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My first tip is: Always read the recipe all the way through - not just the ingredients. Sometimes there are hidden instructions like - marinate over night, or let rest in the refrigerator (make sure you have room in there) etc.
Small tip for the pizza dough: put the containers upside down, so the ball rests on the lid. This way you can just drop the ball off the lid instead of scraping out of the bowl.
Related to mise en place, I clean up as much as I can *before* I cook. It's a much more pleasant cooking experience if I'm not washing vegetables or straining pasta over a sink fully of dirty dishes. And with a clean counter space, I never feel bad about getting out the proper tools or as many bowls or pots and pans as I need.
So truee neat n clean kitchen is a must coz if many ppl say cooking is stressful its coz of dis. While for me its a pleasant experience n i enjoy cooking
@@varshinib1013 agreee, cooking is fun and I love to start cooking with clean counter space & appliances. but I don't enjoy the aftermath tho -- cleaning all the utensils, appliances etc after cooking 😭 I dreaddddd them so muchh
@@SyeQNP thats y use as less utensils as possible..i do dat my recipes r mostly one pot or ones dat use only d same pot without having to wash it ofc...n in d end when ur done...only one pot left to clean. N if u use mixers blenders dont let it dry pour d contents out...use water n remove everything stuck on sides no wasting lol n then after u pour it the blender is almost clean...so washing aint a big deal at all
So I went to culinary school and I have been cooking for too many years now. I already know everything that was there in this video. But why I am commenting here is because, despite the fact that there was nothing new for me to learn, I was hooked and watched the entire thing from start to end!!! Everything about this video is so wholesome! The voice, the structure, the flow, the aesthetic, just everything!! This is brilliant quality content. Never stop making such wonderful videos Sadia!
This is one of my favorite cooking channels. Sadia is so warm, welcoming and informative. Plus the way it is captured is so captivating. 🌿 Thanks for creating such epic content!
Something I wish I started doing earlier is when using cookbooks, to stick a little post-it note on the recipe page with some notes: was it delicious, was the portion size okay, did you change any ingredients, ... so useful!
Ok but like... how is no one talking about how aesthetic this video is. Any part of this video could be on a cover of a magazine and i'm not even exaggerating. IM OBSESSED!
A cooking skill I picked up over the last year was labelling and dating everything I make. I use old containers to store leftover food and ingredients in the fridge and I always forget what I have in there or when I made it. Just using cheap masking tape I can label my stuff along with the date that I made it on, and it helps me remember what’s in the fridge and what’s not, and it helps me reduce waste as well as come up with creative dishes with something that’s gonna go bad soon. It helped me save soo much money and time in the long run. The other day I made ice cream from leftover chocolate frosting and it was so good, helped me make my cooking skills more versatile I loved this video Sadia! I am not vegan but I have always loved your content and try a lot of your recipes, and I am interacting more with it because you deserve a million more subs :) please make a video about your cinematography and shooting style/ how you edit and shoot food, plus help for beginners. I have been interested in videography and the way you make your videos is so calming and beautiful
Often I would eat my meals and think about what I could of added to make the meal better, or ways I could of cooked the meal better or something I forgot to add to the meal. The best tip I was given to stop this happening was to take your time while cooking, step back and think before rushing into the next step. By slowing down I find that I can really think about what I’m doing and when I step back I often have sparks of inspiration of what would be good to add to the meal. It also helps me not forget about ingredients. Plus makes the experience much more enjoyable AND it somehow results in a less chaotic kitchen at the end, I seem to have time to clean up as I go when I don’t frantically rush cooking my meals
this isn't a youtube video this is a Netflix show or a tv documentary .. what i want to say: the quality of your content is mind-blowing. i am so inspired and a huge fan... thanks girl !!!
That line though.. "I did that, I made that". This actually happened today. Enjoying the process is the skill I have learnt recently. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos always provide so much. They are encouraging, informative and inspirational in so many ways. I always feel so inspired to cook and eat better, be better organized and feel encouraged no matter what state of mind I'm in. Thank you!!
One thing that I’ve learned from you is to add water rather than oil! I used to add so much oil because my vegetables were burning and then it was not enjoyable ! Now that I add water it taste way better and I don’t feel bad after my meal! So thank you for all of your tips ! It really helps me to be a better cook 😊
I learned most of my cooking skills from my mom and it’s cool to see that she’s taught me most of these skills. We cook a ton of Indian food so it’s very spice heavy.
@@SyeQNP No doubt Ranbir singh is a famous chef but his videos are bit longer than needed to be. There are few others Hebbars s kitchen and food fusion/healthy fusion. Way more easier to follow and less time taking.
A skill that I wish I knew and should have learnt sooner is to mix dry and wet ingredients seperately and then combine both while you make a cake..that ACTUALLY makes so much difference in the texture of the cake! 😍 I used to mix everything randomly but now my cakes turn out sooooo goooood ☺️
@@teresamoscatelli239 If you're working with gluten, it's because over mixing it will result in something a lot more dense that will be more chewy and won't rise as well. The other issue, but less important if you're making recipes that do require a lot of gluten formation, is that some ingredients might not get incorporated evenly, thereby altering the flavour or the rise of the final product for example (think bits of cacao powder, or a flatter cake).
