Apples don't turn brown because of the type of knife you use! The process is called oxidative enzymatic browning, and it's a natural process that occurs due to enzymes in the apple interacting with oxygen in the atmosphere once you cut it open. You can slow it by adding acid (i.e. lemon juice), covering in water (holds it off for longer but water also contains oxygen so it'll still happen eventually), or adding sugar (but apples don't need sugar, they're already sweet!).
Just a little tip - when making that bolgnaise sauce if you fry the onions and mushrooms first then add the meat and cook till the meat is browned you will have a lot more flavour 😊
Amanda Head agree 💯 that’s what I’m doing every single time. I’m waiting till onions are soft and golden and they even taste better while eating because they are not crunchy
Oh god, seriously, also don't try and brown a huge pack of meat all at once, because it won't brown (as you can see - she's got some greyish bits and the rest is pink!)
The apples turn brown because of the oxydation of an enzyme, which is already inside the apples. Which means it will turn brown no matter what if the inside is in contact with air... the thing would be to seal them right away i guess
Wait so if it's the knife that turns my apples brown, why do they also turn brown after I take a bite? Should I replace all my teeth with ceramic dentures?
Just bought the Meal Planner and Grocery List bundle! I have been searching and searching for something like this for so long. Everything else has tons of ads, and just isn't what I wanted. I home school three kids, and we do all sorts of cooking together and this helps make it SO much easier to organize!
The caramelization of the onions and other veggies will give it a more robust flavor. Even without any seasoning, caramelizing will give off plenty of flavor, but if you add in herbs and spices...man, you have yourself a superb tasting dish! Plus, if the onions are in the harsh side, which some can be, it will take that edge off.
I thought this also.. but then im thinking... if she says it's a hack then maybe her apple are actually not getting brown with that method ..? Curious. 🧐🧐
Hi Nicole! Great tips! My I just point out that for the Bolognese you should start with the onions and garlic, then you add the meat and the rest of the ingredients. Ask your grandmother what refogado is ;)
Just started following your channel and subscribed a few videos ago. I have been watching every single one of your videos for the past hour; especially these food prep ones! I just got my first home and have been getting into a routine - love love love and so helpful. Thank you!!! ♥️
It would be great if you would do healthy snacks to take to work. I sometimes forget to bring something for my 20 minute break at work and end up getting a chocolate bar.
Your meal prep ideas are too good and I love your style and content too and your recipes are too good i liked the chilli and corn bread recipe and love the simplicity and style of presenting with you make each and every video and you are my inspiration and favourite Nicole
Love that veggie hack. I buy a lot of vegetables and don't tend to use them all throughout the week and that hack will defo help me to spend less on shopping.
With apples if you want to take them on the go pre sliced cut them up then put them back around the core and wrap it in a paper towel and secure it all together with an elastic.
For the ceramic knife hack she is NOT saying the apples won’t turn brown at all but what she says is that the “ceramic knife is going to HELP reduce oxidation” ( 2:13 ). What I get from what she was saying is that using a ceramic knife is going to slow down the process of oxidation rather than stop the process
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Can you share your recipe for your green juice smoothie in this video? This one looks super yummy. I’m new to green smoothies and not sure what’s the best liquid to use.
Thank you for the video! Very helpful and awesome hacks! Have you tried flax milk? I just discovered it recently and omg. I like it better than almond. The other day I warmed the flax milk up and added matcha green tea. It was sooo good!! Highly recommend! 🍵👍
How do you store fresh vegetables that you bring home from the store? I bought some reusable veggie bags so that I don't use plastic one time use bags but I find they don't keep them crisp long
Hi Nikole can you do on video on your go to spices. Am trying to find low carb seasoning or natural herbs that will give food flavor. Thanks in advance if you to.
If you put a popsicle stick in each little cube you will have smoothie pops...fun-sized, for late night cravings....or for whenever...cuz why not! I do these for my kids but I use the actual popsicle containers, because the ice cubes are just to small. But way better than those sugary pops at the store.
first time in my whole life i saw someone cooking on a stove without frying onions first (until golden), and then adding meat frying it until almost done (adding spices towards the end), and just after that adding the rest of ingredients , depending on what you wanna make. i am serious. it feels so wrong to see all of that added into your pot without firstly frying onions and then the meat with the onions. is this how people from other countries cook? :O
That is how I cook and I’m in the same country as the woman in the video. Idk if it’s just a her thing but I definitely brown my onions before anything else
Double the meal is really easy to do somtimes i am using that hack if we switch meals when a movie is on dimner time and your parents will be at home late the next day. If that happens i just put the meal in the microwafe the next day.
