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3 Recipes that Feel like Nature's Adderall · Blush

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When I was 22 and working in my first real office job, I was
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obsessed with trying to find a natural alternative to Adderall.
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I was bored all the time, unproductive, in a bad mood all
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the time, and honestly, I could never resist the 3:00 PM
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chocolate chip cookie service at my office even when I was
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completely full. I really thought that if I had a
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natural, healthier, non habit forming version of Adderall that
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I'd be in a better mood. I'd get more done and I'd be
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more productive and I wouldn't eat all of the snacks that were
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laying around the office. Literally, there was not one bag
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of salt and vinegar chips in that entire office that I did
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not eat. Well, it's many, many years
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later now. I'm no longer 22, but I finally
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created what I wish I had had all those years ago.
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I came up with three recipes that are really going to help me
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feel energized and productive this year.
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Be in a better mood, get things done, think quicker, be better,
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be faster all the things, and be hotter while doing it all.
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So let's get into it, OK? The very first thing we're going
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to do is create this. I don't even know if it's a
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sauce necessarily. It's somewhere in between a
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sauce and a marinade. By the way, not one of today's
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recipes even involves a blender. Now, is that because one of my
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blender is broke and the other one had a maggot infestation?
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Maybe. Maybe it's because of that, but
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also I just like, it's fucking the beginning of January, you
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know what I mean? Like no one needs to be doing
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hard things. These are really easy recipes.
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So I just have one shallot. I chopped it up.
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I'm going to throw it in here. Oh, smells good.
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Love a shallot. And then let's do four of these
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birdseye chilies again. We're going to chop it up.
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Also going to take one dull sleeve and add it in here.
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So I usually do 4 cloves of garlic for this, but I feel like
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these are really big cloves so I'm just doing 2.
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It also doesn't really matter it's all for just infusing
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flavor. OK, whatever, good enough.
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I hope we had a great Christmas, New Year, holidays, all the fun
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things. I'm really excited for this
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year. I feel like I feel like it's
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going to be our best year yet. You know what I mean?
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We have a new format at blush we well, that's it.
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So therefore I feel like it's going to be the best year yet.
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Plus, no, that's the only reason.
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I was going to say the numerology of this year is
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really good, but what is it? 2 + 6 eight +2, I guess.
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OK, 10 condenses to 1. I don't know what's the
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numerology of 1. Is that good?
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So we're doing the juice of 1 lime for this.
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I really should have grabbed the citrus press, but like,
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whatever, got the job done. 2 tablespoons of Tamari.
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By the way, my aura ring gets discolored all the time.
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Like this is my third or fourth aura ring.
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And I'm always like, I don't, I don't know why.
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And as I'm squeezing this lime, I'm like, well, maybe that's
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why. And five tablespoons of coconut
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aminos. So this is kind of inspired by
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and has the same energy as, you know, when you go to a Thai
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restaurant. I actually kind of stopped
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counting. So this seems about right.
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Who knows, You know, when you go to a Thai restaurant, like kind
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of any Thai salad, I feel like has the same kind of tangy lime
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dressing that's super light. Like it feels like truly just
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liquid. Like it isn't even creamy.
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Do you know what I'm talking about?
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Like a green papaya salad would have this dressing.
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Also, one thing I used to get a lot before I was vegan was lab
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garb. I think it's like ground or
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minced chicken tossed with some stuff.
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It's really, really light. So this, this is similar energy
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to that. Is it the same thing?
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No, that has fish sauce in it. It has sugar.
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We're not really using those, but I did use the coconut aminos
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as kind of a sugar alternative for that, if you will.
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And then the dulse is going to dulce plus tamari kind of mimics
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fish sauce in my opinion. So we're just going to let this
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sit for a second. I'm going to go turn on the
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kettle because it's time for our beverage.
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I'm really excited about this. OK, I'm calling this hot Thai
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tea, by the way, this episode isn't all Thai themed, just so
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you know. But I wanted to make something.
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Well, I wanted to make a drink that would really energize you
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and give you clear, calm focus. It's also really grounding and
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it's good for circulation, bloating, all the things.
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But ultimately it's just really going to give you power.
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So it's inspired obviously by Thai iced tea, but it's a hot
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beverage. We're doing one tablespoon of a
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som black tea, which is just a specific type of black tea.
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There's actually different types of a som black tea.
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There's so there's different types of black tea and then
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there's different types of those types.
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It's there's a whole world of tea.
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So that's one tablespoon and then I'll do a few of these
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black cardamom seeds. I don't buy my cardamom, by the
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way. How gross does this look like?
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It looks like little miniature turds.
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Not to be disgusting, but that's literally what it looks like.
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But yeah, I do buy whole cardamom pods, I really do.
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But it's not my favorite because I like to grind my cardamom
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often. Like I make this spice blend.
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Actually, you should have seen it a few episodes ago.