@@teresamoscatelli239 If you don't want to mix the wet ingredients ahead of time, that's not a huge problem because dumping them all into the bowl with the dry ingredients will mix them anyway. (Add all liquids before you start stirring!) But mixing dry ingredients before you add the wet ones can really help! It makes sure all dry ingredients are evenly dispersed throughout the batter/dough, which is really important for leavening agents or spices.
I just adore your videos, Sadia. You're always gently informative without being 'preachy' in any way whatsoever. Thank you for that. My tip goes like this-always start with a bigger soup pot than you think you may need. I am still trying to remember this one..haha
Ahh I love this video idea, thank you for the insights! My "I wish I had known sooner" is how to use my stainless steel pans correctly. First they have to be hot enough for drops of water to roll around on them, then you add oil and wait till it barely starts to smoke, and then you put the ingredients in, and it's often best to let the ingredients sit to cook because they'll naturally detach from the pan when they get browned enough. I could have saved myself so much broken-up food and scrubbing if I only knew!
Same. I just in the last year learned to let meat rest until it detaches on its own. I used to try to flip things too soon before they'd released by themselves. It has been a game changer.
The tips that have helped the most over time: read the recipe all the way through, mise en place, clean as you go, and take care in selecting the best ingredients
The great thing about having your food prepared before you begin cooking is not only making it stress free, but you can effectively clean as you go It saves so much time in the end!
I just started making my own bread. I decided if I was going to eat carbs they were going to be really good. I've made my own sourdough starter and now I'm into sourdough bread. It's as beautiful as it is delicious.
Awesome, I too have started a sour dough starter for the first time, only have made pizza crust and pancakes with it. I am going to attempt a sourdough bread soon 😀
I cannot express how much I love your recipes. Every time someone asks me about vegan recipes I love I just show them your blog, no questions asked. I have yet to find a recipe that didn't make it into my notebook, so far I've loved them all. THANK YOU!
Wow this comments section is so informative! Through the years I have definitely learned to get all the ingredients that I need before I start, at least my pantry and fridge items and now I know the name for it! That's pretty cool! Also, I have learnt to clean as I go because things can get chaotic very soon if you don't have a clean workspace and it also helps you enjoy the process of cooking more.
I only found this channel about a month or so ago and since then i have watched so many of the videos about recipes and more recently the more' let's have a chat with a cup of tea' types. I LOVE all of them, i honestly feel i'm chatting to a friend and i have tried a few of the recipes and i really feel better, i'm type 2 diabetic, very overweight, bipolar and grieving my husband so a little lost and not exactly healthy! I feel that my comfort food relationship is at 42 becoming much more stable now that i understand more about what i am eating and how to get more energy to deal with everyday life. Thank You for helping me :)
An important skill is using the heat correctly and understanding that different ingredients require different cooking times. When sautéing onions, I've stopped blasting them on high heat and I now wait a few minutes before adding the garlic which cooks in less time. 😊
Sadia, your videos are so wholesome, warm and wonderful! I cannot recommend your channel enough 🥰 you are such a wonderful soul and I wish there were more people like you! THANK YOU for being here, for all that you do, gathering this amazing community, teaching us so many things and also a big thanks to your team 🥰 Have a wonderful day 🧡
Great video! My gamechanger tips are: -add garlic later, if not in the very end, because it tends to burn -fry vegetables until golden and don't hesitate to fry in batches, if stuff starts to burn. Deglaze with water if needed. Adds tons more flavour. -a pinch of sugar goes a long way in savoury dishes, a pinch of salt in sweets. -concerning baking: scale over cups any time. Way more accurate, way less dishes. That was all folks, happy cooking!
I've watched a lot of your videos and also followed so many of your dishes. I have to say, this video is so well produced!!! It made me felt like we are cooking together in the kitchen but at the same time, you are just sharing with me your learnings while we waiting for the food to be ready. It is a very well-produced video from script to storytelling, keep up the great work!!!
I wish I could have learned to cook sooner! When I became a single parent at 21 I wanted to be a mommy that cooked. I had a few basic skills. Boiling water, I could fry an egg, open jars or cans of premade soups, sauces, etc. I got a crockpot, asked for a food processor for a Christmas present. I learned and fed us pretty well. By the time I was 27 I had met a nice man, we got married and had a child. Food network was teaching me more recipes. I started growing my own herbs a few veggies. I got good knives, pots and pans and was becoming quite good at mincing herbs and garlic. ( what? These things can be used fresh!?). now I have found your channel and a couple others I follow and feel confident that I can try any recipe! Thank you 🙏.
I just love your videos! I started watching before I became vegan and now that I’m vegan I appreciate your videos/recipes even more! I would love to see more videos like this where you teach us about different cooking skills and techniques.
I found this video unique in a sense that PUL is able to combined so many reflections on our own daily routine. Like while we are cooking for ourselves to provide ourselves with nutrients we are also nourishing ourselves with reflections on our potential to cook better. Wow! Thank you Sadia and PUL team.
Dear PUL team, I just want to let you know, that I’m so grateful for this channel. Your videos is one of the reasons I’m transitioning to a plant based diet, which before I thought was impossible for me. I enjoy so much watching and then trying out your receipts I don’t even want to go back to dairy. Thank you for the creativity and aesthetics in every new video! Looking forward for holiday season themed content ❤️
This is by far the BEST video from pick up limes. I have been a follower for 2 years now and have experimented with numerous recipes from the blog. But somebody teaching "how to make our own recipes" has to take the cake. Some of the skills from video, I discovered last year but I am still grateful for all of them complied in such an amazing interesting way. This sure makes me feel less intimated by my kitchen and much more excited about falling in love with food. So thank you so much for bringing this to us! ❤❤❤
Thank you Sadia for this wonderful information which you impart so simply and with so much passion. I learn so much from watching all your videos. One thing I will never understand is, why are a few people giving thumbs down? I wish we could award gold stars for everything you do.