Hi Nikole! , Thank you for this video, it was so useful! I loved the hack about saving the veggies in water, though I would like to know how long do they last like that? 🥑🥑🥑🥑💜💜💜
A meal prep planner....that's my vibe. Uggghhhh I can't wait anymore....Can we please know what the big news is? Sssoooo exciting!!! Beijinhos para os dois.
3:29 my intact veggies and herbs I cut like flowers and put them in my sunny window they love it. As long as I change the water daily. I save some things from my friends fridge. Those poor lil planties are so happy after I rescue them. Anything that has a stem, into the window it goes. Some things last longer than others that way.
lalayanga well actually apples do not brown because of the knife. It’s a process called oxidation which has to do with the enzymes of the apple being exposed to oxygen..... this is just selling knifes hun! Lol..
If you google it you’ll see that the type of knife you use makes a difference. If it was about sales or money I wouldn’t be providing free videos 3 times a week to my viewers. I hope to help inspire.
HealthNut Nutrition I do appreciate the inspirations. But I believe Google is not a reliable source of information. In order for one to use a platform and provide information it’s important to be an educated user on the sources of information that are available. Not everything you read or hear is true or well described. I just think you have a powerful platform that could be used not just for inspiration but to provide reliable information.
If you pinch the knife blade with your thumb and forefinger right by the handle you’ll have better control of the knife, this will help you cut straight down and have less food waste. (Your palm should be on the handle and fingers on the top near the handle) Also, “oxidation” not “oxidization” just fyi. Also, maybe a little more research on the whole ceramic knife thing... oxidation is caused by oxygen exposure... 🤷♀️
I'm pretty sure you can, you just want to make sure you leave extra space in the jar if it's filled with soup or some kind of liquid because it'll expand. Jordan Page at Fun, Cheap, or Free has awesome freezer hacks because she owns like 5 freezers l. Definitely look at her channel too!
I don't think you should - even if you leave enough room for expansion, it would probably crack when you thaw it.. But there are glass containers which can resist temperature switches like that.
Hi Nichol I follow you from Egypt and I like all ur videos and trying to be healthy and lose weight but I can't found collagen powder here who can I replace it ❤❤
5:26 Shameless plug by ME!! Managing Your Meals by Winnifred C. Jardine. This book has been a life saver for decades. I don’t follow it religiously anymore and even when I did I didn’t always cook what I had planned to cook but by having such an awesome guideline I had the groceries and pantry goods I needed to cook well every night stress free.
Actually, steel knives transfer ions onto the fruit which causes the oxidation to occur at a more rapid rate. Ceramic knives don’t have ions, so it helps the cut fruit stay fresh longer, which is what she said. I’m pretty sure she’s intelligent enough to know that ALL fruit goes bad eventually. But whatever, people got to jump to conclusions before researching 🤷🏼♀️
Apples don't turn brown because of the type of knife you use! The process is called oxidative enzymatic browning, and it's a natural process that occurs due to enzymes in the apple interacting with oxygen in the atmosphere once you cut it open. You can slow it by adding acid (i.e. lemon juice), covering in water (holds it off for longer but water also contains oxygen so it'll still happen eventually), or adding sugar (but apples don't need sugar, they're already sweet!).
Clare Wagner agree 💯
+1
Okay so glad someone said something, because I just paused the video to specifically address this product plug disguised as fact.
Clare Wagner stopped watching after this amazing pearl... 😒
Yess!! Was about to comment this.she either wants to sell out some knives or just plain dumb or both
Just a little tip - when making that bolgnaise sauce if you fry the onions and mushrooms first then add the meat and cook till the meat is browned you will have a lot more flavour 😊
Amanda Head agree 💯 that’s what I’m doing every single time. I’m waiting till onions are soft and golden and they even taste better while eating because they are not crunchy
ugh...that bolognese is just a NO...I just cringed.
Was wondering what she was doin with that... 😂
Oh god, seriously, also don't try and brown a huge pack of meat all at once, because it won't brown (as you can see - she's got some greyish bits and the rest is pink!)
at least you are not talking about the knives and apples
Left over smoothies? Am I the only one that drinks the stuff that didn't fit into the glass out of the jug / blender? 🤔🤣🙈
missyoung888 Oh you are not alone 😝
Indeed you are not!
