Classically Abby - Let's Cook Dinner Together! ｜｜ Making a vegetarian beef casserole and cheesy veggies 👩‍🍳

00:00:00.000 Hello beautiful ladies and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be showing you what 1.00

00:00:04.760 I'm cooking for dinner tonight. So tonight it's just going to be me and my husband but I have

00:00:12.840 some Beyond Meat. So that's very exciting for us because normally we don't mix meat and dairy.

00:00:18.000 That's a kosher rule that we observe. So we have to use fake meat, vegan meat if we want to have

00:00:23.720 that cheese meat flavor together. So tonight we have some Beyond Meat. I'm going to be making

00:00:28.440 some cheesy veggies and I'm going to be making a beef casserole and it's just going to be something

00:00:33.780 easy for me to put together that's going to be delicious and we can just chat while I get

00:00:37.440 everything ready. So let's get into it. So I'm going to be making some Brussels sprouts again.

00:00:42.040 This time hopefully I won't be slicing them for as long as I did in my last cooking video

00:00:46.300 but because I'm doing more of a veggie medley I'm not going to try and slice this into thirds like

00:00:51.340 I normally do. I'm just going to cut them in half which will save a bunch of time. I'm also doing

00:00:56.680 some asparagus and a few potatoes because I have some leftover and some cauliflower. So I'm just

00:01:02.860 going to mix that all up and I'll show you what I'm doing while I do it. But what are you guys

00:01:08.100 making for dinner tonight? Are you doing something nice for Friday night? Because it'll be Friday night

00:01:13.680 when this goes up and I am curious if you're planning on going out for dinner or if you're doing a Shabbat

00:01:19.180 dinner. That's what we're going to be doing on Friday night. It's not Friday night while I'm filming

00:01:23.320 this. So unrelated. But I don't know if any restaurants are open in your area yet, if you're

00:01:28.980 able to go to dinner. So today was a nice day. My husband and I went for a walk together. If you guys

00:01:34.880 follow me on Instagram you know that I take a daily walk or I try to. And I try and get in around 6,000

00:01:40.380 steps just because 10,000 steps is quite a lot if you're not somebody who's already active for your

00:01:46.480 job. It takes about an hour and a half if you're just walking to get 10,000 steps in. But getting 6,000

00:01:52.020 steps only takes about an hour and it can even take less depending on how quickly you're walking.

00:01:56.980 And that's way more reasonable for us. So my husband joined me on our walk today. And it's just so nice

00:02:02.160 when we get to do that because we can spend time together during the day and it's very hot out right

00:02:07.280 now. But it wasn't too bad today. So that made it a lot easier. As far as how many Brussels sprouts

00:02:13.680 I'm cutting up, I'm not going to cut up too many. Now as I said in my last cooking video, if you are only

00:02:19.760 cooking Brussels sprouts, then you should probably be cooking quite a few because they do shrink.

00:02:24.180 But because I'm making a medley, I don't need that many. So I've got about this many in here. If you

00:02:29.940 can see it's about three handfuls. That's what I'll say. It's about three handfuls. And now I'm going to

00:02:36.440 rinse the asparagus and chop that up. So I have a question. Have you seen the movie Ratatouille?

00:02:45.520 Because I think I want to watch it again. Maybe tonight. Maybe I can convince Jacob to watch it

00:02:50.360 with me or I'll just watch it on my own. And that movie made me want Ratatouille so much. Like the

00:02:57.060 food. It looks so good in that movie. And it looks delicious. And I would love to learn how to make it

00:03:02.420 make it look like that. Although that seems pretty fancy. But it looks so yummy. And it was one of those

00:03:06.960 movies that made me look at veggies in a whole new way. So I really love that movie. And I've also been

00:03:12.440 listening to one of the songs from the soundtrack. One second. Had to rinse the cauliflower. But I

00:03:21.860 love listening to French music as I'm just getting ready during the day. It's kind of like the first

00:03:25.800 thing I put on in the morning. It's relaxing. But it doesn't make me so relaxed that I fall back

00:03:29.760 asleep. And I've been listening to one of the songs from the Ratatouille soundtrack, which is

00:03:35.180 so pretty. I think it's called le festin. I think. So I'm only going to chop up half of this

00:03:42.200 cauliflower. And I put in about 10 stalks of asparagus. Now when you're doing a veggie medley,

00:03:47.600 you can really just put in whatever vegetables you like. You can put in whatever measurements of

00:03:52.660 those vegetables that you want to. You don't have to use exact, okay, 10 stalks and only 10 stalks.