Hi from London, Just wanted to say thank you for all the brilliant work you do in your channel! Thanks to your healthy lifestyle advice and tips, I've lost 28lbs of excess weight by slowly reducing the amount of meat I consume. At first, I found it very tough to adjust and almost gave up, but after a few weeks it started to get much easier. This has helped me become more active and enjoy food without feeling guilty about the odd treat now and then. Hope your channel continues to go from strength to strength! Kind Regards, Ed
I am new to cooking and i am quite intimidated by it tbh, this video has calmed my nerves a bit..... like you said there's no chef marking our work! thanks Sadia
Sadia, I truly appreciate and love your content. I am a food content creator as part of what I do as well, and I am so encouraged by you. Your positive loving demeanor always shines through plus your recipes are bomb. God bless you!
I love that you acknowledge a sponsorship but don't push us to watch the sales part up front. I find that approach way more genuine! Your video's are so well done! Thank you!
This is such a beautiful, soothing, meaningfully woven, enriching and wholesome video! 🥺❤️✨ I love the thoughtfulness and care you've put into making it. Watching it made my heart feel so happy! 🌻
The day just gets a whole better after few minutes of your videos. The positivity and the enthusiasm you bring to every video just motivates me every single time. Thank you Sadia for being a great inspiration in our lives. Love from India.
Sadia I have been following you from your start and I love that your videos are packed full of great recipes as well as a ton of facts. I learn so much! Also, I’m sure I’ve commented before that you have great speaking voice and it’s very calming. Thank you for all the work you put into your channel!!!
@@davielawrence3773 Not just celiac, people have intolerances to gluten too. In my case it sets off my IBS which is agony. But people who avoid gluten because it's "healthier" are mental, no one enjoys gluten free bread.
My sister and nephew both have celiac, I'm defintely gluten-intolerant....for some it really is so important to skip the gluten. Happy you can enjoy it though...
A super simple but belatedly learned tip for me was to have a small bowl near my chopping board for small scraps, and the trash/compost bin pulled right up to the counter or island, for larger trash. So that I don’t have to turn or step away. The prep triangle. I’m remodeling my entire kitchen right now, and causing the bin shortcut to become part of the new design, as a refuse cabinet that opens directly on my left.
This video is so incredible! I loved how you explained everything and added bits of science. We need to learn more about the science of cooking! Thank you Sadia 😃
I really appreciate this format of videos. Definitely interesting to bring the other information alongside main recipe. Thank you. I found a big thing for me (that the video touched on) is relaxing and not really being super strict but just do the process as I like it and cook it how I like it.
Good video & I agree wholeheartedly. I think another is to learn "foundation" recipes. Like say here in Scotland our parents would've taught us to make a basic staple like mince & tatties [ground meat & mashed potatoes]. Once you have that you can use the skills of cooking the mince to branch out into other things like cottage/shepherds pie, then spaghetti bolognese, lasagne... building all the time, use those skills to take it further with stews like beef stroganoff or stuffed peppers, meatloaf. moussaka. They all have a similar skill set, once you're comfortable with the basics you can exponentially build outwards as your confidence grows. I also think a good grounding is sauces is so important. With a knowledge of sauces you can transform base ingredients into wonderful things. The fist one I was taught was "bread sauce" when I was very little. I thought it was like alchemy & was hooked. Those along with how to prepare the basic carbohydrates like rice, potato, pasta, noodles, pulses & grains means you will never starve & have almost infinite variations to play with. Only found your channel a few weeks ago, really loving it. You communicate your passion for food so well,
Hands down, you are my and my daughter's favorite *insert everything from UA-camr to chef, motivational speaker...*. I was vegan 20 years ago, and now because of health reasons, want to revisit veganism. Because of your videos, we are doing just that. We have so many struggles (and blessings) but with out a doubt, we can watch your videos and feel better. Lol, I should have wrote that this is our favorite form of therapy too. Seriously, mad respect and gratitude for your talents.
The quality of your work !!!! Beautiful image, the colors, the lights… the variety of different shots. And the informations given are gold. Thank you for the implication. Love from France.
I learnt not one but many skills from your videos Sadiya.. you are so pretty and there's something soothing about your voice.. as if I am meditating.. love you.. never stop🤗👍
I'm making this pizza tonight and I'm already obsessed by the smell of the balsamic reduction!! Also: I totally love that I now know that toasted bread tastes amazing because of the Maillard reaction! 🤓 "We're having Maillard reaction bread this morning!" 🤣
I think the best tip I have is when you first make a new recipe - stick to it as close as you can. If you then find you want to substitute or change some ingredients- do that the second time you make it. Some recipe ingredients lists can look v weird and there is a tendency to want to amend it...don't! Its always surprising what things work well together! Love love this channel ❤
I’m really not into cooking but eversince i sub to PUL🍃made me realize how to give value of eating good food. That eating healthy food is really important to humans We pray that PUL keep on inspiring others And we are all here for you forever to support all of your content.🍃🍃
This is a great video and I really love the advice to take it easy and not be so judgemental. You make this look doable and you hone in on some important advice on how to be successful in the kitchen.
