LEAN & STRONG | Delicious, Healthy, & Fun SUMMER MEALS ☀️

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1. 3:00 – 6:00: Tyer Dome 2
2. 15:00 – 18:00: Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces

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• Video for a quick second to tell you a little bit more about this amazing air fryer, the Tyer Dome 2, who is actually today's video sponsor as well. So, if you've seen me…

  about Tyer Dome 2 · at 3:10

• If you want to make your healthy meals taste even better, check out my latest recipe ebook, Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces. There's 35 amazing oil-free recipes in there that…

  about Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces · at 17:52

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• Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces — Book · 1 mention · first at 17:55

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• Tyer Dome 2 — Product · 3 mentions · first at 3:13

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 So, I'm going to show you guys everything that I eat today. That's the main goal of these videos, just to show you how I eat as a vegan so I can be healthy and strong and eat delicious food and build muscle and do all the things I love to do. What's up, everyone? Welcome back to another video. Got Crystal with us here today. And we are starting the day at the park. And why are we doing that, Crystal? I don't know. Actually, we are starting the day at the park cuz it is such a beautiful day. It's nice and warm and it's summer. So that's why I want to take advantage of it and make the most out of today. So that's why we are starting at the park. We're already starting outside to get in a little nature, get in a little bit of movement because we are heading to the gym after this. So we're just getting a little bit warmed up. Doing a few little fun things to warm up and then I'm just going to

0:45 have a fun day. So to make sure that I get everything done that I want to today, I actually made like a little bit of a checklist. And this is just like a fun checklist. This isn't like tasks that I have to do. We're talking about I want to get in a gnarly workout, which we're going to go do right now. Get an amazing pump. I want to swim in some water. I haven't gone swimming yet this year. So, I want to I mean, I know you swim in water. There's no other place to do it, but like a natural body of water. I want to pet a dog because it just makes the day so much better. I want to eat some awesome meals, which you know we're going to do, and I'm going to show you how to make those. I want to chase the sunset and catch that. And then I also want to eat lots of sweet, juicy fruit because it is summer and that's what I like to do. And guess what? I got a peach right here. I'm gonna start right now. But what's better than one

1:26 peach? A second peach. All right. So, we are going to head to the gym right now. Have an awesome workout. And today is my favorite workout of the whole week because it's the first day back after 2 days of rest. And it's my push day. So, it's like chest, shoulders, and triceps as well. So, I get a gnarly pump. I got tons of energy. It's amazing day. We are going to have such a good day. I can't wait. All

2:03 right, so I think I can officially check off the gnarly workout and the amazing pump off that list. So, I'm just having some cantaloupe right now just as soon as I got back from the gym. It's so nice to just have something to like replenish your energy stores. Um because I'm going to be cooking something and it's going to take a little bit, not very long, but uh yeah, just figured I'd snack on this while I make the meal. So, this is something I'm going to make in the air fryer. It is something I've been making lately. It's so good. Let me stop talking and just show you. I'm going to start by grating a potato, then chopping up some bell pepper and some onion. And then I'm just going to throw it all into a bowl and add some seasoning. And I'm keeping it really simple for this one.

2:36 I'm just adding this pre-made taco seasoning mix, but you could add any seasoning you want. garlic powder, onion powder, bit of salt and pepper would be good. Mix all that up and then I'm actually going to fire that into my air fryer. All right, so we got some carbs going on there. And now we need some protein. So I think what'll go really well with this is a really nice simple tofu scramble. So I'm going to throw that together really quickly. You guys know this one by now. Crumble your tofu. Throw in some seasoning. Here I've got some onion powder, garlic powder, a bit of turmeric for color, some black pepper, nutritional yeast, and then just some salt to bring it all together.

3:09 While that's cooking, let me pause the video for a quick second to tell you a little bit more about this amazing air fryer, the Tyer Dome 2, who is actually today's video sponsor as well. So, if you've seen me cooking on Instagram in the last couple months, or you've watched any of my previous videos here on YouTube, you have seen me using this air fryer. I love air fryers because they make eating healthy really simple, delicious, and quick. And I've used a lot of different air fryers in my time, and this one is by far the best. That's because this isn't your average air fryer. It has 360° heating technology, meaning it has dual heating elements, one on top and on the bottom, so that it cooks your food much faster. You don't have to flip or mix it nearly as much, and it cooks it much more evenly.

