what i eat as a busy girl living in nyc | healthy & easy meals

0:00 Good morning, guys.

0:00 It's Sid, and welcome back.

0:04 [music] [music]

0:13 Yesterday, I was trying to think of videos, and I was like,

0:14 "What do you guys even want to see from me

0:16 now?" I would say like the one of the top

0:17 comments was asking for like what I eat

0:19 in a day videos and just like healthy, easy recipes.

0:23 And I'm kind of honored, all right?

0:24 I'm like a little flattered that you guys think I'm that much of a chef now.

0:28 I like to consider myself a lazy girl chef.

0:31 I don't love to be in the kitchen for hours on end.

0:34 I just want to make something that's good and healthy,

0:37 balanced, and just clean without like taking forever.

0:41 The past year, I've kind of gathered a few recipes of things that I really like.

0:44 So, I'm going to share them with you guys.

0:46 Over the next few days, I'm going to do like a little what I eat.

0:48 I get really obsessed with something.

0:49 When I find a recipe that I like, it's over for the next 3 months.

0:53 I will be eating that on repeat every single day until I hate

0:57 it like deep in my bones and I never want to eat it again.

1:00 The current thing that I'm eating for breakfast,

1:03 well, I'm actually drinking, is my favorite smoothie.

1:06 When I tell you guys I think I have the best smoothie recipe, I really mean it.

1:10 Let's get the ingredients out.

1:13 I freeze my bananas.

1:14 So, I add about a full banana.

1:18 I add a good handful of frozen [music] strawberries.

1:21 I add about, I want to say half a cup of Greek yogurt.

1:25 I add stevia doll protein powder.

1:26 I love this one by Orgain.

1:28 Oh, no, I forgot I'm out.

1:30 I ordered some on Amazon, though.

1:32 Maybe Oh, it's here.

1:36 [music]

1:39 I'm adding two scoops, which is like a full serving of this protein powder.

1:45 [music] 1 Tbsp of peanut butter.

1:46 I like to add a little bit of vanilla extract.

1:52 [music] Quite a good amount of milk.

1:53 And then lastly, what I think makes this so good are cacao nibs.

1:57 So, these add like a little bit of crunch.

2:00 I really just like the texture of them.

2:01 I remember I went to a smoothie bar once,

2:03 and they did this, and that is what inspired me to add them to my own.

2:07 So, if I add space, one ice cube.

2:11 I'm saying one because these are like ginormous ice cubes.

2:14 And that is everything in my smoothie.

2:16 So, just blend it up.

2:18 [music] [music] And that's it.

2:30 That's my smoothie recipe, guys.

2:32 I really hope one person makes this and tells me just like your honest feedback,

2:36 because I think it's so good.

2:38 My boyfriend also really loves this.

2:39 So, sometimes I'll make this for both of us.

2:41 As you can see, this makes like two full servings.

2:44 You can see the little cacao nibs in there.

2:46 It just feels like I'm like eating something at the same time,

2:49 and I just feel so satiated after having

2:51 this, which for me is the biggest thing.

2:52 I don't want to like drink something like this and then be hungry an hour later.

2:55 I'm just going to plan for my day on my laptop.

2:58 I like to do this when I have my smoothie.

3:00 I'm just like write my whole to-do list in the morning cuz I get sort

3:02 of distracted and I need to know exactly what I need to do for the day.

3:07 [music] [music] [music] [music] I'm back at my favorite coffee shop.

3:35 What's happened is I've built a bit of a rapport here.

3:38 I have my friends, the baristas.

3:40 I have my punch card.

3:42 I'm a loyal member.

3:43 I don't mess around.

3:44 I like their coffee,

3:45 so I come here because I like to get out [music] of the house,

3:48 you guys know, when I work.

3:50 And I do get a lot of questions of people rightfully asking like,

3:53 "What are you even doing when you say that you're like working on your laptop?

3:56 What does this entail?" It depends.

3:58 Sometimes I'm editing a YouTube video or I'm

4:01 working on a campaign for a brand or something,

4:03 but I also have a jewelry brand, which takes up a lot of my time.

4:08 If anyone out there is also a small business owner,

4:10 you know how much time goes into it, and it's all fun for me.

4:14 Like I doesn't even feel like I'm really working.

4:16 For example, we're having a shoot for our next campaign on Thursday.