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I make kind of like a dirty tide, not dirty Thai, dirty Chai
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kind of drink. She's this really marble mouth
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today. Yeah, I make this dirty Chai
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kind of drink. So I grind my cardamom with some
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other spices. And just the process of having
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to pull the seeds out of pods, really not for me.
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So I started buying the seeds out of the pods.
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I also recommend playing around with black cardamom versus green
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cardamom because they are quite different.
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All right, so while this steeps, I'm going to tell you about this
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tea and I actually wrote down some notes.
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So we have the Assam black tea in there and black cardamom
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seeds. We're going to add black strap
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molasses to this as a sweetener because you know, Thai iced tea
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is like sweet as fuck. The reason we're using this is
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because it's really one of the richest in iron sources out
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there. As far as like plant based
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sources of iron go. It's really, really rich.
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So that's like the only reason. And iron is so important for
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energy. Like if you've ever been low in
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iron, you know how important iron is for energy.
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Oh my God, when I was iron deficient, I remember I would
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walk like 3 steps and be like, I need to sit down and take a
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break. Like it was one of the hardest
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periods of my life. Quite frankly.
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We're going to do soy milk for the creaminess and for protein.
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And soy milk is also naturally rich in choline, which is a
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really important nutrient because I don't think it's a
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vitamin or a mineral. I don't really know.
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We'll just call it nutrient. Nutrient for brain health.
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Now, if you are plant based like me, talk to your doctor about
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taking a supplement. I take a choline supplement
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because I'm yet to find like I just like, yeah, it's, it exists
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in soy milk. It exists in sunflower lecithin,
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which I use often, but I find it hard to get meaningful amounts
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of choline through plants. Whereas choline is very rich in
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chicken eggs. So if you're not vegan, like
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definitely check that out. I do take a choline supplement.
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I'll link the one that I take and then we're going to add a
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creatine to this. Now, if you've been following me
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or the show for a while, you obviously know about my creatine
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journey. I've had depression my entire
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adult life, like literally my entire adult life.
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And it was progressively year by year, getting worse and worse
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and worse and worse. And then the beginning of last
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year, I remember January 10th of 2025 waking up and being like,
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oh, I feel kind of good today. And then the next day I was
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like, oh, you feel kind of good today.
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And then every day that followed I felt the same way.
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And I was like, what the fuck is going on?
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And I realized my creatine had kicked in.
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I'd started taking creatine per my trainer suggestion, and only
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when the creatine actually fully saturated the muscle 'cause it
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takes a while to really saturate, did I realize how
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insanely energy depleted I had been like my entire life.
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And that really was one of the big contributing factors to my
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depression. I'm not saying it's like the
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only thing, but it was a huge, huge, huge contributing factor.
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Now I am looking into increasing my creatine from 5 grams to 10
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grams. So I took my 5g this morning.
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I did 10 grams yesterday, but that was honestly only because I
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slept 4 hours because Sam was being an absolute terrorist.
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Yeah, I did the 10 grams yesterday and I figured I took 5
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this morning. I'll take another 5 now with
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this drink and then I'll just keep going and I'll let you know
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if I really notice a difference or not, OK?
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I think it's been long enough for steeping this.
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Unfortunately some of the shit got through the bottom which
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really is not ideal for this, so I don't know what should I do,
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Do you think? You know what?
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I'm going to strain it, rinse out this cup and then pour it
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back in this cup. I don't know.
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Is that stupid? Yeah, because I definitely don't
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want the tea bits in the bottom if I'm going to mix in the
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creatine. I threw away some old flowers
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earlier. What is it with how disgusting
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old flowers smell like? What is that about?
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Anyway, I do not usually take this brand of creatine.
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I just bought it. The store only have these
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sachets but I also ordered a tub of it.
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It's supposed to be cleaner and better.
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It's by like German standards which are higher whatever.
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Like I honestly I don't know if it's better it's been 2 days for
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me but I I will keep you apprised as to whether it's
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actually better or not. Let's give that a little whirl
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so it mixes in. I always do my creatine in hot
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water by the way, not necessarily boiling but hot from
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all the Reese or warm. I should say from all the
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research I've done, it doesn't really seem to affect anything.
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Like it doesn't make it less effective or anything like that,
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and it just makes it dissolve better.
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So you want to do like 2 tablespoons or so of this.
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I'm just going to kind of eyeball it.
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That seems about right. Look how black that is.
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OK, let's go get our soy milk and get that in there, huh?
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Now if this tastes good and has even a remote resemblance to
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Thai iced tea, I will be making this on repeat and I'll let you
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know if it's shit so you don't make it.
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OK, I'm going to start doing this.
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And like so I can really whisk in the soy milk as it goes in.
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We I love this a little bit sweeter, which honestly, I think
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I barely even got a teaspoon in there.
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I love this electric whisk and this is usually not an issue,
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but if you it has three levels available and if you want to use
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level 1, you have to cycle through them to get it off.
