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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.

marjou | @marjou | Mar 16, 2021

Sharing a new somewhat simple recipe for ravioli. Take frozen or pre prepared ravioli of your choosing and cook according to directions, drain and put aside. Saute in fry pan with Olive oil spinach, red pepper flakes and sliced mushrooms with garlic. Add sun dried tomatoes with a little of the oil along with ravioli. Top with parmesan cheese....enjoy

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Mar 16, 2021
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@marjou

Sharing a new somewhat simple recipe for ravioli. Take frozen or pre prepared ravioli of your choosing and cook according to directions, drain and put aside. Saute in fry pan with Olive oil spinach, red pepper flakes and sliced mushrooms with garlic. Add sun dried tomatoes with a little of the oil along with ravioli. Top with parmesan cheese....enjoy

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@marjou
Jeez, how’s a person supposed to “enjoy.”
I’d be recovering from a major nervous breakdown after going through all that.
Regarding dark covered cranberries,
I don’t mind chocking down dark chocolates if there is something good inside like chocolate, vanilla or fruit cream, Carmel, brown sugar or some such delightful goodie but a plain Cranberry sounds a bit heavy on the healthy scale for a treat. Maybe when I go on a treat health kick I’ll give it a try, maybe!!
Jake

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imallears | @imallears | Mar 16, 2021
In reply to @contentandwell "@fiesty76 Thanks for trying, but I've never been very good at pretending, it goes along with..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@fiesty76 Thanks for trying, but I've never been very good at pretending, it goes along with not being a creative type I think. I've always more of a math/science/factual type of person.
JK

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@fiesty76
Costco carries their Kirkland brand of canned wild salmon which is the best I have tasted. Salmon shouldn’t have a fishy taste if that is a concern...nor a pungent odor. This particular brand is so mild, sweet and tasty that I prefer it over tuna and, as others have said, just dumped over salad....it has more of a “taste” than tuna.
I remember Wild Planet being good. But , for goodness sakes, don’t force yourself to eat it and pretend it is something else. Our neighbor, several years ago, brought us back whole salmons when they were in Alaska...superb...and my daughter made some salmon cakes out of them...can’t beat the real deal.
Find another fishy fiesty.

FL Mary

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Mar 16, 2021
In reply to @contentandwell "@gingerw There's such a thing as "healthy pie"? If it involves pie crust, it is not..." + (show)
@contentandwell

@gingerw There's such a thing as "healthy pie"? If it involves pie crust, it is not healthy. I do love turkey pies from a turkey farm that makes great ones, with or without vegetables, but I haven't had one for years because they really are not very healthy.

For dessert pies? I love key lime, and as someone else has mentioned, I loved mince pie when I was young but haven't had that in many years. My parents always bought them for weekend desserts in the fall. We used to go to an incredible bakery. When the owners retired they closed the place rather than sell it because they didn't want to risk their name being associated with an inferior bakery if a new owner was not as good as they were. My father and I would go there every Saturday and buy homemade baked beans, their bread, and a dessert for Sunday dinner. I can still imagine the taste of that bread.
JK

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@contentandwell Isn't it amazing how our memories about food or special holiday meals, or smelling something today that triggers our memories from childhood meals, opens up a big box of feelings!?

My mother was quite the cook. Pumpkin, apple, cherry, mincemeat pies. Cookies of all kinds. My favorite desert was a simple banana sliced, with a little milk and cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. I recall attending a function where there was a "cake walk". Of course she contributed a pie. I won a ticket, and collected a German chocolate cake [had never tasted such a beautiful creation!] She was royally p***ed I didn't choose her pie!
Ginger

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lioness | @lioness | Mar 16, 2021
In reply to @jakedduck1 "@marjou Jeez, how’s a person supposed to “enjoy.” I’d be recovering from a major nervous breakdown..." + (show)
@jakedduck1

@marjou
Jeez, how’s a person supposed to “enjoy.”
I’d be recovering from a major nervous breakdown after going through all that.
Regarding dark covered cranberries,
I don’t mind chocking down dark chocolates if there is something good inside like chocolate, vanilla or fruit cream, Carmel, brown sugar or some such delightful goodie but a plain Cranberry sounds a bit heavy on the healthy scale for a treat. Maybe when I go on a treat health kick I’ll give it a try, maybe!!
Jake

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@jakedduck1 You are a hoot Jake.There are so many delicious dk.chovolatesvthat have (goodies) inside ,orange,raspberry,carmel and more just go to store and check them out None have sauerkraut in them 😂

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lioness | @lioness | Mar 16, 2021
In reply to @gingerw "@contentandwell Isn't it amazing how our memories about food or special holiday meals, or smelling something..." + (show)
@gingerw

@contentandwell Isn't it amazing how our memories about food or special holiday meals, or smelling something today that triggers our memories from childhood meals, opens up a big box of feelings!?

