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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!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Just Want to Talk Support Group.

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jun 13, 2019
In reply to @imallears "@jakeduck Hi, Well your situation is different and understandable. If it is an option for you..." + (show)
@imallears

@jakeduck

Hi,
Well your situation is different and understandable. If it is an option for you to hire a cook/housekeeper then maybe she or he would be willing to make several meals that could be frozen. So you do have will power if you can stay off pain meds. But being inactive probably leads to the food cravings . A rock and a hard place for sure.

I’d like to know if your family owned or ran a bakery too.....how interesting.

I remember root beer floats...wow and an orange drink and hot dog with relish at Coney Island...Eggcream sodas.....and the first White Castle hamburgers.....the best things ever back then....and those little wax bottles that were filled with liquid...use to chew the wax and spit it out.....and a bottle of Pepsi with a whole sleeve of Ritz crackers while reading the latest Nancy Drew book....omg I need a snack.....

Stay well....FL Mary

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@imallears
What on earth is eggcream soda? Sounds more repulsive than cooking. Does it have eggs in it. I detest eggs.
No, we didn’t have a bakery. It would never have made a profit with me around. I think your right about inactivity and cravings. Everything tasted better back then, or so I’m told. I have no memory of my first 15 years and pretty sparse afterwards. My Mom told me they had those wax bottles in her day and mine but I don’t remember. Gotta ask my brother.
Egg cream soda sounds vile!!! I remember orange cream, scrumptious!!!
Jake

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JK | @contentandwell | Jun 13, 2019
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@contentandwell
Hi,

Dark chocolate is my go to also. I have to have a sweet thing after I eat dinner....sometimes lunch too. Always been that way but never had the urge to eat more than one piece so, lucky that way. Can make a slice of cheesecake last 3 nights...need just the taste but the urge is not there for more. That’s a blessing although I can understand the urge for more. Also have to have a glass of wine with dinner...again just one. Guess it’s the way I am hardwired more than will power.

FL Mary signing off

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@imallears You are like my husband when it comes to sweets. He has to have something sweet every night - apple pie, strudel, whoopie pies, and Haagen daaz ice cream bars are his current indulgences but he is fine with one small serving.

I was like you with my single glass of wine with dinner, which being post-transplant I can no longer have. My cirrhosis was non-alcoholic but there is still that restriction. I do miss that glass of wine, particularly when we go out for dinner. I am struggling more with the restrictions from recently having discovered that I am lactose intolerant. No more ice cream? Ever?
JK

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 14, 2019
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As long as I eat healthy, which is a chore with my dislike of cooking, I seldom have problems maintaining or losing weight. My downfall is if I don’t eat healthy and my gluttony for deserts kicks in. My Mom can eat just 1 of anything but I can’t. Now I’m hungry for a Carmel cheesecake.
Jake

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Jake - Ah Oh- Give me anything salty and crunchy and I'm a goner. lol

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 14, 2019
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@jakedduck1

I rarely eat breakfast. KP twice a day is torture enough. It’s traumatic enough just to walk through the kitchen to do the laundry. I should have lived in biblical days before they ate the fruit. No laundry, talk about the good old days.
Jake

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Morning Jake- I'm worried about your general health now Jake, or have you just been kidding about your not wanting to do much at home? Are you getting out for walks?

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 14, 2019
In reply to @imallears "@contentandwell Hi, Dark chocolate is my go to also. I have to have a sweet thing..." + (show)
@imallears

@contentandwell
Hi,

Dark chocolate is my go to also. I have to have a sweet thing after I eat dinner....sometimes lunch too. Always been that way but never had the urge to eat more than one piece so, lucky that way. Can make a slice of cheesecake last 3 nights...need just the taste but the urge is not there for more. That’s a blessing although I can understand the urge for more. Also have to have a glass of wine with dinner...again just one. Guess it’s the way I am hardwired more than will power.

FL Mary signing off

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@imallears - Oh do I love chocolate!

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 14, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "Haha, no togas in the beginning, not sure how long the good times continued. I doubt..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

Haha, no togas in the beginning, not sure how long the good times continued. I doubt they cooked the fruit. My grandmother used a washboard and made me use it. She wanted me to appreciate how easy I had it. She lived in a tent for awhile but never made me live in one. Her dad was weird, he had an outhouse in the kitchen. I always wondered what an outhouse in the house would be called. Wine, ick you can have my share. I think my Dad’s accident has something to do with my aversion to alcohol.
Jake

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Jake- They ate a lot of dried fruit, nuts, etc. My mom used a washboard for somethings. I appreciate the reason that you don't want to drink and it might be a blessing because of your kidneys. Have you been to a nutritionist for help in finding more foods that you will eat?