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So basically if your cup's pretty full and you can only do
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level 1, then you have to go to three to turn it off and
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sometimes it causes spillage. I don't think it's a huge deal,
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but it is something to note. OK, let's see how this is.
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Yeah, OK. I like that a lot.
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Yum. You know, I originally was
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thinking about making a gingerbread latte, in part
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because I knew I wanted to use this because the iron content,
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but molasses is used in gingerbread cookies.
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So I was like, oh, that would be perfect.
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But honestly I was scared that it wouldn't be the vibe because
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Christmas is over. Like do people still care about
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gingerbread once Christmas is over?
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Or like is it gingerbread's over a party after Christmas?
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I really don't know. I also, by the way, really
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wanted to do a hot beverage, not just because it's winter, but
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there was a study that came out a few months ago, I think it
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came out in like October of 2025.
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It was in the British Journal of Nutrition that showed that
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people who drink hot beverages in the winter have lower rates
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of depression, sleep better, and have better digestion anyway.
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Or more specifically, it's not that they had better digestion.
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I think they had fewer incidents of digestive problems or
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something like that. Whatever.
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I just summarized to better digestion.
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Also, I really wanted to do something with tea versus
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coffee. Not that I don't love coffee,
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you know, I'm a coffee drinker now.
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I'm still looking for an espresso machine, by the way.
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A few people, including my beautiful, amazing, talented
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editor have recommended those Italian stove top espresso maker
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things to me and I looked into it and it seems like a great
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option. The only thing is that's not
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technically espresso. I mean it is like a very
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concentrated coffee that could work as espresso, but apparently
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technically an espresso requires 9 bars of pressure to make.
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What that means I will never know.
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Like is bar a unit of measurement that I'm not aware
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of? I'm sure it is.
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Like, I'm not a scientist anyway so I really I don't know.
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And I really like the aesthetic of a proper espresso maker.
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But I do want it to be compact and I want it to be chic and I
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want it to be effective. So again, still soliciting
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wrecks on that. Please drop them in the
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comments. OK?
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I think it's time for us to move on.
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OK, let's do it. Oh, I never finished saying what
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I was saying about the tea. I got so sidetracked by
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espresso. So I wanted to use tea because
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tea has both caffeine and Alpheanine, and the balance of
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the two gives you energy, but in a calmer, less jittery kind of
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way. OK, so let's move on to our
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salad. Now I call this speed salad and
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I'm taking my rings off because I'm going to get in there with
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my hands. So the reason I call it speed
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salad is kind of it has a triple meaning, if you will.
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So meaning number one is that it's quite quick to prepare, in
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part because we're not blending anything.
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It's really easy and really simple.
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But the other two meanings are that it like, gives you power,
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like speed, you know, like energizes you and also it's
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yummy and addictive, like speed. I say someone who's never done
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speed. So we're just going to take our
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washed curly kale and tear it off by the handful.
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Now, the more natural your kale is, the more I emphatically
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recommend that you wash it carefully because caterpillars
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love to hang out inside of kale leaves.
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I think it's something with the curliness.
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They can like really Nestle in there.
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And when I buy like really, really fresh kale, I'm really
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sad Kettle. Like what is wrong with me when
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I buy really, really fresh kale from the farmers market?
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I've seen caterpillars and there are quite a few times.
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One time I had friends over for dinner and this was like, I kind
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of just moved to New York, just started to make friends, was
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relatively new to this lifestyle.
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I mean, there were elements of it, I would say my whole life,
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but like really full on this kind of lifestyle.
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And I just started buying everything from the farmers
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market all the time and prepared this like beautiful meal.
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I had friends over and I was telling them how there was or
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no, no, I think I was like doing the salad last.
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And I was like, Oh my God, there's a Caterpillar in there.
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And one of these bitches would come over was like, and then
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fucking like, I love when I got angry.
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Like I think I'm so much more funny when I'm angry.
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I used to hate like, and I don't love my own anger.
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Like it's something I'm really working on.
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But I think it's important to kind of accept ourselves while
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working on it, right? Like it's never OK to be rude or
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mean to people. But like also you don't have to
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hate yourself because you have a negative trait anyway.
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So this fucking kind after she was like, so it was like high
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school mean girl, like ale and that's gross.
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You know, that kind of vibe. Then by the way, do we love my
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nails? These two are kind of fucked
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because they broke. But like we did a nice little
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like baby almond and then when they grow out a tiny bit more,
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I'll go like more Foley almond. OK, anyway, so then a few months
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later she like gets more and more crunchy and plant based and
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then she starts talking about how like, oh like when your food
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is natural and doesn't have pesticides like blah blah.
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It's like, I'm waiting on my apology you dumb fucking cunt.
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I think all my neighbors just heard that.
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Yeah. Anyway, so back to the kale
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actually. So remember how I said I was
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looking for alternatives to Adderall?