3:47 There's an optional app as well, which opens a whole bunch of more control over your Tyer Dome 2 air fryer. In total, it has 15 functions that includes baking, grilling, roasting, broiling, and more. Whether you're making your breakfast in it like I am here, crispy air fry tofu, pizza, roasting veggies, it has got you covered. And I do have to say that the pizza that comes out of here is some of the best pizza that I've ever had. It's like having a little mini pizza oven on your kitchen counter. And another thing I love is that it is really quiet, which is important to me because when I'm filming and I have stuff cooking, I can't have a bunch of noise in the kitchen. And it also just like doesn't make it enjoyable to cook when the kitchen is noisy. It also has a selfcleing function that heats up to 500° Fahrenheit, breaking down grease and grime, which means no more scrubbing or leaving your air fryer to get dirty.

4:32 I usually try and stay on top of things though and just give it a quick clean after each use and everything comes off so easily. It takes like 10 seconds for me to clean. The basket is non-stick because it is ceramic coated and it is PFOA and PFA free which is really important to me. I honestly can't say enough good things about this air fryer and I know that it's awesome and I love standing behind it because I use it so much more than any other air fryer that I've owned. So go check out the Tyer Dome 2 air fryer. There's a link in the description box down below. There's also a discount code SimNet 10 for 10% off of your purchase if you do decide to get one. I think you're going to like it as much as I do. And thank you so much to Tyer for sponsoring this video and making such an awesome air fryer. All right, let's get back to the video.

5:09 Let's see how this cooked up. So, the first thing I'm going to try is definitely the potatoes. These are going to be so good. Yeah, this is so good. The potatoes are nice and crispy. The seasoning is actually really good in there. It just tastes like a TMEX hash brown. Well, I guess that's kind of what it is, isn't it? Let's try the eggs next or the tofu eggs. Oh yeah, man. Tofu scramble is just one of those things. Every time I have it, I love it so much. And then there we go. You got the sprouts there as well. Bit of avocado.

5:44 And then the figs with the balsamic. All right. So, I'm going to enjoy this. I think we're going to go out for an adventure today. And my fruit box is getting pretty empty here. So, might find a place to refill that. It's going to be a fun day. So, we are in the car right now. as you can see. And we're heading to this really unique place. I know I showed it in the vlogs like before, maybe last year or the year before. Um, but it's this like really interesting place that has a bunch of fruit. So, it has like the place called the root seller. You can buy a bunch of veggies in there and fruit and stuff.

6:14 But then they also have this other place that just has like so much random stuff that I you just have to see it to believe it. So, we're going to grab some fruit and then maybe we'll pop in there after cuz it's wild. Come on. So, this place is really cool. It's only about 15 minutes from my house. And they a lot of the time they try and get like local produce when they can. Obviously, mangoes, not local to Canada, but they also have like really cheap produce as well. I heard a tip that a good way to find like a good cantaloupe is to look for one that has a really small butt is what the person said. Uh uh that's what we're going to look for here. Okay. So, I think this one I think is a good one cuz if you look at the Yeah, if you compare the I you know what I I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know. So, this place is really cool. It's like a tourist attraction. It brings so many people in.

7:09 Um and it's because of this store that's next door. If you guys will see it, it's just got so much random stuff. So, we're a little bit further into this place now. And you can see there's like a restaurant here. They sell all sorts of like giant like pots and stuff. It's like like some bonsai trees. Like it is just so random. Not even makes any sense. This whole section with like bamboo, like every kind of like bamboo thing you could ever want. And if you are an OG to the channel, you'll remember that I made a pull-up bar using some of this bamboo. It's really good for pull-up bar. Like it feels really good on the hands to grab. But the problem with it is it can be very dangerous because it splinters when it breaks. So, luckily I didn't have any problems, but uh you guys in the comments definitely let me know about that one. You like a cherry?

7:55 Yes. So, Crystal, what's your hot take? I think cherries would be the number one fruit, like the best fruit ever, if they didn't have pits. But because they have pits, they're downgraded because I constantly think I'm going to be choking on the pit when I eat them. So, I remember when your family first brought me in here when like we were first dating cuz I didn't live near Crystal. We were like kind of doing the long distance thing. Anyways, came here and the family brought me here and I was just so blown away. I was like, "What is this place?" Like, I couldn't wrap my head around it. The thing is, you just can't think that hard about it. It's just like it is what it is. Like a whole bunch of crazy weird stuff.