00:03:57.700 Just put in what you want and cut it up and make it something that you'll like to eat.

00:04:02.660 My husband bought us purple cauliflower, which is super pretty, but I've never really worked

00:04:08.340 with it before. I hope it's exactly the same. I just never really ate purple cauliflower. So

00:04:12.720 hopefully we like it. So like I did in my last cooking video, I just put all of the odds and

00:04:17.500 ends in this bowl so I can just easily toss this out. Makes my life so much easier and

00:04:22.420 been a really nice little tip that I've done. It's not like a hack. You're literally just putting a

00:04:28.520 bowl next to you while you chop, but it just makes my life easier. So we'll pretend it's a hack.

00:04:32.660 Now I've got all of my veggies in here, if you can see, and I'm just going to make a little

00:04:39.240 concoction of cheese and spices. So I'm going to grab some spices and I'll show you what they are.

00:04:44.540 So I've got our olive oil here and I'm just going to pop that open, put, you know, a little bit on

00:04:50.040 there just to kind of get stuff to stick to it. And then I'm going to put some garlic powder.

00:04:56.220 Just, yeah, that's probably good. And some onion powder.

00:05:08.120 Some paprika.

00:05:12.060 Some Italian seasoning.

00:05:13.720 And a whole ton of Parmesan cheese.

00:05:21.440 You want it nice and cheesy.

00:05:23.780 Now I'm just going to take off my wedding rings and I'm just going to go into this and mix it with

00:05:28.800 my hands. And I'm just kind of tossing it to coat these veggies all in the cheese and in the spices.

00:05:35.840 I realize I forgot the potatoes. So now I'm deciding whether or not I want to

00:05:40.400 add them or if I just want to skip it tonight because we're having carbs anyway. We don't need

00:05:46.100 potatoes tonight. We can have tomorrow night. So that's what I think I'm going to do. I'm just

00:05:49.220 going to skip the potatoes for now, but you can always add potatoes if that's something you'd like

00:05:53.580 to do. I've got my dairy pan here. I'm just going to grab a Reynolds wrap.

00:05:59.620 So I've got this dairy pan lined with some Reynolds wrap and I'm going to

00:06:06.340 take those veggies. Well, first I'm going to spray it down with some avocado oil. You can use olive

00:06:12.600 oil, whatever spray you want to, just so they don't stick. And then I'm going to take those

00:06:19.960 veggies and spread them out on here. Oh my gosh. I know they're not cooked yet, but they smell

00:06:28.980 amazing. So I'm going to put these in the oven at 450 for about 20 minutes, 20 to 25 minutes,

00:06:35.820 depending on your oven and how cooked you want it. And it'll just come out really crispy and

00:06:40.760 delicious. I'll show you the results at the end. But of course, as I mentioned in my last cooking

00:06:44.840 video, my oven is super loud. So if I can avoid putting it on during this video, I'm going to.

00:06:50.220 So I'll just show you the results at the end, but I would put it in at 450 for about 20 to 25 minutes.

