and I'm spilling, I'm spilling, I'm spilling.

Oh, oh, okay.

Cute.

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Hi, my name's Selorm Kploanyi.

I'm a Buzzfeed producer, food level, amateur chef

and I'm making this video because lately,

it's really hard to go the grocery store.

So many of us are in our homes currently on lockdown

due to COVID-19.

A lot of us are reacting to this in different ways.

Some of us are panicking internally

and some of us are just completely chill

while some of us are panicking at the grocery store.

- Many stores are experiencing supply shortages.

- [Reporter] Shelves are empty and the lines are long.

- Buying more than you need,

means that others may be left without.

- I feel like at the beginning

of like when people started to take this really seriously,

I was hanging out with a friend and we went to Trader Joe's

to go get some food, there was nothing.

Freezer aisle, empty. (bang sound)

Pantry aisle, empty. (bang sound)

Cheese aisle, empty. (bang sound)

I literally walked out of the store

with a baguette and condiments.

What am I supposed to do with that?

So the problem that I have with this

is that there isn't actually a food shortage happening

and if things continue to go in this direction,

it could actually lead to prices going up

for items that are harder to find in stores.

I don't know man, I'm hungry

so I'm gonna go to the grocery store

and see if I can make myself dinner tonight.

Let's go.

(carrier screeching)

(exhaling)

Okay,

I'm back from the grocery store.

We arrived at the grocery store and we had to stand in line

and at first I was like freaked out

because I thought that that meant

that there were a lot of people in the store,

but what I realized is that it's actually

because they kind of we're letting more people in

as people came out.

It was so much easier for us to distance ourselves

from each other so I actually really appreciated

the way that they were handling it.

When I got there, I noticed

that there was a lot of stuff missing.

Flour and eggs were really hard to find

so that's gonna rule out all of recipes

that I can do with those.

The produce section and the vegetable section

were completely untouched.

So with my leftover grocery store food,

I'm gonna try to make an appetizer, a main meal

and a dessert for myself tonight.

Okay, so we're here in my makeshift kitchen

and the first thing that we're gonna make

is probably the last thing that we're gonna eat, dessert.

Since fruit seems to be really readily available

at a lot of grocery stores,

I thought it'd be cool to make

a fruit Popsicle.

It's great because it's pretty much just water

and fruit and honey.

So I'm just gonna start by cutting up some strawberries

'cause this is going to go inside of the ice pops.

I'm gonna try to get them a little bit small

and of course make sure you wash your fruit.

Off to a good start so far.

Okay, so at the store I found little ice pop trays.

It's cute they've got about six in them

so I'm going to put the strawberries inside of these

along with some blueberries.

So I say just add as many

until you feel like you've got enough fruit in there.

Next, we're gonna add a little bit of honey

and a little bit of water.

So this is just kind of to sweeten it up a little bit

then after adding the honey, we're gonna add some water.

And you only need to add it all the way up to the top

and I'm spilling, I'm spilling, I'm spilling.

Oh, oh, okay.

Cute.

Then we're gonna put the little icicle pops on it

to close it up.

Okay, so now I'm gonna put these in the freezer

for about five hours

and then we're gonna started with the rest of the food.

So at the grocery store I was able to find

some shrimp, garlic, I was able to find some bread.

There was mayonnaise, was able to find some butter

which was great so I think I'm gonna make

a shrimp toast appetizer to start with.

What I like about this recipe is that

it doesn't really need a lot of ingredients.

The main thing that you do need is the shrimp.

Now, a lot of times when I've seen this

it's fried shrimp toast.

We don't really have eggs and we don't really have flour

because all of that is gone from the grocery stores

so right now I wanna try to bake it.

So the first thing I'm gonna do is take the shrimp

and cut them into little pieces

and you only need about six ounces of this shrimp.

Trying not to cut my fingers.

So I'm just gonna go back in

and make sure that it's as finely chopped up as it can be.

So now we have a proper plate of shrimp mush.

So now that the shrimp is cut up,

we're gonna add some ingredients.