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I ended up just getting an Adderall prescription after
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that. I don't think I Well, OK, here's
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the thing. I actually now really do think I
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have ADHD. Like I really do.
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I have kind of all the symptoms of it, especially where I
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really, really see it for myself is in kind of like social
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dynamics, like every TikTok or meme or Instagram thing I see
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that's like, yeah, like, you know, being friends with someone
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on the ADHD spectrum or whatever.
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I really chew so much, like every little thing I've ever
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seen. So yeah, now I really do think I
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have it. But for many years I took
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Adderall and I really don't think I needed it.
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But I, like, just wanted to be thinner.
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So. And like I said, I wanted, like,
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I wanted to be thinner. I wanted to stop.
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Like, I was just like snacking constantly in the office, in
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part because I was so unhappy and I was just so bored and I
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wanted to be able to get things done.
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Quicker like there were a lot of reasons I really thought
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Adderall was like the limitless drug.
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The first time I took Adderall story within a story it was
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finals of freshman year of Wait I have another fun.
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Okay I have like 3 good Adderall stories.
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So the first time I took it was spring finals of freshman year.
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I like. Finals happened over the course
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of two weeks. Somehow all of my finals were
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within the first four days of the finals period.
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So I had like very little time to study and I think I had 4
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finals in the first four days and then I had a paper for my
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writing class due on the 5th day.
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And so I studied for my 4 finals.
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I didn't even start my paper until I finished the fourth
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final. And then I got Adderall from a
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friend and he gave me two 5 milligram pills.
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He was like take the first, take one first, and then the second
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one second. So he's like wait like hours and
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then take the second one. I stayed up all night, wrote the
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paper like rewrote it, cleaned like kept like re like editing
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and changing things. Turned it in.
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Like went and went to a spin class.
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It was my first ever spin class. Actually a funny story.
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A week later I took a spin class.
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I was like wait, why is this like 20,000 times harder?
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And I was like oh that's right. Because I'm not on Adderall.
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I didn't eat for like 3 days. Like it took so long for me to
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be able to eat again. And you really want to be doing
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this bite size pieces. See what I mean?
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ADHD, like the ability to jump in and out of different
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conversations. That was the first time I took
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Adderall. And that really was what
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cemented in my head that I think Adderall is the limitless drug.
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Like, we would all be better versions of ourselves.
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Now with someone who was on Adderall for many, many years, I
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no longer think that. Like, yeah, in the very
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beginning, it's all fun and games and it feels good.
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But then, like, it just started to make me so irritable.
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It really fucked my relationship with food, which wasn't great to
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begin with. And yeah, I would get like
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really angry and really irritable and really, really
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anxious. Like I'm so happy I don't take
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it anymore, even though like, yeah, it does help you focus and
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stuff. I'm so happy you don't take it
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anymore. But anyway, so I've made an
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appointment with the doctor and it like I prepared for this.
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Like it was the role of a lifetime.
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I did so much research into the symptoms of ADHD.
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And back then, like, people didn't talk about this stuff
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that much, you know? But yeah, I did so much
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research. And from the moment I walked
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into that doctor's office, like before I even met with a doctor,
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like I'm talking when I checked in, when I sat in the waiting
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room, etcetera, I started exhibiting signs of ADHD.
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Like when I was in that waiting room, I, I opened and closed
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every single magazine in the waiting room because I was like,
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I just want to seem really fidgety and really this and
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really that. Anyway, like I said, I really
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don't recommend it. If I could do things over again,
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I definitely would have never taken Adderall.
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Like I know they say like, yeah, if you actually have ADHD, like
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it's useful and it does this and it does that.
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Like, like I've heard people say, like if you actually have
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ADHD, it calms you down. I don't know, that was never my
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experience. But then again, who knows?
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Like maybe I don't have it, you know, whatever, I don't know.
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Anyway, it doesn't fucking matter.
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My last story, this is actually my favorite 1.
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So when I was in law school, I was in a criminal law class.
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I think it may have been on drugs, like drugs in the law or
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something. You know, I don't remember.
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I just remember we talked about drugs a lot.
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That's why I wonder if it was about drugs.
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I really don't remember though. What?
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Yeah. What class was it?
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Wait, if anyone from my law school and there's one person
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I'm thinking of specifically who took the class with me, if
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you're watching, can you remind me what the fuck that class was?
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I really don't remember. The professor brought in the
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like head of campus police for our entire college.
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Like the humanely works with undergrad and this guy was like
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so such an asshole and such, so many rude and condescending
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things. At some point he said that if
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there wasn't campus security, like regulating the dorms, then
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the dorms would turn into brothels.
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I was like, what? Like I would, I couldn't even
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hide my disdain for this man. I was like, I'm so sorry.
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Could you repeat that, Sir? And he did.
