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Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables Recipe for Veggie Challenge

July 24, 2019

Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

Scrambled eggs with vegetables is just about the easiest breakfast imaginable. The only thing easier would be omitting the vegetables and just having scrambled eggs but then that wouldn't work for the veggie challenge, would it? I often order a vegetable omelet when I breakfast at a restaurant but I struggle to make omelets as good. This dish is similar but easier. There's something about starting with day with this dish that just makes me feel like I'm off to a good start. Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables Assemble the vegetables that you have on hand and chop them into small pieces. Try to make them as close to the same size as possible. In this photo, I used onion, bell pepper, broccoli, and sugar snap peas. Break two or...

Bean and Vegetable Reunion Salad – Veggie Challenge

July 2, 2019

Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

Bean and Vegetable Reunion Salad This salad was made for the family reunion I attended on Saturday. Of course I made something for the veggie challenge. Although there are not any new vegetables in this salad, all the fresh vegetables are balanced with lots of protein with many types of beans. It makes the salad more colorful, too! Delicious, pretty and healthy! I made a whole lot of this salad and only about half of it was eaten. There were about 75 people there, so I expected to see more of it gone. My son said that people are "afraid" of vegetables. I'm not quite sure what he means by that. I think maybe they were more afraid of the beans and the potential for gas. I do...

Snap Peas – Veggie Challenge

April 29, 2019

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

Snap Peas are crunchy and delicious. Although the peas are inside, you can eat the pea pod as well. I think their name comes from the way you prepare them. It doesn't take much. You snap the stem off and pull the thread like fiber that runs down the side of the pea pod to prepare them. I also cut them into four pieces or so to make their size more like a bite size and match the rest of the salad. I put them in my potluck salad and they added a perfect crunchy texture. Here's what is in the salad: Celery Carrots Broccoli Cauliflower Blueberries Yellow peppers Cucumbers Olives Snap peas Dressing: Olive oil, cider vinegar, and lemon juice. I don't usually measure carefully, but put enough...

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What is Resistant Starch and Why Should We Eat It?

April 18, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

Let's talk about resistant starch. What is it? Why should we eat it? What do we eat to add it to our diet? We had a mini-Becoming Elli outing a couple weeks ago and went to see a screening of The Gut Movie. The website adds a subtitle of A Story of Poo and the Future of Medicine. The documentary was an interesting look at research on the microbiome which is the microorganisms living in our intestines and the effect it has on our health. If you have the opportunity to see this movie, take it. I think we all learned something new from watching it. Here on the Becoming Elli website, we’ve discussed the benefits of eating fermented foods for our bodies and our microbiome. In...

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Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

April 6, 2019

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

Since I'm trying to do a new veggie each week, I'd be remiss not to talk about the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen. Although this has been a thing for a while, I'm still trying to get on board. The "dirty dozen" and the "clean fifteen" are ways to deal with the about pesticides that are so difficult to wash off of the fruits and vegetables. These guidelines (which basically is just a list of foods) are a great place to know when to buy organic and when it is safe to buy regular. Today's post was prompted by a recent food report that found some multiple samples of kale with 18 types of pesticide residue. Yikes! And kale is listed as number 3, meaning strawberries and...

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Free Range Eggs – What Does That Actually Mean?

March 16, 2019

Food and Drink

Some of you may know that my husband and I keep chickens. They've been known to make a vocal appearance from time to time in the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast. They like to announce when they have just laid an egg - at least that is what I think they are saying! I love the idea of farm fresh free range eggs. What does that mean exactly? At our house, free range eggs means that the chicken run free, at least some of the time. I will say, it is safer for chickens to stay in a pen. Ours are always penned in at night! When they are locked inside the pen, no hawks, owls, possums, raccoons, dogs and other predators are going to get them. There...

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Shredded Zucchini – Veggie Recipe of the Week

March 4, 2019

Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I love zucchini and usually slice it into rounds. Today I used a grater and shredded it into bits. I added it into my salad to bulk it up with more vegetables. Besides adding it to a salad, zucchini is also good to add to a stew or a soup. Other people like make it into a side dish. It is easy, just saute the shredded zucchini in olive oil, scramble an egg into it and stir in some freshly ground Parmesan cheese. I may try shredding some apples and combining the shredded zucchini with a tart dressing for an apple-zucchini slaw. This week's veggie challenge brings ways to use the zucchini with several ideas for shredded zucchinis including salads, stews, soups and with eggs....

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Twelve Ways to Eat More Vegetables

February 7, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

One thing that stands out in the podcast episodes we’ve had with food and nutrition experts is that everyone, regardless of what else they recommend, seem to recommend eating more vegetables. The nutrients and fiber that vegetables provide to our bodies are invaluable. The different colors of vegetables provide different nutrients which is why we’re often instructed to “eat the rainbow.” Chris and I often share vegetable recipes. If you check out our ebook, Fitness Food, you’ll see most of the recipes include vegetables. Plus, we’re having the One New Vegetable a Week Challenge in the Becoming Elli community. You can either try a new vegetable or prepare one in a new way. Not to continue to harp on vegetables, but let me share one more post...

Embracing Vegetables with a Delicious Vegetable Soup

January 26, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes

Vegetables are primarily carbohydrates (not a lot of fat or protein), but the fiber, flavor and undeniable vitamins in vegetables make them a "go-to" food choice for most people wanting a healthy diet. In 2019, we kicked off the Vegetable Challenge at the Becoming Elli Community with Jill's blog post and also talked about it in this week's podcast. We realize that trying one new vegetable a week - 52 new vegetables in 2019 - may be difficult for those who have been working on increasing vegetables intake for years, so we modified it a bit. Jill has found some vegetables that she has never tried before with purple Brussel sprouts. That is saying something, because she's adventuresome when it comes to trying new things! I'm planning on...

2019 Resolutions: One New Vegetable a Week

January 10, 2019

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

Now that it’s the new year, we’re all talking about goals and resolutions. I’m looking for easy to make changes. In our podcast episode, Setting Goals for the New Year (episode 25), we discuss some simple changes we can make to our lives, such as add another vegetable to each meal or drink more water. I always need to drink more water so that’s a good one for me to do. I could probably add more vegetables to my diet so that might be a good one for me to work on too. One way I can do that is to take the "one new vegetable a week" challenge. One New Vegetable a Week Challenge Now that goals are on our minds, Chris and I decided it...

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Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables Recipe for Veggie Challenge

Bean and Vegetable Reunion Salad – Veggie Challenge

Snap Peas – Veggie Challenge

What is Resistant Starch and Why Should We Eat It?

Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

Free Range Eggs – What Does That Actually Mean?

Shredded Zucchini – Veggie Recipe of the Week

Twelve Ways to Eat More Vegetables

Embracing Vegetables with a Delicious Vegetable Soup

2019 Resolutions: One New Vegetable a Week

Beyond the Basic Bowl: Creative Ways to Use Quinoa

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