Oh, we cooking tonight.
Let's do some pasta too.
Let it cook down for about
five to seven minutes.
Ooh, my god, my god.
MICHAEL KOENIGS:
Tabitha, it's so
good to connect with you here.
Very good.
I'm excited.
Thank you for having me.
We can have a lunch break.
I have not eaten all day.
And I got all your
ingredients right here.
Your TikTok exploded
over the last few months,
as everyone looks at you as
this extraordinary comedian
and almost mother figure.
And the video that
helped you take off
was your love for a
particular sandwich, huh?
I thank god y'all
made this tempeh bacon.
Whoever thought of this?
I was dropping somebody
off by Whole Foods.
And I was like,
ooh, Whole Foods.
They have good vegan options.
I'm going to go in here
and get me some breakfast.
I had never heard of
tempeh Bacon before.
I was like, oh, a vegan bacon?
Honey, let me try that.
And I was like,
oh my lord, I need
to do a video to
tell people that I've
found another vegan option.
I posted the video, turned
my notifications off
and went back to driving Uber.
I didn't think
anything of the video.
Because who was watching?
And by the time I got home and
turned my notifications back
on, my phone--
I thought I had an AMBER alert.
My phone was like buzzing and
doing all kinds of things.
Within four days, Whole Foods
reached out and was like,
we saw the video.
We absolutely love it.
We'd love to work with you.
And I became their brand
ambassador for TTLA sandwich.
Go mind your business.
Have yourself a good die.
But baby, even if you came
no gluten, don't you dare
go messing with nobody else's.
Hear?
Love y'all.
Sometimes it's
inspirational advice.
Other times, it's recipes.
When did you become a vegan?
And why is that so
important to who you are?
I became vegan
August 2017 after being
sick for a year and a half.
I was really sick.
I had resting headache in
the back of my head every day
for one year and seven months.
And I watched "What
the Health" on Netflix
and decided to do a 30-day
challenge with my family.
And in the first 10 days of
the 30-day vegan challenge,
my headaches went away.
And I was pretty
much sold after that.
And your family is sometimes
in your videos as well.
Talk about what it's like
to quarantine with them
and kind of just like the way
you guys kind of creatively
all work together sometime.
My daughter is who
convinced me to get on TikTok.
So of course, she's always
in videos on Instagram.
My daughter and my son pops up.
My husband and I, we do our
own little segment on Fridays.
And you know, I'm not just me.
You know, my family is who I am.
And so to share that
would only be right.
Yeah.
Well Tabitha, let's try
to make a little snack here.
TABITHA BROWN: We're going
to make some avocado toast.
MICHAEL KOENIGS: All right.
I'm a chef today.
TABITHA BROWN: All
right, we got our toast.
Let's get our avocado
and spread it on there.
And once you put your
avocado on there--
and I like to do this sometime.
Go ahead and put just a little
sprinkle of pepper and salt
on the avocado.
MICHAEL KOENIGS: OK.
TABITHA BROWN: Just so it'll
have a little bit of flavor
down under.
And then take a little
bit of the arugula.
Just stick it on there.
The avocado helps it stick.
Now we're throwing on tomato.
TABITHA BROWN: Uh-huh.
Throw your tomato on there.
MICHAEL KOENIGS: OK.
TABITHA BROWN: So now, we'll get
a little bit of olive oil, just
a little bit.
And you're going to kind of
just drizzle it over the top.
And then top it with
your salt and pepper.
MICHAEL KOENIGS: This is
[INAUDIBLE] food, a lot of
color, a lot of nutrition here.
TABITHA BROWN: Right?
It's so colorful, honey.
And it's so delicious.
Wait till you bite into it.
Yeah, let me see what
you're working with.
Dun-dun-dun-dun,
dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun.
Yeah!
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
--your standards, Tabitha?
I know you have high standards.
We think thank
God for it and amen.
[LAUGHS] Let's take a bite.
Man, I thank you.
TABITHA BROWN: Mm.
It's so good.
Mm-mm-mm.
That hits the spot.
Incredible.
Ain't that good?
It's so good, Tabitha.
And it was so good
to chat with you.
Really, it made my day.
Absolutely, honey.
Thank you so much for having me.
