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Creamy Vegetable Soup in the Instant Pot

January 7, 2021

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

I came up with my version of creamy vegetable soup in the Instant Pot. I was out of town unexpectedly recently and left with a refrigerator full of vegetables. When I got back, I realized that I needed to use some of the produce quickly or I was going to have to throw it out. It was more than I could eat in one sitting so I tried to come up with a creative solution. We've shared a variety of vegetable recipes on this site. Chris shared a recipe for vegetable soup. I didn't have enough variety of veggies to make her recipe so had to come up with something different. Creamy Vegetable Soup in the Instant Pot Here’s the recipe I created. I used the Instant Pot for...

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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...

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Fiber and Flavor in My Favorite Salad

September 19, 2020

Fit and Strong, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

Regular readers know how much I love this salad. Perhaps you have developed a favorite go-to salad much like my perfect no panic potluck salad. One reason I love this salad it that it doesn't spoil quickly because the dressing is olive oil, vinegar and lemon juice. Another reason is that you can easily up the protein by adding beans and tuna. I usually add dill and basil to the dressing and toss. It's great if you make it the day ahead because the flavor gets into all the veggies and really tastes great. Of course the taste is something I really love. This time of year adding fresh veggies right out of the garden makes it especially appealing. Cucumbers, tomatoes, and fresh squash or zucchini are...

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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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...

Veggie Blender Dressing – Tricking Myself into Eating More Vegetables

March 7, 2020

Veggie Challenge

This veggie blender dressing makes a big difference. Getting lots of vegetables can be more difficult in the winter months. Yesterday I got an idea on how to increase the amount of vegetables I eat. So often I make the same veggies, my Brussel sprouts, cauliflower or my easy no panic potluck salad. I thought, what if I use vegetables as the base of my salad dressing? This is my first attempt. It wasn't bad, but I'm looking forward to making some modifications. Recipe for Veggie Blender Dressing: 1 large Green Pepper 1 Yellow Squash 1 large carrot Each of these veggies were rough chopped and placed into the blender (Vita-Mix) Then I added some liquid: extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice. I blended the mixture on the smoothie setting and...

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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...

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Veggie and Fruit Smoothie of Green Goodness

December 9, 2019

Veggie Challenge

This veggie and fruit smoothie isn't exactly within the parameters of the #VeggieChallenge, so let me explain! We've been working on our #VeggieChallenge for almost a year now! At first, it was easy to try a new vegetable every week. I did pretty well with that for about the first 6 months or so. However, I'll tell you 24 new vegetables are hard to come up with! (Let alone 52!!) So then we modified it a bit. The veggie challenge became, try a new vegetable or a new vegetable recipe once a week. That actually went well too. But this week, I'm going backwards. I've gone back to something I used to do quite a bit - veggie and fruit smoothies with a spinach base. I used to drink...

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Butternut Squash – Veggie Challenge

October 30, 2019

Recipes, Veggie Challenge

There is something so delicious about butternut squash! I thought I'd share my simple way of preparing them. Turn on the oven to 400 to preheat it. Prepare the butternut squash: I find that the skin peel is super hard on butternut squash. So the first thing I do is pierce the skin with three skewer holes and microwave for 2 minutes. Put olive oil on a cookie sheet. Sometimes I put tinfoil down on the sheet first and then the olive oil. It's up to you. While this short microwave doesn't really cook the squash, it softens up the thick skin enough that I can get a knife into them. I split them down the middle. Place face down on a lightly oiled cookie sheet to prevent sticking....

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Veggie Challenge

Creamy Vegetable Soup in the Instant Pot

Brussels Sprouts and Kale Salad

Cabbage, Potato, and Sausage Soup in the Instant Pot

Fiber and Flavor in My Favorite Salad

Cooking Cabbage in the Instant Pot

Eating Healthy during Uncertain Times

Veggie Blender Dressing – Tricking Myself into Eating More Vegetables

Cabbage Soup is Lunch of Choice

Veggie and Fruit Smoothie of Green Goodness

Butternut Squash – Veggie Challenge

Zucchini Casserole Recipe from Marcia Allen

Yummy Sauteed Keto Cabbage

Watercress Salad for Veggie Challenge

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