4:19 So, I need to plan that with the photographer.

4:22 We have the shoot location booked and the model and everything,

4:24 but there's just like a couple last-minute things

4:25 that I need to work on for that.

4:27 So, that is why I'm here.

4:28 I usually camp out here for quite a while.

4:31 A good 3, 4 hours.

4:33 My recent coffee order has been pretty much the same,

4:36 an iced vanilla latte with skim milk, but I try to ask for half of the vanilla,

4:40 just because I'm trying to slowly wean off sugar a little bit,

4:44 at least just do my best.

4:45 I am addicted.

4:47 So, yeah, I'm just going to work for a little bit.

4:48 I might have a little snack.

4:50 I brought my Chomps stick.

4:54 [music] [music] I'm back home now.

5:01 I ended up shooting a little campaign with my roommate,

5:03 so that's why I did my makeup if you noticed.

5:06 One of my friends has a bakery, [music] and she gave this to me.

5:09 There is nothing better than fresh sourdough.

5:11 Whenever I have a loaf, I just like want to use it up.

5:12 By the way, I'm trying to figure out how to make good sourdough.

5:15 So, if you have any um tips, let me know.

5:18 I don't have a ton of stuff in my fridge.

5:20 I think I need to run to the grocery store, but I have avocado and I have eggs,

5:23 so I think I'm just going to [music] throw together some avocado toast.

5:26 Pretty simple, but it's going to be amazing because of this bread.

5:31 [music] I don't have a toaster for some reason,

5:38 which poses its inconveniences, but I do have an air fryer.

5:46 [music] [music] I wasn't super hungry, but I did want to have something.

6:00 I do think I have also I'm really making this seem like a science,

6:04 but I feel like I have perfected my avocado toast.

6:07 I have had two different people, I'm realizing it's like my friend and my mom,

6:11 tell me that they love my avocado [laughter] toast.

6:13 So, I'll take it.

6:14 I'll take what I can get.

6:15 I did copy the Brandy Melville Cafe on this.

6:18 They made their avocado toast with honey.

6:20 That to me was something I'd never thought of, and ever since then,

6:23 [music] I put honey on my avocado toast.

6:26 But this time I did hot honey.

6:27 Sometimes I'll do that.

6:28 It's fun to switch it up.

6:29 And of course, you need everything bagel seasoning, too.

6:32 It's kind of it.

6:34 [music] Anyways, I'm going to head to the gym.

6:41 [music] [music] I made it back home from my workout about an hour ago.

6:52 I still haven't changed.

6:53 That's kind of disgusting.

6:55 I'm honestly probably going to start making dinner soon,

6:57 but I know it's going to be a process, and I just can't wait.

7:00 So, I'm going to have a little snack.

7:01 I have Chomps all the time,

7:02 so I was so excited when Chomps asked to work with me.

7:05 I have one of these in my purse pretty much at all times now.

7:08 They don't have to be refrigerated, and it doesn't take any prep at all.

7:10 They're just so easy and quick for me,

7:12 especially cuz I'm gone a lot or I'm on the go,

7:14 I'm shooting something, I'm working on Ophelia.

7:16 I like these are just so convenient,

7:18 but they're still I feel so good eating them.

7:20 I love that they have 0 g of sugar and 10 g of protein.

7:23 And they're also great quality because they're grass-fed and finished.

7:26 They also have Chomplings, which I bring a lot, too.

7:28 They're like the mini version of this.

7:29 These are just my go-to.

7:31 I mean, this is my second of the day,

7:32 so you can probably already tell how much I love them.

7:34 I was also so happy because they gave me a code for you guys.

7:37 So, if you want 15% off your order plus free shipping,

7:40 you can go to chomps.com/sid15.

7:43 I'll put the link in the description or I'll

7:44 also put a QR code like on the screen.

7:46 And you can get a little deal, grab some Chomps for yourself.

7:49 Thanks again to Chomps for working with me.

7:51 I I'm so happy to work with them.

7:53 I just like love their stuff.

7:54 That is going to hold me over till dinner now, so I'm going to start cooking.

7:57 Me and my roommate I think are going to make little bowls for us.

8:00 Olivia and I both have addictive personalities.

8:02 We, you know, we get stuck on the same meal.

8:05 So, one of our like current three rotations that we

8:07 have pretty much every week are these quinoa chicken bowls.