24:39
And I was like, are you saying that all the girls on this
24:45
campus would turn into sex workers if it weren't for you?
24:50
Like, are you mentally well? Like, what is wrong?
24:54
Do you even understand what you're saying?
24:56
Like I literally could. Like, I couldn't even contain
24:58
myself. Like, the professor was giving
25:00
me eyes. Like, please stop.
25:02
Like, he's our guest. Please stop.
25:04
But I was like, no, what he's saying is insane.
25:07
Like, I'm not going to allow this anyway.
25:09
OK, Let me go grab that marinate that we made before.
25:13
Actually actually let me grab some more stuff for the salad.
25:17
It's just this, this is the some more stuff.
25:20
It's just some pre marinated seaweed.
25:23
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to pour some of this
25:26
marinade in there. I'm using a strainer 'cause I
25:28
don't need all of the things like those were just for
25:32
infusing the flavor in. And now This is why I took off
25:37
my rings. I'm going to get in with my
25:39
hands and massage. OK, So he was giving us this
25:44
campus security asshole was giving us a bunch of scenarios
25:48
and then having us weigh in on whether like, that was a problem
25:51
or not. And one of them involved, like,
25:54
kids taking Adderall to study. And the first person who
25:59
responded raised his hand and he's like, yeah, no, like, blah,
26:02
blah. Obviously, you shouldn't take
26:03
medication that's not prescribed to you.
26:05
But also, like, they are taking Adderall, like, the way that
26:09
it's meant to be taken, like, for the actual purposes, like,
26:12
to study rather than, like, using it to party and the game.
26:16
The security guy was like, no, Adderall's purpose isn't to
26:20
study. Adderall is medication to treat
26:25
ADHD. And when I tell you literally
26:28
the next person was like, yeah. And anyway, so since they're
26:31
using the Adderall, like in the way that it's meant to be used,
26:34
and he was like, that's not how it's meant to be used.
26:37
It's medication for ADHD. When I tell you literally 20
26:40
different people throughout the room were like, yeah, and
26:42
they're just using the Adderall, like, to study, you know, that's
26:46
like what it's there for. And he's like Adderall is not an
26:49
over the counter study aid it is medication to treat ADHD.
26:54
Like he was like literally turning blue in the face.
26:56
I was like karma. Anyway, OK, so we massage the
27:02
kale a little with the sauce. I'm sure you've seen people do
27:04
this on social media, so I'm not going to like go on a whole
27:08
thing about why we do this. But in case you're not familiar,
27:12
it helps breakdown some of the tougher fibers to just make it a
27:16
little bit more digestible. So now I'm just chopping up some
27:20
scallions. We're going to add those in too.
27:25
Actually, before we do that, I'm going to add a little bit of
27:28
toasted sesame oil and I'm going to massage again and then I'm
27:31
going to really wash my hands. Now you can eyeball this.
27:35
It obviously depends on how much kale you're using too, but I
27:39
love, love, love the flavor of a toasted sesame oil.
27:44
OK, yes, All right, let me wash my hands and come right back.
27:50
Oh, so the vase that I threw away the old flowers from it
27:57
smells vile. Let's get our rings back on
28:02
'cause we're not massaging anymore.
28:05
So the kale is a really good source of fiber, folate,
28:09
minerals, which like really helps you have more steady
28:13
energy. And the scallions are primarily
28:17
for flavor, although I mean, all veggies are good for you and
28:20
great for the gut microbiome too.
28:24
I love the combination of scallions and tamari.
28:28
Wait, I have to tell this story. I really hope Ozzy doesn't watch
28:31
this. So we have all these noodles,
28:34
packaged noodles cause I've gotten them NPR a lot.
28:37
And the other day, I don't know if he was just in a weird mood
28:40
or something, but he was grabbing one of the packages and
28:43
they have different flavors. They're like high end kind of
28:46
instant noodles from two really well known brands.
28:49
And he goes, the flavor was sweet and spicy and he goes,
28:53
what does that mean? And I go sweet or spite, like,
28:57
what do you mean? Which which part of that are you
28:59
not familiar with? And then you grabbed another one
29:02
and it said scallions and soy. And he goes, what does that
29:05
mean? And I was like, again, scallions
29:07
or sorry? Like what?
29:08
Like what is what's the disconnect?
29:10
What's the problem? Like, how can I help you here?
29:12
Are you telling me you don't know what scallions and soy
29:14
means? Because I think you do.
29:16
Anyway, so that's just a funny little random story about Ozzy.
29:20
OK, so let me chop up the seaweeds.
29:23
Now, seaweed is a really good source of iodine and also good
29:29
source of tyrosine, which is an amino acid that's a precursor
29:33
for dopamine, but I think also for norepinephrine.
29:40
I don't know, some of those like yummy, good neurotransmitters
29:46
that help you feel happier and just like be in a better fucking
29:50
mood, you know? You know, you know, you know.
