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Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep with Health Coach Beth Kazcmar

Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep with Health Coach Beth Kaczmar

September 10, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Podcast, Veggie Challenge

Episode 41 Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 41, Jill and Chris talk with Health Coach Beth Kaczmar about healthy eating, grocery shopping and meal prep ideas. She holds a bachelor's degree from University of Akron in Nutrition and Dietetics, is certified in health coaching through Precision Nutrition and currently works as a health coach at a medical practice. She likes to help people to see what they can eat, instead of focusing on what they are told they can't eat. She said she likes to help them with variety, make it about recipes. "We tweak recipes, so they are not feeling deprived. For instance, substituting, normal flour for an almond flour and then adjust...

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These are a Few of my Favorite Veggies

September 7, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Veggie Challenge

I love vegetables, especially my favorite veggies. I have found that if I don't have a bunch of product in the refrigerator, I feel like we don't have food. Most of them I cook, but many just eat raw. "Eat your vegetables" is something that kids hear from adults, but many times, even as adults, we find it hard to eat enough vegetables. During 2019, we've been doing the #VeggieChallenge here in Becoming Elli by coming up with new recipes or trying new vegetables each week. While it's a marvelous goal, I'm finding that my vegetable list continues to include the tried and true choices. Here's what I find that I buy and eat most often. I guess you would call these My Favorite Veggies: Artichokes - I usually...

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Corn on the Cob: Veggie Challenge

September 5, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Veggie Challenge

Corn on the cob is not a unique vegetable nor is it an unusual way of preparing corn. So, technically, it probably doesn’t count as an entry for the Becoming Elli Veggie Challenge. I’ve been making it frequently over the past few weeks. Yes, I know that most corn is GMO and is high in carbs or sugar. It is usually not on the list of acceptable foods in most weight loss diets. However, it’s August in Ohio and it’s sweet corn season. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of eating sweet corn in the late summer. I can remember my mother stopping at one of the local farm stands to buy corn for our dinner and how we all ate it with great enjoyment. We...

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Getting Veggies during My Big Bike Ride

August 5, 2019
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Veggie Challenge

I posted on Saturday about the fundraising bike ride that I was participating in over this past weekend. Even though I was not preparing any of my own food for the two days of the event, I was still on the lookout for getting my vegetables! Can't really call this a full #veggiechallenge success, but here are a couple of veggies that I ate during the weekend. The dinner on Saturday was a great veggie success at the Ashland College cafeteria! There we had an all-you-can-eat salad bar filled with many wonderful chopped vegetables and also a cooked-to-order vegetable bar. Many many other choices too, but I had the salad bar for my first plate. Then I opted for a big plate of steamed veggies mixed...

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Getting Back into the Groove

Getting Back into the Groove

July 27, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Veggie Challenge, Work Outs

I'm struggling with getting back into the groove of my usual routines and good habits. My planned consistency has taken a back seat to summer social activities. It's funny. I looked forward to summer so much so that I could be outside, running, riding and building my physical levels. Looking back over this year (since summer is more than half over now) between the family vacation, reunions, birthdays, a long wedding weekend, kayak trips and camp-outs, my summer has had more social activity and less physical activity than the last eight or nine summers have had. A regular schedule and a set routine helps ensure I plan my meals, shop for healthy produce regularly, and consistently get solid exercise. Don't get me wrong, I love connecting...

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Adding Vegetables to Breakfast

July 25, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Veggie Challenge

So now I'm adding vegetables to breakfast? Really? Why? Recently, I attended a talk by a local doctor and a health coach. They said most of us need to increase the amount of vegetables we're eating and said we should get nine to ten servings of vegetables per day. The only way I can see to do that is by adding vegetables to breakfast. My typical lunch is a big bowl of salad with a lot of different vegetables on it. I usually start with a bowl of greens, preferably a mix of some kind of lettuce and spinach and then I might add some kale or micro greens in there too. Lunch easily gives me three to four servings of vegetables. Dinner is when I'm most likely to...

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scrambled eggs with vegetables

Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables Recipe for Veggie Challenge

July 24, 2019
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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...

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Breakfast Smoothie Recipe Veggie Challenge

July 24, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Recipes, Veggie Challenge

I've been making a breakfast smoothie frequently for the past few months. I seem to go in cycles on smoothies. At times, they're great and I enjoy having them. They satisfy me until lunch time and I have control over what I eat. Because I add the frozen berries and the pomegranate juice, this smoothie is not green. It can turn a pinkish color, though sometimes it's not an appetizing color. If that happens, serve it in a mug. Here's the recipe of what I've been doing lately. You can easily switch out the vegetables and fruit. Just use what you have on hand. Breakfast Smoothie Ingredients 2 handfuls kale 1 chunk cucumber, skin  removed unless organic 1 carrot 1/2 avocado, peeled and seeded 2 to 3 handfuls frozen berries 1/4 cup pomegranate juice 1...

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Veggie Salad at Lake Erie – #VeggieChallenge

July 21, 2019
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Veggie Challenge

We enjoyed a veggie salad at Lake Erie. This time I cheated a little. Once again I made my famous fresh chopped vegetable salad with olive oil, lemon juice and cider vinegar dressing. It was the perfect salad for staying cool up at Lake Erie. My sister in law made a cucumber salad was really delicious too. Always great to get your vegetables when you're enjoying the breezes at the beach! Salad at Lake Erie Time was of the essence when I was getting ready, so I decided to "cheat" a little by starting with several vegetables all ready to go ahead of time. My local grocery store sells a type of broccoli slaw in a bag that contains a chopped blend of vegetables. They called it "Rainbow Blend". Broccoli Carrots Red...

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cucumber tomato quinoa salad

Cucumber Tomato Quinoa Salad – Veggie Challenge

July 15, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Veggie Challenge

Cucumber Tomato Quinoa Salad is great when you're in the mood for a summer salad and perfect for the #VeggieChallenge! Directions: Cook one cup of quinoa in one and a half cups of boiling water. Stir quinoa frequently until water is absorbed. Take off heat and cover for 15 minutes. Fluff. Peel and remove seeds from the cucumber. Chop Veggies: Tomato Cucumber Carrots Sweet Peppers (red, yellow, orange) Green Pepper Squash Celery Onion Cauliflower Toss together. Add Dressing: Lemon juice Olive Oil Apple Cider Vinegar   Chopping lots of raw vegetables takes a few minutes, but they add lots of flavor and fiber....

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