what is it chicken in a shell suit what do you call it poultry in a covering suit come on a shell and a hen match I don'' t know oh my god landing strip you are gon na really feel actually dumb ready an egg come on you obtained ta go then you got ta feel a little foolish this way it feels similar [Laughter] [Songs] what up guys and welcome back to the pitman cook cooking area for today'' s quick meal preparation video I'' ve obtained something that is motivated by Black History Month so if you'' re not familiar the month of February is known worldwide for the month of love intended to show some love to your booth bang and be truly special and that'' s cool also below in the United States it'' s called Black History Month where we set aside some time to celebrate the contributions of African Americans and black people to the to our nation but also to the world I love it because it'' s actually a time that I simply feel super thankful I really feel thankful every day of my life yet I really feel extremely thankful when I just take a go back and just assess just how far individuals that have appeared like me have actually come and the important things that they performed in the past by doing this I can be where I am today so keeping that being claimed I believed today I'' d share a little bit of my Southern heritage with you all and one thing that I loved growing up was spirit food Sunday'' s my mother would certainly get right into the kitchen and she makes something that was super extremely decadent and taste and simply make you really feel genuine good and then ideal after that everyone would just fall asleep that that'' s the side and actually you understand I assume that'' s an indicator of a good things in me best Jesse that ' s certainly the indicator of a good stuff in me you do have an excellent Sunday if you didn'' t pass it yeah you go to church you eat and after that you pass out and afterwards you obtain up and enjoy the video game alright so the excellent thing concerning'soul food is that it ' s made with a great deal of love and by love I imply an entire lot of high-calorie ingredients that make the food taste great but they'' re truly not excellent for us so I considered this obstacle how can I take some thing that I really like and transform it something that I can eat every day potentially so today we'' ve got a remodeling recipe we ' re gon na making over some fried chicken some environment-friendlies and some candied yams I'' m gon na show you just how to make them calorie-conscious possibly in noticeable methods for several of you all and for several of individuals it'' s not so noticeable however all the same you ought to be able to bow out today'' s video with some ideas that you could take back to your own diet plan to show exactly how you can make it a lot more calorie mindful we'' re gon na slash those fat calories by even more than 50 60 % today and one last thing I'' ll claim prior to we shut the video clip is this is that I'' m pretty sure someone out there is gon na be seeing the video and remark listed below this done appear like until now they put on'' t appearance like the means my my mom my daddy utilized to prepare it'' s not supposed to the may combine dishes aren'' t truly supposed to do that but it needs to advise you important of that food remember we'' re trying to develop something that you can eat each and every single day and I can guarantee you consuming this kind of spirit food influenced dish prep is gon na push you a lot better to your health objectives instead of consuming the traditional points every solitary day if you'' re ready to roll up your sleeves and obtain your hands dirty for this incredible heart food influenced dish prep then let'' s get begun all ideal guys very first thing we'' re mosting likely to do is prep the things that takes the longest amount of time and that'' s gon na be our potatoes or rapid eye movement so order yourself a yam or wonderful potato poke some holes in it a knife or the fork cover it up and afterwards we'' re gon na bake this in the oven for about 45 minutes to an hour at 400 then after regarding 45 minutes or so we'' ve got our baked yam peel it and add that flesh right into a dish okay so we'' re gon na make these really wonderful yams we ' re not gon na make them candied yams because you recognize we'' re not trying to place a whole lot of crammed refined sugar right into our diet so we'' re gon na keep it savory however we'' re not gon na be truly hefty on the most affordable calorie thick ingredient so we'' re gon na spray in some turmeric it'' s gon na make it actually good vivid yellow spray in some cinnamon a bit of nutmeg some vanilla and then some syrup and we'' re gon na do a fast dash of some avocado oil or some olive oil we'' re decreasing the calories dramatically but additionally mosting likely to be incredibly heavy on taste now you can mash this up with a fork or the potato masher I such as to utilize this immersion blender because it whips it around and makes it very luscious then taste examination and see to it it'' s right where you desire it that'' s ideal easily it'' s like flight Ventilated fluffy yet additionally pack with lots of taste that maple really radiates through all right so now we'' re gon na move on to the eco-friendlies or our spinach and mushroom mix so we'' re gon na fire up the skillet placed it on medium-high warmth include some olive oil after that we'' re gon na throw in some onion we'' re gon na caramelize this with simply a bit of garlic and I desire you to save a few of the garlic because we'' re gon na add that in also at the actual end what we'' re searching for right here is simply caramelized and brown and taste the oil right here maintain it relocating about in the skillet make certain absolutely nothing is melting now we'' re gon na add in our mushrooms and mushrooms are optional I like them I think they include a great deal of taste but if you don ' t wish to you can take those out fine as the mushrooms are preparing we'' re gon na include just a little of individuality it'' s gon na spray in some cumin now allow'' s bring every little thing with each other and include the spinach gon na include some handfuls of spinach right here it'' s crazy to think this is almost like 5 pounds of spinach however it'' s not gon na fit that we do not gon na go to inform in a minute cuz spinach wilts so swiftly we'' re gon na assist the process by creating just a little of steam it'' s obtained some veggie brew here or you can use some water let'' s go after that just do a bit which heavy steam is gon na help finish the wilt to fold from the lower folding the mushrooms into the spinach and vice versa good you see that and all of an abrupt we have even more space in our skillet for some even more spinach so we'' ll most likely to the side proceed folding whatever together gather the remainder of our veggie broth and we'' re gon na capture in some fresh lemon change the heat of the skillet drop it down reduced our last little job right here is I want to really overemphasize that garlic