00:06:55.620 All righty. So now that we're done with the veggies, we're going to move on to the main dish,

00:07:00.540 which is going to be like a ground beef casserole, ziti kind of thing. Pretty easy, 0.99

00:07:05.700 similar to any lasagna, noodles and meat situation. It's pretty simple. And I'll do it all right in

00:07:11.360 front of you. This time I'm actually going to use my induction cooktop. Hopefully it's not too loud

00:07:16.320 and you guys can still hear me, but the sound might be a little bit off. So again, I'll apologize

00:07:19.700 in advance for that, but let's start. So I'm going to chop up a small onion here. My husband has been

00:07:25.980 outside this evening cleaning our grill. He was very excited because he went to Menards, which is

00:07:31.020 kind of like our Home Depot. And he went and bought a bunch of things so that he would be prepared to

00:07:35.580 deal with chemicals. Got some new pants and a shirt and some goggles and he's very excited. So he's been

00:07:41.480 outside cleaning the grill, which is great because girls can, you know, they're outside so they can rust 1.00

00:07:46.040 and obviously that's not good for him. And then it doesn't make it super easy to make the food we

00:07:50.780 want to make. So he has been outside enjoying that time and it feels like such a summer thing, right?

00:07:57.960 Barbecues, men working outside. I don't know. All of that just feels so summery to me. So it's fun to

00:08:04.920 see him do that because he didn't have an opportunity to do that when we lived in Virginia because we lived

00:08:10.000 in an apartment. It was kind of like a townhome almost, but technically it was an apartment.

00:08:13.700 It was three bedrooms and it had just a small balcony. So we couldn't have a grill on there.

00:08:19.680 We weren't allowed to. So he didn't have the opportunity to do that kind of stuff where he

00:08:23.540 was working outside and enjoying the heat. And although he would never tell you he enjoys the

00:08:28.860 heat because he does not like it when it's that hot outside. I do. Although I will say sometimes it

00:08:35.080 is too hot. Sometimes it can be too hot. And I feel bad admitting that because I feel like my whole life

00:08:41.720 I've been saying that things just can't be too hot because I want people to know that I like the

00:08:46.300 summertime and I do. But there are times when you really need a pool if it's going to be that hot

00:08:51.240 outside. Okay, here it comes. The induction cooktop. Okay, so you can definitely hear it, but I don't think

00:09:01.940 it's too loud, which is good. And I am going to be making my noodles on here. And I'm also going to

00:09:08.520 be making the meat sauce mixture on here because I'm going to be making all of that stuff. And then

00:09:13.880 I will be laying it out in the casserole pan to put in the oven. So I'll start off just by filling

00:09:18.560 the pot with some water to boil the noodles. So I've got this all ready to boil. Hopefully it

00:09:28.260 works. I'm not a pro with an induction cooktop. So hopefully that'll make sense. So let's move on

00:09:35.180 to the meat sauce. So this is really easy, really simple. Most of the things I make in my kitchen are

00:09:41.320 very easy, very simple. As I may have mentioned on my channel before, my mom is a two-step cook. If 0.93

00:09:46.360 something has more than two steps, she's out. And I think I may have picked that up from her.

00:09:51.260 But mostly it just comes down to practicality. Most of us don't have a ton of time to be making dinner

00:09:55.660 and we get home from work at a certain time in the evening and we still have to cook. So we're not

00:09:59.900 going to be making something that's really fancy, really intense. Probably the fanciest thing I've

00:10:04.260 been making as of late are sous vide steaks. But the fact is sous vide is really simple and it just

00:10:09.400 sounds fancy. And that's when you boil your meat. So it gets to the perfect temperature all the way

00:10:14.000 through. Perfect for steak. But honestly, that's really as fancy as it gets lately. So it really

00:10:19.580 just depends on the week. So let's continue because this is pretty simple. I've got it on

00:10:23.840 medium high heat and I'm going to put in a little bit of olive oil. Let the pan heat up. So what I've

00:10:33.040 read is that the oil will get a little bit shimmery or some small bubbles around the edge when the pan is

00:10:39.760 actually hot. And then you can put in the onion. If you put the onions in before that, obviously it's

00:10:44.060 not a huge deal. I've done that before, but it doesn't cook right on the spot. So I'm going to

00:10:48.980 let this heat up and get to the temperature we want it. And while we're waiting, I'm just going to

00:10:54.520 cut into the packaging for our Beyond Meat, put my veggies away, and now the pan is hot. So I'm just

00:11:04.320 going to put this in here. Isn't that the best sound? The sound of sizzling food in the pan? It's like

00:11:13.020 the best, right? Doesn't it smell amazing? Very fragrant. Wow. Smelling really good. And now I'm going

00:11:24.600 to mince some garlic. So I'm going to grab my little bowl here and take off the outer layer so I can just

00:11:32.400 grab one clove. This is a monster clove. Wow. Huge. Amazing. But don't worry. My husband really likes

00:11:42.140 garlic, so he'll be very happy. Now I'm going to mince this garlic right into the pan.