29:53
I'm also going to add in some avocado.
29:55
Yes, I'm so fucking excited to eat this.
30:00
Also, both of those nutrients, both iodine and tyrosine, are
30:05
really, really important for thyroid health too.
30:08
And just like great for steady energy.
30:11
By the way, when I played it, I'm then going to drizzle this
30:14
tahini on it. It's my favorite tahini and I
30:17
love that it comes in the squeeze bottle and makes it so
30:19
great for drizzling. I just have it upside down
30:21
because it's almost empty. I have one of these avocados, by
30:27
the way. I think it's a Florida avocado.
30:29
I hope this this hasn't gone off a little bit.
30:34
Gross. OK, let let me I have another
30:36
one. Let me grab another one.
30:38
OK. Hopefully this avocado will be
30:40
better. If not, we'll just cut around
30:43
the bad parts. And the other one.
30:44
But yeah, I think it's a Florida avocado or a no, it's not, but
30:50
whatever. Or also called a tropical
30:53
avocado. It's most people don't like it
30:56
as much as a Hass avocado. It's definitely not as creamy
31:00
and it's a little more watery, but I sometimes like it.
31:03
I don't know, whatever. What can I say?
31:06
Yeah, it's really not the best avocado.
31:08
But honestly, like, who cares? So let's toss this up and then
31:16
let's plate it. OK, so I'm going to put this in
31:20
this pretty blue bowl. Just going to throw it in.
31:27
Yeah. Oh yeah, she's looking good.
31:33
So I'm going to add a little more scallion on top just to
31:37
make it look pretty. I'm also going to microplane
31:42
some ginger on top. Again, I think the flavors are
31:46
going to work quite nicely in here.
31:49
But the other reason OK, this is this is really not working.
31:55
The other reason I wanted to do OK the ginger is because it's
32:02
great for gut motility, it's great for bloating, and it's
32:05
great for circulation, which I guess can help you feel a little
32:09
more energized too. OK, doing a real dog shit job
32:14
with this ginger, but that's fine.
32:16
And then let's just do our little tahini drizzle and I'm
32:23
going to sprinkle on some dried miso flakes.
32:28
This is really just for aesthetics.
32:32
Seriously though, how good does that look?
32:39
Oh my God, no, I'm obsessed. All right, let's give it a nice
32:47
Little Mix and let's eat. Yeah.
33:10
OK, don't mind me chewing for 45 minutes, but guess what?
33:13
Chewing is really important for digestion.
33:16
That is so fucking good. That is so fucking good I can't
33:21
even put it into words. And it's so simple.
33:23
You saw how simple that was. Now I was originally planning on
33:26
adding edamame to this, but I just kind of wasn't in the mood,
33:31
but I think that would be really really good.
33:32
You could also do butter beans, which I think would be different
33:35
but good. Another thing that I think would
33:38
be really lovely is sprinkling sesame seeds.
33:40
On to this. Now, fun fact about me, I love
33:44
sesame flavor. I love all things sesame.
33:48
I don't like whole sesame seeds. I like sesame oil.
33:52
I like tahini, I like sesame paste.
33:54
I like making sauces with sesame.
33:56
I just don't like whole sesame seeds.
33:58
Like the texture. It's it's just not for me.
34:00
So that's why I didn't do it. But I think it would be really,
34:05
really lovely. All right, I'm going to have one
34:07
more bite right now and then I'm going to clean up a little bit
34:11
and we're going to do our last dish of the day, which is so
34:14
sad. I'm having so much fun.
34:15
Also, this fucking ring with chopsticks.
34:29
OK, it's time for our last dish. I'm so fucking excited for this
34:32
one and I've never made this before, but I think it's going
34:35
to be good. So first I'm just going to chop
34:38
some cherry tomatoes and some garlic and then we'll get to
34:45
cook in. Also, I literally cannot chop
34:49
tomatoes without like snacking on half of them, so the fact
34:53
that I haven't had a single one is frankly a miracle.
35:01
One thing I forgot to mention though, both with the tomatoes
35:03
and the lime and the salad really helps iron absorb better.
35:08
So that's a nice little feature of the vitamin C and it
35:11
specifically helps iron absorb better.
35:13
Sorry she is tired because her dog has been acting like a
35:19
little psychopath. So also she has another UTI like
35:25
of course. Luckily, this time it's not a
35:29
strain that has to be treated with that antibiotic that she
35:32
really doesn't do well with, but it is a specialized antibiotic
35:37
and a compounding pharmacy has to make it.
35:40
And the last time she had to have an antibiotic from a
35:42
compounding pharmacy, it cost $2000.
35:45
So that's fun. Don't really know what to expect
35:50
with this, but quite frankly, I will take anything over that
35:55
experience. I know.
35:59
I am so hungry and so fucking excited to eat this shit.
36:05
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. OK.
36:11
All right, let's move on. OK.
