I am a lazy cook (Coming from a family that is full of cooking magicians who prefer the long-way / from-scratch) but find comfort from watching your preparations because I'm the same way as a stress baker. Whenever I am stressed I literally resort to baking (yes with music playing -- or blaring -- in the background). I didn't even know I was doing that until someone termed it and I was like "ohmygoodness, that's me" Your videos are like little olafs in the weeks that you post (warm hugs).😊
Don't get me wrong Inga but your videos always put me right into sleep! And always make me hungry when I am in my "not eating for days" phase! I really really love and appreciate the joy, comfort and little happiness it brings to my boring little life. Thank you so much!! Context: I am a mad insomniac!!!!! I literally don't sleep for days!! EDIT: SO IF YOU CAN DO THIS TO MY LIFE I AM PRETTY SURE YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!!
Everything is going to turn out great, Inga; you are a wonderful creator and chef, and the way you share your story with us gives a calming and soothing feeling to many troubled souls. I always look forward to your videos and love you for what you do and who you are ❤
The way you describe the way cooking makes you feel is the exact way I feel. My mind raced all day and cooking is when I can just focus on making something taste good while I dance around the kitchen to music! It’s even better that my husband loves my cooking🥰
you (and safiya nygaard ofc) are the only youtubers i really keep up with now, your videos are always so calm and aesthetically pleasing and the food you cook is always so delectable looking
Re: food as a "tool" against stress. Alongside the reasons you listed, things like chopping also let you use up pent-up energy that often are just present if you're experiencing a lot of anxiety. Also, eating can not only be a pleasant sensory experience but also trick your nervous system into feeling safer!
these videos are really helping me to be less anxious about moving out soon, and also helping me realize the things i need to remember to have in my new place (like pots and pans)
I understand working hard for something and putting your heart and soul in it and then it's possibly, or definitely not going to happen. For me that was a job i went to college to try and pursue until a back injury in early 2020... it was certainly a a let down ❤ hopefully whatever you were trying to do eventually works out for you inga ❤❤
Wow. I feel exactly the same about cookings role in my life, really since I was a child it’s been a comfort in many levels. And, even though I’ve cooked professionally and been in hospitality my whole life it’s still a kind of private need and safe place. Appreciate your honesty so much and I can totally relate!
Everything looks so delicious!!! I'm glad you found a nice replacement for your glass pot, it looks great, I love the tint of the glass. Have a great weekend!
Thanks for your videos, Inga. I was in NYC this week and it was COLD. I used your restaurant guide and took some friends to Take31. It was so warming and delicious!😊
It's cold where I am, but watching your video makes me feel warm. Sorry to hear it's been so stressful for you lately. Thanks for sharing another wonderful video with us, and hope you have a good holiday! Best of luck with the new pot and lid.
You got this Inga!! I am going through a challenging period of life and watching your videos really help me. Hope to share the same power to you across the Internet!
You're doing great Inga! Your videos are like a warm hug for the soul, I'm grateful for all of your videos :) I wish you all the best in everything ahead, even if things are hard right now 🫶
These are seriously my favorite videos of yours! Just so relaxing and chill. Even the fully silent ones with just text. Also, I'd LOVE to see a video about your coffee//tea settup. While you were eating the mac and cheese I noticed a few things behind you and I'm curious what you use/recommend!
I'm sorry to hear that things have been stressful. I totally do the same with using hobbies to keep myself busy. I appreciate your thoughtful and beautiful videos as a little escape too. I've lost my connection to cooking a little bit recently, but hopefully some recent stress of mine will end up as a good thing and I can be excited to get into the kitchen again. Take care. 🍲
I also cook/bake when I'm stressed or upset! I'm not sure when it started but I can always count on a simple cookie recipe, or an extravagant video game themed meal to put me at ease.
I buy fun shaped pasta meant for kids all the time! It just brings a little extra joy, especially if I'm feeling down. I hope everything works out, and if it doesn't, I hope new opportunities will find you! 😊
Really really relatable. Food provides me comfort too, so it makes me worse when I am feeling so down thst I can’t even muster the energy to make food, that is when I know things are really so bad. Thanks inga, keep doing what you do. You are inspiring.