My daughter does that lol I always thought she was the only one
Smoothie never get leftover
😂I was about to ask the same Q... I drink the whole thing
The apples turn brown because of the oxydation of an enzyme, which is already inside the apples. Which means it will turn brown no matter what if the inside is in contact with air... the thing would be to seal them right away i guess
Putting lemon juice on them helps
@@maja__5047 i know it works :) i'm not really fond of lemons though so i just eat apples as is
@@anyan Alright
After you cut it just dip to water + salt. And it will last longer and no taste change☺
Anna Markova I was about to say the same thing. Has nothing to do with the knife
Wait so if it's the knife that turns my apples brown, why do they also turn brown after I take a bite? Should I replace all my teeth with ceramic dentures?
yes
Green smoothies are great! I've been drinking them for the past 400 years
Jacob Casella lol 400
vampire???
Wow, you are old
😂😂😂
The great grand pa!!!! Are you from Neptune?
If you do not want your apples to turn brown just squeeze some lemon on them
I have more tips on my channel 😊
Also a great tip! 👌
@@HealthNutNutrition It is one of the oldest tricks to keeps things fresh. It is also done with fruit salad, salad etc.
@@komorebi3803 works on avocado too
Just bought the Meal Planner and Grocery List bundle! I have been searching and searching for something like this for so long. Everything else has tons of ads, and just isn't what I wanted. I home school three kids, and we do all sorts of cooking together and this helps make it SO much easier to organize!
Always saute onions and veggies first before adding meat/chicken.
I wish the meal planner/grocery list was free.
Cringed when I saw veggies weren't sauteed...
Why tho?
I'm the kind not person that needs to know why I'm doing something
@@MyZ001 It just gives it more flavour. It's fine not to do it, but I personally prefer to.
The caramelization of the onions and other veggies will give it a more robust flavor. Even without any seasoning, caramelizing will give off plenty of flavor, but if you add in herbs and spices...man, you have yourself a superb tasting dish! Plus, if the onions are in the harsh side, which some can be, it will take that edge off.
MyZ001 more time for Maillard reaction for the onion and garlic and more time break off those plant cells to release their aromas.
were we supposed to believe the knife/browning apple thing? I love hacks like these but everyone knows apples don’t turn brown bc of the knife you use
I thought this also.. but then im thinking... if she says it's a hack then maybe her apple are actually not getting brown with that method ..? Curious. 🧐🧐
Hi Nicole! Great tips!
My I just point out that for the Bolognese you should start with the onions and garlic, then you add the meat and the rest of the ingredients. Ask your grandmother what refogado is ;)
Just started following your channel and subscribed a few videos ago. I have been watching every single one of your videos for the past hour; especially these food prep ones! I just got my first home and have been getting into a routine - love love love and so helpful. Thank you!!! ♥️
That smoothie ice cube tray hack is such an awesome idea! I feel like your my healthy spirit twin - such great ideas!
Grace Lockerbie that was such a good idea I’m gonna start implementing that!
Awe!! Thank you, definitely try it - works so well!
It would be great if you would do healthy snacks to take to work. I sometimes forget to bring something for my 20 minute break at work and end up getting a chocolate bar.
How do you survive on a chocolate bar?
@@hansared8668 I don't by the time I get home I am starving.
I love the smoothie idea 🙌🏼 and the chicken sheet pan meal looks great. Can’t wait to try it out.
Your meal prep ideas are too good and I love your style and content too and your recipes are too good i liked the chilli and corn bread recipe and love the simplicity and style of presenting with you make each and every video and you are my inspiration and favourite Nicole
Love that veggie hack. I buy a lot of vegetables and don't tend to use them all throughout the week and that hack will defo help me to spend less on shopping.
As a mom I freeze the left over smoothie in a popsicle molde.
I'm sorry but leftover smoothie is not a thing
With apples if you want to take them on the go pre sliced cut them up then put them back around the core and wrap it in a paper towel and secure it all together with an elastic.
Putting water with cut veggies will coz vitamins dissolve in the water if I'm not mistaken.
The idea for the oatmeal was very clever.
For the ceramic knife hack she is NOT saying the apples won’t turn brown at all but what she says is that the “ceramic knife is going to HELP reduce oxidation” ( 2:13 ). What I get from what she was saying is that using a ceramic knife is going to slow down the process of oxidation rather than stop the process
Thank you!! 👏🏼👏🏼 this is exactly it 😊
I really want to order the glass straws from the shop, but the shipping is more expensive than the straws. Anyway we could get a range of shipping options? I don't mind if it takes longer. If I was placing a HUGE order an extra $10 wouldn't be crazy, but it's so hard to spend more on shipping than on the product itself!
Where do you live? We have worked to lower shipping costs world wide as we absorb some of it to make it more affordable. Email customerservice@healthnutshop.com to inquire 😊
Left over smoothie ice cubes 🙌🏼‼️‼️‼️
Life changing right?!
