Ep 18. Elevating Overlooked Ingredients

In season 3, episode 18 of Naturally, Danny Seo, titled "Elevating Overlooked Ingredients," Danny Seo explores the world of unconventional cooking ingredients that are both nutritious and delicious. In this episode, viewers can expect to learn about ingredients that might not be familiar but can be used in a variety of ways in cooking and baking.

Danny starts the episode in a local farmer's market where he meets up with a farmer who introduces him to a lesser-known vegetable called sunchokes. Danny then takes the sunchokes to a local chef who shows him how to prepare a mouth-watering dish using a ginger and garlic-infused oil with roasted sunchokes.

After exploring the possibilities of sunchokes, Danny moves on to highlight some other overlooked ingredients, such as radishes, beets, and sweet potatoes. He also delves into the world of alternative flours like buckwheat and almond flour, which can be used as a substitute for regular flour in baking.

Danny then visits a bakery specializing in gluten-free bread and learns how to bake bread using alternative flours. He even makes a gluten-free pizza using almond flour crust, which he tops with roasted beets and carrots.

Danny rounds off the episode by whipping up a healthy and colorful smoothie using beets, strawberries, and Greek yogurt. He shows how beets, a vegetable often overlooked in the smoothie world, can add a pop of color and nutrition to any smoothie.

The episode also features a segment on using leftovers creatively. Danny transforms leftover roast chicken into a flavorful chicken salad topped with pickled radishes.

Overall, "Elevating Overlooked Ingredients" is an episode that inspires viewers to try new ingredients and think outside the box when it comes to cooking and baking. It's a reminder that there are so many nutritious foods out there waiting to be explored.