How to Create the Perfect Meals to Bring to Work
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Welcome to part two of the home cooking survival guide for your busy week. Now that we’ve covered the shopping and prep work in part one, it’s time to execute well balanced, healthy and delicious meals that will get you through the work week feeling great!
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2:27 - Chocolate Sweet Potato Muffins (gluten free)
5:58 - Work Meal Break Down
7:57 - Acai and Cherry Smoothie bowl with Homemade Granola
9:36 - Loaded Salad with Crispy Turkey and Sourdough Croutons
11:48 - Homemade Popcorn
12:46- Transportation Tips
14:14- Quick Harvest Bowl Dinner
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Have you thought about doing a video on hiking food? Like meals you can cook on a camping stove with lightweight, long lasting ingredients.
great idea
Yessss I'd love that!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. I’m going to be doing a long bicycle tour in the summer and would love a series of tasty food to make on a single camp burner with minimal to no kitchen equipment.
YYESSSS I would love this!
Honestly after hiking just under 1600 miles last year on the Appalachian Trail I'd say you probably aren't gonna wanna cook at the end of the day. I didnt even want to heat up ramen or Knoor pasta and rice sides and that only took about 5-7 minutes. Now I will say a long distance hike where your trying to knock out 20+ miles daily is different than your average hike. After spending 4 1/2 months in the woods I would try to bring alot of dehydrated meals. You can do it yourself. You can add alot of variety. Every meal will be a "just add water" meal so it wont weigh much. I love brothers green but if you want hiker friendly meals check out hiking channels. I love the brothers but if they haven't done any legit hiking they wont know what hikers want to carry and not carry. You want fat, protein and carbs. Some sweet sugary snacks for a quick energy boost but really the carbs are gonna give you energy. If you do really enjoy hiking and cooking. Your best bet would be to do it when the temp drops. That way you can carry food that would normally have to be refrigerated. Just remember you have to pack out what you pack in. Doing the cooking(dehydrating) before hand saves you from having to carry alot of food trash. And that food trash can attract everything from bears to rodents. You'll wake up to a backpack full of holes from the mice chewing their way in to your food(leave all pockets unzipped and open to avoid that). If your just going on a day hike or weekend trip you can just cook the same stuff you normally would eat. I would stick with some sort of rice or pasta. Easy to pack, full of carbs, easy to cook. A little eye dropper size bottle of some sort of cooking oil. Garlic, onion, spam or other canned meat. Granola pre made. Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. Everything tastes better when its cooked in the woods after a long days hike. It doesnt take much. Basically the longer you're gonna be in the woods the easier you want your cooking to be. If it's just a day hike and your only hiking 5-10 miles you can afford to bring a cast iron pan and a lunch box with freezer blocks sewn into the liner to carry meats and wine and eggs or whatever else( I've never tried those). But if your gonna be out for 3 or more days, cooking a 5 star meal just isn't gonna be a priority. Asking the brothers to make "hiker friendly meals" is just to broad of a question. What you want to eat compared to what you have to feed your body to maintain a healthy living changes greatly based on the time your spending in the woods. Sorry I know that was a long comment. Hope it helped. You might want to start with youtubers "Homade Wanderlust" "following bigfoot" and "Darwin on the Trail" if your looking for hiking food. They're not gonna give you much when it comes to cooking cause like I said most people dont want to add more work to their day especially when you're finishing up and trying to relax. Alot of people "cold soak" their meals Plus if your not near a water source you have to use you're drinking water to cook and wash everything before going to bed and most people would wake up constantly to rehydrate because of a long day hiking and eating food full of carbs so you really dont want to use water that you could be drinking to cook and wash utensils with. I'd hate to say it but the term "hiker food" is sort of glamorized. True hikers know that we dont want to cook and add chores to our evening routine. I knew hikers that would pour cold water into their Idaho instant mash bags mix it and drink it. I couldnt do it . I'd gag just watching em. But again if your