00:11:52.180 And I'm going to toss these right in there. And I'm just going to start breaking it up.

00:11:57.100 I can't use my beautiful meat mincer, my wonderful meat breaker upper tool because it's not meat.

00:12:09.140 This is fake meat. And I'm going to be putting dairy in here. And I can't use a utensil that I've

00:12:14.080 used on meat in something I'm going to make with dairy. That's another kosher rule. So I have to just 0.88

00:12:19.880 use my spatula. And at some point I need to splurge and get a meat mincer tool that I can just make

00:12:28.660 for dairy. So do any of you guys make vegetarian meals or vegan meals? Because I know a lot of

00:12:35.100 people don't. And that is totally a-okay with me. I am a big meat lover. I love me some steak and meat

00:12:42.420 and all of that. But my husband and I do have to do vegetarian meals sometimes if we want to have cheese.

00:12:47.660 We can't have meat and cheese together. So if you're the kind of person who does make vegetarian

00:12:52.420 or vegan meals, I'd be super curious because y'all have to get creative. I mean, seriously,

00:12:57.980 there are some awesome recipes that taste incredible. And you would never know that

00:13:03.780 someone was substituting in one thing for another. I mean, there was a place in LA called Real Food

00:13:09.000 Daily. And one of their locations was kosher. And you could go in and it was all vegan. And it was

00:13:15.400 so good, like delicious. I remember I used to crave their salad. There was another dish I really liked

00:13:21.580 and it was just so yummy to eat. And it's so amazing to me that we've come up with so many

00:13:25.920 different options that can taste delicious and don't have meat at all. So if anyone is wondering

00:13:31.060 why I'm barefoot in my kitchen, it's not a subtle hint about women being barefoot at the kitchen. 0.98

00:13:36.780 It actually has more to do with the fact that we don't have a shoes household. My husband asks people

00:13:42.600 to take off their shoes when they come in. Now, I'm not totally tied to that. I tend to think if

00:13:48.400 you go to someone's house and you put on a whole outfit and the shoes go, you might not want to take

00:13:52.960 off the shoes. So I kind of understand that philosophy. But I also understand my husband's

00:13:57.800 philosophy, which is that he doesn't want our house to be dirty. He doesn't want the floors to be

00:14:02.040 dirty. So if we're walking around barefoot, then we get to bed, our feet are messy and dirty because

00:14:07.560 there were shoes on that floor. I totally get that too. So I understand where he's coming from.

00:14:12.120 But that means that I don't usually wear shoes around the house. I will wear slippers or nothing.

00:14:17.720 And to be completely honest, I'm not in the mood to wear slippers because it's just a little warm in

00:14:21.900 here. So that's why I'm not wearing shoes in the kitchen. So this is all browning, which looks 1.00

00:14:27.720 really good. The water is getting there. It's taking a little bit of time. And what I'm going to do

00:14:33.260 is I'm going to be making this gorilla rigatoni, which I think I used in my last cooking video too.

00:14:39.040 And normally I would use penny if I was going to be making a casserole, but because this is all I

00:14:43.500 have, I'm going to use rigatoni and that is just fine. So use whatever's in your cabinet. I'm going

00:14:47.900 to boil this for about 10 minutes because I don't want it totally cooked through because then it'll be

00:14:51.560 mushy when it comes out of the oven. And I'm going to put it in at the same time as my veggies. So I

00:14:57.400 just want the top really crispy because everything's already cooked. So it's not like things have to cook

00:15:01.120 for it to taste good. We just want it to get crispy and crunchy and delicious. So I'm going to put it

00:15:06.260 in at 450. I don't know if it's going to work, but hopefully it does. So while we're waiting, I may as