I have learnt that you do not need a specifically gluten free recipe and I can adapt non- gluten free recipes with gluten free ingredients. Also just to use my own senses in the kitchen to tell when something is cooked or not rather than always relying on the instructions!
Great video and recipe Nadia. I am self taught when I learned to cook which I have been doing for 34 years but only 5 of those years have been vegan or 100% plant based and it's going to be that way for the rest of my life. Love🥰 the video and love 💕Nadia.
The cooking skills that I wished I had learned sooner are overall cooking process, good knife skills, taste everything as you go, and good cooking techniques. I still work on these to improve them. I learned the overall process / framework to cook anything. This helped me expand to cook anything and w/o recipes. Or even change recipes with things as I wish. There is usually a lot of cutting in cooking and it can take up the most time. I find good knife skills are very useful to cut down the time and better even cook. I found we naturally have seasoning ability. If we taste things as we go, then we can easily fix the seasoning or experiment with new ideas and still end up with good or at least ok results. The cooking techniques like saute, roasting, etc doesn't change. The natural flavour of the ingredients shine better with proper caramelization or the millard process.
This came out so so so delicious. It even impressed my mother in law!!! And hubby loved it too. I swapped out the grapes for tomatoes because the grapes at the store weren't looking too hot but I'll keep my eye out since I will be making again. :)
Sadia, thanks for sharing your experience! Really worth to take it ASAP for beginners :) One more thing want to add it's meal-prep, but not dish, let's say ingredients prep. Having it (chopped/caramelized onion, garlic, pilled carrot, washed vegetables and greens, etc...) on my fridge makes cooking easier, faster, it allows you some extra time to be in process and to be like an artist ;)
Sadia i love your recipes even though I'm not vegan -I'm trying to eat more plant based when possible. I really wish you'd write a recipe book - I would for sure buy it! I'm honestly surprised publishers aren't jumping at the chance to publish you!🤷🏽♀️
These are great tips! Apart from this, its also important to know the methods of cooking and different ways of cooking like sauteing, grilling, roasting and so on.
📲 Our Pick Up Limes app is finally here (1-week free trial!): bit.ly/PUL_app 🎉
One more I should have included in the video: learning correct knife skills - what a game-changer! 🔪 What's a cooking skill you wish you'd learned sooner? 🤓🧑🍳👇
Yes, please! If you plan to make on on just knives some time, that would be great!
Love you Sadiya❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
More power to you Sadia! Stay strong ❤️
I NEED to learn how to clean-up as I prepare the meal.
Some things need to be cooked for more time and on a low flame,
Increasing the flame and cooking it fast doesn't give the same results as slow cooking
My first tip is: Always read the recipe all the way through - not just the ingredients. Sometimes there are hidden instructions like - marinate over night, or let rest in the refrigerator (make sure you have room in there) etc.
Yesss definitely!
Or “ turn to page 33” ,
“Turn to page 67” omg. I’ve learned the hard way. 😂😂🌱
@@TinaandBellesMom Now I wanna know the full story
Small tip for the pizza dough: put the containers upside down, so the ball rests on the lid. This way you can just drop the ball off the lid instead of scraping out of the bowl.
Oooh brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing, Tim, love it!
@@PickUpLimes lang leve Ikea potjes 😅
@@timvandenbroeck cool tip...🙂
This also helps with storing cake and such ;)
What a great idea!
Related to mise en place, I clean up as much as I can *before* I cook. It's a much more pleasant cooking experience if I'm not washing vegetables or straining pasta over a sink fully of dirty dishes. And with a clean counter space, I never feel bad about getting out the proper tools or as many bowls or pots and pans as I need.
So truee neat n clean kitchen is a must coz if many ppl say cooking is stressful its coz of dis. While for me its a pleasant experience n i enjoy cooking
@@varshinib1013 agreee, cooking is fun and I love to start cooking with clean counter space & appliances. but I don't enjoy the aftermath tho -- cleaning all the utensils, appliances etc after cooking 😭 I dreaddddd them so muchh
@@SyeQNP thats y use as less utensils as possible..i do dat my recipes r mostly one pot or ones dat use only d same pot without having to wash it ofc...n in d end when ur done...only one pot left to clean. N if u use mixers blenders dont let it dry pour d contents out...use water n remove everything stuck on sides no wasting lol n then after u pour it the blender is almost clean...so washing aint a big deal at all
Yes, totally agree with this!
I do the same 👍🏻
So I went to culinary school and I have been cooking for too many years now. I already know everything that was there in this video. But why I am commenting here is because, despite the fact that there was nothing new for me to learn, I was hooked and watched the entire thing from start to end!!! Everything about this video is so wholesome! The voice, the structure, the flow, the aesthetic, just everything!! This is brilliant quality content. Never stop making such wonderful videos Sadia!
if Sadia/PUL wrote and narrated an Audiobook, I'd listen to it on repeat. Thank you for all the knowledge you share in such a positive calming way!
Or a podcast… can you start a podcast? Was just lying in bed yesterday evening thinking the same. The voice of sadia is amazing
She has such a clear diction and soothing voice
This is one of my favorite cooking channels. Sadia is so warm, welcoming and informative. Plus the way it is captured is so captivating. 🌿 Thanks for creating such epic content!