Inga your videos are my comfort these days, I really loved the one on the Avatar universe foods! ☺️ I think it'd be so cool to see some more recipes from the book. Your videos are exquisite! ❤️
Nice to catch up with you again, Inga! I never thought about butternut squash with Mac and cheese. I’ll have to try it sometime. I’m glad you found a replacement for the OG glass pot, and it also has a lid! Whatever course your product goes, you’ve accomplished so much this far. You’ll work through these challenges and find a solution, I just know it! Keep your chin up, Inga. We’re all rooting for you! 🎉😍❤
I'm so sorry you've been stressed out about a project, I hope it all turns out well ❤ I also love making slow food, taking my time and focusing on what I'm doing. I am an overthinker with ADHD, so cooking and baking are one of the few ways I have to make my brain be quiet for a bit. Watching your videos feel like that as well ❤
Hey Inga! I love your content. Your videos always put me at ease. I also cook to relieve stress. It forces me to focus on what I am doing (like to avoid getting cut or burned ouch!) and the end result is very satisfying. Thanks for taking us along on your journey. :) I wanted to say that I appreciate you, your effort, and your videos. Hugs to you and Happy Holidays.
Sometimes it’s good to be a bit more demanding and dominating to get to your goal just to show to the people that you’re not a pushover and taking you more seriously. Being nice and kind to the people that actually makes your own life easier and colorful, and the rest you can just forget and forgive (when you can). Cheers 🥂
I didn't know NYT cooking gave out there cookies! So cool. I came close to making art based off this year's cookies. 🤔 Might still try. The pot looks similar to one my mom had at one point. Thanks for sharing your life with us.
My own mother would devote a couple of hours to making wontons and jiaozi. Then, she would cook a few bowls of freshly made ones and store the rest in the freezer. She usually makes enough for 1-2 weeks. So, the freezer would usually be packed with frozen wontons and frozen jiaozi. This actually saves a lot of time later. If I were living by myself instead of with family, then I would make food prep a priority. Dedicate some time to food prepping. Wontons and jiaozi tend to be more time-consuming because of the ingredient processing and the wrapping and then the cooking. On most days, it would be much much simpler to just have rice and boiled beans made from dried beans with some everything bagel seasoning sprinkled on top for flavor.
I hope you are recovering well from the Arcane series, if you finished it! :) everything looked awesome, Inga! thanks for being such a cozy litle space here on YT.
@IngaLam it is that kind of show. I bawled my eyes out many times as it is very touching, especially if you pay attention to subtle details. i love it dearly 😭 glad you've enjoyed it too~
Feel you about the pot. Visionware is almost impossible to get in NA. I had to get a replacement shipped from Ireland for 3.5 L pot that I had that cracked.
Back when Instant Pots were all the rage, people were touting how much faster it made the cooking process. But like you, I find the process of cooking and filling the house to be medatative. I get how it's useful if you're feeding a family, but most of the time it's just me. So anything that speeds things along and takes things out of my hands is actually not so appealing. I also love how you were so skeptical about that very expensive toaster back during lockdown but now it makes an appearance in almost every video.
WOW! Did not know NYT had a cookie truck (so cool!) cuz I reside in the middle of nowhere and under a rock (hahaha). Need to make those 'taters with nut butter and Indiana sorghum. Thanks, Inga, for giving ideas. 🥰 (Mrs. Meyer's Iowa Pine multi-surface spray cleaner is my fav for winter '24.) Edit: have butternut squash so thanks for another inspo. My grandmother was an early adopter of the Visions cookware--loved her wholesome food.
I love that you watch Arcane did you finish the series??? I’m also surprised you could watch and make dumplings at the same time, arcane is too emotional 😭 I also pray you overcome this anxiety for your projects. Try to trust that the universe has made the steps for you already ❤🙏🏼
your "what i eat in a day" series of videos are my comfort food! i look forward to each one and wait until i'm all cozy for the night before watching them because they make me feel so nice and warm on the inside. thank you for sharing your days with us!
First comment from a longtime admirer of your videos and cooking. Great message in this video! I hope your product works out in the end. Also, that siren at 18:32 must've been annoying when you were shooting that scene lol.
Zero apologies for the immersion blender! It's a better final product (because you can seek out all the lumps) for much, much, less dishes. Plus I at least am less likely to cut myself while cleaning the immersion blender
Inga, you seem so sad and anxious in this video. I know you’re trying to stay calm and do things that ground you. But I’ve never seen you like this before. First of all, thank you for sharing your worries and feelings with us. I’m hoping, wishing, praying that everything works out for you in the end. Maybe it won’t work out as expected but I hope it works out even better than planned.
"my old one didn't even have a lid!"
"because I broke it when I opened it..."
I laughed more than I should have
for everyone who wondered for years why it was a lidless pot....... 🫣
It's kinda unreasonable how absolutely stunning your hair looks.