Love the fresh food touch into the overnight oats!
Omg! This is super helpful! Please do more of these!!
I absolutely love your channel, you’re helping me along my health and fitness journey💪🏽❤️ thanks girl!!
Thanks for watching Alex! 😊
Can you share your recipe for your green juice smoothie in this video? This one looks super yummy. I’m new to green smoothies and not sure what’s the best liquid to use.
Yes more videos like this!!!!
Great video 👍
Yes we need more!!
I love the bracelet you are wearing I 've noticed you wear it a lot in your videos. Do you have a link for where you got it?
Thank you for the video! Very helpful and awesome hacks! Have you tried flax milk? I just discovered it recently and omg. I like it better than almond. The other day I warmed the flax milk up and added matcha green tea. It was sooo good!! Highly recommend! 🍵👍
ahhh your videos are so fun to watch!! I’ve been on a marathon these past few days 🥰
Apples turn brown after being cuz not because of the material of the knife but due to the exposure to oxygen..
Loved it! Quite surprised with the one where you put the vegetables in water... always thought they would go mushy but apparently not! Thank you :)
How do you store fresh vegetables that you bring home from the store? I bought some reusable veggie bags so that I don't use plastic one time use bags but I find they don't keep them crisp long
Love, love, love your meal prep videos!! Thank you!!
Thanks for watching Marissa! So glad to hear! 😊
Hi Nikole can you do on video on your go to spices. Am trying to find low carb seasoning or natural herbs that will give food flavor. Thanks in advance if you to.
oh would love to! I can even share on IG stories or in the vlog :)
Thank you so much, this video is amazing cause I'm a college student on a budget and I find this meal prep saves me so much money!!
So glad to hear!
Your channel is awesome!
If you put a popsicle stick in each little cube you will have smoothie pops...fun-sized, for late night cravings....or for whenever...cuz why not! I do these for my kids but I use the actual popsicle containers, because the ice cubes are just to small. But way better than those sugary pops at the store.
One way to meal prep the smoothies, you can pour the wet ingredients in a glass half way and it’s almost always a perfect fit!
oh great tip!
Wow these are great ideas. Thank you for sharing. Going to try this for sure.
hi what did you put in your overnight oats?
These tips are great and thanks for sharing. Question...how long do the cut of veggies last in the fridge?
I find at least a week!
first time in my whole life i saw someone cooking on a stove without frying onions first (until golden), and then adding meat frying it until almost done (adding spices towards the end), and just after that adding the rest of ingredients , depending on what you wanna make. i am serious. it feels so wrong to see all of that added into your pot without firstly frying onions and then the meat with the onions. is this how people from other countries cook? :O
That is how I cook and I’m in the same country as the woman in the video. Idk if it’s just a her thing but I definitely brown my onions before anything else
Double the meal is really easy to do somtimes i am using that hack if we switch meals when a movie is on dimner time and your parents will be at home late the next day.
If that happens i just put the meal in the microwafe the next day.
I put my leftover smoothie in a mason jar and drink it later.
Can you do a video on. How to do fruits and vegetables. Like in plastic or containers.
$10 for Weekly Planners that you can easily get for free on the internet (or make you're own)...
I'm baffled xD
These are great! Thank you!
Thanks Michelle, glad you enjoyed these hacks! 😊
Love all of these ideas, especially the smoothie cubes.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed these tips, I hope you get to try them!
Hi Nikole! , Thank you for this video, it was so useful! I loved the hack about saving the veggies in water, though I would like to know how long do they last like that? 🥑🥑🥑🥑💜💜💜
Thank you for the great hacks 🍃🙌🏼
A meal prep planner....that's my vibe. Uggghhhh I can't wait anymore....Can we please know what the big news is? Sssoooo exciting!!! Beijinhos para os dois.
All has been revealed on Instagram!!
@@HealthNutNutrition I saw it....She's sssoooo cute!!! Can we talk about her ears? Omg...sssooo exciting.
Love the smoothie cube idea!
3:29 my intact veggies and herbs I cut like flowers and put them in my sunny window they love it. As long as I change the water daily. I save some things from my friends fridge. Those poor lil planties are so happy after I rescue them. Anything that has a stem, into the window it goes. Some things last longer than others that way.
Love your content and this video! Thank you!
Unique Lourdes Torres same I love her content I make similar videos if your interested 💗
What ice cube trays do you use?
What honey do you use
Your editing is epic. Loving your videos ✨❤️
lol how you gonna say "oxidization" then blame it on metal knives. the 'oxy' part is from oxygen.
