The Beauty of BetterHelp: A Mental Health Resource to Nourish Your Mind and Body

Greetings, my beautiful lovelies! It's Emmy, and welcome back to today's video, sponsored by BetterHelp. This incredible platform makes professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient for everyone. When we're not connecting with our community, seeing our friends, or spending quality time with our loved ones in a small space, it can be easy to feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed.

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One of the things I love about BetterHelp is its flexibility. You can schedule a session at any time that suits you, and there are four main modes of communication with your therapist: chat, text, video conference, or phone calls. This allows you to choose the method that works best for you, ensuring that you feel comfortable and supported throughout the process.

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Now, let's talk about the recipe I'll be sharing with you today – a cookie dessert recipe that uses breadcrumbs as an ingredient. It may sound unusual, but trust me when I say it's a game-changer. The inspiration for this recipe comes from a book that caught my eye, and I'm excited to share it with you.

Before we dive into the recipe, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to BetterHelp for sponsoring this video. Your support allows me to continue sharing valuable content with all of you. If you're interested in trying out BetterHelp for yourself, be sure to visit betterhelp.com and use the code H-E-L-P/emmy at checkout to receive 10% off your first month.

With that said, let's get started on our delicious cookie dessert recipe using breadcrumbs! The ingredients may seem unusual, but I assure you, it's a treat you won't want to miss. So, stay tuned for the full recipe and enjoy the rest of this video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(light music)- Greetings, my beautiful lovelies!It's Emmy, and welcome back.Today's video is sponsored by BetterHelp,which makes professionalcounseling accessible,affordable, and convenient.So BetterHelp will connectyou with over 3,000 licensedtherapists and counselors in a safe,private and online environment.And particularly during thesetimes of social distancingand self isolation, we're notconnecting with our community.We're not seeing our friends.We're spending a lot oftime with our familiesin a small space, oftentimes.And with that comes a lotof understandable stress.And so something like BetterHelpcan be such a good tooland a means to talk with a professionalabout what you're feelingand what you're dealing with.Also, if your counselor is not a good fit,you can change at any time.And everything that is exchangedduring your session remains confidential.So I really like theflexibility of BetterHelp:you can schedule asession any time you like.There are four main modes of communicationwith your therapist:you can chat; you can text;you can video conference;or you can speak by phone.And financial aid is availablefor those that qualify.It should be noted thatBetterHelp is not a replacementfor a crisis line.Start living a happier life today.Get 10% off your first monthby visiting betterhelp.com,that's H-E-L-P.com/emmyand join the over 800,000people taking controlof their mental health.That's BetterHelp, H-E-L-P.com/emmy.Big thanks to BetterHelpfor sponsoring this video.Now today, I am goingto be making a recipethat sounds so intriguing.It is a cookie dessert recipe,but it uses breadcrumbs.Breadcrumbs.It comes from this book:\"The Complete TightwadGazette\" by Amy Dacyczyn.Now this book wasrecommended to me by Suzie.Suzie, thank you so much fortelling me about this book.And Amy Dacyczyn used to have a newslettercalled The Tightwad Gazettethat would have all kindsof penny pinching ways to save money.So people would often write inand add their own contributions,including this recipefor breadcrumb cookies.So this recipe was contributedby Ruth Palmer from Utahand the bulk of these cookiesare made from breadcrumbs,or scraps of bread that you grind upso you have fresh breadcrumbs.It should be noted thatthis shouldn't be madewith dry breadcrumbs thatyou buy in a canister.This is specificallyfor fresh breadcrumbs.So this is a perfect way of using upthose end piece of bread like these.That I've been saving up.Or if you have someone in thefamily that doesn't like crustand you're always cuttingoff the crusts of bread.I typically feed those to my chickens,but you could use it tomake this cookie recipe.If these cookies taste good, that is.But that's what we're about to find out.I'm very curious to see whatthese cookies taste like.The rest of the ingredientssound pretty normal.There's vanilla, there's alittle bit of flour in there.Egg, cocoa powder.They're gonna be like chocolate cookies.But, they're gonna be madewith a lot of breadcrumbs in there.Tightwad Gazette was originallypublished from 1990 to 1996.So really not all that long ago.But this format seemsvery kind of old-timey.This kind of font andthe fact that this wasan actual gazette or newsletterthat went out to people.I think it's just kind of charming.But Amy talks about the reasonswhy she put this together.She said as a younger adult,she wished someone had givenher something like this.Tips and ways andstrategies to save money.So there are 10 painless waysto save 100 dollars in a year.And one of them is baking your own bread,which I've been doing a lot lately.So I think a lot of reallypractical information here.Suzie says that sheloves the muffin recipeso I might try that one next.But the breadcrumb