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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.

Harriet Hodgson | @harriethodgson1 | Sep 29, 2019

I cook most meals from scratch because I'm still recovering from open heart surgery and have a pig valve in my heart. From scratch meals allow me to control the salt, fat, and sugar content.

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lioness | @lioness | Sep 29, 2019
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@ellerbracke

Wow... this particular sub-subject jumps all ove the place. Nice, interesting. Now I’d like to pose a basic question to all who care to chime in: What percentage/how much food do you cook from scratch on average? (I don’t care if you use frozen vegetables, or pre-cut onions, just a general idea?)
I pretty much do close to 90%. I think. Sometimes purchased tortillas, always store bought pasta and pizza crust and pie crust, but otherwise, pretty much from scratch. Baked potatoes, make home style oven fries, make scalloped potatoes, e.g..... And vegetables from garden - sometimes - , and produce stands, mostly. Of course not bananas or pineapple or oranges, but most other stuff.

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@ellerbracke Its a surprise party . You never know when it will pop up . Most of my food is scratch Id say about 70% I never had prepared food as my son was allergic so I was organic before the term became popular and canned most of my food .

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Sep 29, 2019
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@ellerbracke

Wow... this particular sub-subject jumps all ove the place. Nice, interesting. Now I’d like to pose a basic question to all who care to chime in: What percentage/how much food do you cook from scratch on average? (I don’t care if you use frozen vegetables, or pre-cut onions, just a general idea?)
I pretty much do close to 90%. I think. Sometimes purchased tortillas, always store bought pasta and pizza crust and pie crust, but otherwise, pretty much from scratch. Baked potatoes, make home style oven fries, make scalloped potatoes, e.g..... And vegetables from garden - sometimes - , and produce stands, mostly. Of course not bananas or pineapple or oranges, but most other stuff.

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@ellerbracke
If my friend is staying with me I do 0%, my absolute favorite cooking percentage.
When my friend is staying with me she cooks 💯% scratch.
If she isn’t here I probably cook 40% which is grueling. Another friend takes mercy on me part of the time and even though I’m not suppose to I use some frozen stuff which is still an arduous task to get prepared.
Jake

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imallears | @imallears | Sep 29, 2019
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@ellerbracke

Wow... this particular sub-subject jumps all ove the place. Nice, interesting. Now I’d like to pose a basic question to all who care to chime in: What percentage/how much food do you cook from scratch on average? (I don’t care if you use frozen vegetables, or pre-cut onions, just a general idea?)
I pretty much do close to 90%. I think. Sometimes purchased tortillas, always store bought pasta and pizza crust and pie crust, but otherwise, pretty much from scratch. Baked potatoes, make home style oven fries, make scalloped potatoes, e.g..... And vegetables from garden - sometimes - , and produce stands, mostly. Of course not bananas or pineapple or oranges, but most other stuff.

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@ellerbracke
Hi
Interesting.....I would say about 90% or more from scratch also...pretty much don’t like the taste of prepared foods and I am a big ingredient reader. Rather do my own....easy.....not laborious at all . Don’t like frozen meals , not even frozen pizza. I do buy frozen quinoa burgers and chia waffles. Good for you for cooking from scratch.

FL Mary

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Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor | @debbraw | Sep 29, 2019
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@ellerbracke

Wow... this particular sub-subject jumps all ove the place. Nice, interesting. Now I’d like to pose a basic question to all who care to chime in: What percentage/how much food do you cook from scratch on average? (I don’t care if you use frozen vegetables, or pre-cut onions, just a general idea?)
I pretty much do close to 90%. I think. Sometimes purchased tortillas, always store bought pasta and pizza crust and pie crust, but otherwise, pretty much from scratch. Baked potatoes, make home style oven fries, make scalloped potatoes, e.g..... And vegetables from garden - sometimes - , and produce stands, mostly. Of course not bananas or pineapple or oranges, but most other stuff.

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@ellerbracke - I would say I am pretty close to 90% too. We eat a lot of fish - maybe three times a week. We get that from the local seafood shop and I cook it. On non-fish days, I may cook pork or very rarely a steak. I make little mini-meatloaves and keep them in the freezer for whenever I want something quick. I try to do veggies from the farm stand, but if I don't get by there, I keep frozen vegetables in the freezer.

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imallears | @imallears | Sep 29, 2019
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@jakedduck1

@ellerbracke
If my friend is staying with me I do 0%, my absolute favorite cooking percentage.
When my friend is staying with me she cooks 💯% scratch.
If she isn’t here I probably cook 40% which is grueling. Another friend takes mercy on me part of the time and even though I’m not suppose to I use some frozen stuff which is still an arduous task to get prepared.
Jake

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@jakedduck1
40% doesn’t sound bad for someone with your kitchen/cooking phobias. May your life be full of zeros.🤔
You do know what “from scratch means “ right?
FL Mary

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Sep 29, 2019
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@imallears

@jakedduck1
40% doesn’t sound bad for someone with your kitchen/cooking phobias. May your life be full of zeros.🤔
You do know what “from scratch means “ right?
FL Mary

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@imallears
“You do know what “from scratch means “ right?”
When I hire a girl to come and cook for me and she mixes up a bunch of ingredients some how and brings me the finished product???
It’s like magic how those ingredients I stare at in disgust turn out so good when someone else puts them together.
Jake

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JK | @contentandwell | Sep 29, 2019
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@ellerbracke

Wow... this particular sub-subject jumps all ove the place. Nice, interesting. Now I’d like to pose a basic question to all who care to chime in: What percentage/how much food do you cook from scratch on average? (I don’t care if you use frozen vegetables, or pre-cut onions, just a general idea?)
I pretty much do close to 90%. I think. Sometimes purchased tortillas, always store bought pasta and pizza crust and pie crust, but otherwise, pretty much from scratch. Baked potatoes, make home style oven fries, make scalloped potatoes, e.g..... And vegetables from garden - sometimes - , and produce stands, mostly. Of course not bananas or pineapple or oranges, but most other stuff.

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@ellerbracke I do pretty much everything from scratch except breads and crackers, stuff like that. I used to make all of our bread too but haven’t for years. I don’t do jams and jellies, and I do use some frozen vegetables but I prefer fresh.
Not only does what I make taste better, but that way I can control the ingredients.
JK

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Oct 2, 2019

For someone who only cooks 40% of the time, how come my dust pan gets 80% full?
Jake

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imallears | @imallears | Oct 3, 2019
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@jakedduck1

For someone who only cooks 40% of the time, how come my dust pan gets 80% full?
Jake

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@jakeduck1
Candy wrappers and candy dust.

FL Mary

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