I am a lazy cook (Coming from a family that is full of cooking magicians who prefer the long-way / from-scratch) but find comfort from watching your preparations because I'm the same way as a stress baker. Whenever I am stressed I literally resort to baking (yes with music playing -- or blaring -- in the background). I didn't even know I was doing that until someone termed it and I was like "ohmygoodness, that's me" Your videos are like little olafs in the weeks that you post (warm hugs).😊
You always pull such interesting ingredients from your freezer. I feel like a Freezer Tour would make a great video!
@@lilmissyolly13 might be planning a costco storage video as we speak, lots of freezer tips coming soon 🌝
Don't get me wrong Inga but your videos always put me right into sleep! And always make me hungry when I am in my "not eating for days" phase! I really really love and appreciate the joy, comfort and little happiness it brings to my boring little life. Thank you so much!!
Context: I am a mad insomniac!!!!! I literally don't sleep for days!!
EDIT: SO IF YOU CAN DO THIS TO MY LIFE I AM PRETTY SURE YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!!
Everything is going to turn out great, Inga; you are a wonderful creator and chef, and the way you share your story with us gives a calming and soothing feeling to many troubled souls. I always look forward to your videos and love you for what you do and who you are ❤
The way you describe the way cooking makes you feel is the exact way I feel. My mind raced all day and cooking is when I can just focus on making something taste good while I dance around the kitchen to music! It’s even better that my husband loves my cooking🥰
you (and safiya nygaard ofc) are the only youtubers i really keep up with now, your videos are always so calm and aesthetically pleasing and the food you cook is always so delectable looking
I love Safiya I've been subscribed for a long time the only other youtuber I consistently watch is Alisha Marie.
Re: food as a "tool" against stress. Alongside the reasons you listed, things like chopping also let you use up pent-up energy that often are just present if you're experiencing a lot of anxiety. Also, eating can not only be a pleasant sensory experience but also trick your nervous system into feeling safer!
I swear Inga has the perfect voice for a Disney Princess🙌
She definitely does
She sounds just like Elsa in Frozen 2
Lol.
Guess what your mom has the perfect voice for...
these videos are really helping me to be less anxious about moving out soon, and also helping me realize the things i need to remember to have in my new place (like pots and pans)
I understand working hard for something and putting your heart and soul in it and then it's possibly, or definitely not going to happen. For me that was a job i went to college to try and pursue until a back injury in early 2020... it was certainly a a let down ❤ hopefully whatever you were trying to do eventually works out for you inga ❤❤
Wow. I feel exactly the same about cookings role in my life, really since I was a child it’s been a comfort in many levels. And, even though I’ve cooked professionally and been in hospitality my whole life it’s still a kind of private need and safe place. Appreciate your honesty so much and I can totally relate!
Everything looks so delicious!!! I'm glad you found a nice replacement for your glass pot, it looks great, I love the tint of the glass. Have a great weekend!
Thanks for your videos, Inga. I was in NYC this week and it was COLD. I used your restaurant guide and took some friends to Take31. It was so warming and delicious!😊
so glad to hear you all enjoyed!!
I love this vibe. The music, your soft voice and the meals are just chef's kiss .
Your videos really are soo cozy .
Sweet potatoes plain, with chili oil, or with nut butter are my favorite snack all fall/winter!!!
That miso butternut squash pasta is such a good idea! I"ve been in a pasta recipe rut so I'm gonna try this asap!!!
Your videos feel like a warm blanket on a cold day❤️
It's cold where I am, but watching your video makes me feel warm. Sorry to hear it's been so stressful for you lately. Thanks for sharing another wonderful video with us, and hope you have a good holiday! Best of luck with the new pot and lid.
You got this Inga!! I am going through a challenging period of life and watching your videos really help me. Hope to share the same power to you across the Internet!
You're doing great Inga! Your videos are like a warm hug for the soul, I'm grateful for all of your videos :) I wish you all the best in everything ahead, even if things are hard right now 🫶
These are seriously my favorite videos of yours! Just so relaxing and chill. Even the fully silent ones with just text.
Also, I'd LOVE to see a video about your coffee//tea settup. While you were eating the mac and cheese I noticed a few things behind you and I'm curious what you use/recommend!
cooking is therapy
I'm sorry to hear that things have been stressful. I totally do the same with using hobbies to keep myself busy. I appreciate your thoughtful and beautiful videos as a little escape too. I've lost my connection to cooking a little bit recently, but hopefully some recent stress of mine will end up as a good thing and I can be excited to get into the kitchen again. Take care. 🍲
I also cook/bake when I'm stressed or upset! I'm not sure when it started but I can always count on a simple cookie recipe, or an extravagant video game themed meal to put me at ease.
