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Recipes, Food Tips, Healthy Eating & More

Posted by Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor @debbraw, Feb 22, 2019

Some of the members of the Gratitude Discussion Group were interested in having a place to share recipes and food ideas. I’m hoping that we can use this thread as a place to have that kind of discussion. I’d love to hear your ideas for quick meals, comfort food, healthy snacks, and more.

Personally, I’ve just been through a bad reaction to one of my medications that left me with a very queasy stomach. I would love to hear ideas – or recipes – that might be used when you need to get something on your stomach, but don’t want to overdo it.

Hopefully, this thread will even be a place where we can share recipes for special treats and yummy rewards. It doesn’t always have to be healthy!

I’d love to hear from members who have been part of other discussions AND from new members who have good ideas, recipes and food tips to share. I’m excited to see who might start us off here with an awesome food suggestion!

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Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor | @debbraw | May 26, 2019

Hey cooking friends, Does anyone have an Instapot? I just bought one and I am excited to start trying it out. I welcome any recipes that you experienced users may have. Tomorrow I'm going to make sweet and sour pork as well as shaved brussel sprouts. I'll let you know if I like them better in the instapot or roasted.

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Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor | @debbraw | May 27, 2019
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@debbraw

Hey cooking friends, Does anyone have an Instapot? I just bought one and I am excited to start trying it out. I welcome any recipes that you experienced users may have. Tomorrow I'm going to make sweet and sour pork as well as shaved brussel sprouts. I'll let you know if I like them better in the instapot or roasted.

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Update on instapot cooking: I like roasted brussel sprouts better than ones done in the instapot. The positive part was that I put 2 lbs of shaved brussel sprouts in the cooker along with diced apples, dried cranberries, cooked bacon, cider vinegar, maple syrup and olive oil. It took 3 minutes to cook this whole thing perfectly. The downside was that I don't really like that vinegary taste and I hate the cabbage-y smell. It was made worse by the fact that when you vent the steam to let the pressure out, it goes all over the room making a terrible cabbage smell throughout the house. Yuck. I made hotdogs and hamburgers today and postponed my sweet and sour pork til tomorrow. I'll let you know how that comes out. (I don't mind my kitchen smelling like sweet and sour pork!)

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lioness | @lioness | May 27, 2019

I did canning all my married life and did sauerkraut from our garden ,down in the basement talk about smell I buy mine now

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | May 27, 2019
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@lioness

I did canning all my married life and did sauerkraut from our garden ,down in the basement talk about smell I buy mine now

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@lioness
But you’ll be making fresh for our New Years pork & sauerkraut dinner, right?
Jake

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lioness | @lioness | May 27, 2019
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@jakedduck1

@lioness
But you’ll be making fresh for our New Years pork & sauerkraut dinner, right?
Jake

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@my son does the canning of sauerkraut now I still do vegetable soup and sell 5.00 .

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | May 28, 2019
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@debbraw

Update on instapot cooking: I like roasted brussel sprouts better than ones done in the instapot. The positive part was that I put 2 lbs of shaved brussel sprouts in the cooker along with diced apples, dried cranberries, cooked bacon, cider vinegar, maple syrup and olive oil. It took 3 minutes to cook this whole thing perfectly. The downside was that I don't really like that vinegary taste and I hate the cabbage-y smell. It was made worse by the fact that when you vent the steam to let the pressure out, it goes all over the room making a terrible cabbage smell throughout the house. Yuck. I made hotdogs and hamburgers today and postponed my sweet and sour pork til tomorrow. I'll let you know how that comes out. (I don't mind my kitchen smelling like sweet and sour pork!)

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Hi @debbraw

You have mentioned before about "shaved brussel sprouts." How do you do this? With a shredder?

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Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor | @debbraw | May 28, 2019

Hi Teresa @hopeful33250 - They used to sell shaved brussel sprouts at Publix and I loved them. They discontinued them for some reason. So, now I have to do it myself. I hold onto the cut-off stem end and slice them thinly like you might slice an onion. Someone told me you could do this in a food processor, but I don't know how. Mine would end up mincing the brussel sprouts and you don't want that. Good luck!

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | May 28, 2019
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@debbraw

Hi Teresa @hopeful33250 - They used to sell shaved brussel sprouts at Publix and I loved them. They discontinued them for some reason. So, now I have to do it myself. I hold onto the cut-off stem end and slice them thinly like you might slice an onion. Someone told me you could do this in a food processor, but I don't know how. Mine would end up mincing the brussel sprouts and you don't want that. Good luck!

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Thanks, @debbraw

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imallears | @imallears | May 28, 2019
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@hopeful33250

Hi @debbraw

You have mentioned before about "shaved brussel sprouts." How do you do this? With a shredder?

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@hopeful33250 Hi, You could use a mandoline for the thinnest most uniform slices. The food processor would have to have the attachment that you would feed the sprouts through....use to have one many years ago. Was more trouble than it was worth as I remember. I generally use a knife unless I am doing a large amount of slicing of veggies for a special dish or company. I also wear a glove that I use for grating when I use the knife cuz I am a klutz when it comes to nicking my fingers. Don't need blood in my veggies.

Regards from FL Mary

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