36:15
I've been dreaming and fantasizing of a dish like this.
36:19
I don't know how it's going to turn out, but I hope it's going
36:22
to be good. So we're going to do a creamy,
36:30
creamy, tomatoey udon. So it's kind of fusiony.
36:36
I'm just putting a little bit of water in here and I have these
36:40
udon packets that are like, you know, the way Asian grocers sell
36:48
udon that's shelf stable, but it's pretty soft.
36:51
That's why we're not doing like a full boil for this.
36:57
That feels really soft and nice. Yeah, I'm just kind of picking
37:02
it apart with my hands a little. I'm doing 2.
37:06
I might even do a third packet because that just doesn't look
37:10
like that much food. Ozzy's not in town, which I feel
37:15
bad because I feel like he would really, really love this.
37:19
But I want to have leftovers, so.
37:23
Or maybe I'll just eat it all. I don't know if we'll see
37:26
anything's possible at this point.
37:28
I'm going to toss in my tomatoes and my garlic, but I think I'm
37:34
going to go get that third packet, too.
37:36
All right, let's get this third packet in.
37:47
Yeah. I just want everything to soften
37:49
up here. I feel like that's not nearly
37:54
enough tomatoes. Should I add more?
38:00
Yeah, maybe I'll like, chop up some more and add them in.
38:05
Now, I didn't do this, but I kind of think that saffron could
38:10
taste good in this, but you'd have to bloom it separately and
38:13
then let's get in. Maybe I should have started this
38:17
sooner in the meal, quite frankly.
38:22
Yeah, because it feels like it's going to take a while for these
38:24
tomatoes to burst. Or maybe I should have put the
38:28
tomatoes in first, but I don't know.
38:30
We'll see. Anyway, do we have New Year's
38:35
resolutions? Like, did you make New Year's
38:36
resolutions or goals or anything?
38:38
Honestly, can I be really real about mine?
38:42
I like every year I set all these like goals or resolutions
38:46
or intentions or whatever the fuck you want to call them.
38:49
Like the way I feel like Wellness has grifted us.
38:52
And one of the biggest Wellness grifts that I see is this like
38:58
emphasis on changing the words that we use for things.
39:02
And I'm not saying that words don't matter because like they
39:05
do, but I think they matter a lot less than what some Wellness
39:11
influencers say. Like, I don't think it matters
39:14
if you call it an intention or a resolution or a goal.
39:19
Like you just use whatever fucking word you have.
39:21
Like as a society, the amount of attention that we pay to like
39:26
what word we're using instead of actually trying to make movement
39:30
towards the goal or what like the actual intention in is, is
39:34
crazy to me. Like the amount that I see
39:37
people talking about, like, oh, don't call it this, call it
39:40
this. So it's like, like, let's find a
39:41
solution instead of focusing so much on what word we're using
39:46
for it. All right, I'm going to need you
39:49
tomatoes to burst a little bit faster, please.
39:53
We gotten somewhere. We are getting somewhere.
39:59
That food on looks so fucking good.
40:00
I'm going to add that last bit of water to this.
40:06
Yeah. Oh, the garlic is starting to
40:08
get fragrant. Come on you little shitheads.
40:14
Also, I don't know, I'm PMSA, not in a great mood and
40:20
everyone's annoying me. I just saw something on social
40:23
media. Like, I'm really sick of the
40:28
irony of this, of people who were who, like, think they're
40:32
informed on a subject but really aren't acting like an authority
40:36
on it. And I'm very much guilty of this
40:39
myself. But I feel like I've really
40:41
realized that and learned my lesson.
40:43
Not that, like, anyone called me out or did anything.
40:46
And I feel like I really don't do that anymore.
40:49
So I'd like everyone else to start not doing that, too.
40:54
Like, I saw this influencer who, like, thinks she's some kind of
40:58
nutrition expert. Just go, yeah, how like
41:02
vegetable oils can be so like inflammatory, like, blah, blah.
41:07
Guys. Seed oils have been really well
41:09
researched. Like there are so many studies
41:12
on seed oils that show them to, like, really not be very
41:15
harmful. Nevertheless, she was like, even
41:17
avocado oil is so processed. Like you should opt for coconut
41:21
oil instead. Coconut oil, which by the way, I
41:24
think is totally fine in moderation, is one of the
41:27
highest saturated fat things out there, which, like, saturated
41:31
fat is legit bad for you. Like, it really, really is for
41:36
her to say that. I think he's so nutty.
41:39
Like, I honestly don't even know what to say.
41:42
Yeah, I'm just like really fucking annoyed of all this
41:45
shit. I saw something else the other
41:48
day from this influencer was like never ever ever do a fasted
41:54
workout. Which like I'm not saying you
41:56
should do a fasted workout. I'm just like like what?
41:59
What is with the fear mongering for everything all the time?
42:07
I'm going to stop like PMS ranting.
