How to cook Healthy Meals and never run out of ideas.

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USEFUL KITCHEN GEAR

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Why it's hard to cook & eat healthy
0:32 Learning how to cook changed my life
1:30 The Seasoning Framework
2:52 Seasoning Technique #1: Blackening
8:35 Seasoning Technique #2: Stir Fry Sauce
12:10 Seasoning Technique #3: Marinate after cooking

MISC. DETAILS
Music: Provided by Epidemic Sound
Filmed on: Sony a6600 & Sony A7C
Voice recorded on Shure MV7
Edited in: Premiere Pro

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[xZOOMARx]

I’m a doctor and I truly believe if everyone had learned how to make healthy food taste good, we wouldn’t have such a big problem with diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and all associated problems. I routinely direct patients toward you, ragusea, Lucas sin, Andrea nguyen, and the like because you all make such approachable and useful content.

[kale]

I’m an autistic adult and I’ve struggled with cooking and eating well balanced meals.
Having this systematic approach changes everything for me and is easy to understand.
I am deeply grateful.

[kylezchen]

Ethan has truly built one of the HIGHEST VALUE YouTube cooking channels ever! I've learned so much. Thank you Ethan!

[actualturtle]

Dude I love your channel because it's not just cooking, it's nutrition education and real life application. I watch Ragusea and Babish and Weissman et al, and they're all great, but nobody has actually gotten me off of my butt and into the kitchen more than you. You're really out here motivating me.

[LyndseyMacPherson]

Love how you turn processes into repeatable formulas. For someone who utterly _hates_ cooking, this is a game-changer.

[stinkpie]

I like how you don't just teach us how to cook specific recipes, you teach us to actually make our own.

[Mellow_Flow]

Ethan’s videos feel like I’m watching a college lecture. I always need to restart them 5 times and take notes to make sure I catch everything. Thank you for all the info Ethan, you’re one of the best channels I watch

[tipsytahls]

It's so nice to hear someone say "That's just how life goes sometimes". Too often the pressure of always having to present myself as 'perfect' stresses me out

[alexs]

Pro tip with the stir fry sauce. Add it to the side of the wok, around your main ingredients. It will caramelize a bit and add a depth of flavor you won't get by just putting it directly on top

[troyfetzner]

I have been dieting for years (started off to lose weight then transitioned into bodybuilding/fitness) and I just want to say that you have single handedly changed my life for the better. I wish there were more cooking channels like yours as you're the only one (in my opinion) that is able to explain cooking techniques thoroughly without it seeming intimidating. Thank you for your work on here, it truly is amazing 🙏

[Strawroberry]

This is exactly what I’ve been trying to tell people. When I’m on a “diet” or trying to lose weight I’m still eating breakfast burritos, meat sauce pasta, chili, chicken wraps, cheeseburgers and pretty much anything I want. Just have learned how to watch the calories and also make everything taste really good through seasoning and adding condiments. Great video! More people need to realize that eating healthy meals at home is not only easy but delicious and exciting.

[jduv]

This is the *best* cooking idea I've seen in years. As a dad of two and the sole sustenance provider for the crew I love this so much.

[austinkonkol]

The mixing and matching of ingredients and techniques to come up with creative meals on the fly is EXACTLY the way I want to cook, but it feels like nobody in my life understands cooking that way! They always look to specific recipes and I feel like that misses the point of cooking for yourself regularly as a skill. I just wish I learned how to cook this way before, I never knew how. So although I haven't commented much, thank you Ethan for your channel. It has been so informative for me.

[jamie_dg]

You helped me unmeasurably to lose almost 30 kg. I've always struggled with diets because I love eating and bland food depress the shit out of me, but you make healthy tasty food easy to approach and cook. Thank you Ethan, from the bottom of my heart

[DB]

Man I'd love to see more videos using this formula/template of flavor/spice, protien, form/delivery, condiments/toppings. I've never thought about it like that and had one of those "Ah ha!" lightbulb moments. Awesome. You really do a fantasic job of teaching and not making it confusing.

[Californification]

This is brilliant and explained so well. At home we grew up on a similar technique but for Indian food, We use a technique called simply “tadka”. It involves searing a mix of spices with onions or tomatoes and then just mixing that in with the protein or vegetable and cook till it’s ready. The end result is a flavorful dish.

[yourmajesty]

Ethan is just a regular guy, out there science-ing food for us and then meticulously putting it together in such an easy format. I come for the food and stay for the education and entertainment.

[joshuaramirez]

This is one of my favorite things to do when cooking... Not learning "a" recipe, but a style framework. When you look at frameworks instead of single recipes, you get nothing but ideas. For me, healthy and tasty ideas aren't even a common problem anymore, it's whether me and my family feel like eating so creatively so often lol (and remember to eat).
That said it's always nice to get a reminder that as I handle my mental health better and get more set up, I can go back and reframe my mind to the creativity level my current lifestyle fits.
Great vid. I forgot about making pickled things like onions so I'll look into that more.

[JerodBeeson]

This is like teaching someone to fish, instead of giving them a fish. This is the most important and useful part of cooking there is, I think. I don't know why more channels aren't talking about this mindset.🙌

[OrionX]

This is truly exactly what I've been looking for. As someone that gets caught in the "cook the same 2-3 recipes a week then get tired of them and end up eating unhealthy frozen stuff or eating out to avoid making the same things every week" trap, this will be huge to helping me add more variety and excitement to my routine. Thank you for always making such informative and well organized content!