How Cooking Right Can Change Your Life! - And Save You Money!!!

How Cooking Right Can Change Your Life! - And Save You Money!!! The Secret of how to Cook Cheaper - Easy, Effective Way to Reduce Your Energy Bill!!! This video shows you how to use less gas or electricity whilst cooking. With energy prices soaring, we even have to keep an eye on the energy we use to cook with. I'm here to show you how we can cook for less whilst still keeping taste and goodness. We're also going to reduce our carbon footprint - so it's definitely worth doing. Also I'm going to show you how you can make even cheap, tough cuts of meat tender and juicy by 'Velveting' it. It's another great way to save money and because stir frying maximises all the ingredients it's a more economical, green and healthier way to eat. Stir Frying can HELP save the world because it cooks so cheaply and quickly, using less fuel and energy. It makes food go further, and if you eat meat, stir frying is designed to maximise small quantities of meat meaning you eat healthier, spend less and help look after our planet. Out of all our cooking methods it's got to be one of the most green, environmentally friendly, and cheapest ways of cooking. And unless you plan on eating raw food for the rest of your life then it probably should be our go to method of cooking our food. I'm not saying that stir frying can single handedly stop climate change but the most effective ways to make a positive change are the ones that most people can do easily. And stir frying is one of them. 3-4 minutes in the wok vs 90 minutes in the oven? - it's a no brainer really! Here's a simple, cheap and tasty Beef and Oyster Sauce recipe to kick you off: Ingredients - 200g of beef from the cheapest roasting joint you can find 2 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp fresh ginger 3 baby sweetcorn 5 stalks of tender stem broccoli (normal broccoli is good too) 1/2 a yellow bell pepper 2 stems of spring/green onions 2 tbsp oyster sauce 1.5 tsp sugar 2 tbsp light soy sauce 100ml water A pinch of salt and pepper 1/2 tbsp sesame oil 2 tbsp cooking oil for stir frying For velveting the beef - 1 tsp cornflour/cornstarch, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda/baking powder Links to my equipment including the carbon steel wok and knives mentioned in the video My carbon steel wok https://amzn.to/3oHPSyW My non-stick wok https://amzn.to/3njJlIi My Chinese ladle and chan (spatula) set https://amzn.to/3aidt0S My Deep Fry Spider https://amzn.to/30SoowI My knife set https://amzn.to/3uRPlLH My chopping board https://amzn.to/3BkKEMR My Pressure King Pro https://amzn.to/3EZBtCY Lee Kum Kee Premium Light Soy Sauce https://amzn.to/2YoubsA Lee Kum Kee Premium Dark Soy Sauce https://amzn.to/3Fn75DH Rice https://amzn.to/2WQbDkF Camera https://amzn.to/3DlZYtg Tripod https://amzn.to/3mugUY0 Microphone https://amzn.to/3adICCq Lighting https://amzn.to/306IvXB My editing computer https://amzn.to/3FGd3Q3 My monitor https://amzn.to/3BAmyhf 0:00 Save the World by Stir Frying! 0:18 Allow me to explain 0:53 Why Stir Frying is Green 2:00 How Stir frying can help if you're a small family, single or on a budget 2:15 How stir frying helps even if you still eat meat 3:20 Let's cook! 4:16 How you can turn cheap meat into deliciousness 5:00 How to velvet (tenderise) meat 8:00 The Stir Fry 11:22 Plating up 12:50 Stir Fry for the win!