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Brussels Sprouts and Kale Salad

October 15, 2020

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I came up with this Brussels Sprouts and Kale Salad to help celebrate the fall season. Fall is a great time of year for the hardier vegetables like Brussels sprouts and kale. I went to make lunch the other day while my daughter-in-law was visiting and said, "I know. Let's make this salad I've been thinking about." We both enjoyed it and we both had some ideas on how to improve it. It's been quite a while since I posted about my cruciferous crunch salad. This is in the same vein but has a simpler dressing and fewer veggies. I bet you could use a bag of cruciferous crunch salad with this recipe. This recipe uses sliced Brussels sprouts and chopped kale. You can buy both of...

Cabbage, Potato, and Sausage Soup in the Instant Pot

October 8, 2020

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

It's fall once again and my heart turns to soups, including my recipe for a Cabbage, Potato, and Sausage Soup and I'm using the Instant Pot for this. If you don't have an Instant Pot, you can make this just as easily on the stove. I wanted to see how the cabbage and potato would work in the Instant Pot and it turned out great. In all of the recipes in Becoming Elli, you can count on there being a lot of recipes that include cabbage. I'm not sure why that is. I posted my basic cabbage soup recipe a while ago. Ingredients 1/2 Tbsp. avocado oil 2 carrots, chopped 2 stalks of celery, chopped About 1 lb of baby red potatoes, cut in half or quarters depending on the size 1/2 of...

#InstantPot #kielbasa #soup cabbage

Tuna and Sardine Salad

September 10, 2020

Food and Drink, Recipes

I never really thought I'd be writing a post about tuna and sardine salad. The mind is a funny thing. I wanted to make lunch the other day and I thought I'd make my standard salad for lunch. I like to add protein to my salad. Usually I have some cooked chicken in the refrigerator just ready to be chopped up and added to my salad. This day, however, I was out of chicken because I used all of it in my Easy Coconut Red Curry Chicken. I was back to rummaging around in my pantry where I found a can of tuna and thought, no, that's not what I want. A can of sardines was lurking behind the tuna. I remembered that I should definitely...

Easy Coconut Red Curry Chicken

September 1, 2020

Food and Drink, Recipes

Here's how I made an easy coconut red curry chicken. I used the ingredients I had on hand and came up with a tasty dinner that didn't take long to assemble. Fast, easy, and good. It really doesn't get much better than that. I cleaned out my freezer recently and realized that I had a large bag of frozen stir fry vegetables that I needed to use sooner than later. Also, I had some cooked chicken breast that I wanted to use for my dinner. Not only did I have a can of coconut milk but I also had some red curry paste in the pantry. Probably my dish is not very authentic Thai food but it was tasty and quick so it counts as a win...

Keeping Healthy Routines When Life Gets in the Way

August 8, 2020

Fitness, Food and Drink

It's been a crazy summer for me and I'm having a difficult time keeping healthy routines because life is getting in the way. I'd like to blame the virus. It certainly didn't help. My time the past month has really been refocused as a caregiver, so while I don't have free time, I do have "hang out" downtime. My normal summer routines include: Hours of bike riding. Usually two rides a week A two hour short ride and a longer really fun day ride with a big group on the weekend. Group exercise at the gym Big veggie salads at potlucks with friends Some summer fun on the lake A week vacation on the ocean beach with lots of walking and contemplation This summer has been very memorable, but...

Can You Be Fit and Strong on a Road Trip?

June 25, 2020

Fit and Strong, Fitness, Food and Drink

I’ve had to make a few trips out of town this year and I’m wondering if it’s possible to be fit and strong on a road trip. It’s definitely a challenge, Eating While Traveling My trips this year have been road trips. I’ve learned to pack food for the journey because trying to eat on the road is not great. Stopping to eat at a restaurant takes time and choices aren’t great anyway. That leaves eating at a fast food restaurant or grabbing snacks from a gas station. I remember reading Michael Pollan’s Food Rules. One of the rules was don’t buy food where you buy gasoline. There’s a reason for that. Gas stations are now mini restaurants; some have fast food franchises tucked inside the station....

Cooking Cabbage in the Instant Pot

June 14, 2020

Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

Cooking cabbage in the Instant Pot is so quick and easy. This recipe is perfect for nights when you need some vegetables quickly. One of the things I like about the Instant Pot is that you can cook things quickly and easily. You load it up and turn it on and only deal with it again when the Instant Pot turns off. I just have to share this recipe even though it's another cabbage recipe. We provide a lot of ways to cook cabbage here at the Becoming Elli website. We've posted recipes for cabbage soup, keto cabbage, spicy cabbage in the crockpot, and others. Just go to the website and do a search on cabbage. You'll see what I mean. You only need three items for this...

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Pam Sherman’s Big Ass Salad

May 25, 2020

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes

Are you wondering about the Big Ass Salad? During our recent podcast interview with Pam Sherman, she mentioned that she has a salad every day. Not just any salad, but one she refers to as the BAS! The Big Ass Salad. She says the cabbage is more filling than a spring mix. Jill and I just couldn't let that go! We needed the recipe...

Eating Healthy during Uncertain Times

March 29, 2020

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Veggie Challenge

I am finding it difficult to eat healthy and keep my protein, carbohydrate and fat levels in the right amount. Eating healthy during uncertain times has been a big challenge for me. For some reason I am craving carbs and find it difficult to not gravitate to them. Maybe it is the comfort food aspect? Maybe its because I'm anxious and a little bored. I'm looking for a comforting distraction. I'm posting these photos that I took a while back to help inspire me to meal prep veggies and lean protein. While most of the time I am doing fine, I notice I'm more lonely and find myself having a mini pity party over the things that have been curtailed and the routines that I love that...

Cabbage Soup is Lunch of Choice

March 5, 2020

Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I am having cabbage soup for lunch today. I made a large batch of soup a few weeks ago and put some containers of it in the freezer to save for later. Today is a cold, snowy day here in Ohio and I’m working from home. I was daydreaming about what I was going to eat for lunch and decided to get a container of soup out of the freezer. Customizing the Soup The best thing about this soup is that I can add to it. When I made this soup originally, I added some cooked chicken and beans to the soup. Today I decided to use up the chopped butternut squash that was in my refrigerator so I chopped it into smaller pieces, coated it with some...

#soup #veggiechallenge cabbage vegetables

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Brussels Sprouts and Kale Salad

Cabbage, Potato, and Sausage Soup in the Instant Pot

Tuna and Sardine Salad

Easy Coconut Red Curry Chicken

Keeping Healthy Routines When Life Gets in the Way

Can You Be Fit and Strong on a Road Trip?

Cooking Cabbage in the Instant Pot

Pam Sherman’s Big Ass Salad

Eating Healthy during Uncertain Times

Cabbage Soup is Lunch of Choice

Beyond the Basic Bowl: Creative Ways to Use Quinoa

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