just going out for a day hike, depending on the temperature and what your willing to pack in and pack out you can cook virtually anything. When I started my hike I came across a hiker that claimed he started with a wheel Barrow cause he had 110lbs of gear. I had 45 and I was gear heavy so I'm not sure I believe him. But he had multiple utensils. Knife, spoon, fork, spatula, pot, pan. Straws he cut up and filled with spices and melted the ends so he could carry a mini spice rack. When you get to that point you have to ask yourself. Are you in the woods to hike or cook? If your in the woods to hike, you're not gonna wanna carry a bunch of cooking utensils. It's just too much weight. If you love cooking stay home and cook. The 2 unfortunately just dont go together. Again I'm not trying to burst any bubbles here. You're basically gonna want a base weight of no more than 30lbs. Plus 2lbs/day for food and I always carried 2 liters/4lbs of water. Your general health, time of year, duration in the woods, distance to water sources, alone or with others, park rules and regulations and many other factors are gonna determine what you bring and cook. Ultimately you're just trying to find a way to have your weight/nutritional values be as low as possible with weight and as high as possible with nutrition. It's not glamorous. Alot of jerky, prepackaged tuna and spam, ramen, honeybuns, oatmeal, and trail mix. Quick easy and packed with what you need while not adding to much weight. Believe it or not if you're gonna be out there for a bit eating healthy is actually unhealthy. I lost 60lbs in 3 months and I was eating shitty food. I couldnt keep the weight on me to save my life.
I love that you talk about variety. That’s exactly what I do with our meal prepping. I can’t and don’t want to eat the same meal every day.
When ever i don't feel like cooking anymore, I watch these Pro Home Cooks videos, and the possibility of really good food revives me again. Thank you!
Im so glad you made this and its not those boring boxes people make
As he stated himself, those are nice for bodybuilders. It's simple, efficient, and a time saver. This prep takes more time and isn't as macro conscious.
@@ignfan4life yeah, the thing gets complicated when even me as a teenager eat a lot of food, and I can see myself eating all of what he made for ghe day in just one meal🤷♂️. So maybe do the "bodybuilders" meal and modify it with these types of meal.
Never thought of using sweet potatoes in muffins
In smoothies too.
Ben McNutt My mum used to put it in brownies
Even since I saw this, I have been making muffins with sweet potato. My girlfriend loves them!
This question may have been answered elsewhere, but I haven't seen it. Why not use a microwave to cook the sweet potato? It's delicious, fast, energy conserving, and doesn't heat up the kitchen. And not everyone in an apartment even has an oven -- or wants one!
Can you do a series on those muffins? Those would fit brilliantly in my meals since I try to eat very few carbs throughout the day!
Those muffins are really great! We used to make them every week and they really are a great way to start your day or use as a snack.
Yes, please! I cant stop thinking about these muffins and I can't find anything as delicious and good as these! An episode on muffins would be amazing
Please do a video with more freestyle muffins so we can get an idea of how to effectively change it up
Do you mean with flavors? Try lemon extract + poppy seeds, orange zest with dried cranberries, dried basil and strawberries, blueberries with lime zest, slivered almonds and blackberries (take into account extra liquid if fruit isn't dried), cocoa powder and crushed salted peanuts, coconut flakes and chocolate chips etc.
@@catherinesteph thanks for the flavour ideas! I meant a video with a break down about what approximate ratios he uses for each ingredient type like flours, sweeteners, fruit/veg base, etc.
@@catherinesteph Thanks for those suggestions!
@@grovermartin6874 I wish you many tasty treats 😊
Gotta tell ya’, this series you did on packing lunch is Inspired! And, yes, having snacks is too often overlooked; they can keep you from succumbing to the unhealthy treats people bring in-and in a hospital that’s a lot. The muffin approach is super, as in, why didn’t we think of that? I’m off and running. Anything more you can add in this area is welcome. Sometimes having chefs demystify methods for us is the most helpful.
Such a fantastic channel - love the versatility/adaptability of your suggestions. This is a great resource for people new to cooking.
I always love seeing what you come up with. People like you inspire me to get more creative and healthy with my cooking while also trying to save funds on the grocery budget.