8:11 I made them a few times on here.

8:12 They're just so easy, and I think the key,

8:14 though, is having a white sweet potato.

8:16 I don't know what about them are so good,

8:18 especially how much better I think they are than regular sweet potatoes,

8:21 but this with some cinnamon and olive oil tossed

8:24 together roasted in the oven is just so good.

8:27 Are we adding tzatziki to this?

8:29 Yeah, I am.

8:30 Okay, perfect.

8:31 Olivia and I have our own duties.

8:33 Uh she's on chicken duty usually.

8:35 I'm on quinoa and sweet potato duty, so it makes it so much easier,

8:39 too, when you cook like with your friend or roommate,

8:40 [snorts] because making two quantities of something is just

8:44 so much easier than like making something for one person.

8:49 [music] For the salad, sir.

8:51 Hey, guys.

8:54 [laughter]

8:55 Okay.

8:54 The best part about this meal is making it with my roommate.

8:58 It's so fun.

8:58 It's kind of like our time to catch up during the week.

9:01 We start by chopping up the one white sweet [music] potato.

9:03 Coat it in a good amount of olive oil and cinnamon.

9:06 I'm going to put our little recipe in the description, by the way.

9:09 While the sweet potatoes are roasting, I start chopping up the zucchini.

9:12 Coat it in olive oil, salt.

9:14 I add those in to roast them as well.

9:16 Chop up some cherry tomatoes, and then pretty much start assembling everything.

9:20 We put the quinoa in, spinach, [music] cherry tomatoes chopped up,

9:23 avocado, some chicken that we baked in the air fryer,

9:26 and then our potatoes, zucchini, and of course, tzatziki,

9:29 [music] which is what makes this so good and kind of just like come together.

9:34 All right, guys, dinner's ready.

9:36 We made our bowls.

9:37 It's going to be amazing.

9:38 Per usual.

9:39 It took us a little longer this time.

9:41 We made it.

9:42 in the road.

9:42 Mhm.

9:43 These are our bowls.

9:44 We're going to watch something on Netflix, probably like a crime documentary.

9:50 [music] Good morning.

9:59 I'm making my same smoothie again.

10:07 [music] This is the only way that I know how to start my morning now.

10:16 I go to [music] bed thinking about waking up to drink this.

10:20 That's when you know you're [music] in too deep.

10:24 This is not the meal I'm the most proud of.

10:26 I was out and about.

10:27 I was working.

10:28 So, I just picked up this [music] chicken wrap with rice, tomato.

10:31 Some days are just like this.

10:32 It's all about balance.

10:34 Hey guys, long time no see.

10:36 I've been drinking this Core Power shake.

10:38 I do love these, by the way.

10:39 So good.

10:40 I'm going to make dinner now.

10:41 I have, you know, about three in rotation.

10:43 This is probably my number one like consistent go-to over the past couple years.

10:47 And they're my favorite taco bowls.

10:49 They're so good, so easy.

10:51 I can probably finish cooking this in around 25 minutes.

10:55 [music] I love my jasmine rice.

10:55 So, I'm going to start by boiling this.

11:02 [music] It was really devastating at the grocery

11:04 store because they didn't have pre-chopped onions,

11:07 which is like the one thing that I really I'll spend the extra money on.

11:11 I hate chopping onions and I hate chopping, honestly, a lot of vegetables.

11:15 Pre-chopped just like makes my life 10 times easier.

11:17 But, you know what?

11:19 I can live with it.

11:20 We're going in.

11:26 [music] I don't think he's doing anything.

11:29 Watching this back is a bit painful.

11:30 Like, why am I this dramatic?

11:32 I start by making my guac.

11:34 This is what makes this meal so good, in my opinion.

11:37 After I chop up my onion and tomato,

11:39 I throw them in a bowl with one ripe avocado.

11:41 I add fresh lime juice and cilantro.

11:44 I know some people think cilantro tastes like [music] soap,

11:46 which every time I eat it, I think about that.

11:48 I just like feel bad for those people.

11:50 Obviously, I add some salt.

11:52 You can kind of do this to taste.

11:53 You know, add as many tomatoes as you want, onion.

11:56 After I like to cook my ground beef,

11:57 I usually get the lean ground beef and I also add in a packet of taco seasoning.

12:02 A little hack.

12:03 It's so good and so easy.