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imallears | @imallears | Jun 14, 2019
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@imallears What on earth is eggcream soda? Sounds more repulsive than cooking. Does it have eggs..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@imallears
What on earth is eggcream soda? Sounds more repulsive than cooking. Does it have eggs in it. I detest eggs.
No, we didn’t have a bakery. It would never have made a profit with me around. I think your right about inactivity and cravings. Everything tasted better back then, or so I’m told. I have no memory of my first 15 years and pretty sparse afterwards. My Mom told me they had those wax bottles in her day and mine but I don’t remember. Gotta ask my brother.
Egg cream soda sounds vile!!! I remember orange cream, scrumptious!!!
Jake

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@jakeduck
EGGCREAMS!!,,Chocolate eggcreams are the best. It’s chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer in the right proportions and mixed by hand to get a nice frothy head much like the head on a beer. It’s rooted in the ethnic Jewish tradition and may have started in Brooklyn but definitely a NY thing. Someone was purported to have invented a special chocolate syrup. You can get it bottled in NY and it is a favorite in Long Island where I lived. I think there’s a few places in Manhattan where you can still order one.

As a teenager we had our favorite places to get them and usually drank them several times a week. There were a few other flavors like strawberry but I don’t think they caught on and I can remember the taste to this day.

You hate eggs? Good thing I didn’t suggest omelettes or frittatas. I only drink good wine...not a wine snob but know my wines. Recently sent back an inferior Pinot Gris at a restaurant. Was substituted for another more expensive label. It wasn’t the label they said it was. I was with family who are also wine drinkers and they agreed. Not an upscale restaurant so I let it go. It just completes a meal for me. And yes, I do have a wine refrigerator. That I made space for.

Another hot stormy day from FL Mary

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jun 14, 2019
In reply to @imallears "@jakeduck Hi, Well your situation is different and understandable. If it is an option for you..." + (show)
@imallears

@jakeduck

Hi,
Well your situation is different and understandable. If it is an option for you to hire a cook/housekeeper then maybe she or he would be willing to make several meals that could be frozen. So you do have will power if you can stay off pain meds. But being inactive probably leads to the food cravings . A rock and a hard place for sure.

I’d like to know if your family owned or ran a bakery too.....how interesting.

I remember root beer floats...wow and an orange drink and hot dog with relish at Coney Island...Eggcream sodas.....and the first White Castle hamburgers.....the best things ever back then....and those little wax bottles that were filled with liquid...use to chew the wax and spit it out.....and a bottle of Pepsi with a whole sleeve of Ritz crackers while reading the latest Nancy Drew book....omg I need a snack.....

Stay well....FL Mary

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@imallears My grandfather supposedly invented those little wax bottles with syrupy liquids inside, and the way they were produced. According to some people, he was a mechanical genius and invented all matters of things. Others claim he was a scofflaw. He passed before I was born. And there's your trivia for today!
Ginger

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MGMolly | @Erinmfs | Jun 14, 2019

This is a delicious recipe, but maybe cut back on the sour cream. I added fresh portabello mushrooms, sliced tomatoes, 2 garlic cloves. We had it yesterday, and I'm looking forward to the leftover s! I used Monterrey jack, not provolone.

https://www.tasteandtellblog.com/baked-penne-recipe/
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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 14, 2019
In reply to @lioness "@merpreb good article well out goes my Cheerios and oats. I just had a smoothie for..." + (show)
@lioness

@merpreb good article well out goes my Cheerios and oats. I just had a smoothie for breakfast .

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Lioness- Good morning. I have begun drinking Turmeric and taking supplements everyday now. I found a fantastic chai turmeric tea by RISHI- https://www.rishi-tea.com/product/organic-turmeric-chai-caffeine-free-herbal-blend/caffeine-free-botanical. My husband even loves it. And the pills have every ingredient needed. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0112M60KI?ref=ppx_pt2_dt_b_prod_image
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-turmeric#section4
What improvements have you found? I seem to have more pep and since this has only been a couuple of weeks I'm hoping that other things are happening inside of me that I'm not aware of.
Have you increased your intake of Turmeric ?

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