I buy fun shaped pasta meant for kids all the time! It just brings a little extra joy, especially if I'm feeling down. I hope everything works out, and if it doesn't, I hope new opportunities will find you! 😊
Watching you cook is very therapeutic and always love these videos! P.s glad you're watching Arcane, such an incredible series! 😊
everything will be okay inga. you'll do great. live happily and healthily.
Really really relatable. Food provides me comfort too, so it makes me worse when I am feeling so down thst I can’t even muster the energy to make food, that is when I know things are really so bad. Thanks inga, keep doing what you do. You are inspiring.
Inga your videos are my comfort these days, I really loved the one on the Avatar universe foods! ☺️ I think it'd be so cool to see some more recipes from the book. Your videos are exquisite! ❤️
It's funny to watch this from Brazil because we are in summer here
Nice to catch up with you again, Inga! I never thought about butternut squash with Mac and cheese. I’ll have to try it sometime.
I’m glad you found a replacement for the OG glass pot, and it also has a lid!
Whatever course your product goes, you’ve accomplished so much this far. You’ll work through these challenges and find a solution, I just know it! Keep your chin up, Inga. We’re all rooting for you! 🎉😍❤
Really hope things work out for you. Your doing great. Appreciate all that you do
I'm so sorry you've been stressed out about a project, I hope it all turns out well ❤ I also love making slow food, taking my time and focusing on what I'm doing. I am an overthinker with ADHD, so cooking and baking are one of the few ways I have to make my brain be quiet for a bit. Watching your videos feel like that as well ❤
Hey Inga! I love your content. Your videos always put me at ease. I also cook to relieve stress. It forces me to focus on what I am doing (like to avoid getting cut or burned ouch!) and the end result is very satisfying. Thanks for taking us along on your journey. :) I wanted to say that I appreciate you, your effort, and your videos. Hugs to you and Happy Holidays.
Comfort soup is my go to when it’s cold as well
Good morning everyone 😊
G’morning! Have a beautiful day 😊
i am loving the vibes in here 🥹
@@IngaLam you’ve built a sweet community. Chill vibes for sure 🥰
Good evening from The Netherlands! 😊
lots of love to you in this stressful time
That Mac and cheese hit my soul! Looked so delicious 😊
Sometimes it’s good to be a bit more demanding and dominating to get to your goal just to show to the people that you’re not a pushover and taking you more seriously. Being nice and kind to the people that actually makes your own life easier and colorful, and the rest you can just forget and forgive (when you can). Cheers 🥂
I didn't know NYT cooking gave out there cookies! So cool. I came close to making art based off this year's cookies. 🤔 Might still try.
The pot looks similar to one my mom had at one point.
Thanks for sharing your life with us.
your videos are always so relaxing and chill!
My own mother would devote a couple of hours to making wontons and jiaozi.
Then, she would cook a few bowls of freshly made ones and store the rest in the freezer.
She usually makes enough for 1-2 weeks.
So, the freezer would usually be packed with frozen wontons and frozen jiaozi.
This actually saves a lot of time later.
If I were living by myself instead of with family, then I would make food prep a priority.
Dedicate some time to food prepping.
Wontons and jiaozi tend to be more time-consuming because of the ingredient processing and the wrapping and then the cooking.
On most days, it would be much much simpler to just have rice and boiled beans made from dried beans with some everything bagel seasoning sprinkled on top for flavor.
I hope you are recovering well from the Arcane series, if you finished it! :)
everything looked awesome, Inga! thanks for being such a cozy litle space here on YT.
finished it, and my heart broke a little but the show is so good 😭😭
@IngaLam it is that kind of show. I bawled my eyes out many times as it is very touching, especially if you pay attention to subtle details. i love it dearly 😭 glad you've enjoyed it too~
when i run out of recipe ideas... i go watch your videos for inspo thanks they all look so yum.
I'd love to get the recipe for your butternut squash pasta. It looks delicious!
Completely unrelated but I LOVE your Totoro shirt ❤
That mac looks so good. Im going to make it. My sister will love it as she’s obsessed with mac and cheese. Thanks.
As I’ve mentioned before, your videos always brighten my day. 😊 Sorry you are feeling a bit down. I’m in the same boat most of the time.
I found your channel from your avatar cooking video, I've been subscribed ever since. Thank you for your comforting videos! ❤
Feel you about the pot. Visionware is almost impossible to get in NA. I had to get a replacement shipped from Ireland for 3.5 L pot that I had that cracked.
Yes! No foreign audio track imposed by YT. Thanks Inga! 🥰
Back when Instant Pots were all the rage, people were touting how much faster it made the cooking process. But like you, I find the process of cooking and filling the house to be medatative. I get how it's useful if you're feeding a family, but most of the time it's just me. So anything that speeds things along and takes things out of my hands is actually not so appealing.