Thanks so much for being here with us 🤗
@@PickUpLimes happy to be 🥰
Totally agree ❤
Something I wish I started doing earlier is when using cookbooks, to stick a little post-it note on the recipe page with some notes: was it delicious, was the portion size okay, did you change any ingredients, ... so useful!
Love it!
Omg this is so smart!!!
Absolutely! I grew up with any printed recipe being anotated by my mother, so I've done that as well ever since I started cooking.
I do this with new recepes, it's invaluable!
Ok but like... how is no one talking about how aesthetic this video is. Any part of this video could be on a cover of a magazine and i'm not even exaggerating. IM OBSESSED!
Agreeeee🤩🤩🤩
I love that she has so many plants inside! 😍🌱
A cooking skill I picked up over the last year was labelling and dating everything I make. I use old containers to store leftover food and ingredients in the fridge and I always forget what I have in there or when I made it. Just using cheap masking tape I can label my stuff along with the date that I made it on, and it helps me remember what’s in the fridge and what’s not, and it helps me reduce waste as well as come up with creative dishes with something that’s gonna go bad soon. It helped me save soo much money and time in the long run. The other day I made ice cream from leftover chocolate frosting and it was so good, helped me make my cooking skills more versatile
I loved this video Sadia! I am not vegan but I have always loved your content and try a lot of your recipes, and I am interacting more with it because you deserve a million more subs :) please make a video about your cinematography and shooting style/ how you edit and shoot food, plus help for beginners. I have been interested in videography and the way you make your videos is so calming and beautiful
She recently uploaded a video on how to shoot and edit and how she does it. Check out her video playlist it should be there!
I’d love to see how a UA-cam video is made as I’ve never seen that before 💖😊💖
Totally agree
When PUL uploads a new video it's therapy session for mind, soul, eyes and everything.
Lots of love from ur forever fan🥰🥰
Often I would eat my meals and think about what I could of added to make the meal better, or ways I could of cooked the meal better or something I forgot to add to the meal. The best tip I was given to stop this happening was to take your time while cooking, step back and think before rushing into the next step. By slowing down I find that I can really think about what I’m doing and when I step back I often have sparks of inspiration of what would be good to add to the meal. It also helps me not forget about ingredients. Plus makes the experience much more enjoyable AND it somehow results in a less chaotic kitchen at the end, I seem to have time to clean up as I go when I don’t frantically rush cooking my meals
this isn't a youtube video this is a Netflix show or a tv documentary .. what i want to say: the quality of your content is mind-blowing. i am so inspired and a huge fan... thanks girl !!!
That line though.. "I did that, I made that". This actually happened today. Enjoying the process is the skill I have learnt recently. Thanks for sharing.
Your videos always provide so much. They are encouraging, informative and inspirational in so many ways. I always feel so inspired to cook and eat better, be better organized and feel encouraged no matter what state of mind I'm in. Thank you!!
Aw thanks so much, Stephanie 🙏🤗
One thing that I’ve learned from you is to add water rather than oil! I used to add so much oil because my vegetables were burning and then it was not enjoyable !
Now that I add water it taste way better and I don’t feel bad after my meal! So thank you for all of your tips ! It really helps me to be a better cook 😊
I learned most of my cooking skills from my mom and it’s cool to see that she’s taught me most of these skills. We cook a ton of Indian food so it’s very spice heavy.
by any chance, do you have youtube recommendations in english/english sub that share Indian recipes? i'd love to try to cook some of them!
@@SyeQNP hey you can try channel of Ranveer brar, he is a famous Indian chef
@@SyeQNP No doubt Ranbir singh is a famous chef but his videos are bit longer than needed to be. There are few others Hebbars s kitchen and food fusion/healthy fusion. Way more easier to follow and less time taking.
A skill that I wish I knew and should have learnt sooner is to mix dry and wet ingredients seperately and then combine both while you make a cake..that ACTUALLY makes so much difference in the texture of the cake! 😍
I used to mix everything randomly but now my cakes turn out sooooo goooood ☺️
Really? Been too lazy to do it, or the "you're gonna mix them all eventually so what's the difference" mentality, but ill try!
@@teresamoscatelli239 yes yes...try for sure and you will actually do it everytime 😀
@@teresamoscatelli239 If you're working with gluten, it's because over mixing it will result in something a lot more dense that will be more chewy and won't rise as well. The other issue, but less important if you're making recipes that do require a lot of gluten formation, is that some ingredients might not get incorporated evenly, thereby altering the flavour or the rise of the final product for example (think bits of cacao powder, or a flatter cake).
@@teresamoscatelli239 If you don't want to mix the wet ingredients ahead of time, that's not a huge problem because dumping them all into the bowl with the dry ingredients will mix them anyway. (Add all liquids before you start stirring!) But mixing dry ingredients before you add the wet ones can really help! It makes sure all dry ingredients are evenly dispersed throughout the batter/dough, which is really important for leavening agents or spices.
Working full time has really made me appreciate the importance of good cooking skills and meal prep!
I just adore your videos, Sadia. You're always gently informative without being 'preachy' in any way whatsoever. Thank you for that. My tip goes like this-always start with a bigger soup pot than you think you may need. I am still trying to remember this one..haha
This is probably my favourite channel on UA-cam, thank you so much for all that you add to our lives. It's more than recipes, it's a state of mind
Ahh I love this video idea, thank you for the insights! My "I wish I had known sooner" is how to use my stainless steel pans correctly. First they have to be hot enough for drops of water to roll around on them, then you add oil and wait till it barely starts to smoke, and then you put the ingredients in, and it's often best to let the ingredients sit to cook because they'll naturally detach from the pan when they get browned enough. I could have saved myself so much broken-up food and scrubbing if I only knew!
