WEBVTT - Celeb chef Poh’s healthy, cheap cooking hacks

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<v Speaker 1>Hello friends, Vans listeners of this podcast and body in

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<v Speaker 1>Soul called Healthyish. Of course, I am Felicity Harley. We

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<v Speaker 1>are joined by the effervescent Poe today. I love chatting

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<v Speaker 1>with her. She's, of course a judge on Master Chef,

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<v Speaker 1>an artist and self talk cook, and today we are

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<v Speaker 1>discussing how she stays healthy when surrounded by so much

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<v Speaker 1>delicious food on the set of Master Chef, and she

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<v Speaker 1>shares her tips for saving money on food. If you

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<v Speaker 1>do like what you hear from Poe listening to Extra

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<v Speaker 1>healthy Ish, where she shares her life lessons at turning fifty,

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<v Speaker 1>you can catch that wherever you get your podcasts.

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<v Speaker 2>Poe, nice to have you back on Healthy Ish. How

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<v Speaker 2>are you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm really well. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I have to say, last time I spoke to you

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<v Speaker 4>on your podcast it was my favorite interviews that I've

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<v Speaker 4>ever done.

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<v Speaker 5>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say the feeling was mutual because every

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<v Speaker 1>time we go to Adelaide, my kids go, oh, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go looking for that person in the markets that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that you really like talking to.

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<v Speaker 1>So there we go, but we've never found you there

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<v Speaker 1>when we've been so yeah, I think he went.

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<v Speaker 3>To Central Market, which I used to be at Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm at the farmer's market on Sundays only.

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<v Speaker 1>Now okay, oh well there we go. Okay, Farmer's Market

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<v Speaker 1>here we come in Adelaide. Yeah yeah, Now I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to you about today about healthy cooking on

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<v Speaker 1>the cheep. I suppose that's what we all want. But

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, how do you stay healthy and how

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<v Speaker 1>do you cook healthy? And especially when you're in the

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<v Speaker 1>master chef kitchen.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I keep it really simple, and luckily I have

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<v Speaker 4>a bit of a superpower on my side, and that

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<v Speaker 4>is that I was raised by my Auntie Kim, who

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<v Speaker 4>ate a lot of vegetarian food, and I used to

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<v Speaker 4>always think it was really fun. Too fast with her

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<v Speaker 4>went because there are certain points in the lunar calendar

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<v Speaker 4>where you have to eat very sort of austere Buddhist

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<v Speaker 4>food and it's always vego.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think from.

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<v Speaker 4>That I learned to really appreciate really simple flavors. So

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<v Speaker 4>it comes very naturally to me to eat things that

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<v Speaker 4>some people might find really bland. But for me, if

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<v Speaker 4>I go to the farmer's market, grab a whole bunch

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<v Speaker 4>of seasonal ingredients, and they can be so common, like broccoli,

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<v Speaker 4>cauliflower whatever, and I'm happy to just steam or roast

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<v Speaker 4>that a bit of butter, olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper,

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<v Speaker 4>and I am so happy.

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<v Speaker 3>So it just it's not.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's very holistic to me. I'm never ever conscious

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<v Speaker 4>of being happy. I find that if I've eaten something

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<v Speaker 4>that's a bit heavy and meaty the night before, I

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<v Speaker 4>would just naturally gravitate towards a salad or like a

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<v Speaker 4>steam veg the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>What about when you're actually in the kitchen or mastership,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you obviously have to try these different foods.

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<v Speaker 2>How does that get?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I thought it was going to be really have

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<v Speaker 4>to not put on weight doing that, but I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>remember that the contestants are usually only serving one dish

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<v Speaker 4>that we have to share between the four of us,

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<v Speaker 4>and we're really tasting. You don't want to atrophy your

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<v Speaker 4>palette because you're going through so many tastings, so you

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<v Speaker 4>always take really tiny bits and sort of your thinking

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<v Speaker 4>and trying to formulate words with and you know how.

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<v Speaker 3>To describe that flavor or texture or whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's quite a sort of intellectual process as opposed

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<v Speaker 4>to sometimes they're a soluious woo, scarf it down.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know what it is, it's the snacking off camera.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the Oh okay, yeah, what happens with that? How

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<v Speaker 2>does that?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's always like a trolley full of like they're.

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<v Speaker 4>Pretty good, they're pretty good. They really look after us.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's like always nuts and stuff. But my I

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<v Speaker 4>got this vice and it's those harvest peace snats. Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>I give those to my kids in their lunchbox and

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<v Speaker 1>one hates them, don't give me these again, and one

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<v Speaker 1>loves them.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, that's my little Are they mad?

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<v Speaker 2>Are they supposed to be healthy?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, they probably like a yeah, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean it's better than you know, eating a bunch of

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<v Speaker 4>other garbage.

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<v Speaker 5>But yeah yeah, so yeah that people.

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<v Speaker 4>Used to Andy and Sophia used to just laugh endlessly

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<v Speaker 4>at how much every time they turn around. I was

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<v Speaker 4>just like scarfing down a packet of those. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>it's really just a snacking in between. Because there's all

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<v Speaker 4>these little dead zones when we're not doing anything. It's

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<v Speaker 4>just so easy just to wander off side stage and just.

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<v Speaker 2>Like fill your mouth up.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, well, how talk to us a bit about

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<v Speaker 1>saving money I mean, it's a lot of people are

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<v Speaker 1>struggling at the moment, obviously the cost of living, and

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<v Speaker 1>especially when it comes to healthy eating vegetables. You love

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<v Speaker 1>vegetables because you go in and vegetables are more expensive

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<v Speaker 1>than similar packaged food products. I mean, how do you

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<v Speaker 1>save money when it comes to cooking at home?