42:10
OK, this is starting to look more like I wanted to.
42:13
I just want the tomatoes to release more juices into this.
42:19
I mean, I guess I could grab a little bit of tomato paste to
42:23
make it more tomato. Y should I do that?
42:27
I don't know. Yeah, let's just do that.
42:31
I just got this tomato paste. I like a little tube situation
42:35
because then you can just put the lid back on because anytime
42:39
something is in a can, I feel this need to like commit to
42:41
using the whole can. Just gonna do a tiny little
42:45
squirt. Yeah, this is looking so much
42:57
better. Although again, a little more
43:00
red would be nice. When I was a little kid, liked
43:04
tomato paste so much that I used to just grab it from the fridge
43:10
because we always have like open tomato paste.
43:13
It's such a big ingredient in Persian cooking.
43:15
But I would just grab it from the fridge and like, smear a
43:18
little bit onto bread and eat it.
43:21
And I'd have to hide to do this because my parents would get mad
43:24
at me because they're like, it's going to hurt your tummy.
43:26
Like you have to heat up tomato paste before you eat it.
43:31
I don't know why they wouldn't just like, heat it up for me
43:33
instead of that whole song and dance.
43:35
OK, this is looking more like what I wanted it to look like.
43:39
I'm going to turn off the heat. This is obviously continuing to
43:45
cook. Although I think my udon is
43:47
like, way overcooked. OK, so I'm going to take a
43:51
little bit of soy milk. We're going to use this to make
43:56
it creamy, but it's also going to add some protein.
43:59
So like fun, fun, fun, fun. We're going to add a little bit
44:02
of nutritional yeast. Again, creamy flavor, lots of B
44:08
vitamins, like one of the best sources of B vitamins truly just
44:14
by volume, if you will. And then I'm going to do like
44:19
one tablespoon of white miso. I'm going to mix this up a
44:23
little and then I'm going to toss it with the udon.
44:27
OK, I really have to be careful with this picture thing because
44:32
I shattered one of these ones so don't want to do that again.
44:45
It's not very well mixed, but I'm honestly, oh, you know what,
44:47
I could use this because that won't shatter this, but I'll
44:53
just kind of mix it as I do this.
44:59
OK, I really don't know about this.
45:00
Honestly. It's really not how I envisioned
45:04
it at all. But I think I should have, I
45:08
should have put the tomatoes in first and let them cook a little
45:13
and then added the udon because like it didn't really need
45:15
proper cooking. But whatever.
45:17
Lesson learned. Make it that way at home, kids.
45:20
But it does look good and it does smell good.
45:23
I want to taste just like a tiny bit.
45:42
Yes, that's very good. I love how garlicky it is, like
45:49
the burst of tomato. OK, let's plate her.
45:53
Yeah. So I'm just going to serve it in
45:57
this pretty blue bowl again, very blush blue.
46:04
I also love how I just like, made-up that colour.
46:07
Blush blue. It's not a thing.
46:12
Funny thing, blush should be pink, but I'm like, Nah, blush
46:15
blue. It's our own colour now.
46:19
Lookout Pantone. OK, I want some of these
46:24
tomatoes sitting on top. I'm going to do some black
46:30
pepper on this. Maybe even a little bit of
46:34
crystallized show you. And some fresh basil too.
46:51
Oh, isn't she beautiful? My God, I love her.
46:59
Wait, OK, I have to take a photo.
47:00
Fuck. Yeah.
47:13
OK, I think it's time for a taste test.
47:19
Maybe I should get a fork for this?
47:33
That really is the pasta of my dreams.
47:36
Like it's literally perfect. This Crystallized show you was
47:43
doing a lot for this by the way. More so than the black pepper in
47:46
my opinion. OK, anyway, I think that's a
47:49
wrap. I think I need to sit and
47:54
properly eat now. And I feel like I've gabbed for
47:56
long enough. Oh, wait, the one thing I was
47:58
going to say that I didn't finish.
47:59
Yeah. I feel like every year when I
48:01
make resolutions or goals or intentions or whatever the fuck
48:05
we're calling them now, I come up with all these things.
48:09
But ultimately, I think every year, truly, what I'm after is
48:13
just like feeling hotter and being happier.
48:16
And everything that I put on my list is just in service of that.
48:20
So this year I was like, fuck it, I just want to be hotter and
48:23
happier. That's my focus for this year.
48:25
I don't care how, you know, not like I don't care how, but I
48:28
mean, I'm not going to come up with these things like I'm going
48:30
to start running or I'm going to start doing this.
48:32
It's like the reason I want to do those things is to feel
48:36
hotter and be happier. So this year I'm just going to
48:39
focus on that and see how I got there, you know what I mean?
48:43
Anyway, love you so much. Thanks for being here.
48:46
We'll chat next week. Bye.
48:58
I don't. I don't know what the fuck is
48:59
going on anymore.