Same. I just in the last year learned to let meat rest until it detaches on its own. I used to try to flip things too soon before they'd released by themselves. It has been a game changer.
The tips that have helped the most over time: read the recipe all the way through, mise en place, clean as you go, and take care in selecting the best ingredients
This channel legit helps me find peace and heart during stressful times 😭
The great thing about having your food prepared before you begin cooking is not only making it stress free, but you can effectively clean as you go
It saves so much time in the end!
Great tips for new AND experienced cooks! The skill I wish I had learned sooner is Clean as you Cook
I just started making my own bread. I decided if I was going to eat carbs they were going to be really good. I've made my own sourdough starter and now I'm into sourdough bread. It's as beautiful as it is delicious.
Awesome, I too have started a sour dough starter for the first time, only have made pizza crust and pancakes with it. I am going to attempt a sourdough bread soon 😀
I love seeing videos about sourdough bread but I've not done it myself because I'm so intimidated by it.
I cannot express how much I love your recipes. Every time someone asks me about vegan recipes I love I just show them your blog, no questions asked. I have yet to find a recipe that didn't make it into my notebook, so far I've loved them all. THANK YOU!
Wow this comments section is so informative! Through the years I have definitely learned to get all the ingredients that I need before I start, at least my pantry and fridge items and now I know the name for it! That's pretty cool! Also, I have learnt to clean as I go because things can get chaotic very soon if you don't have a clean workspace and it also helps you enjoy the process of cooking more.
I only found this channel about a month or so ago and since then i have watched so many of the videos about recipes and more recently the more' let's have a chat with a cup of tea' types. I LOVE all of them, i honestly feel i'm chatting to a friend and i have tried a few of the recipes and i really feel better, i'm type 2 diabetic, very overweight, bipolar and grieving my husband so a little lost and not exactly healthy! I feel that my comfort food relationship is at 42 becoming much more stable now that i understand more about what i am eating and how to get more energy to deal with everyday life. Thank You for helping me :)
I love the fact that you’re starting new and different types of videos and TikToks! We love some growth 💓💓
An important skill is using the heat correctly and understanding that different ingredients require different cooking times. When sautéing onions, I've stopped blasting them on high heat and I now wait a few minutes before adding the garlic which cooks in less time. 😊
Sadia, your videos are so wholesome, warm and wonderful! I cannot recommend your channel enough 🥰 you are such a wonderful soul and I wish there were more people like you! THANK YOU for being here, for all that you do, gathering this amazing community, teaching us so many things and also a big thanks to your team 🥰 Have a wonderful day 🧡
Great video!
My gamechanger tips are:
-add garlic later, if not in the very end, because it tends to burn
-fry vegetables until golden and don't hesitate to fry in batches, if stuff starts to burn. Deglaze with water if needed. Adds tons more flavour.
-a pinch of sugar goes a long way in savoury dishes, a pinch of salt in sweets.
-concerning baking: scale over cups any time. Way more accurate, way less dishes.
That was all folks, happy cooking!
I've watched a lot of your videos and also followed so many of your dishes. I have to say, this video is so well produced!!! It made me felt like we are cooking together in the kitchen but at the same time, you are just sharing with me your learnings while we waiting for the food to be ready. It is a very well-produced video from script to storytelling, keep up the great work!!!
I wish I could have learned to cook sooner! When I became a single parent at 21 I wanted to be a mommy that cooked. I had a few basic skills. Boiling water, I could fry an egg, open jars or cans of premade soups, sauces, etc. I got a crockpot, asked for a food processor for a Christmas present. I learned and fed us pretty well. By the time I was 27 I had met a nice man, we got married and had a child. Food network was teaching me more recipes. I started growing my own herbs a few veggies. I got good knives, pots and pans and was becoming quite good at mincing herbs and garlic. ( what? These things can be used fresh!?). now I have found your channel and a couple others I follow and feel confident that I can try any recipe! Thank you 🙏.
I just love your videos! I started watching before I became vegan and now that I’m vegan I appreciate your videos/recipes even more! I would love to see more videos like this where you teach us about different cooking skills and techniques.
Thanks so much, Julie! 🌻
I found this video unique in a sense that PUL is able to combined so many reflections on our own daily routine. Like while we are cooking for ourselves to provide ourselves with nutrients we are also nourishing ourselves with reflections on our potential to cook better. Wow! Thank you Sadia and PUL team.
Dear PUL team, I just want to let you know, that I’m so grateful for this channel. Your videos is one of the reasons I’m transitioning to a plant based diet, which before I thought was impossible for me. I enjoy so much watching and then trying out your receipts I don’t even want to go back to dairy. Thank you for the creativity and aesthetics in every new video! Looking forward for holiday season themed content ❤️
I LOVE the explanation (the whys)you added in each video!