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<v Speaker 3>I think you know what it is.

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<v Speaker 4>I did a little real of it recently, where I

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<v Speaker 4>want if people can commit to two meals a week

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<v Speaker 4>where it's a bit weird and body to use what's

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<v Speaker 4>in the fridge. And I think where a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>waste happens is when people have a planned meal and

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<v Speaker 4>then they have all these leftovers from that cook and

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<v Speaker 4>often that's what gets wasted. So if you can just

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<v Speaker 4>have a couple of go tos, like a type of soup,

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<v Speaker 4>a soup that you love or something like that that

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<v Speaker 4>you're happy to just sort of pop everything in and

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<v Speaker 4>it's a little bit of a mishmash, but you know,

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<v Speaker 4>you can dress it up, you can make it.

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<v Speaker 3>So I constantly am.

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<v Speaker 4>Doing this chase with my fridge and I'm quite sort

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<v Speaker 4>of I'm not.

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<v Speaker 5>Very prideful about what I cook. I'm just like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>that's a.

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<v Speaker 4>Bit weird and probably tastes slightly not great, but I'm

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<v Speaker 4>just going to use it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and do you eat it anyway? Yeah, I still

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<v Speaker 2>eat it. Yeah, Yeah, and I think a big one. Actually.

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<v Speaker 1>A few people have mentioned to me that eating leftovers

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<v Speaker 1>for breakfast, even if they're meat based things like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>funny how we've got in our head that we have

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<v Speaker 1>to have a certain type of food. We have to

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<v Speaker 1>have eggs, have cereal or you know. I have to

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<v Speaker 1>get out of that headspace myself.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's a very Western European thing because with Asians,

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<v Speaker 4>we you know, smash down us some luxo and not

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<v Speaker 4>not some LUTs like a nasty lumunk for breakfast. It's

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<v Speaker 4>really common. So yeah, we don't have that delineation. But

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<v Speaker 4>that's one way to do it.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what.

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<v Speaker 4>The other thing is people often don't look after their vegetables.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, okay, you know about like get.

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<v Speaker 4>Some just have like a couple of cloth bags and

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<v Speaker 4>some wax wraps and stuff like that, and just.

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<v Speaker 3>Be really conscientious once you finished cooking the meal to.

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<v Speaker 4>Just look after those bits and pieces that are left over.

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<v Speaker 4>And someone said this to me recently and it's so true.

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<v Speaker 4>Compost is not not wasted. I think we like to

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<v Speaker 4>comfort ourselves thinking, oh, you know, at least it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Going back to the land, but it's still wasted if

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<v Speaker 3>it's like edible.

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<v Speaker 4>And little things like broccoli storks, they're so delicious stir

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<v Speaker 4>fried like that's like a really prized bit in Asian culture.

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<v Speaker 3>So we just peel the skin off the side because.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a little bit witty sometimes and then we just

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<v Speaker 4>slice it really thinly and stir fry and it's absolutely delicious.

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<v Speaker 4>So little things like that, like try and use all

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<v Speaker 4>the parts, things like beat the leaves. A lot of

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<v Speaker 4>people will just chop this huge bunch of it that

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<v Speaker 4>you can just use like shad. You know, it's you know,

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<v Speaker 4>so little things like that I'll always use, even if

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<v Speaker 4>it's like to feed the dog or whatever. I'll wash those,

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<v Speaker 4>clean them, store them beautifully, and then I'll steam them

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<v Speaker 4>and then give them tim for dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>Just back to storing, So how do you go about

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<v Speaker 1>storing your veggies? Can you just talk about that a

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<v Speaker 1>bit more? Like just for example, I actually I had

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<v Speaker 1>a caps come last night, and I often don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how to store it, Like I actually just whacked it

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<v Speaker 1>back in, and I'm like, no, no, I can't just

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<v Speaker 1>whack it back in like that. I have to cover

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<v Speaker 1>it in something. Is it just a matter of covering

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<v Speaker 1>all your vegetables.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, just covering. Yeah. I usually just chuck it

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<v Speaker 3>into it.

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<v Speaker 5>We use like an old plastic bag.

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<v Speaker 4>It's fine, like or if you don't have any plastic

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<v Speaker 4>in your house, wax raps are really.

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<v Speaker 5>Good as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but plastic bag.

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<v Speaker 5>Everyone will have one.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I just always keep all any bags, any

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<v Speaker 4>plastic that I have from packaging, I'll always keep it,

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<v Speaker 4>even like carrot, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, carrot's coming in.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I always like take the sticky tape off really

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<v Speaker 4>it's really carefully, and then I'll.

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<v Speaker 5>Just use that to store veggies in as well.

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<v Speaker 4>When I hear myself speak, it's sort of like stuff

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<v Speaker 4>that you hear old ladies keeping.

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<v Speaker 3>The plastics from carrot bags.

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<v Speaker 4>But I was talking to a friend about this the

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<v Speaker 4>other day, how difficult it is to live.

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<v Speaker 5>Simply and holistically. It's so much easier to waste.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's like every part of the day, I'm like, oh, yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to watch those places.

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<v Speaker 5>The SnapLock bags I can use them again.

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<v Speaker 4>And it is hard and it's so tedious and it

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<v Speaker 4>adds so much labor to the day. But I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know if everyone thought like that, nothing would get done.

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<v Speaker 5>So you just have to believe that you're doing your

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<v Speaker 5>little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the money you save, you know, you could

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<v Speaker 1>afford a holiday to Asia. Well that's what I think.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for coming on healthy Ish.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you so much for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, if you do want to catch Poe in action,

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<v Speaker 1>Master Chef is on now on Channel ten or you

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