one is the onethat I was super interested in.And there's also anotherone I found interestingusing white bread.But it's the white bread and glue recipe.It combines Elmer's Glue and white breadto create this kind of modelingdough for kids to play with.Of course it dries solid, butyou create some kind of dough,which I think is fascinating.So the first thing I'm gonna have to dois create some breadcrumbs.So I'm gonna grab my ohla la la, food processor.And this food processor is a champ.Speaking of tightwad practices,I found this at a thrift store for $8.99.Champion.It's a Cuisinart.It's probably from the 80's or 90's.I've been saving the ends or the heelsof the loaves of bread.So I'm gonna add that to here.And pulverize this up untilI get two cups of crumbs.Here we go!And I like the name tightwad too.I fell like it is reclaiming a wordthat can be a bit derogatoryand just embracing the factthat yes, I am a tightwadand there is a reason.It's because I wanna save moneyand be able to reach my financial goals.Like it.So in the end I think frugalitymeans conserving your financial resources.But that does not meanthat it lessens your spiritor your ability to giveor to love or to share.Okay.Back to breadcrumbs. (chuckles)We need two cups of fresh breadcrumbs.So, here's one half.One cup.All right, I think we've got it here.And two.So that was about fourbread ends or heels.I still have some leftoverand what I'm gonna dois just pulverize the rest of thisand this makes great breadingfor homemade chicken tendersor little chicken bakes.So our other dry ingredients include,1 1/4 cups of sugar.Whoop!Half a teaspoon of salt.Did you know Rumford baking powderoriginally came from Rumford Rhode Island?Rhode Island represent.Okay, half teaspoon of baking powder.1/3 of a cup of cocoa powder.Cocoa powder?I just had cocoa powder.Did I, hello?I just had it.Where'd I put it?Oh, ha ha.Haha.1 1/4 cups of flour.(metal clanks)So, we're gonna sift that all together.So, combine our breadcrumbsand all of our dry ingredients together.Add melted shortening and breadcrumbs.Whoops.Now we're add one egg.Whoa. (laughs)Gee, that was kinda nuts.Don't worry, my countertopwas clean. (laughs)That was a thin shelled egg.2/3 of a cup of melted shortening.I like these sticks becausethey're easy to measure.Ooh, my bowl's a little tiny.Ooh that should be interesting.So I'm gonna add my melted shortening.Mostly melted shortening.And I've got a half a cup of milk here.Just gonna add this a little at a time.I'm just gonna form this into a dough.Smells like a good old cookie dough.I almost forgot to add 11/4 teaspoon of vanilla.That's gonna effect the flavor a lot.If I hadn't added that.Vanilla's so important.I'm gonna use an ice cream scooper.Measure out my dough.It says an un-greased baking panand I'm just using asilpat lined baking sheet.Now we take this into a 350 degree ovenand bake them for fifteenminutes or until they're done.Whatever that means.Okay, see you in a little bit.Okay, my lovelies.Look at the cookies.Aren't they beautiful?They actually look great.So I looked at them initially I'm like,these cookies are gonnabe a little big strangebut now they look gorgeous.Absolutely perfect.They smell nice andcocoa-y and chocolatey.And because I used an ice creamscoop to dole out the doughthey are perfect little mounds.All right, I can't wait to taste these!Okay.I'm gonna take this one right here.Give this cookie a taste.Now this is warm right out of the oven.Look at that.It actually looks kind of cakey.Don't see the breadcrumbs at all.Itadakimasu!Mm, mm.Lovely.Mhmm.Fluffy, cakey.Yeah.Slightly fudgy.Good chocolate flavor.I think what would make this even betteris using butter instead of shortening.If it had butter instead of shortening,I think this would tastejust like a brownie.Right now, it tastes nice and cocoa-y.But it's really missingthat butter element for me.But it's a delicious cookie.Mhmm.The edges are slightly crisp.The middle is very soft and fluffy.Kind of reminds me of a mug cake.That bit of salt in there is really nice.It balances out the sugar and the edgeshave a nice little crispness to them.Very very nice recipe.Considering that there are two cupsof fresh breadcrumbs in here.Breadcrumbs.Breadcrumb cookies.Who would've known?I don't taste any breadcrumbs whatsoever.All I taste is sugar, cocoa powder,sweetness, some salt, fluffy lightness.Mhmm.These actually remind meof Italian crinkle cookies.They're a dough that's made of chocolate.And then the balls ofdough before they're bakedare rolled in confectioner sugar.And as they bake andexpand, they kinda crackand reveal the cookie dough underneath,which is this gorgeous brown color.So you get this beautifulcontrast of white and brownfor your cookies.But they're kind of fudgy and chocolateyand the texture kindof reminds me of that.Those are a little bit chewier.But I imagine as these cool,these will get chewier as well.All righty.Mhmm.There's a slight chewinessaround the edge of the cookie.All righty.So if you have leftoverbreadcrumbs or bread crusts,now you know what to do with them.Go ahead and bake yourself some cookies.As long as you have some flourand sugar available. (laughs)Thank you guys so much for watching.And big thanks to BetterHelpfor sponsoring this video.Get 10% off your first monthby heading over tobetterhelp, H-E-L-P.com/emmy.And thank you guys so much for watching.I hope you guys enjoyed that one.I hope you guys learned something.Please share this video with your friends.Follow me on social media,like this video, subscribe,and I shall see you in the next one.Toodaloo, take care.Bye!(light playful music)♪ Do do di di di di di di ♪\n"