I also love how you were so skeptical about that very expensive toaster back during lockdown but now it makes an appearance in almost every video.
always skeptical until they can change my mind ha, funny enough, it’s the one of the only appliances that brings me a sense of peace…
Thank you for the cozy video, and I hope that the project still works out.
I love watching your videos there so calming ❤
WOW! Did not know NYT had a cookie truck (so cool!) cuz I reside in the middle of nowhere and under a rock (hahaha). Need to make those 'taters with nut butter and Indiana sorghum. Thanks, Inga, for giving ideas. 🥰 (Mrs. Meyer's Iowa Pine multi-surface spray cleaner is my fav for winter '24.) Edit: have butternut squash so thanks for another inspo. My grandmother was an early adopter of the Visions cookware--loved her wholesome food.
I love that you watch Arcane did you finish the series??? I’m also surprised you could watch and make dumplings at the same time, arcane is too emotional 😭 I also pray you overcome this anxiety for your projects. Try to trust that the universe has made the steps for you already ❤🙏🏼
That Totoro shirt is 10/10 excellent!
I love watching your video’s. You have such a soothing voice. I was wondering where you get your coffee?
Please please please drop the full squash Mac n cheese, that looks WONDERFUL
hmmm let me see if i can make a short for this
Kimchi actually goes really well with sweet potato maybe you can try it sometimes😋
So happy you found a replacement 🎊🎊
Recipe for butternut squash miso Mac and Cheese 7:34 please 💛💛
The pasta and dumplings looked delicious.
Always looking forward to the Xmas cookie video :)
Please adopt me! You seem like the sweetest and most down to earth person ever ❤ i love your content :)
Love your Totoro shirt❤
Squash, all the squash, says 'winter' to me the most, no matter where in the world I am.
I love a steaming sweet potato on a cold day
Watching this while eating congyoubing made from your recipe. ❤
your "what i eat in a day" series of videos are my comfort food! i look forward to each one and wait until i'm all cozy for the night before watching them because they make me feel so nice and warm on the inside. thank you for sharing your days with us!
How did you cook the sweet potatoes in your rice cooker ?
Setting ? Time ?
Just ordered my first fancy rice cooker, Cuckoo pressure rice cooker 👏😊
congrats!! if it doesn’t come in with a built in steam function, the regular mode works too, and then i just periodically check on it after 20ish min
Girl you are not wrong about Arcane! So many emotions 😳
Bombas checklist
Babish ✓
Inga✓
Beryl✓
are you okay inga? you look a little gloomy in this video. either way, please stay happy. we love you. thank you for another video. 🤍
Roasted/baked Asian sweet potatoes are so much better than steamed!!!
What style are your Bombas slippers, Inga?
they’re the Sunday slippers! 🥹
@@IngaLam thank you!!
Love the totoro sweatshirt. Where can I get my hand on them?!😮
You can’t rely on an immersion blender TOO MUCH! It’s indispensable. Always use mine.
and SO versatile!!
wayy too early! Anyways, love watching your videos Inga!!
no such thing as way too early!!
when i was a kid i hated eggplant, now it's basically my favorite vegetable
First comment from a longtime admirer of your videos and cooking. Great message in this video! I hope your product works out in the end. Also, that siren at 18:32 must've been annoying when you were shooting that scene lol.
the struggles of filming in nyc, truly 🥲
@@IngaLam It's the same over here in Chicago. 😆
Thank you for this video :)
I used to poke avocado out of my sushi and now I happily eat avocado with salt and pepper with a spoon
I'm impressed by how many advertisements you managed to cram into the first 3 minutes.
Can you please tell me where you got your totoro sweatshirt from!!?? I love it but I'm not able to find it 😅😅
i think it might've been some boxlunch!
Hope you're doing well!
How did you cook the sweet potato
Zero apologies for the immersion blender! It's a better final product (because you can seek out all the lumps) for much, much, less dishes. Plus I at least am less likely to cut myself while cleaning the immersion blender
Inga, you seem so sad and anxious in this video. I know you’re trying to stay calm and do things that ground you. But I’ve never seen you like this before. First of all, thank you for sharing your worries and feelings with us. I’m hoping, wishing, praying that everything works out for you in the end. Maybe it won’t work out as expected but I hope it works out even better than planned.
Any brand or type of dashi stock to recommend?
You stay warm too :D
Sending you hugs.
Nom nom nom 🤔 nom nom nom nom 💜🎄
I wish I could taste all that
U got this, Inga!🤍🤍🐣🐣
That flashing vent, though
Can you name your pot Potnelope ?
Hi 👋