This is one of my favorite videos by far. I loved what you said about our goal being to eat as much homemade food during the workday as possible and avoid the vending machines. I love the ideas that you gave. I am going to start doing more farmers markets to supplement our garden food. Thanks for such a great video.
I love this! And im glued to my phone when you're talking listening every word you said,agree mostly on your whiteboard chart and yes im inspired! Thank you!😁👍🏼
I have just discovered this channel. So helpful and so inspiring!
I struggled a lot to prepare quick and healthy meals during the lockdowns while working from home.
After watching your videos referring to grocery shopping and meal prepping I was so motivated!
Today I browsed through my fridge and spent two hours in the kitchen prepping different vegetables for salads and making two different vegetable soups for next week. This week I will have lunch and dinner ready in a very short time and the fridge is much more organized too! 😀😀👍
I sometimes add a sachet of French onion soup/bullion mix to fresh popped popcorn. Gives a nice savoury taste. With the soup mix being a powder you can control how much is added and if you want you can use the salt reduced french onion soup mix
Never would've thought of this. I'm gonna have to give this a try.
Dang a master chef husband that makes delicious exciting meals to take to work every day ... your wife is one lucky lady!
I tried the muffins, and they actually turned out OK! Whole sweet potato, 1/3 cup maple syrup, 1/3 cup nut pulp, 1/3 cup melted cultured butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup GF measure for measure flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Rolled oats topper. Decent muffins without a legit recipe, I am IMPRESSED MIKE!
Mike, thank you so much for doing this. This is just what I needed and more.
I'm going to get my ingredients this weekend and start my new menu next Monday!
I love that instead of precise recipes this is teaching how to make something from what you have in the house. I feel like you’re actually teaching how to cook as a lifestyle rather than just put one recipe together. Much more sustainable for me.
This video helped me feel better for not wanting a huge salad or huge smoothie, and encouraged me to bring lots of little portions!
Honestly, the one thing I love about brothers green eats is the “real shit” factor. Everything has got that realness to it. It is what we have been missing from entertainment for like ever.
Great video as always Mike! From a workflow perspective, do you do your main voice over (like the intro) before filming your cooking or after?
Another inspiring video, thanks. I'm slowly upping my chef game. I can't thank you enough for the vid you did on broths and stocks because now everything I make is super delicious and it's really given me a lot more confidence in the kitchen. Then techniques like this, where I can cook something great without having to start from scratch every time, are exactly what I need to make this a habit.
I think you’ve converted me to start preparing and eating healthier and smarter. Thank you so much for your inspiration and teaching technique.
Thank you so much for this little series...I watched 1 a day while eating lunch at work. I work in crazy midtown and food if so expensive and bad that I literally got fed up...appreciate your channel and all the info you share!
I love Brothers Green because watching them makes me pumped to cook at home, and I was once a couch potato. I've got a few mangoes and oranges, with a 5lbs bag of potatoes to use for recipes, and I'm looking forward to it.
Love the white board !! Can't wait for part 3 :)
Really enjoy your videos. When you show the how much you take to work, it makes me feel like i'm not crazy lugging all my rubber maid containers across Time Square to work. Great info too!
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Will Smith Lol yesss!
Great video. I actually learned several new tips. Sourdough starter to croutons? Wow!
Thank you!
Your channel is a new discovery for me .... you have inspired me to throw together stuff I have on hand it has been working well with little to no waste !! Also I had stopped eating yogurt due to the fact I couldn’t find any healthy options in the stores all filled with ridiculous amounts of sugars, I do have an instant pot and made my first batch turned out great!!! Thank you for the inspiration and info!! Keep up the great work !!!!
Cant express the thanks for your videos. Iv been so inspired to cook and you guys have helped me understand flavours. I use ginger and scallys ( we call them spring onions in uk) in a lot of meals.
As a baker please don't say salt is optional. It's a flavor enhancer is ANY application and it makes the difference between a flat sweet muffin and a flavorful, full-bodied one.