12:04 And then I start to assemble the taco bowl,

12:06 starting with shredded iceberg lettuce.

12:08 Pre-shredded, of course, if you're lazy like me.

12:10 I add the rice, the ground beef, the guac that I made, and some cheese.

12:13 You can kind of add just like whatever you would like in your taco bowl.

12:19 [music] The more that you make something,

12:22 the easier it is because then you know like the shortcuts.

12:24 You know like what to start first.

12:26 So, this luckily doesn't take me too long.

12:27 Usually, I like to have like tortilla chips

12:29 on the side or something with the guac, but this is just like foolproof.

12:32 I feel like you can't really mess up making this.

12:35 It's pretty straightforward.

12:36 Well, I did burn the rice one time.

12:39 We also need to talk about something.

12:41 I've been getting hate, okay?

12:42 I've been getting a lot of hate and it's been heavy on my heart.

12:45 People are hating on our apartment.

12:47 Um I know.

12:49 I know

12:51 [gasps]

12:50 there's not a lot of color going on, okay?

12:52 That's why I have the candle.

12:53 I think I've just sort of learned that I

12:54 like more like a minimalist decor like this.

12:57 I like the dark walnuts, the creams, the beiges.

13:00 And you know what?

13:01 If that makes me boring, then so be it.

13:04 I just wanted to let you guys know I have seen the comments.

13:06 And you know what?

13:07 I'm sorry.

13:07 Maybe for you guys, I'll try to incorporate color somehow.

13:09 I have something that I have to edit that was due 40 minutes ago.

13:12 So, I'm trying to edit this right now.

13:14 And then tomorrow morning, I have a shoot for Ophelia.

13:17 So, I'm also trying to like prep that.

13:19 It's already almost 9:00 p.m.

13:21 I feel like I have a long night ahead of me, to be honest.

13:23 Still got to eat a good healthy meal.

13:26 [music] [music] Good morning, guys.

13:35 I know it looks messy in here.

13:37 I also am wearing a shirt.

13:38 This morning, I woke up like 7:00 because we're

13:41 doing a little shoot for Ophelia, my jewelry brand.

13:44 It's in Brooklyn and we like rented a studio.

13:47 It's going to be me, the photographer, the model,

13:50 who actually is my roommate, and my assistant.

13:52 So, just getting ready for that, which I'm so excited for.

13:56 I'm a little bit nervous, but mostly excited.

13:58 For breakfast, I just wanted [music] to do something

14:00 really quick because I'm running like a little late.

14:02 These are the blueberry maple oats.

14:04 I got these at Whole Foods.

14:05 You can get them, I think, quite a few places.

14:07 My dad and I discovered these together on a trip.

14:09 Specifically, this flavor is the best.

14:12 And there's not too much sugar in this.

14:13 It's coconut sugar.

14:14 I really like them.

14:16 Wish me luck.

14:22 [music] [music] Hey guys, update.

14:32 I am done with the shoot.

14:34 It went so well.

14:35 I am so excited to see the photos.

14:38 What I ate today so far was not the best.

14:41 I had pastries at the shoot.

14:43 I had my coffee and my oatmeal.

14:44 I think that's all I had.

14:46 So, I am very hungry,

14:47 but I decided to go on a little walk because it's so beautiful.

14:51 It's 70° outside.

14:52 I feel like as I get older,

14:53 I appreciate the days that the weather is good so much more than I used to.

14:57 Look how beautiful it is, guys.

15:00 And then I think I'm going to go out to dinner tonight.

15:03 My boyfriend and I are going to go on a little dinner date.

15:05 So, I will keep you updated.

15:15 [music] I did forget to vlog dinner.

15:18 I'm sorry, guys.

15:19 I feel like the worst YouTuber at these points.

15:23 [music] We had such a nice dinner.

15:23 It's always nice like go out every once in a while.

15:26 I love some good pasta.

15:27 I did want to say I didn't show everything

15:29 that I ate in the span of these 3 days.

15:31 I just wanted to show the highlights of some

15:32 of my favorite recipes and try to keep it real, too.

15:35 You know, sometimes I go out and grab stuff because

15:37 [music] I'm just in a rush, but I try my best.

15:39 Love you guys and I'll see you in my next video.

15:42 And I'll do outro next time.

15:43 I promise.

15:44 Bye, guys.

15:48 [music]