It definitely shows how much effort you add to your recipes 🤍🤍
This is by far the BEST video from pick up limes. I have been a follower for 2 years now and have experimented with numerous recipes from the blog. But somebody teaching "how to make our own recipes" has to take the cake. Some of the skills from video, I discovered last year but I am still grateful for all of them complied in such an amazing interesting way. This sure makes me feel less intimated by my kitchen and much more excited about falling in love with food. So thank you so much for bringing this to us! ❤❤❤
Thank you Sadia for this wonderful information which you impart so simply and with so much passion. I learn so much from watching all your videos. One thing I will never understand is, why are a few people giving thumbs down? I wish we could award gold stars for everything you do.
This is one of my favorite cooking channels. They are encouraging, informative and inspirational in so many ways.
Your videos are so well structured. Great team work.
Thanks, Mike :)
A baker, photographer, story teller and also a science teacher. All in 1 package... This is insane XD
Hi from London,
Just wanted to say thank you for all the brilliant work you do in your channel!
Thanks to your healthy lifestyle advice and tips, I've lost 28lbs of excess weight by slowly reducing the amount of meat I consume. At first, I found it very tough to adjust and almost gave up, but after a few weeks it started to get much easier.
This has helped me become more active and enjoy food without feeling guilty about the odd treat now and then.
Hope your channel continues to go from strength to strength!
Kind Regards,
Ed
Your cooking tips and skills are wonderful! It's so cool how you make this awesome pizza while explaining such helpful cooking skills!
I am new to cooking and i am quite intimidated by it tbh, this video has calmed my nerves a bit..... like you said there's no chef marking our work! thanks Sadia
Watching you and your videos bring me so much joy and happiness, Sadia. ♥️
Sadia, I truly appreciate and love your content. I am a food content creator as part of what I do as well, and I am so encouraged by you. Your positive loving demeanor always shines through plus your recipes are bomb. God bless you!
I cannot believe you covered so much in a 12 minute video! Loved this ☺️
I love that you acknowledge a sponsorship but don't push us to watch the sales part up front. I find that approach way more genuine! Your video's are so well done! Thank you!
This is such a beautiful, soothing, meaningfully woven, enriching and wholesome video! 🥺❤️✨
I love the thoughtfulness and care you've put into making it. Watching it made my heart feel so happy! 🌻
Perseverance. For when things go bad. To try again. Still learning that one.
The day just gets a whole better after few minutes of your videos. The positivity and the enthusiasm you bring to every video just motivates me every single time. Thank you Sadia for being a great inspiration in our lives.
Love from India.
Very true.Agree
It truly shows how hard working you are and how much you give to all your videos! Omg! I really loved it! thank you so much 🌺🌸🌺
Both food and your energy is next level. Great video!
Sadia I have been following you from your start and I love that your videos are packed full of great recipes as well as a ton of facts. I learn so much! Also, I’m sure I’ve commented before that you have great speaking voice and it’s very calming. Thank you for all the work you put into your channel!!!
I find it so refreshing and freeing that you use all purpose flour instead of being part of the gluten police. Thank you :-)
Haha, exactly!
Especially since it doesn't make any sense to skip gluten, unless you have celiac disease
@@davielawrence3773 Not just celiac, people have intolerances to gluten too. In my case it sets off my IBS which is agony. But people who avoid gluten because it's "healthier" are mental, no one enjoys gluten free bread.
My sister and nephew both have celiac, I'm defintely gluten-intolerant....for some it really is so important to skip the gluten. Happy you can enjoy it though...
@@3lmodfz As I've told people who think gluten is bad for everybody: I'm allergic to cats, but that doesn't mean everyone has to avoid cats.
A super simple but belatedly learned tip for me was to have a small bowl near my chopping board for small scraps, and the trash/compost bin pulled right up to the counter or island, for larger trash. So that I don’t have to turn or step away. The prep triangle. I’m remodeling my entire kitchen right now, and causing the bin shortcut to become part of the new design, as a refuse cabinet that opens directly on my left.
This video is so incredible! I loved how you explained everything and added bits of science. We need to learn more about the science of cooking! Thank you Sadia 😃
I really appreciate this format of videos. Definitely interesting to bring the other information alongside main recipe. Thank you.
I found a big thing for me (that the video touched on) is relaxing and not really being super strict but just do the process as I like it and cook it how I like it.
Im amazed about your Recipes, your Kitchen & ur Personality. I love to watch your vlogs bcs its so refreshing and nice. 😘
I want to try this combination of toppings. It sounds alluring. The feta addition at the end will things together nicely.
YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST...my most favourite food channel...not just your recipes but your presentation abd above all your demeanour
Thanks
Good video & I agree wholeheartedly.
I think another is to learn "foundation" recipes. Like say here in Scotland our parents would've taught us to make a basic staple like mince & tatties [ground meat & mashed potatoes]. Once you have that you can use the skills of cooking the mince to branch out into other things like cottage/shepherds pie, then spaghetti bolognese, lasagne... building all the time, use those skills to take it further with stews like beef stroganoff or stuffed peppers, meatloaf. moussaka. They all have a similar skill set, once you're comfortable with the basics you can exponentially build outwards as your confidence grows.
I also think a good grounding is sauces is so important. With a knowledge of sauces you can transform base ingredients into wonderful things. The fist one I was taught was "bread sauce" when I was very little. I thought it was like alchemy & was hooked. Those along with how to prepare the basic carbohydrates like rice, potato, pasta, noodles, pulses & grains means you will never starve & have almost infinite variations to play with.