I'm gonna add three tablespoons of mayo,

three tablespoons of butter, melted of course

and then three cloves of garlic just to give it some flavor.

(screaming)

I'm not a Tasty producer, guys.

Last minute, I kinda thought that I wanted to add

a little bit more spice to it.

So along with the mayo,

I'm gonna add some sriracha.

In addition to those ingredients,

I'm gonna add some salt and pepper.

Okay, now we're gonna mix all of these ingredients up.

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Okay, so now what we're gonna do

is spread this mixture onto a slice of bread.

So you're gonna wanna get the bread ready to go in the oven

by spreading the mixture that we just made on top of it.

I want this toast to be thick.

I want it to be thick with some shrimps, okay?

So we're just gonna bedazzle this on.

Okay, so I'm gonna bake this for about 15 to 20 minutes

until we can see that the top is a nice golden brown

and then we'll move on to the next meal.

Hi, Hello.

(petting sound) Hello

I'm sorry,

So for the main meal, I've decided that I wanna make

a vegetable Buddha bowl.

So at the grocery store I was able to find

a lot of vegetables and I was also able to find lentils.

I'm gonna make the Buddha bowl

comprised of cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potatoes,

spring mix of kale and spinach and lentils.

All of these things really can be subbed out

for other things like any vegetables that you can find

in the grocery store,

I think that it's okay to throw them in.

Now, if you're not able to find lentils,

that's perfectly fine.

You can swap them out for some other sort of protein.

I found a recipe for a Buddha bowl on tasty.com.

So the first thing I'm gonna do

is get all these ingredients into the oven.

Sweet potato, some broccoli, cauliflower.

So first we're gonna drizzle some oil onto it.

1/3 of a cup of oil.

So we're gonna add some salt and pepper to taste.

So now I'm gonna take these away and put them in the oven

for about ten minutes.

So after the vegetables have been in the oven

for about ten minutes,

I'm gonna take them out and add the greens.

And once again going to add some oil,

We're just going to mix all that oil in and make sure

that it's lathered in there and then

I'm gonna put it back in the oven for about 10 minutes.

Sober on the stove, I'm also heating up some lentils.

So I'll be adding those to the Buddha bowl too.

Okay, we did it, the meal is done,

everything is in the oven or in the freezer

and they're about ready to come out

and I'm about ready to eat.

So let's do this and let's reveal what I've made.

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Okey, so I have my beautiful three course meal here

I'm so happy and so excited to eat this.

My dog is desperately trying to get in here.

Hi

So let's start with the shrimp toast.

(humming)

This is way better than I was expecting it to be.

I wanted to use a different bread like sourdough or baguette

or something like that, but this actually really works.

This was definitely a success.

Okay, one more bite, moving on.

Next, we have the Buddha bowl.

Like I said, I put lentils in this, a little protein.

Let's just eat it.

(upbeat music)

I'm into this one, It's nice you know,

'cause it's a healthy thing.

How can you feel bad about yourself after you eat

freakin' cauliflower?

Cauliflower, so healthy.

I'm glad they love the vegetables

Y'all are missing out.

Dang guys, I made this, Wow.

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Another shrimp toast.

So last, but certainly not least

we have, the fruit popsicles.

Oh no, Oh no

I'm so sorry okay, am I bothering you?

No, because you'll yell me if I feed you something.

"You can't feed dogs anything."

Let's just try it out, let's see how it works.

I freaking did that.

If I could do something differently with this,

I'm noticing that a lot of the honey

kinda sank to the bottom, So a lot of the honey is here

but like not so much like here.

But it still tastes really good.

(humming)

My favorite things were the shrimp toasts

and the ice pops.

Not because the Buddha bowl was bad,

it was just like, I know I can make this

like it's a bunch of things kind of mixed together.

Long story short, if you find yourself in a situation

where you're at the grocery store,

and the eggs and the flour and the milk are all gone,

just try to make some of these other things

with some vegetables and fruits, whatever else you can find

and hopefully the stores will restock themselves

before you get back there next time.

Okay, bye.

(kissing)

Oh, I touch my face.

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