Raw Footage – Cooking Sweet Potato Stew in Instant Pot – Baseball Cap 360 Camera ASMR

This is a 360 Video – drag your mouse or finger on the video to look around. Or view in VR for best experience!

In this video, I filmed the whole process of making Sweet Potato Stew in the Instant Pot.

1 onion, finely diced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
4 garlic cloves, finely diced
1/2 red chili, sliced
2 tablespoons roughly chopped cilantro (stalks and leaves)
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
1 teaspoon paprika
1 lb / 550 g sweet potato, diced into cubes
1 can black beans, rinsed (about 1.5 cups of cooked beans)
2 cups chopped tinned tomatoes
3 cups water
1 cube vegetable stock cube
Juice of 1/2 lime

TO SERVE
1 avocado, diced (1/4 per serving)
A handful of fresh cilantro/coriander, roughly chopped
A handful of corn tortilla chips, crumbled over the top
Optional: A dollop of sour cream (in bowls, per person, optional)
Optional: 1 tablespoon of grated cheddar (in bowls, per person, optional)

Press the Sauté key on the Instant Pot (it should say Normal, 30 mins). Add the onions, olive oil and one teaspoon of salt and sauté for 5 minutes, stirring a few times.
Add the garlic, chili, cilantro, spices and the remaining salt and stir through. Add the sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, water and vegetable stock cube. Stir through well and press Keep Warm/Cancel function key to stop the Sauté process.
Place and lock the lid, making sure the steam releasing handle is pointing to Sealing. Press Manual, High pressure and set to 3 minutes. After 3 beeps the pressure cooker will start going. Once the IP stops cooking, allow 5 minutes for natural release and then use the quick release method to let off the rest of the steam and pressure.
Open the lid and stir in the juice of 1/2 lime. You can also add extra fresh cilantro directly in the pot.
Serve the soup in bowls, topped with diced avocado and crispy corn tortilla chips. Add a dollop of sour cream and some cheddar cheese on top, if you like.

– Recipe from instantpoteats.com/instant-pot-tortilla-soup-sweet-potato-recipe/

Notes about the video:

Filmed with an Insta360 One X mounted on a baseball cap. No editing was done – video was exported using Flowstate Stabilization and Lock Direction, and then concatenated using FFMPEG.

Best viewed in VR using Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or HTC Vive or newer headsets. Also viewable in Google Cardboard.

It’s 67 minutes of unedited footage of me cooking a recipe at home, with the Insta360 One X mounted on my baseball cap.

I used “Lock Direction”, “Flowstate Stabilization”, ISO 800, Shutter 1/60, Incandescent WB, Log Mode OFF. I used an external battery pack to power the cam so I didn’t worry about the battery running out.

I am impressed by the low light performance (just normal indoor kitchen lighting was used). This camera really shines with the manual settings.

The sound quality is not the best – it seems that sudden loud sounds result in distortions. In the future I would use a Lav mic and a separate audio recorder, and then sync it up in Post.

Comments appreciated! :)

Toastmasters Speech: How to Connect with People while Working from Home – Speech #2 in Pathways

Geoff gives his second speech in the Toastmasters Pathways program, entitled “How to Connect with People while Working from Home”.

Instead of cancelling your get togethers with family, friends, and activity groups, why not try meeting online instead? Geoff will share his best practices and experiences after two weeks of connecting online from home.

Recorded during Best Run Toastmasters @SAP in Vancouver in a virtual Toastmasters meeting on March 26th 2020

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,
Geoff

Toastmasters Speech Preview – How to Connect with People While Working from Home

A preview of my Toastmasters speech which I will be doing later today at Best Run Toastmasters in Vancouver.

*Update*: Feel free to watch the full speech here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3r5SrpschI

Raw Footage – Cooking Chicken Pasta with Oat Milk in Instant Pot – Baseball Cap 360 Camera ASMR

This is a 360 Video – drag your mouse or finger on the video to look around. Or view in VR for best experience!

