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FutureCanoe puts viral dinners through the make-again test

Microwave broccoli and halal cart chicken earn repeat invitations in his new recipe roundup.

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I Tested Those "Dinners You'll Actually Make" Recipes To See If They're Dinners I'll Actually Make

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2:51The creamy tomato chickpea skillet earns an "Actually make" verdict for being simple and healthy.
4:54Beef and broccoli introduces a microwave-steaming shortcut that FutureCanoe praises.
5:56Halal cart chicken over rice with white sauce becomes a dish he says he could make daily.
21:50After tasting the meal-prep dishes, he says he wants to incorporate the routine into his Sundays.
23:41The salmon pasta needs more cooking after he discovers the fish is still raw inside.
24:14The finished salmon and ricotta pasta lands in "Tricked"; he finds its flavor unappealing.

Steak and mashed potatoes sound like an easy yes, but FutureCanoe draws a distinction: he would cook them again, just not like this. In his new dinner test, a recipe has to offer more than a good-looking plate to earn a place in the rotation.

His only upload this week, "I Tested Those "Dinners You'll Actually Make" Recipes To See If They're Dinners I'll Actually Make," reached about 550,000 views in its first ten hours. He sorts the internet's suggestions into "Actually make" and "Tricked," with some surprisingly practical discoveries along the way.

A creamy tomato chickpea skillet from @jessibillings makes the cut for simplicity. @KarissaStevens' beef and broccoli supplies a microwave-steaming shortcut he calls "a mind-blower." And @cheffinwithzach's halal cart chicken over rice gets the kind of endorsement the title is looking for: he says he could make it daily. The video includes a sponsored mattress segment.

The comments offer a useful extension of the experiment: one viewer wants a follow-up a year later revealing which dinners he really did cook again. Others discuss warming tortillas before rolling them and the audible crunch of the pork belly.

The channel added roughly 10,000 subscribers over the week, although its current daily viewing is below its usual pace. Among nearby food channels, Lisa Nguyen and Tasting History with Max Miller are having markedly busier-than-usual days. FutureCanoe's new dinner test is his strongest source of viewing momentum, while September's "Crispy Babybel from @jakecalorie" and "I Tested $5 Recipes With 50,000,000+ Views" continue drawing views.

The most concrete addition to his own routine comes from @tiffycooks' meal-prep challenge: after packing rice and dishes into glass containers, he says he wants to make it part of his Sundays.

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What viewers say

one year from now we need a vid where you tell us what you did actually make again
@MaceNotWinduSee it on YouTube
That pork-belly crunch was wild.
@Dorda098See it on YouTube
Very casually yesterday I checked to see how long it had been since the last video (1 month) and today there's an upload. I manifested this.
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I literally was thinking man canoe hasn’t posted in a while I wonder what crazy stuff he’s cooking up…
@ajgraham7371See it on YouTube
1:40 you should always warm up a tortilla before you try to roll it; it's the difference between a roll and a broken taco looking thing
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Cooking isnt fun but when You make it, its kinda fun to watch
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CANOE UPLOADED!! what a great day it's gonna be.
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