Foods Long Life

A simple way to get more veggies into your family's diet! It's also a great gluten free side dish for the holidays. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Did you know the Instant Pot has a Rice Button? For the first year I owned my Instant Pot, I didn't use the Rice button a single time. I cooked just about everything using the Manual button. One day I thought I'd give that poor neglected button a try.  Here's a simple recipe for a rice side dish that provides the added benefit of dietary fiber, vitamin A, C, potassium and manganese as well as magnesium, vitamin E and B6. For the rice, I prefer Tamaki Haiga , the short grain white rice that retains the germ. I call it "white rice without the guilt." (Please note that the Rice button is only timed for white or parboiled rice.)                  *                           *       ...

Delicata squash makes a whole meal when stuffed with spicy black beans and saffron rice. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Peek at my eBook, Health Begins in the Kitchen . Delicata Squash Delicata squash grow easily and I harvested about 2 dozen of them a few weeks ago. Although I usually just roast them with rosemary  , lately I've been stuffing them with various things. Since Doug loves black beans, for lunch today I baked the delicata squash, made some saffron rice in my rice maker, heated up a can of spicy black beans with some fresh red bell peppers from my garden, and voila - a yummy, meat-free meal!  Black beans are a great source of high quality protein, folate, thiamin and fiber.  Here's the recipe!                      *                               *                 ...

Creamy butternut squash risotto is the perfect Christmas dish for your vegan and gluten-free guests. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest. Christmas Menu I love to serve risotto for the holidays but it is a difficult dish to make when there are a number of things on the menu and you don't feel like stirring for 30 minutes with company sitting at the table. But this year I have my new Instant Pot Pressure Cooker and making risotto is a snap. Once the butternut squash is roasted, scooped from the skin, and mashed (you can do that earlier in the day), just stir it into the cooked risotto which only takes minutes in this pot and requires no stirring! But even if you make risotto the traditional way, this dish is worth the effort. The roasted squash adds a beautiful buttery texture to the risotto and the Meyer lemon gremolata is the perfect topping when you want flavor without a dairy parmesan.  Make no-stir risotto in the Instant PotIP-DU060 in 5 minute (plus t...