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@jakedduck1 I buy fresh berries, generally either blueberries or strawberries and wash them -- no sugar or sodium. They keep much longer without getting mold on them if you give them a white vinegar bath -- vinegar and water -- and then rinse them well. The vinegar kills any spores that might be on them. You can use frozen berries too but I would take the amount you want out of the freezer the night before to thaw so they aren't overly cold. When you add the berries and some granola -- check the carbs of the granola -- it really does taste good. I always buy granolas that have fewer than 20 gm of carbs per serving. Depending on the brand a serving is usually either a 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup. Some of them are much, much higher than that.
JK

@jakedduck1 Jake, you may have said before what causes your food restrictions, but if you did I forget. Do you mind telling that?
Vegetables take on a whole better taste when you roast them. Last night we had baked haddock for dinner and I made roasted Brussels sprouts and parsnips for dinner. Even my husband enjoyed it, and it was easy. Just trim the outer leaves from the sprouts and cut them in half or quarters depending on their size, peel and cut the parsnips, toss in a bit of EVOO, and roast. Yum. Brussels Sprouts got a bad name when people just boiled them. My kids both love them.
JK

@JAke- go out and buy prepared meals form your grocery store. You will make yourself sick and wind up in trouble if you don't eat a balanced diet.

Good idea ! With everything going on and for me my taste changed so I am not enjoying good . I get nauseous everyday and I know if I don’t put something in I won’t be able to take my meds . So I work on not losing weight and if I am not getting much , that it is healthy and easy . The only foods that seem to taste like they should is fruit . So when I eat it’s for what I need . Could use some reminders of easy and getting nutrients I need .

@merpreb
Thanks Merry but prepared foods not allowed either. I’d like to go out for a glorious steak dinner with a monster baked potato with globs of butter, sour cream, chives and cheese also some asparagus smothered in cheese sauce and a Dr Pepper. Then stop by the cheesecake kitchen for dessert. It’s been over a year since I’ve gone out for a decent meal. After all it is my birthday. But my doctor would squawk big time. Oh well, the fantasy was nice while it lasted.
Jake

@jakedduck1 The more you think about what you cannot eat the harder it will be. Some here have restricted diets. It is an adjustment and at first you feel deprived and how unfair it all is. Peruse some healthy alternatives online. You are the only one that can do this. Others can be encouraging and supportive. Bottom line is it is up to you. In time you will not think of what you cannot have but healthy alternatives. Lots of good info available. Rather like when you decided no more benzodiazepines. It was hard. You did it!!

Happy birthday Jake-

Jake, have you ever tried foil packet meals?
When I was a kid in scouts, we used to wrap a peice of meat, some veggies, and seasoning in a peice of aluminum foil and cook it over an open fire. These are easily adapted to oven cooking. You can use any combination of meat and vegetables that you like.
Be careful when opening foil as steam will have formed inside and can burn you."
An added benefit is that there is no pan to scrub afterwards😉

@merpreb
Thank you Merry!!
Jake

These foil meals are the ultimate for lots of flavor. I do them frequently as I enjoy different combiations of flavors. I do use a variety of spices as well. Chicken breasts are yummy this way as they tend to be dry ( I call it sawdust chicken) and this technique keeps them moist without sauces as the veggies wrapped with the meat helps with the moisture. @rosemarya I love to cook but do not enjoy the
clean up. Thanks!!