In this video, I filmed the whole process of making Mac and Cheese in the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Pasta With Carrots + Side of Steamed Zucchini

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Pasta With Carrots is a delicious dinner made in the Instant Pot pressure cooker with chicken, carrots, and pasta in a tomato “cream” sauce. Substitute Oat Milk instead of dairy for a non-dairy option.

For the pasta:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut up
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning (or 1 tsp each of dried Oregano and dried Basil)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
5 to 8 carrots, washed, peeled and chopped
1 16-ounce box medium shell (or 500g box of dried penne) pasta, uncooked
1 24-ounce jar marinara sauce
3 cups water
1 1/2 cups heavy cream – (or use 1 cup of unsweetened original flavor Oat Milk instead
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese – optional

For the side dish of Steamed Zucchini:
1 to 3 Zucchini (washed and chopped) for steaming on the side

Important note: Please do *not* stir the pot after adding the dry pasta and marinara sauce. Keeping the pasta and sauce on top without stirring, is a good way to prevent the dish from burning on the bottom.

Hit SAUTE button on pressure cooker, and when it reads HOT, add olive oil
Add cut-up chicken to hot pot, and cook until chicken is no longer pink, stirring frequently
Add Italian Seasoning (or dried Oregano/Basil), sea salt, garlic powder and pepper, and stir until well coated. There should be plenty of juices from the chicken to deglaze pot and scrape up any chicken that might be sticking to bottom. Add a little water if necessary to make sure no chicken is sticking to pot.
Add carrots.
Add rest of the water and stir the pot.
Add uncooked pasta, but do *not* stir.
Add some more water until the pasta is almost covered by the water, but do *not* stir. Press lightly with a wooden spoon on the pasta to make sure pasta is almost covered with liquid, but do *not* stir.
Add marinara sauce on top, but do *not* stir.
Cover, turn knob to sealing position, and hit Cancel and then PRESSURE COOK for 5 minutes.
While pasta is cooking, steam the Zucchini and Carrots in a pot on the stove.
When pasta is done cooking, do a quick release of the pressure, and when pin drops, open lid.
Stir in heavy cream (optional) or oat milk and Parmesan cheese (optional) until well blended, and serve immediately

– Recipe adapted by Geoff Peters from: www.meatloafandmelodrama.com/instant-pot-creamy-chicken-pasta/

Notes about the video:

Filmed with an Insta360 One X mounted on a baseball cap. No editing was done – video was exported using Flowstate Stabilization and Lock Direction, and then concatenated using FFMPEG.

Best viewed in VR using Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or HTC Vive or newer headsets. Also viewable in Google Cardboard.

It’s 80 minutes of unedited footage of me cooking a recipe at home, with the Insta360 One X mounted on my baseball cap.

I used “Lock Direction”, “Flowstate Stabilization”, ISO 800, Shutter 1/60, Incandescent WB, Log Mode OFF. I used an external battery pack to power the cam so I didn’t worry about the battery running out.

I am impressed by the low light performance (just normal indoor kitchen lighting was used). This camera really shines with the manual settings.

The sound quality is not the best – it seems that sudden loud sounds result in distortions. In the future I would use a Lav mic and a separate audio recorder, and then sync it up in Post.

Comments appreciated! :)

Toastmasters Table Topics – Geoff Peters impromptu speech on Childhood Goals – Best Run Toastmasters

Geoff from geoffmobile.com gives an impromptu speech about his childhood goals, and how he achieved them. This is the part of the Toastmasters meeting called “Table Topics”, where members are asked to give an impromptu speech for 1 to 2 minutes on a topic they find out just before they give their speech.

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Geoff talks about his childhood goal of having a career, and talks about his journey to become a software developer at SAP / Business Objects by studying computing science and business at SFU.

Recorded Feb 27th 2020 at Best Run Toastmasters in Vancouver BC Canada.
For more information about Toastmasters, please visit toastmasters.org

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com