Emaline, everyone's tastebuds and biological needs are not the same. We are all human, but the amount of salt required varies enormously.
@@grovermartin6874 As you said, it's about the amount of salt, not the presence of it.
These videos are always sooo good. Thanks
This is so great!! I always fail at meal prepping because eating the same thing all week is so borinnnng. I’m so glad I found your channel!
You guys have a really great and original channel. That was my first positive comment in a while. Cheers!
LOVE your channel....so inspiring! Thank you!
Please continue this series!
Love this! Thank you!
Hey this was great! It made me realize that I could create a lunch/dinner option for work, that way I can come home and not worry about food!
Amazing!!! I love home cooked meals. Especially freezer meals!!
Your A Blessing Bro. You've hit me right on. I NEED.
lol that "bowl" at the end was one tiniy portion haha
And that was even with extra lamb meat and stock added!
Thank you. Your videos are awesome. 💪💪💪
Love your vids. Keep up the great work!
Oh dang, those muffins look amazing!
Thank you Mike ☺️ I now have a few ideas for when I'm on a 10 hour shift (hate them but someone has to do them right?) I'm definitely trying the sweet potato muffins! ❤️
Can you explain the ratios for your muffins? And what contributes to what reaction/end result?
Really gonna help spice out my week
What exactly is your job during the week? At this point I can't imagine you doing anything other than cooking and woodworking all week 😂.
Is there a video where he does wood work? 😃
it's 2020 and people are still asking RUclipsrs what their "real job" is
@@PlaceboEllie i dont think that is what they were saying. He was implying the vid that he has an outside of RUclips job. So Ethan was just asking what that was because they only see him cooking and not doing a office job for example. No ill intent
I’m curious as well
youtubers still have to work outside of filming the raw footage
they have to do video editing, projects such as merch, going through sponsor offers, etc.
Thank you. Great video and great meals, snacks!!!
I love your ratio baked goods. I do this all the time after learning this from you.
I’ve seen the tv ads, but I like how you level up the Daily Harvest cups, with little extra work.
This has been so helpful, thank you! I never liked traditional meal prep either because I need variety. I would love some kind of suggested schedule to help with time management when prepping this stuff, especially if you're also making sourdough bread for the week ;)
Tried the muffins today, so so yummiiiiieeee👌🏻💕
you did such a good job incorporating the sponsorship AND making it your own, because there's no way I'm eating a pre-made meal without doctoring it up a bit. Like when you added those turkey thighs to your DH soup bowl with cilantro, that was perfect.
That tip about the sourdough starter just blew my mind 🤯 I can't believe I've throwing away little baby croutons... I'll do it tonight 🤩
Wow, what amazing meals
Glad I found your channel!
Hey can u post an approx measurement for the muffins, the flour measurement especially.
Never seen such a perfect circle
OMG, you are saving my ass with this sourdough starter croutons!!! That tip is awesome. If I have no time to make bread or pancakes, I will definetly make some croutons with my starter. Can't wait to try it. These episodes are even more inspiring that your other videos, I don't know, that this would be possible, so mind blowing. Thank you so much.
This is exactly what I needed
Thank you ❤️
Me too
I just stumbled over your channel a couple days ago and was amazed by your organization of ingredients.. Do you have some advice for someone re-employed and and looking to restructure his entire cooking system? Which ingredients to start with and then gradually upgrading them. The amount of different ingredients you use is astonishing for me.
Sincerly, a new fan ;)
thanks so much for this video! gnna start a new job soona nd im not only trying to be healthier im also trying to save money and this is perfect. hopefully i stick to it!
Love the video! The idea of muffins is perfect - going to give it a try this week. What is your typical ratio of wet to dry ingredients?
Dude, I'm from Brazil and you are the very first foreigner that I have seen to pronounce açaí correctly!
Love the series. Already created home made yogurt after watching your first video
Your wife is lucky. :-D
or fat
@@philhipp7766 Or both
Would love to see more variations of the muffins your make
Thank you mikel. I definitely want to get into that when I am working again. Mabey I should start with cold meals like the salads and not necessarily the soups? What do you think?