8:28 Like we got Yeah, you see that there? Meat and stuff. Some veggies and produce and stuff here. But this is where it gets a little crazy. All right, so look at this stuffed animals. What's this? We got little miniature things here. What else we got? Porcelain bowls right here. These little lamps right here. And they actually have some really great stuff here. Not just like straight touristy trap stuff. Like these carpets are really cool and they're not bad price either.$25 $40 Canadian. And then they got these like LED kind of neon style lights. This one's so cool. Love the cherries. That's fitting for today. Oh, just the most beautiful amethyst right there. Okay, let's get into this watermelon. See how it is.

9:17 See that? I was trying to save this. I flung the other one. So good. All right, I want to show you guys something. I actually just got some new handles in the mail for my pull-up bar. I'm pretty excited about. As you guys know, I freaking love pull-ups. And I love using like different handles and grips because it just changes, you know, how that exercise feels. So, I'm sure if you watch my Instagram stories, and I've probably even had them in in on my YouTube channel before, these little grips that I have, I love so much. So, because I love these ones so much, I actually saw a set online recently that were very similar. However, instead of being made from like this rubber material, which is great. Uh, they're made of wood, so I don't know. I just thought I'd try them out, see how they feel.

9:57 I was worried I wasn't going to be like quite the same because of the different shape, but I think I'm going to like them. Get these out of the way. So, these are actually made um by a viewer, a subscriber, and they're 3D printed. It's actually just so cool. All right, let's try it out. Yeah, they're awesome. You know what I like about these is they actually don't have a specific direction that they have to go. They're the same on both sides. So, there's not like a left and a right, which is kind of cool. Yeah, they're awesome. I love them.

10:25 So, when we were out, I actually found this beautiful local peaches and cream corn. So, I thought it'd be nice to have with dinner and uh actually kind of like center dinner around it. So, what I'm going to do, get all this off first. So, what I'm actually going to do with the corn is try and like blacken it a little bit in the air fryer. So, I'm going to put the kind of like screen thing in the bottom just so that the air can like really get all around them. And then, yeah, just fire them in. Now, burn corn. What is a cob salad anyways? Doesn't have anything to do with corn. I thought I was making a cob salad. It's like the worst salad you ever seen. So, what I think I'm going to do is to yeah get that corn nice and blackened and then also like cook some stuff here as well and then kind of put it all on top of a salad. So, it's going to be kind of like a hot salad. Maybe like a roasted corn

11:13 and chickpea salad, I guess we could call it. Uh, so I'm just going to start chopping a bunch of stuff up. Definitely going to start with some garlic and onion. Then a can of chickpeas. And then next, I'm just going to add a couple spoonfuls of this pico de gallo. So, this is going to add some beautiful flavor to this. Also, some nice colors. I think this is going to be really good. All right, let's check on our corn. And woo, perfect. Actually, that is exactly how I wanted it. Look at that. So, while that was all cooking, I just cut up a whole bunch of bell pepper and some red onion as well. I think it's going to be really nice in there. And now we've got to make a sauce for this. And because I already used this pico with the chickpeas that has some cilantro in it, I thought it'd be cool to kind of keep going down that road. So, I'm going to make a creamy cilantro and like lemon herbed dressing. I wish it was lime, but

12:00 I only have lemon right now, but it's going to work. So, start with some water, some tahini. Well, a lot of tahini. When I make sauces like this, I don't just make enough for the meal. I like to make a bunch so that I could have some for tomorrow and the next day. So, uh yeah, that's not this isn't just for today. So, I have this really sad looking cilantro that I obviously have to use up. It's not like bad. It's not rotten or anything. It's just not something that you'd want to like put in a salad or whatever. So, this dressing is going to be perfect. So, I'm just going to chop it up a bit. stems and all and throw a handful in there. One clove of garlic, a handful of cashews. So, these probably should have been soaked ahead of time, but they're soft enough.

12:35 I think they'll be all right. And then the juice from a lemon or a lime ideally. And then I'm going to add a little bit of garlic salt as well. So, you could just add garlic powder and salt. I'm sure it would do the same thing, but I have this and I want to use it. I don't think it's done yet. I'm going to blend it up and then taste it. But that's the beauty of sauces. You can just kind of keep layering the flavors as you go. So, let's try it out. I thought I had the lid on, but I didn't. I have to admit, that's the first time that I've ever done that. And I I don't know why. I was just absent minded, I guess. Man, we got a ways to go. It's good, though.

