Foods Long Life

Enjoy this Italian-style potato salad in minutes. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Working my way through our Potato Harvest In my quest to use the 50+ pounds of potatoes that we harvested, I whipped up this potato salad yesterday using my Instant Pot. This is an Italian-style potato salad that my dad used to make for me using lemon and oil instead of mayonnaise. It also uses parsley from my garden and fresh garlic that I harvested a while back. New potatoes only take a few minutes to cook in the Instant Pot and don't need peeling, just a good scrub. I only use 1 1/4 pounds of potatoes in this recipe because it's best when served warm and fresh.                         *                         *                         *  Lemony Instant Pot Potato Salad Vegan, gluten and ...

Use a mandoline to thinly slice cucumbers. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. How Slicing Makes a Difference How a vegetable or fruit is sliced can make a big difference on its texture and even its flavor. My daughter was here this week and when I asked her to make a side dish with the garden cucumbers I just picked, she made this beautiful salad. Although this recipe has few ingredients, the thinly shaved cucumber slices give it an elegant presentation. Its tangy lemon dill dressing coats every little slice and makes a great low-calorie summer side dish. If you are a fish eater, this lemon dill salad pairs perfectly with grilled wild salmon. A mandoline is used to slice the cucumbers  To cut the cucumbers this thin, you will need a  mandoline slicer. Please be careful when using this tool and ALWAYS use the guard, although it's tough to do when cutting these thin cucumbers. This is what happened to me last year when I didn't take my own advice wh...

Contains 7 of my Top 20 Foods For Long Life Dairy and gluten free and only 134 calories per serving! Follow us on Facebook and Pinterest . Food Makes a Great Gift Who doesn't love a beautiful gift basket - especially when it's full of mushrooms! This beautiful 2 pound gourmet mushroom basket from Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. inspired lots of meals last week. Meals like mushroom risotto, mushroom frittata, mushrooms and kale, and more. But my favorite and healthiest creation was this Creamy Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup with Garlicky Clamshell and Pioppini Mushrooms.  Mycopia Mushroom Gift Basket  Now that you have my list of Top 20 Foods For Long Life , it's fun to see just how many longevity foods you can pack into one recipe. This one has seven: two cruciferous vegetables (broccoli and cauliflower), mushrooms, two alliums (garlic and onions), fresh lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil. To top it off, this recipe is very low in calories and packed with a pound-busting 15 ...

Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Why Diets Don't Always Make You Healthy I'm trying to lose a few holiday pounds right now and I'd guess most of you are too. But as we focus on the scale we often lose site of our health. And shouldn't good health really be the goal? So instead of following a fad diet that may not be good for in the long run, let's fill our plates with the most fiber-rich, nutrient-dense and delicious foods we can and then we won't have room for or crave the bad stuff! I guarantee you will lose weight and won't be the least bit hungry. After six years and more than 500 Foods For Long Life posts, I thought it was time to list the foods that I think are most important for health and long life. So here it is, my top 20 foods with some popular recipes that use them. I could have just as easily written about 50 of them but my husband discouraged me from doing that. I'll have to save that list for my next book.  Top 20 ...