00:15:11.880 well get started on the next step. So we have some shredded cheese here, but not as much as we would

00:15:18.340 like. So I'm going to shred some of our mozzarella if I can get it open. There we go. And I am going to

00:15:25.260 shred some of that. So we have stuff to spread on top. We're just going to do some cheddar and

00:15:29.920 mozzarella mixed together and then some parmesan cheese. So I've got my little cheese grater

00:15:34.600 here. I'm not going to do the small holes. I'm just going to do the big holes because it's all

00:15:38.560 going to melt anyway. So the water is still not boiling. Hopefully we get there soon. What I'm

00:15:44.920 going to do now is I'm going to use this vodka sauce and I'm going to put that in here. Now why am I

00:15:51.360 using vodka sauce and not marinara? We don't often get to use a dairy sauce because we're using ground beef.

00:15:56.240 So if we're going to be using fake meat, we might as well go whole hog and use all of my dairy

00:16:00.820 products. So I popped this open and I'm just going to add it to here. Might as well just do the whole

00:16:06.860 thing. And mix this together. And I'm just going to let it sit here for a little bit.

00:16:13.580 Just get hot and let it absorb into the meat a little bit of flavor. So everything is kind of moved

00:16:19.720 around and we had a slight technical difficulty. The induction cooktop wasn't getting the water hot

00:16:25.620 enough to boil so I could make the noodles. So I actually had to move the pot over to my actual

00:16:30.500 stove, boil the water there, boil the noodles there and cook them. So they're cooked. They are drained

00:16:37.280 in the sink. I've moved this over so I can show you guys what I'm going to do next. So I'm going to grab

00:16:42.980 my casserole dish. Like so. And I'm going to grab those noodles and put them in here.

00:16:54.080 So as I mentioned, these guys are al dente. So they are not completely done because we don't want them

00:16:59.260 to be so cooked that when we put them in the oven, they're mushy. So I got them to just about al dente

00:17:04.400 and they are in here now. And what I'm going to do next is I'm going to put the fake meat mixture,

00:17:10.160 which had the vodka sauce and the onions and the garlic. I'm going to take a spoon here and I'm

00:17:15.900 just going to put this in here. And now I'm just going to mix it in the pan with the noodles.

00:17:27.280 And now that we've got that really mixed in, I'm going to take this shredded cheese and just

00:17:31.460 distribute it all over the top because we want to be really cheesy and crispy.

00:17:36.740 And I'm just going to take that extra mozzarella cheese that I shredded and I'm going to put that

00:17:44.420 right along the top too. Fill in any holes or gaps. And then I'm going to take the Parmesan cheese and

00:17:52.740 sprinkle that on top too, just so we get a little bit of extra flavor. And for a little bit of extra

00:17:57.380 taste, I'm going to put some Italian seasoning right along the top. So now I'm just going to pop

00:18:02.740 these two dishes in the oven at 4.50 for about 20, 25 minutes. We'll see how this one does at 4.50.

00:18:08.480 Hopefully we're all good. And then I will take it out of the oven, show you guys what it looks like

00:18:13.040 and do a little taste test. So let's do it.

00:18:33.760 So everything is finished. You can probably hear that the oven is still going on in the background.

00:18:38.800 It ended up taking a little bit less time for the food to cook than I expected. So really just

00:18:43.120 eyeball it. I would say sometime between 15 minutes and 25 minutes it will be in the sweet spot. But

00:18:48.720 here's the food. It looks delicious and I can't wait to dig in. So I'm going to taste the veggies

00:18:55.440 first. I'm going to have one of these Brussels sprouts. Really good and a little bit less crispy,

00:19:09.360 but it has a really good flavor. And now I'm going to have some of the casserole.

00:19:12.960 And that's everything. I hope you guys enjoyed today's video. Let me know if you try this in

00:19:27.440 the comments or what you're making for dinner tonight. I'd love to know. Thank you so much

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Classically Abby - July 31, 2020

Let's Cook Dinner Together! ｜｜ Making a vegetarian beef casserole and cheesy veggies 👩‍🍳

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