Does the vegetables in water actually work ? I’m thinking of doing it but wanna make sure it works
Great hacks!! Thanks 😊🙏🏼
Make extra smoothie and pop it in the freezer. The night before you want it put it in the fridge and it's ready to go in the morning!
I love your new pup cashew!!
Hi Nikole! Love this meal prep hack. Should we store baby carrot in water also? Curious about that！
thank you so much and yes you can do that too!
Amazing 👏👏👏
Please do more Videos like this! Im in collage and I feel like I'm always running out of meal ideas.
So glad to hear that you're enjoying my meal prep series! I will definitely be filming more soon!
Yum I was just looking for meal ideas💗
Love the tips !! Especially the smoothie ice cubes and also the ceramic knife I didn't known about it
lalayanga well actually apples do not brown because of the knife. It’s a process called oxidation which has to do with the enzymes of the apple being exposed to oxygen..... this is just selling knifes hun! Lol..
If you google it you’ll see that the type of knife you use makes a difference. If it was about sales or money I wouldn’t be providing free videos 3 times a week to my viewers. I hope to help inspire.
HealthNut Nutrition I do appreciate the inspirations. But I believe Google is not a reliable source of information. In order for one to use a platform and provide information it’s important to be an educated user on the sources of information that are available. Not everything you read or hear is true or well described. I just think you have a powerful platform that could be used not just for inspiration but to provide reliable information.
Do you have a recipe book?
I love your videos and your heart.
Love part 2 🥰🥰
Thank you for watching Frances!
Love your Recipe
Just ordered the bundle :) will it be emailed to me or can I download it right away??
You should have received an email with the link to download! Enjoy! 😊
Again a great video !! 🥑🥑🥑
I love it.. Thanks
If you pinch the knife blade with your thumb and forefinger right by the handle you’ll have better control of the knife, this will help you cut straight down and have less food waste. (Your palm should be on the handle and fingers on the top near the handle) Also, “oxidation” not “oxidization” just fyi. Also, maybe a little more research on the whole ceramic knife thing... oxidation is caused by oxygen exposure... 🤷♀️
Amei suas dicas👍🥰
I love your videos . always great content
Thank you so much!!
Yummy 😋
Chioma Caitlin she is so informative
How did you make them what ingredients
Yes, more hacks! Can you freeze a mason jar?
I'm pretty sure you can, you just want to make sure you leave extra space in the jar if it's filled with soup or some kind of liquid because it'll expand. Jordan Page at Fun, Cheap, or Free has awesome freezer hacks because she owns like 5 freezers l. Definitely look at her channel too!
I don't think you should - even if you leave enough room for expansion, it would probably crack when you thaw it.. But there are glass containers which can resist temperature switches like that.
really nice video and love your merch
christmas 3101 love her videos and her mercy is so elegant I can’t want until I have enough viewers to start a selling merch
@@emmadozie true i hope you get viewers soon
christmas 3101 thanks
Hi Nichol I follow you from Egypt and I like all ur videos and trying to be healthy and lose weight but I can't found collagen powder here who can I replace it ❤❤
Look online, like eBay..
Great hacks!
Thank you!
Cool
MeMe dUDE 543 her videos are soo good if you interested I make similar videos
Hi Nicole!i heard that agave is bad for ur health.It increases i think sugar...
5:26 Shameless plug by ME!!
Managing Your Meals by Winnifred C. Jardine. This book has been a life saver for decades. I don’t follow it religiously anymore and even when I did I didn’t always cook what I had planned to cook but by having such an awesome guideline I had the groceries and pantry goods I needed to cook well every night stress free.
👏👏👏 you just gained a new subscriber 😁😁😁✌✌✌✌
Great meal prep hacks👍🏼
I also freeze extra smoothie and always cook a big batch for next time.
Thanks for sharing this awesome video 👍🏼💕
Um oxidation isn’t caused by metal knives. It’s caused by exposure to the air 🙄
Actually, steel knives transfer ions onto the fruit which causes the oxidation to occur at a more rapid rate. Ceramic knives don’t have ions, so it helps the cut fruit stay fresh longer, which is what she said. I’m pretty sure she’s intelligent enough to know that ALL fruit goes bad eventually. But whatever, people got to jump to conclusions before researching 🤷🏼♀️
WOW thank you💞💖🌺💝🤩🥰
Can I prep smoothies overnight?
Oooh this is pretty amazing 😋😋😋 thank u you inspire us 😍😍😍😍😘🤗
She inspires me to eat healthier I even start a UA-cam Channel she is amazing
@@emmadozie good luck
Can you do a meal prep recipe?