Shadowing Practice: What I Ate In A Week (Healthy + Realistic) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Good morning guys, I'm doing another What I eat in a week video Y'all enjoyed that one,
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so let's do another week I am making three hard-boiled eggs
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And I'm also like heating up some water Because we're gonna steam some broccoli
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I just put the eggs in a little ice bath
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so they stop cooking because I like them to be soft to medium.
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Yeah, oh my god, perfect!
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Truly, this breakfast never gets old.
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The egg is like actually outstanding.
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So I made myself this yogurt bowl.
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It's just a bed of nonfat Greek yogurt.
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We've got some blueberries, muesli, and cacao nibs.
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and I just drizzled agave on it, and it is so delicious.
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Oh my god.
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Okay, let's have a bite.
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It's so good.
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Highly recommend this.
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I've been really enjoying cacao nibs because it is a super food, and once you kind of activate it with like a sweetener with like honey or agave,
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it's just like chocolate.
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It's like straight up chocolate.
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I got this at the store a while back.
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It's like a little packet for Mapo Tofu, which is, it's like my favorite Chinese dish.
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Just gonna attempt to make it myself.
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I am very excited to dive right into this.
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Heated up the brown rice.
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I am using the broccoli from earlier this morning.
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And then I chopped a cucumber.
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I also added the hard boiled eggs from this morning.
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And we've got like a beautiful plate of food.
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I think this is a really easy way to make like a box item more nutritious.
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You just add more fresh produce around it.
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All right, let's have a bite.
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This doesn't taste like the mapa tofu that I order.
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It's good, but it's not the same.
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No. Oh.
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I'm gonna be the spot that I'm not there for.
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I hope it is.
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Today's breakfast is unique to say the least.
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I had half an avocado that was ready to go, so I just didn't want to waste it.
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So I put some avocado spread on the Ezekiel English muffin.
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I put some red onion and some salt on it, and I also put it on this cauliflower patty.
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I also wanted to end things off on a sweet note, so I made a almond butter banana English muffin.
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I almost forgot the most important thing.
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Everything but the bagel seasoning.
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Mmm.
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These cauliflower crusts from Outer Isle are honestly so delicious.
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I think they're made out of Parmesan cheese, so it just has like that nice salty, cheesy flavor that Parmesan has,
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and it just makes for a delicious, savory foundation.
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Mmm.
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I'm gonna have his flauntas.
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So I'm having a little snack.
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I'm having the rest of my mbappo tofu, broccoli, and my hard boiled egg.
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And Ben is heating up his flauntas from yesterday.
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Flauntas.
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Flauntas.
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It's very fun to say.
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It is, it really is.
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Very easy to make and very delicious too, so everyone's a winner.
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Yeah, I had one of his yesterday and they were so good.
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I would offer you some mapo tofu, but there's some chicken in here.
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It's okay, you enjoy it.
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Mmm.
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I'm also trying this bulsak sauce.
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This is the nuclear fire noodle sauce.
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I just like to have the actual sauce in the house because then I could just put it on anything.
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It makes everything taste really good.
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Mmm.
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Oh, it's so cheesy.
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Mmm.
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Who would have thought cheese and pasta was good, right?
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Groundbreaking so
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I'm having a, it's like a vegetarian spicy chicken patty on cauliflower thins,
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and then I made myself a big salad because I just wanted something quite crunchy and fresh.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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I was really craving like a burger last night, but that didn't happen.
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Ugh, every time.
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It's too watery.
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It's like the world doesn't want me to have like an actual acai bowl.
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It always just comes to this watery mixture.
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Every time I make an acai bowl, I have the frozen acai packet.
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I have a frozen banana, but my downfall is I always add too much water and it just turns it, makes it into a smoothie.
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It does taste really good.
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But I wanted the sensation of like eating it with a spoon and scooping it up.
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My craving for a smoothie bowl still remained.
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So I made myself a Greek yogurt bowl with fruit.
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We've got strawberries, blueberries, muesli, and cacao nibs.
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And instead of agave, I'm trying something new.
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I got a pack of stevia and then I mixed it with water like a little dash of water, and then I just like sprinkled it over the dish.
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I'll give it a go.
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Hmm okay.
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The stevia just enhances the sweetness on here because everything's really subtle, but sometimes I want more of like a kick, you know, a sweet kick.
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and we have ordered from roll call roll call we love this place
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and we've got the flat noodles we got some gyozas we
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got some california rolls got a bento box salmon teriyaki we just didn't feel like cooking today
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and you know wanted to support one of our favorite local businesses We'll get better than this one.
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We'll get some hot water.
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We'll get a little hot hot water.
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We'll get a hot water.
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I'm going
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to put the water on the top.
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As you can see, we've got quite a feast here.
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I just knew I wanted Korean food.
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I made some grilled chicken.
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I have the rest of my red lettuce and sesame leaves.
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We've got some kimchi and then some samjang.
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We're just gonna make some Korean wraps with chicken.
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What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna grab a big piece of lettuce.
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I'm also gonna put in a sesame leaf as well.
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And then I'm gonna put in some samjang.
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Samjang is like a combination of like bean paste with hot pepper paste and then there's like some other spices in there.
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But it's just really delicious to put underneath your bed of lettuce.
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Or I guess on top of your bed of lettuce.
