VEGAN CHOP SALADhot for food

[Lauren] i don't know what a chop salad is, [lauren] it was just on all the menus in california and i was like, [lauren] this is cool and i was like, i'm gonna make one at home. [Lauren] hey guys, i'm lauren from hot for food. [Lauren] and this week i'm coming at you with some [lauren] other great Kin Community channels, [lauren] for a bridal boot camp collabo. [Lauren] i'm gonna show you how to make a vegan chop salad, [lauren] with creamy herb dressing, [lauren] um, it's a great meal you can prepare for the week ahead, [lauren] either leading up to your bridal shower, [lauren] your wedding, [lauren] um, or if you're recently engaged and you just wanna kinda start feeling your best [lauren] leading up to your big day, [lauren] this is gonna do it for you.

[Lauren] i'm basically suggesting you need to eat more plant-based, [lauren] uh, all around, uh because it's gonna make you not be a total bride-zilla [lauren] so brides-to-be, we're gonna start with the creamy herb dressing, [lauren] this is a salad dressing that i have made for years, [lauren] it helps me eat a lot of greens [lauren] alright, so you're gonna need a blender, [lauren] you don't necessarily need a high speed blender like the one i have here, [lauren] you just need, any blender should do. [Lauren] basically you should never purchase store bought salad dressing, [lauren] they're usually full of lots of sugar, [lauren] and or salt, sometimes bad oils. [Lauren] and it's so expensive. [Lauren] you're better off just making it yourself and store it in the fridge for a week.

[Lauren] so this dressing for our vegan chop salad's [lauren] made with half a cup of cold pressed olive oil, [lauren] and a third a cup of water, [lauren] we're gonna use two tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar, [lauren] we're adding nutritional yeast, [lauren] which is optional, you don't necessarily need it [lauren] but it's an ingredient i always have in my cupboard [lauren] because i'm a vegan and it's a b12 supplement [lauren] but  it also adds a lot of sort of nutty, cheesy, flavour [lauren] to the dressing. [Lauren] we're gonna put in a quarter cup of hemp hearts, [lauren] we're gonna add some fresh herbs: dill and parsley, [lauren] just a teaspoon each. [Lauren] and a teaspoon of onion powder [lauren] just to add a little bit of flavour, [lauren] and half a teaspoon of sea salt. [Lauren] so just gonna blend it up until it's smooth, it only takes like, a minute.

[Lauren] so it's a pretty thick, creamy dressing [lauren] and the oil emusifies. [Lauren] makes it thicker, increases the volume. [Lauren] let's make this chop salad, [lauren] i'm gonna use kale as my greens. [Lauren] but feel free to use a mixture of kale with romaine [lauren] or spinach, or whatever you prefer but these are like the darkest, [lauren] leafy greens.

This ain't no side salad. [Lauren] this is like a very hearty salad. [Lauren] so i'm not about making pittly little iceberg salad, [lauren] that's not what you should be eating. [Lauren] do not put this in your salad.

[Lauren] like this. [Lauren] the way you need to treat and love and care for your kale [lauren] is the same as how you're gonna treat and love and care for your baby. [Lauren] when you have it after you get married, [lauren] cos that's the order of things, right? [Lauren] okay, so [lauren] i'm gonna show you what to do. [Lauren] so you wanna take all of this and kinda roll it up, [lauren] and then really finely chop it so you're getting thin thin shreds like this [lauren] here's the key to making kale more palatable.

[Lauren] what we're gonna do, is we're gonna take half a lemon, [lauren] and we're gonna squeeze it on the kale. [Lauren] just put your palm like this to catch any seeds, [lauren] now you could also add a very slight pinch of salt, [lauren] but it is optional. [Lauren] i'm gonna add it, [lauren] it doesn't make the salad salty, [lauren] you just add a little sprinkle. [Lauren] okay, and then, you're gonna massage it [lauren] you're just gonna, maybe you have some music on the background, [lauren] maybe some sensual Barry White, [lauren] and you're just gonna massage the kale with your hands.

[Lauren] like you just kinda need to go like this, [lauren] as if you're giving someone a massage. [Lauren] pretend that you've married this kale. [Lauren] and now you're giving it some good loving on it's honeymoon. [Lauren] on your honeymoon with the kale .

[Lauren] and magically before your eyes, [lauren] the shreds of kale are going to transform [lauren] and become wilted and softer, [lauren] and that actually makes them taste a little less bitter, [lauren] makes them easier to chew, [lauren] and it's really gonna make you start to crave dark leafy greens [lauren] if you're not already eating these quite frequently in your diet. [Lauren] and so you can just leave this aside [lauren] while you prepare the rest of your salad, [lauren] the next most important ingredient in a vegan chop salad, i would say, [lauren] are the chickpeas. [Lauren] you can throw the chickpeas in the salad [lauren] as it is, but i'm just gonna take another half of a lemon, [lauren] squeeze that on the chickpeas, [lauren] and i'm just gonna add a little bit of freshly chopped parsley, [lauren] and some ground pepper [lauren] this is just gonna make the chickpeas stand out from the rest of the salad. [Lauren] you could use frozen corn, [lauren] just thawed in some water, [lauren] or if you have leftover corn on the cob, [lauren] it's nice to have it in those chunks from the cob [lauren] so we're gonna add this to the salad.

[Lauren] uh, we're also gonna use cherry tomatoes, [lauren] we're gonna use field cucumbers, [lauren] we're gonna use a little bit of green onion, [lauren] we're gonna add chopped celery, [lauren] i'm gonna add in some finely chopped broccoli, [lauren] and we're gonna do some avocado cubes [lauren] i like to take just a little bit of the dressing, [lauren] and toss the greens in it, [lauren] just so they're like coated and flavourful [lauren] kay, one other thing you can add is just sort of a mix of nuts and seeds, [lauren] that's up to you. I always kinda have them lying around, [lauren] with a mix of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, [lauren] hemp seeds. Again and you can just kind of put those on top. [Lauren] like that.

[Lauren] look at that awesome vegan chop salad [lauren] with creamy herb dressing, [lauren] i'm so excited to eat this, [lauren] make sure you click the thumbnails at the end of our video [lauren] here for more of the bridal bootcamp collaborations [lauren]  from other great Kin Community creators. [Lauren] there is a meditation for wedding jitters, [lauren] there is a bridal bodyweight workout, [lauren] and even skincare tips for all you brides out there [lauren] leading up to your wedding day. [Lauren] i of course think what you put in your body reflects on the outside of your body [lauren] and that's gonna be one of the important things you're thinking about, [lauren] on your wedding day so power up with plant foods, [lauren] and if you like this vegan chop salad, [lauren] we've got other recipes on our page [lauren] uh, so subscribe cos we post every wednesday, [lauren] and you don't have to just eat salads as a vegan. [Lauren] this is a good hearty salad that i totally recommend [lauren] and think is amazing.

[Lauren] but, we've got other vegan things [lauren] we've got some comfort foods and bottom line is [lauren] if you eat plant based versions of your favourite foods, [lauren] you're just gonna feel better, [lauren] and you're not gonna feel as guilty. [Lauren] so that's my advice, [lauren] we'll see you guys next week. Bye! [Lauren] mm,.