taste if you don'' t intend to that ' s fine yet include in the rest of your fresh garlic at this factor and just fold whatever it ' s so insane to see that big bathtub of rotating to simply end up being that'' s an actually percentage in the skillet right [Music] all right now last little work here I want you to roll up your sleeves due to the fact that currently we'' re really gon na get our hands dirty following thing we'' re mosting likely to make is some baked poultry currently we'' re not gon na make it fried we are cutting the calories below so we'' re gon na make use of some drumsticks and considering that we'' re reducing the calories that also implies we'' re gon na take off the skin off the drumstick so just get it or you can and I such as to just to draw it down on the sides of it and it must come straight off similar to this now a really obvious swap for this simply to make use of some chicken bust however this is a spirit food motivated meal prepping so I wanted to reveal you how you can take several of the foods that you such as that we such as that I recognize that I like and just prepare them in a different way to look similar to this there'' s no skin on these drumsticks alright so currently allow'' s have the seasoning currently I ' m gon na be utilizing my the healthy chef spices this is the southerly Creole Blin we'' re gon na use some cajun spices right here if you wear'' t have this one just yet not an issue you can go and get it if you can'' t obtain it then just make use of a combination some smoked paprika some cumin your favored dried out natural herb like some thyme or some oregano and afterwards a little pinch of cayenne and after that I want you to maintain the salt different we'' re gon na add the salt and pepper last the reason that is a lot of those store-bought cajun flavors oh my gosh they taste so actually good yet they are packed with lots of salt mine isn'' t however they are filled with loads of salt and so you put on'' t wish to add that in below we ' re gon na do a fast light spray of some oil that'' s gon na assist the sauce and we ' re gon na gather our celebration rub it'' s very little salt here so you can be a bit much more charitable and you desire to treat this the exact same means that you would any kind of sort of hen you can allow this marinate for a minimum of 20 mins in the fridge or overnight next you'' re gon na order your air fryer basket and then include the poultry sticks now we'' re gon na pop this right into the air fryer for 15-20 mins at 400 if you'' re doing this in the stove then you'' re gon na bake this at 420 for about 20 mins and after about 15 mins gorgeous piping warm spicy Cajun drumsticks all right currently let'' s bring every little thing together and enjoy our stunning heart food motivated meal preparation beginning out with a few of our garlic mushroom spinach mix some pleasant potato remember you can confiscate him with spices to them and 2 of our wonderfully cooked airfryer drumsticks fine so currently for the preference states I'' ve been scenting this I can not wait to taste it the amazing thing as well about this preparation is that it'' s actually truly very easy people you can be in and out of the kitchen in less than an hour with this prep you simply reached maintain multitasking and you reach eat spirit food heart food inspired food each and every single day I'' m so tickled by this man it'' s got a great thick consistency and the sweet taste really comes via when you get a great great smoky flavor at the very end due to them smoked paprika edition allow'' s taste some of the spinach Wow consider the garlic and onion simply hanging off of it [Music] I recognize Java walky the Jabbawockeez ooh mmm makes me wan na dance it feels so good that'' s what to do get some soul in you Oh mm-hmm and now oh my god alright the electronic camera just we just stop for a 2nd and just commemorate this air fried drumstick thanks reduce clap thanks thank you can we please thank you extremely a lot ah take a great bite Kevin you and did the dang thing and did the dang thing curve one picture being able to consume this each and every single day very calorie conscious really extremely extremely hefty on taste however light on calories much lighter on calories than you would a common southern dish oh I'' m sorry post welcome you alright check out me I'' m simply not one mouthful no so good is it come on shot ma'' am you gon na try mm-hmm I am alright what are you gon na try initially you attempt the wonderful potato I imply the yams just go a bit every little thing goes straight straight for the dive stick oh most likely to the drumstick brother let'' s go yep you select the great one as well male exactly how'' s he doing for lunch it'' s true tale I recognize but I simply I simply I'' ve been looking at the crust Ivan consider the crust on this one oh you know your kid when you do pack like that oh man you got this coming here I was kind of anxious tonight there'' s nothing reskin so it'' s the outside just how'' s it gon na be just how is it it ' s really excellent though yes the airfryer is essentially sort of aided to obtain a wonderful crunchy finishing with the seasoning on there yeah lots of taste right it'' s leaking brother put on'' t examine my shoes man don'' t drip on the video camera equipment is excellent we want it we want it Hey there you have it men that is it for today'' s video clip I wish that you really enjoyed it this video once again was actually special to me because it'' s all about taking inspiration from your preferred foods and transforming it into something that you can consume each and every single day so there are lots of manner ins which you can play about with spirit food and southerly food and make it your own however I just revealed a way that you can reduce the calories by greater than 50% 60% of the calories are gone but the flavor is still right here so I am desire you to take up my individual challenge right currently either to make this meal prep or to transform it and make it better but simply maintain it calorie aware so I desire you to comment listed below exactly how you would certainly switch this up or if you'' ve made any one of these meals prior to how you actually play with them to make sure that method we can all simply pick your brain if you like video clips like this I invite you to smash that like switch below and also let us understand in the comments area we invest a great deal of time right here in the workshop actually considering what can move the needle so if you like things such as this please let us recognize to make sure that we can remain to do even more of it and if you'' re brand-new to the network put on'' t neglect to subscribe and keep in mind to call that Bell denting ding ding to ensure that way you can be notified every time we close hot new web content here in the pit maker kitchen great guys say thanks to y'' all so much for watching until following time wants just how to keep it healthy and balanced however of training course never ever boring ooh bye y'' all [Music] [Songs]