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And so I've got, I put a little bit of rice on there.
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I'm gonna plop on a strip of chicken and then some kimchi.
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All right, we're gonna roll this up.
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All right, 잘 먹겠습니다.
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This is exceptional.
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Holy cow.
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For dinner, I'm just having a big bowl of Donjangjigae with some brown rice.
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I just felt like having something just very nourishing and warm and soupy so this is perfect
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All right, this is what we're having.
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Ben made flantas, which are his specialty now.
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Very tasty, they're easy to make.
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We got some basically refried black beans, we got some scrambled egg, we got some, we would usually do poblano pepper,
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but we just got some zucchini, onion, some southwest spice.
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Tommy, Tommy, Tommy.
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Look at that steady hand.
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Even the hip to turn.
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The hip is the turning anchor.
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Hip, hip, hip, hip.
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It's really good.
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So for dinner, it's a little bit unconventional because we are filming for an IGTV.
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This is our cauliflower episode and we made three different dishes.
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We made a cauliflower buffalo bite, We made cauliflower stir fry slash fried rice.
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And then we also made a cauliflower pancake.
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Our first dish is the cauliflower pancake for breakfast.
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I'm excited.
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I'm excited too.
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All right, cheers.
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Cheers.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Really good actually.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Yeah.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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This is amazing.
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This is so good.
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Wait a minute.
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Good morning, everyone.
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You have seen me eat this as my breakfast slash lunch before, but we're doing it again!
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So we've got doonjangjigae, this is the last of it, and I've got my leftover chicken, I've got some romaine lettuce, some kimchi, and some samjong.
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And of course, a bowl of my brown rice.
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Ideally, it would be even more tasty with a sesame leaf, but we don't have that today.
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Mmm.
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So, Ben saved me a little slice of his cauliflower pizza.
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I asked him what he thought of it, and he wasn't too impressed, but I'm freaking stoked.
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It doesn't seem like the optimal foundation for a pizza.
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Like, it's definitely crumbling.
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Okay, let's have a bite.
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Mmm.
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Mmm, I think it's good.
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I'm about to have my dinner.
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Prepared myself a delicious piece of salmon.
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I steamed some zucchini and green beans, and I've got a little pile of brown rice.
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I'm very excited to eat this.
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And instead of teriyaki sauce, I like to just eat it with sriracha.
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Mmm.
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For dessert, I'm having a cup of blueberries.
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Wow, it looks gorgeous.
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What a treat.
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Ben just made me breakfast this morning.
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He made me avocado toast on my Ezekiel muffin.
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We've got some tomatoes, some radish, and a poached egg.
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Thank you.
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This looks so good, Ru.
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Oh my god, the yolk is perfect as usual.
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Having a little snack.
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I've got some baby carrots, a bit of ranch, and I think half an apple.
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mmmm shk
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shk shk shk
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I'm having my collagen sparkling tea just a nice little pick-me-up it's got some caffeine got some collagen
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It's 5.30 I need to pick up Hello, this is my final meal with you guys.
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This is my dinner, having leftovers.
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I'm having the salmon, the steamed green beans and zucchini, and then some brown rice.
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And also I have a tiny bowl of pesto pasta that Ben made.
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And it looked delicious, so I thought I would put it in another dish.
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I also have this dried radish mix.
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I thought that that might be good with the veggies and the salmon as well.
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Just give it a go.
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Mm.
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Mm-hmm.
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And that is what I ate for the week.
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I hope you guys enjoyed.
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What the Video Covers
The video follows a person sharing their weekly meals, focusing on healthy, realistic eating. It includes casual, conversational language about cooking, food preferences, and daily routines, making it perfect for learning everyday English. The dialogue is relatable, with phrases like "highly recommend" and "attempt to make" that you’d use in daily chats.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Highly recommend this" – A common way to suggest something you like, e.g., "I tried the new café downtown—highly recommend it."
- "Attempt to make it myself" – Useful for talking about trying a new task, like "I’m going to attempt to fix the bike this weekend."
- "Never gets old" – Describes something you still enjoy, such as "My mom’s homemade soup never gets old."
- "End things off on a sweet note" – Means finishing with something pleasant, e.g., "We ended the party off on a sweet note with cake."
- "Straight up chocolate" – Emphasizes something is exactly like another, like "That smoothie tastes straight up mango."
Step-by-Step Shadowing Guide
Shadowing speech (repeating audio immediately after hearing it) is a great way to improve English speaking practice. Here’s how to use this video:
- Listen first: Watch the video once to understand the context. Notice the speaker’s tone—casual and friendly, with pauses between thoughts.
- Break it down: Pause after 5-10 second clips. Repeat the phrases aloud, mimicking the speed and intonation. Focus on words like "agave" or "cauliflower" to practice pronunciation.
- Focus on flow: The speaker uses phrases like "I just put" and "and then I chopped" to connect ideas. Shadow these to sound more natural in conversations.
- Practice daily: Spend 10 minutes a day on shadow speak with this video. Over time, you’ll notice better fluency and confidence.
For more practice, use a shadowing site to find similar casual videos. Shadowspeaks helps build muscle memory for real-life conversations, making this video a great starting point.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · have ordered · have seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Tofu, which is · flantas, which are |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm doing · am making · am using |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna steam · gonna attempt · gonna be |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.