I like this...preparation
This is what I’m looking for !!! :)
I love this video! So helpful and inspiring. Do you have any tips for transporting hot foods?
Can you do like a full video of your muffins/muffin breads variations and break down the ratios for us? Thanks!!
Please consider doing a cookbook
Could watch these Liam and EBay videos all day, two lads having a laugh and not taking it too seriously, what it’s all about 😊 Keep doing the Lord’s work lads and get yourselves to Ireland!
thanks for all the great advices, where can i get the containers you use for fridge organization?
This is the content the world needs in a huge way. I'm so tired of freaking meal prep videos!
Definitely making those muffins!
I love your videos, they are inspiring, interesting and helpful. I know I am not the only one here asking but for those muffins, can you give ratio's of each ingredient to help those of us who can't or don't feel comfortable just winging it. For those who are just starting out cooking for themselves - what your video is all about - having a recipe/proportions/options/substitutions for the muffins would be a great help. Thanks and keep up the amazing work.
Just to add, you gotta shake yourself into a new realm when making popcorn otherwise it'll burn at the bottom.
The trick I think is not to overcrowd the pot, add just enough corn to cover the surface. That way when you hear no more popping you can remove it from the stove.
Can you please do a video on different recipes to season proteins as well as veggies 🍅 🌽
I’d love to see which cooking/baking equipment you’d recommend
The way you pronounce 'açaí' is perfect!
Fabiana G Cerulli ive always wondered how its supposed to be pronounced
You should do a video about cooking in a hostel kitchen
Ahh, you cook just as I do. Healthy, varied, no set rules!
I found your air fryer recipes now I haven’t stopped watching lol
the way you style your hair is very nice :)
How do you make the popcorn not get stale?? Assuming you pop it the night before or in the morning before work
Number One Lesson:
When you fast intermittently, get up, watch this show for hours (while you can't eat), then leave for work (where you can't eat for 2 hours as well)... your hunger will rise to a significant degree... Holy shit, I can't wait to eat today :D damn...
P. S.: why am I binging this channel for days now :D
BOOMMM..!!! thanks
looks way better than meal prep, but also more work tbh
If meal prep & eating the same/similar meals every day works for you, then by all means feel free to do it! This video is just about expanding your options and showing you that you don't need to just do simple meal prep to eat delicious & healthy meals! :D
creativity requires effort. It's one of the reasons why repetitive meal prepping may be easier but gets old/boring over time.
Nothing wrong with a bit of meal prep and some fresh food addition options. I batch cook twice a week for variety and prep. As a single person, cooking ends up as prep because cooking a recipe creates several meals if its just on person eating. But, it can serve as dinner, and a couple of leftover lunches and dinner another. I pair any leftovers with fresh food fruits or salad. Salads take a few minutes if you have ingredients on hand. Thats just my experience. I do a bit of both meal prep and fresh pairing.
What I find is that now I'm spending a huge chunk of my weekend making food for my workweek. So now... when do I actually get time to do anything other than cook and work? Especially for people who are way more amateur and will probably take twice as long to come out with meals that are about 50% as good as these turned out. Week nights are spent feeding and caring for kids, then crashing into bed. This is why we wind up eating out way too much. Otherwise, my time just goes down the drain. It sucks.
Yes muffins please!
When’s season 2 of the sand which series coming
Good video
What about storing? If I cook a shit ton of rice or quinoa at the start of the week: how long will it last in the refrigerator? How do you store it in the freezer? Single serving Tupperwares?
Great videos!
On the greens: put some interesting ones in with flavour like arugula, spinach, kale. Or add cabbage or spring onion. Taste them separately and see what you like.
Where did you get that green Tupperware?
Hey! Would you make some videos on food we can bring to work and reheat in a microwave? Pretty pleeeease...
Can you please tell me where you found the long rectangle glass container shown at 13:11? Or at least the brand. I have seen never seen one that long, at least it looks like it's 11-12 inches long and I've been searching and searching. Thank you!!