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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.

JK | @contentandwell | Mar 21, 2019
In reply to @hopeful33250 "While avocados are great for many people, please note that they are not the best for..." + (show)
@hopeful33250

While avocados are great for many people, please note that they are not the best for anyone with kidney disease. Here is a list of dietary do's and don'ts for those with kidney disease, https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002442.htm

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@hopeful33250 I really know nothing about kidney problems, but my daughter's dog has kidney problems. My son-in-law texted to ask me to get in certain foods, and he told me to buy chicken thighs. I was surprised that he didn't want me to buy chicken breasts but he said the breasts have more phosphate than thighs! I would imagine that the same would hold true for people with kidney problems, but maybe not.
JK

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JK | @contentandwell | Mar 21, 2019
In reply to @imallears "Hi Theresa and all, I originally joined this forum for hearing loss but find I am..." + (show)
@imallears

Hi Theresa and all,

I originally joined this forum for hearing loss but find I am enjoying this food related thread a lot. I do love to cook. I am all about nutrition and foods effect on your body and overall health. I’m the one who reads the labels on everything and try to avoid sugar and corn syrup and ingredients I can’t pronounce. Five years ago I was diagnosed with early dry Macular Degeneration. My doctor prescribed eye vitamins and all the greens I can eat. It’s been stable for 5 years. My Doctor loves that. I also have 3 gym classes a week, exercise regularly and eat well. I have more energy at almost 78 years of age than ever, my hair is shiny and skin is clear. I don’t “diet” and I love my nightly wine and dark chocolate and my share of pizza. My osteoporosis has improved and I have no aches or pains. Eating well requires a knowledge about food and nutrition which I find interesting.

My daughter and I love to read cook books. Both she and my son are better cooks than I am. My grandkids eat well at home but all of them eat more fast food than they should.

The young people of today eat way too much fast food...there’s just too many places available. You all know about the obesity epidemic in this country. Cooking well is actually easy and not time consuming but so many people can’t be bothered to learn.
You don’t have to eat like a caveman but you truly are what you eat.

Off my soapbox now.
Thanks and regards from Mary

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@imallears Much of your post I could have written myself! My husband sometimes wonders why it takes me as long as it does in the supermarket. It does because if I am buying foods in the aisles I read all of the ingredients and nutrients.

Both my son and daughter are very conscious of healthy eating. I don't think my son has eaten fast food in many years, and my daughter is very good but she does eat things that she should not occasionally. I was very heavy for a long time so I hope they will be conscious of their weight always, I know too well the health problems it causes.

I wish I could say my hair was shiny, etc., but it really is no different from my diet. I also wish I could say I have my nightly glass of wine, but when my non-alcoholic cirrhosis was diagnosed I could no longer have any alcohol. I miss my glass of wine with dinner. I do eat my dark chocolate, a piece almost every day.
JK

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JK | @contentandwell | Mar 21, 2019
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@harriethodgson1

Thanks for your post Mary. I have three leaking heart valves and am getting ready for surgery. So far, I've lost about nine pounds and have another 10 to go. Cooking from scratch has helped me monitor my salt intake and lose some weight. Besides, I think homemade meals taste better.

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@harriethodgson1 Good luck with your surgery, when is it? I too cook mostly from scratch to keep sodium low. I made a great beef stew last week with no salt and shared some with a friend. She texted me afterward that it's a tribute to the chef when it tastes as good as it did, with no salt!
I have been successful at losing weight in the past but right now I do not seem to be dropping any pounds despite eating very low calorie/carb. I track my food on myfitnesspal so I know I my calories are low but nothing is happening! Hopefully one day I will weigh myself and have lost at least a couple of pounds.
JK

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Harriet Hodgson | @harriethodgson1 | Mar 21, 2019

Your beef stew sounds marvelous. I have a beef stew recipe with lots of veggies and orange zest, which makes up for the lack of salt.

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Harriet Hodgson | @harriethodgson1 | Mar 21, 2019

I'm posting my soup recipe again.

Tomato-Basil Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil (I use extra light.)
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 carton (32 ounces) unsalted chicken broth
1 can (28 ounces) tomato puree
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt (may be reduced or omitted)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil

Pour olive oil into soup pot. Add chopped onion and saute over medium heat for 5 min. Add remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with shaved Parmesan if desired. Makes 8 servings. This recipe is from my book, The Family Caregiver's Cookbook.

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Harriet Hodgson | @harriethodgson1 | Mar 21, 2019
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@lioness

@harriethodgson1 Im wishing you the best on your heart surgery

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Thanks. I'm going to need many positive thoughts before surgery.

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Parus | @parus | Mar 21, 2019
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@hopeful33250

@parus I take it you sprout in the glass 9 x 13 baking dish? How does that work? If you could post a picture of that I would like to see it.

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@hopeful33250 This is what the lentils look like sprouted. I posted a picture in the gratitude discussion. Yes, they are sprouted in the baking dish. Only takes a couple of days. They will continue growing if placed in soil. This is not my purpose. Once they sprout they are ready to put into soup and cook like the unsprouted.

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lioness | @lioness | Mar 21, 2019
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@harriethodgson1

Thanks. I'm going to need many positive thoughts before surgery.

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@harriethodgson1 Thanks for soup recipe you will be her a lot of prayers when is your surgery?

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imallears | @imallears | Mar 21, 2019
In reply to @contentandwell "@imallears Much of your post I could have written myself! My husband sometimes wonders why it..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@imallears Much of your post I could have written myself! My husband sometimes wonders why it takes me as long as it does in the supermarket. It does because if I am buying foods in the aisles I read all of the ingredients and nutrients.

Both my son and daughter are very conscious of healthy eating. I don't think my son has eaten fast food in many years, and my daughter is very good but she does eat things that she should not occasionally. I was very heavy for a long time so I hope they will be conscious of their weight always, I know too well the health problems it causes.

I wish I could say my hair was shiny, etc., but it really is no different from my diet. I also wish I could say I have my nightly glass of wine, but when my non-alcoholic cirrhosis was diagnosed I could no longer have any alcohol. I miss my glass of wine with dinner. I do eat my dark chocolate, a piece almost every day.
JK

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Hi,
Kudos to you for following a healthy diet and reading all those ingredients. I would dearly miss my nightly wine, especially sipping as I cook. Have you tried any of the non alcoholic wines? They seem to be a lot more expensive than regular wine and some add fruit juice. I like a full bodied Cab and my one foray into a non alcoholic wine was a few years back. I remember it tasting like diluted regular wine and a tad sweet. I’m thinking a white might taste better. There’s a lot of brands on the market. Maybe you can find one you like and then keep it under lock and key, lol, just for you. You can get use to anything, I guess.

Regards from one label reader to another....Mary

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Mar 21, 2019
In reply to @parus "@hopeful33250 This is what the lentils look like sprouted. I posted a picture in the gratitude..." + (show)
@parus

@hopeful33250 This is what the lentils look like sprouted. I posted a picture in the gratitude discussion. Yes, they are sprouted in the baking dish. Only takes a couple of days. They will continue growing if placed in soil. This is not my purpose. Once they sprout they are ready to put into soup and cook like the unsprouted.

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hI @parus
What I was wondering, is how it looks when you start it up. For example, what do you put in the 13X9 dish, soil or water? What does it look like when you first get it started? I'm somewhat of a visual person and I can't picture how this all gets started. Know what I mean?

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