My mother was quite the cook. Pumpkin, apple, cherry, mincemeat pies. Cookies of all kinds. My favorite desert was a simple banana sliced, with a little milk and cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. I recall attending a function where there was a "cake walk". Of course she contributed a pie. I won a ticket, and collected a German chocolate cake [had never tasted such a beautiful creation!] She was royally p***ed I didn't choose her pie!
Ginger

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@ginger My mouth is watering all those favorite pies.Hoe bout Butterscotch my Mom use to make a very good butterscotch 🥧

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artist01 | @artist01 | Mar 16, 2021
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@marjou
Jeez, how’s a person supposed to “enjoy.”
I’d be recovering from a major nervous breakdown after going through all that.
Regarding dark covered cranberries,
I don’t mind chocking down dark chocolates if there is something good inside like chocolate, vanilla or fruit cream, Carmel, brown sugar or some such delightful goodie but a plain Cranberry sounds a bit heavy on the healthy scale for a treat. Maybe when I go on a treat health kick I’ll give it a try, maybe!!
Jake

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@jakedduck1 Hi Jake. Actually, dark chocolate covered cranberries are delicious. You can't really detect a separate healthy taste of cranberries when you eat them! I dare you to try them. Good luck! Laurie

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JK | @contentandwell | Mar 16, 2021
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@gingerw

@contentandwell Isn't it amazing how our memories about food or special holiday meals, or smelling something today that triggers our memories from childhood meals, opens up a big box of feelings!?

My mother was quite the cook. Pumpkin, apple, cherry, mincemeat pies. Cookies of all kinds. My favorite desert was a simple banana sliced, with a little milk and cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. I recall attending a function where there was a "cake walk". Of course she contributed a pie. I won a ticket, and collected a German chocolate cake [had never tasted such a beautiful creation!] She was royally p***ed I didn't choose her pie!
Ginger

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It is amazing @ginger how certain scents of feelings can elicit such strong memories. A number of years ago, early in my marriage, we went to a restaurant in Boston. When they brought the bread basket and I had a roll it had exactly the same taste like the bread from the bakery we loved! On some cold, brisk days when I am outside walking, I am transported to walking around Aspen at night. Just such a strong association I guess.

My mother was a great cook too but unlike me, she didn't try new things. She was very narrow in the desserts she made, but they were all delicious. When I was first married we would spend a lot of the summer weekends at our rustic camp in Maine and my husband's daughter and son would be there. I always made a German chocolate cake for her because it was her favorite. It is delicious but it is a bit labor-intensive and fairly expensive to make if I recall correctly. I haven't made one for years now.

I think my favorite dessert was a fudge cake she made occasionally. You could only have a small piece, but it was delicious. I have made it but it has not been a big hit with my kids.

Yesterday I spent the afternoon making cookies to bring across the street and send some to my daughter -- St. Patrick's Day sugar cookies and white chocolate almond brownies for my daughter and her husband too. My cookies do not get fancy, just colored sugar.

So, Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone if I am not on tomorrow.
JK
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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Mar 17, 2021
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@sueinmn

My cousin in Plano says rhubarb is occasionally available in the frozen foods section at Trader Joes. We found it in an HEB superstore in the Valley once too.
Sue

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Good to know, @sueinmn. Have yet to venture into our new large HEB which opened a couple of months ago but will look for rhubarb when I make that first visit another "reward" day!

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Mar 17, 2021
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@fiesty76
Have you ever tried it? I thought not.
Jake

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Wellllll nooo, @jakedduck1, not combined in a sandwich. While I do like sauerkraut and onions, separately, it sounds insulting to the bread to put those two together! VBG

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