Only found your channel a few weeks ago, really loving it. You communicate your passion for food so well,
Hands down, you are my and my daughter's favorite *insert everything from UA-camr to chef, motivational speaker...*. I was vegan 20 years ago, and now because of health reasons, want to revisit veganism. Because of your videos, we are doing just that. We have so many struggles (and blessings) but with out a doubt, we can watch your videos and feel better. Lol, I should have wrote that this is our favorite form of therapy too. Seriously, mad respect and gratitude for your talents.
The quality of your work !!!!
Beautiful image, the colors, the lights… the variety of different shots.
And the informations given are gold.
Thank you for the implication.
Love from France.
I learnt not one but many skills from your videos Sadiya.. you are so pretty and there's something soothing about your voice.. as if I am meditating.. love you.. never stop🤗👍
Oh wow!!! A new PULs video! Which means I don't even have to watch it to already know that it deserves a like!!!
I jump like a little child whenever I get your notifications! 💙✨💃😁
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Golden tips Sadia. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
I'm making this pizza tonight and I'm already obsessed by the smell of the balsamic reduction!! Also: I totally love that I now know that toasted bread tastes amazing because of the Maillard reaction! 🤓 "We're having Maillard reaction bread this morning!" 🤣
I think the best tip I have is when you first make a new recipe - stick to it as close as you can. If you then find you want to substitute or change some ingredients- do that the second time you make it. Some recipe ingredients lists can look v weird and there is a tendency to want to amend it...don't! Its always surprising what things work well together!
Love love this channel ❤
I’m really not into cooking but eversince i sub to PUL🍃made me realize how to give value of eating good food.
That eating healthy food is really important to humans
We pray that PUL keep on inspiring others
And we are all here for you forever to support all of your content.🍃🍃
I love learning from you and always love your audible recommendations
This is a great video and I really love the advice to take it easy and not be so judgemental. You make this look doable and you hone in on some important advice on how to be successful in the kitchen.
I have learnt that you do not need a specifically gluten free recipe and I can adapt non- gluten free recipes with gluten free ingredients. Also just to use my own senses in the kitchen to tell when something is cooked or not rather than always relying on the instructions!
Yess - it's been great seeing how well you adapt so many recipes, Charlotte 🥰
do you just add a gluten free flour mix instead of the normal flour?
loving this video format! Easy to find the recipes especially with your gorgeous new website. Love hearing more of you chatting with us
Great video and recipe Nadia. I am self taught when I learned to cook which I have been doing for 34 years but only 5 of those years have been vegan or 100% plant based and it's going to be that way for the rest of my life. Love🥰 the video and love 💕Nadia.
The cooking skills that I wished I had learned sooner are overall cooking process, good knife skills, taste everything as you go, and good cooking techniques. I still work on these to improve them.
I learned the overall process / framework to cook anything. This helped me expand to cook anything and w/o recipes. Or even change recipes with things as I wish.
There is usually a lot of cutting in cooking and it can take up the most time. I find good knife skills are very useful to cut down the time and better even cook.
I found we naturally have seasoning ability. If we taste things as we go, then we can easily fix the seasoning or experiment with new ideas and still end up with good or at least ok results.
The cooking techniques like saute, roasting, etc doesn't change. The natural flavour of the ingredients shine better with proper caramelization or the millard process.
I left everything I was working on and rushed to watch this video ,totally worth the rush !🤩🤩great job Sadia 😄😄💕💕✨✨✨love you ❤️❤️❤️
Such a wholesome video, thank you so much for it!
This came out so so so delicious. It even impressed my mother in law!!! And hubby loved it too. I swapped out the grapes for tomatoes because the grapes at the store weren't looking too hot but I'll keep my eye out since I will be making again. :)
Been waiting for this video my whole life. Thank you. I love love love intuitive cooking and hate very complicated and exact recipes.
Hi Team PUL, totally loved this video, so informative. thank you!
Your videos are so calming and aesthetically pleasing.
I’ve been training as a cook for the past month and even knowing some stuff now, this video educated me even more. Thank u 💕
Only started following you today. Thank you so much for sharing this. Pizza dough has always intimidated me. I'm confident I'll improve from this.
Love your channel, you are making life easier and veganism more accessible for masses of people 💜
Sadia, wonderful video! I use some of these skills instinctively of learned from home (like toasting spices etc), but now I can use it knowingly.
so important sentence about relax in the cooking process- so often missing it really :)
Who the hell is down voting this woman, she deserves the noble peace prize at this point
Sadia, thanks for sharing your experience! Really worth to take it ASAP for beginners :) One more thing want to add it's meal-prep, but not dish, let's say ingredients prep. Having it (chopped/caramelized onion, garlic, pilled carrot, washed vegetables and greens, etc...) on my fridge makes cooking easier, faster, it allows you some extra time to be in process and to be like an artist ;)
There’s something about the way you speak.. it’s soo relaxing 😌 ❤️
I love your videos. You make videos like meditative guides and amazing shots. Lots of love ❤
Love how you broke this down to its parts and what a gorgeous looking pizza you've created! Fantastic video as always!
Sadia i love your recipes even though I'm not vegan -I'm trying to eat more plant based when possible. I really wish you'd write a recipe book - I would for sure buy it! I'm honestly surprised publishers aren't jumping at the chance to publish you!🤷🏽♀️
These are great tips! Apart from this, its also important to know the methods of cooking and different ways of cooking like sauteing, grilling, roasting and so on.
Thank you Sadia! This was the best pizza I've ever made!:) Cheers from Lithuania