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No Instant Pot? Download my eBook,  Health Begins in the Kitchen, for vegan Thanksgiving Recipe ideas and Menus you can make without an Instant Pot. Available on Amazon and iTunes . Instant Pot - a Needed Helper for Holiday Cooking If you're like most families, your oven and all the burners are busy when cooking for the holidays, especially on Thanksgiving. What better time to have an Instant Pot to lend a helping hand. I've got two! Here are a few healthy, low-calorie Instant Pot recipes you might want to consider for your holiday meals. Except for the Farro recipe, they are also gluten free. Start with Soup I have two takes on soup. The first is one that's casual, served in a mug and handed to your guests in the kitchen while everyone is cooking. To do this, you need a brothy soup, like this Instant Pot Butternut Squash Soup   that I blogged earlier this week. At only 117 calories, this won't many calories to your meal. Of course, the other take on soup is to serve ...

This simple butternut squash soup is a great first course for your holiday dinner. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . For healthy, vegan holiday recipes, check out my ebook,  Health Begins in the Kitchen . Quick and Easy Soup in the Instant Pot With several dozen butternut squash from my harvest, I've been trying to create a really simple, delicious, and healthy recipe so that I can enjoy them over the next few months. This recipe, using my Instant Pot Pressure Cooker,  makes a steamy, brothy soup that makes a wonderful beginning to any meal. I will be hauling a few of my squash to my daughter's house next week so that we can serve this soup on Thanksgiving day. Butternut squash can sometimes be tough to cut and a bit intimidating, so check out my post, An Easy Way to Cut a Butternut Squash Without a Machete . If you don't have an Instant Pot, follow the Stove Top recipe below.                 ...

Olive oil is a healthy substitute for butter in holiday baking - Here's why! Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Check out my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Holiday Baking Before you start baking holiday goodies for your family, friends, and neighbors, consider substituting some or all of that butter with extra virgin olive oil. Here's why! First of all, it takes less olive oil than butter.  Here's how it converts: Butter              Oil 1 tsp       =      3/4 tsp 1 TB               2 1/4 tsp 2 TB               1 1/2 TB 1/4 C              3  TB 1/3 C             1/4 C 1/2 C              1/4 C + 2 TB 2/3 C              1/2 C 3/4 C              1/...

These warm, whole grain muffins make a healthy, fall breakfast. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Download my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Warm Muffins - A Wholesome Addition to Breakfast As the weather cools down, it's nice to start the day with a warm breakfast. These muffins, bursting with blueberries, apples and walnuts, are delicious with Kite Hill almond-based cream "cheese." Take the leftovers to work or school, as they make a wonderful mid-afternoon snack. Blueberries are one of the highest antioxidant foods we can eat plus each low-calorie, high-fiber muffin is packed with over a 1/2 gram of omega-3 due to the addition of walnuts and flaxseeds!                     *                             *                             * Whole Wheat Apple Blueberry Muffins ...