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cabbage and onions in the instant pot

Instant Pot – Cabbage and Onion

July 10, 2022
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I should start by saying I love a cabbage and onion mixture! It's been a while since I pulled out the instant pot and used it to cook anything. The other day I noticed I still had a lot of little onions and a big cabbage that had been sitting in the refrigerator since the last grocery shop. I hate it when I spend good money on fresh produce and then let it get into old produce! The flavor is always compromised. I decided to saute the onions in a bit of olive oil. They were small onions, about golf ball size, so I just peeled and cut in half before lightly sauteing. Then I rough cut the cabbage in both directions and thru it into the...

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zucchini from the garden

Eating Zucchini from the Garden

July 5, 2022
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I love fresh vegetables from garden, especially zucchini from the garden! It's fun to watch them grow and I don't think you can eat much more local than that. This year three little zucchini plants have really done well and I anticipate I'll be making zucchini quite a bit later this summer. I've asked some friends in the Becoming Elli group to share their recipes me with because it's easy to get too repetitious with a recipe. If you've ever grown zucchini, you probably know that it all ripens at once! Although some of the ends of my baby zucchini have been nibbled by a deer, I don't think they liked it because it wasn't gone.  The deer have really feasted on the cucumbers, but I'm hoping the...

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Roasting Eggplant in the Air Fryer

My Roasting Eggplant in the Air Fryer Experiment

March 10, 2022
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

If you Google how to roast eggplant in the air fryer, you will discover a lot of recipes. Trust me on that. I found lots of different recipes for roasting eggplant, even when I limited my search to using the Air Fryer. I asked in the Becoming Elli Facebook Group (join us there if you haven’t already!) if anyone had any good ideas on what to do with eggplant. People made many suggestions so I have ways to prepare eggplant for a while. I also checked for other eggplant recipes in this site and found one recipe that Chris posted. It sounds good too so I may add that to my list of ways to prepare eggplant. Roasted eggplant was one of the more popular suggestions so...

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Spicing Up Bland Vegetable Soup

Spicing Up My Bland Vegetable Soup

November 11, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I made a pot of vegetable soup the other day using my Instant Pot. My son and daughter-in-law were coming to visit and I wanted to have soup since it was one of the first cooler days of fall. I was rushed and just sort of threw the soup together. It wasn't bad but it was rather bland. It definitely needed some spicing up. Here's how I made the soup. I used: Onions Carrots Celery Cabbage Potatoes Chicken Can of diced tomatoes Chicken broth Because I was rushed, I didn't sauté any of the vegetables before adding the other ingredients. I decided it didn't really matter.  The Instant Pot was full, almost overly so. I cooked the soup and served it up right away when my guests...

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Salmon and sardine patties

Salmon and Sardine Patties Recipe

June 24, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I love salmon patties. They're quick and easy and taste great. I was trying to figure out how to get more sardines into my diet. I had a number of cans of sardines in my pantry so it made sense to use them but also sardines are supposed to be good for you. Sure, salmon is too but I find it harder to work sardines into my eating patterns. I've written about this before so I guess it's an ongoing challenge for me. This time I wanted something warm for dinner, not a sardine salad so I came up with the idea of salmon and sardine patties. Because we're doing the 2021 Veggie Challenge, I wanted to be sure to add some vegetables to this. Normally...

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Green Goodness Salad Dressing

Green Goodness Salad Dressing

April 1, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

You're going to like this Green Goodness Salad Dressing.  I recently reviewed the Wild About Greens cookbook by Nava Atlas and thought I would try to make something out of the cookbook. I chose to make the Green Goodness Salad Dressing. As you can see in the photograph, this dressing is a gorgeous green color. It's just lovely. Green Goodness Salad Dressing 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 good handfuls of baby spinach leaves 1/2 cup peeled seeded and chopped cucumber 1/2 cup firmly packed fresh parsley Two tablespoons lemon juice Two tablespoons white or red wine vinegar One tablespoon chopped fresh dill or one teaspoon dried dill Freshly ground pepper to taste Place all ingredients in the container of a food processor. Process until all that remains of the parsley is tiny flakes. refrigerate the unused...

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Food and Activity during the Ides of March

March 15, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

Mid-March is a fun time of year for me. The 15th is called the Ides of March (which is supposed to be a warning, but I don't heed it!) This past week has been very enjoyable. It feels like the beginning of spring and the end of winter. Lots of changes with the weather has brought cold sunshine or unexpectedly warm, windy days. I'm looking forward to more outside activities in the coming weeks! Walking More Jill and I had an opportunity to walk outside and catch up in person! Of course we wore our Becoming Elli masks, since we are still in the end stages (hopefully) of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Ohio. I enjoyed seeing lots of birds flying while I was visiting at my...

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A Variation on the Frittata

A Variation on the Frittata

March 4, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I decided to provide you with a variation on the frittata. Chris posted her pepper frittata recipe the other day and she motivated me to cook one for my lunch. I took the opportunity to capture my version of the frittata and thought I'd share it here. Because I used a pan that could go into the oven, I decided to go ahead and throw the frittata under the broiler. I didn't have to do that but it gave everything a nicely browned topping. One of the things I love about making a frittata is that you can save the leftovers and enjoy them the next day. It keeps and reheats well. Another great thing about frittatas is that you can use whatever vegetables you have on hand....

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Quick and Easy Vegetable Ramen Soup

Quick and Easy Vegetable Ramen Soup

February 25, 2021
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When I'm talking about quick and easy vegetable ramen soup, I don't mean the cheap packets of ramen I used to buy for a very cheap meal. Though I suppose you could certainly use those noodles to make this soup and they would work just as well. I don't know about those packets of seasonings though. They may be a bit suspect. I bought a large package of gluten-free organic millet and brown rice ramen noodles at Costco. They're quick and easy to make and here's my take on a quick and easy soup. In one of our recent podcast episodes, Chris and I discussed this year's veggie challenge. Chris said she was cheating because she was using large bags of frozen vegetables to get in those...

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Becoming Elli is for women over the age of 50 who are focused on healthy living and getting fit. We discuss fitness, nutrition, and ways to age gracefully. Our mission is the same as our podcast: to become (and stay) Fit Strong Women Over 50.

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