a paper bag (so it doesn't get mouldy) and also put in a banana.
The banana produces a gas that will help ripen fruit.
Omg, the peanut butter hack!!! Thank you!!!🙏🏽
Great tips!! 🙌🏽
That blending peanut butter hack is AMAZING. Never heard of it. I thought you were going to mention the stirring lid kit they have. It's a lid that has a hole in the top, there's a stirring 'thing' (sorry, can't remember the name of it), you put it through the hole on the lid and turn the handle to stir. No spillovers. I don't have one because I don't eat the peanut butter (can't control myself with it) but when I DID eat it when I first transitioned over, I would stir up the peanut butter and store it upside down in the fridge. Only had to stir it once. But I think your blender hack is a MUCH better idea 😉
Putting fruit in the jars is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Love it thanks for sharing!!
Love the hacks. Husband made me avacado toast. He used a whole one just for me! I said only a quarter please! Lol but it sure tasted good! We do a lot of pantry shopping for our dinners also. Love your videos!
So happy you enjoy 😊
Love you and your amazing hacks. Thank you
I have to share having a avocado only to find the half I didn’t eat a yuck brown and into my compost.
The hack I learnt wrap your half avocado with a slice of onion on the exposed flesh and refrigerator. Two days later it’s still good.
Ohhhhh I will try. Thanks for sharing.
You can also rub the surface with a lemon or lime and it won’t get brown. We use whatever is left from a lemon I squeezed for a dish or I always have some cut up in the fridge.
Loved it! I kinda found sautéing things in broth by accident not wanting to use oil and I also love it!! Love all the hacks! Lol loved your imaginary oil
Love your organized pantry! I use various sizes of the OXO containers too. What is the label maker you’re using? I see a couple of them on Amazon but would like your recommendation as to the one I assume you’re happy with. Thanks
Thanks so much for sharing your videos
Great video. Thanks for the tip. Could you make a video on meals that helped your family transition?
Great ideas! I do many of them but still live your presentations! You can save the remainder of avocado in the fridge to use as normal by facing open halves together (as if whole) and placing in a small ziplock.
Yeah that never works for me in the fridge. I’ve tried it all 🤦🏻♀️😂 but I’m glad it works for you 🙌🏻
For the peanut butter issue, I mixed it up a bit, then made sure lid was on super tight before putting it in the pantry upside down. (I didn't have time to take it all out and blend it) Worked ok.
So good! Thank you
You can also mix leftover avocado into salsa and the acid helps make it last longer and makes salsa creamy 😋
Saw this being done on another channel, turn your jar of Peanut Butter upside for acouple of days, then without opening it, just shake jar, several times and it’s all mixed up. Wouldn’t have believed it, but it Worked Great!! I also had large jar as well.
Great! Less mess
Great idea!!!Love the mason jars filled with fruit!!!!I am going to copy you!!!!!Great video!!!!Thank You!!!💖💖💖🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🌸
We just store our natural peanut butter upside down...it really is amazing!
I stir my peanutbutter. Then store it upside down. Works!
Great hacks Tia ! Loved them all ! As for the peanut butter cause I'm the only one that eats it in my house I just pour off the oil and even look for jars with lots of oil on top so it's even less oil ....then I pour a bit of that oil on the dog food and my dogs love it !
Excellent video Tia and fantastic food hacks. I use canned beans a lot because dry beans take time to cook. I also love frozen vegetables because they last longer than fresh.
Awesome!
Omg I needed to know how to replace oil ☺️
👍Great tips, I've done some of these for years especially the "pantry chef". I've kept my pantry stocked with foods we always eat & based on meals we normallly eat. 😋
I have 3-6 months worth which is basically a peppers pantry. Lol 😆
I also have cooked rice in freezer at all times but to save $$ I just make a big batch in my instant pot, cool, and freeze in ziplic sandwich bags in 1 cup portions. So easy to throw in microwave with frozen veggies for a quick dinner.
Also if you cook beans in instant pot you don't have to soak overnight. I make a pot every Sunday and freeze these beans in baggies too. 🍲
Interesting and helpful hacks. Thank you!
All of these are such wonderful hacks!! I will be applying these to my vegan journey. This saves a lot of time and money. Thank you!!!
Awesome!
Good hacks. I do some of them but had never thought to freeze my own rice. Why not?! Lol. Also great idea for freezing avocados to add bulk to kids or hubby’s smoothie. I always try to find ways to do this so very helpful.
How do you freeze the rice and quinoa without it clumping or sticking together? Love all these ideas!!