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Potatoes and kale make an easy side dish in your Instant Pot Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Download my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen! Potatoes and Kale I am starting to harvest my potatoes - see my post, How to Grow your Own Potatoes . Since I still have lots of lovely kale in the garden, I thought I'd make a recipe using kale and my tender new potatoes. Sliced Magic Molly and Pinto Gold new potatoes. Studies show a link between the consumption of purple potatoes and the reduction of diastolic and systolic blood pressure. Here's a quick recipe using my Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker .                                                 *                                *                       ...

Raw Cucumber and Radish Salad with Lemon Dill Dressing. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest  Preparing for my Cucumber Harvest Yesterday I picked the first cucumber from my garden. I'm actually surprised that I got to eat it since my friend and neighbor, Pam, has been carefully monitoring and hovering over the plant for the last few weeks! But this is a very prolific plant so there will be lots more to come and  soon I'll be begging people to come get them. Cucumbers are my "go to" diet food in the summer. When I need a snack, I just peel a cucumber and munch away. A small cucumber is only 16 calories and is a very good source of vitamin C and K and a good source of B vitamins such as B6, folate, and pantothenic acid as well as some important minerals like magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese. It's also a good source of dietary fiber. Here are 10 Things to do with Cucumbers #1 Salad The most common way to use a raw cucumber is ...

Grow, dry, and enjoy a cup of chamomile tea. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. Download my ebook, Heath Begins in the Kitchen . Plant Tea in your Herb Garden About 6 weeks ago, I started my herb garden. I went to the nursery and bought about a dozen different young starts. In the mix, I bought some German chamomile. It's a hardy, fast-growing plant and, if you've never grown your own tea, this would be a good one to start with.   Chamomile (Matricaria Recutita). Its daisy-like flowers contain many healing and therapeutic substances. Chamomile Benefits German chamomile contains substances that promote relaxation and decrease inflammation. As a tea, it helps reduce anxiety and many people take it at night to help them relax so that they can fall asleep. It is also used by some for digestive system issues and menstrual cramps. Chamomile is often found in creams used for skin conditions, such as eczema. Harvesting Once the little yellow and white flowers bloom...

A quick and easy zucchini recipe for your Instant Pot. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . And Here They Come! The first zucchini of the season Last year I grew way too many summer squash so I only planted 2 zucchini this year. I devoted most of the "squash real estate" to those that don't need to be eaten immediately. I planted delicata, kabocha, and butternut that have taken up a lot of space but at least I don't have the stress that zucchini brings of making sure they don't grow into baseball bats overnight or having to constantly place them into good homes. My kabocha squash has taken up half the yard! Yet, even with only 2 zucchini plants, I've already got a dozen in my refrigerator! Zucchini and Instant Pots Today's recipe uses an Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker  but I have to warn you, zucchini cook very quickly so you have to pay careful attention to release pressure the moment it is done. You can also make this recipe in ...