13:14 It's okay. The tahini is a little bit bitter, so I'm going to add a tiny bit of sweetness. Just some maple syrup to fix that. Use a date as well if you want, or half a date. And then, because I dumped half of the liquid out, going to add a little bit more lemon. It needs a little bit more zing. A little bit more of this garlic salt. A little bit of onion powder. This just needs a little bit more of that, you know, that ump. Oh, this is the missing ingredient. And then I think that some cumin is going to round this out nicely. Not too much. Definitely don't want it just to taste like cumin. This stuff can overpower a recipe pretty easy. Make sure the lid's on this time. Here we go.

13:48 Let's try the version 2.0. It was good. All right, so there it is all finished up. And as you guys saw, I dumped the dressing on there. I added a spoonful of that pico de gallo on the top as well. And then a shake or two of this green goddess seasoning blend from Trader Joe's. And I don't know about you, but that is looking like a mighty good meal to me. So, I'm going to try it out. Get some of the dressing on here. H. Wow. This kind of meal is just perfect for a summer evening like this. Like, I've been active all day, just like snacking on fruits. I wanted something quick and refreshing, but also like satisfying and something that's not going to make me feel like tired or bogged down later because we are going out after this.

14:43 We're going to keep the day rolling and I got to get that sunset in. Actually, there's a few things I still got to check off that list. Sunset swimming. Got to pet a dog. Okay, so there's no courts available. Oh, really? Let's uh try and intimidate them from like behind the trees here. Oh, they got like a league or something. There's a table over there. This is serious. All right, so what are we doing? So, there's actually a league playing uh which we didn't know, but they do put up other nets for the public, which is like hilarious cuz this is like public courts. Anyway, so we're going to play on this um net that they have so kindly provided. the the pleads that aren't in the league. They asked us if we uh wanted to join the league, but I don't think they can handle this.

15:23 No, they're good. They're really good. And in general, like average age is a bit older than quite a bit older, Crystal. And they are good. But we got to practice. So, let's go. Can I pet that dog? Yeah. Oh man, look at this thing. Oh man, is he friendly? Yeah. Are you angry? Okay, maybe you know what? I'll give a dog, but maybe not this dog. Give me vibes. All right, we're going to go down to the beach now. The water's so calm. Oh, I almost fell. Why you always got to laugh at me like that at my misfortune? It's just so classic.

16:12 I know. I'm always just spraining my ankles. There's like they're so weak. They're basically just being held on by the skin around them at this point. So, they're just all the time and then I fall. She laughs. But the nice thing about having ankles that bad is like they're good to go right away. Like you can't even sprain them. Look at this. Totally fine. It's definitely a little chilly. It's not warm, but it'll be nice and refreshing. I'm still kind of warm from pickle ball. Okay, I got to do this right now. Oh no. No. Oh no.

16:52 Nice swim. Yeah, it was nice. It's a little colder than I like, but natural bodies of water are rarely as warm as I like them to be. But yeah, really nice. I mean, no complaints. Like, who wouldn't want to swim in that? So, you guys know I always come prepared with a snack. So, I've got some cherries and then underneath some blueberries. Would you like some? Thank you, babe. Oh, all one nacho. The sun is like going down right now. Sweet. So, we did it. I think we nailed that checklist. So, hope you guys enjoyed the video. Thanks for hanging out with us all day and you should let me know in the comments what you thought of the day. Big thanks to Tyer for sponsoring the video. Definitely check that out in the link in the description box down below. Thank you guys so much for watching. Like and subscribe and all that good stuff. And I'll see you soon with another video. Bye-bye.

17:52 If you want to make your healthy meals taste even better, check out my latest recipe ebook, Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces. There's 35 amazing oil-free recipes in there that are sure to transform any meal. There's a link in the description box down below.

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What is discussed in "LEAN & STRONG | Delicious, Healthy, & Fun SUMMER MEALS ☀️"?

In order: 3:00 Tyer Dome 2; 15:00 Easy Vegan Dressings and Sauces.

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The episode runs 18 min; the transcript is about 3,905 words in 27 timestamped sections.

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