RECIPES
The main objective of the “Recipes” section is to inspire you.
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Recipes from our kitchen range from super easy and super healthy, to moderately easy and moderately healthy.
All yummy. (The recipe shown is Cream Of Broccoli Soup)
IMPORTANT! READ ME!
DO NOT go go go until you’re starving and then run to the kitchen and grab starchy or sugary foods like muffins, cookies, cereal, or other high glycemic carbohydrates. Eat something good for you – fruit, vegetables, protein. If you wait until you’re famished and then fill up on “quick fix” starchy foods made of white flour and sugar, you’ll end up pre-diabetic like I did, or diabetic.
Give your poor tired body some real fuel that will last for hours, not burn off quickly and leave you feeling even more tired than before. Make a healthy dish like Healthy Cream of Broccoli Soup; make a big batch and freeze it in small portions you can pop into a pot or into a bowl and microwave, or keep a bowl of brown rice in the fridge and get creative with it. Just keep in mind, some of the damage you’re inflicting on your body right now may NOT BE REVERSIBLE. Type II Diabetes and Heart Disease are very common among caregivers.
It’s better to eat small meals throughout the day than to fast and feast.
Okay, thanks for reading. Carry on…..
In response to Jean’s cautionary words in red above, I will add my 2 cents regarding foods that can make it easier for care givers to get the nutrition they need without going for the starches. I am a Type II diabetic, and with the help of my doctor, I have come up with these “quick-grab” foods for when you are low on time and steam. These choices have helped me stay in control of my diabetes as well as maintain an alert and calm mind when needed (rather than hypering me up or knocking me out like sugary foods can do):
A cup of soup and a slice of cheese. A cup of soup is one carb choice, and the cheese is good protein.
1) Whole Grain Cereal Bars — I always keep these on hand. Make sure they are whole grain as these are the “good carbs.”
2) As per Jean’s suggestion, I always cook a pot of brown rice at the beginning of the week and use it in cooking other foods (or heat it up and sprinkle with a bit of balsamic vinegar, or a dab of butter as a snack) throughout the week.
3) A slice of whole-grain toast with a light spread of peanut butter or other protein spread.
4) A serving of yogurt (6 ounces = one carb choice, which is good). It is rich in digestive helpers, protein, and calcium.
5) Whole grain crackers with thin-sliced cheese.
6) I add sliced onions and a bit of ground pepper to low-fat cottage cheese and use it as dip for celery and carrots.
7) I always keep a variety of nuts on hand, mostly sunflower and pistachio. A handful of pistachio nuts and a small tangerine make a lovely snack, high in protein, fiber, and vitamin C.
9) A hollowed-out tomato with some flaked tuna in it (yes, I use canned tuna in water as I am on a tight budget). You can even add a dab of mayo to this and not worry about it.
These are just some grab n’ go options for when you don’t have time or energy to cook. These items can easily be incorporated into your shopping list and be on hand when you need them. Hope this helps.
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Hi Den, I make my lasagna healthy by not using any meat at all and using 4% or 1% “Friendship” cottage cheese(if you can find it without salt, all the better) in place of the ricotta, and you can not tell the difference! I use the No Boil” Barilla lasagna noodles, and zucchini that is oven “fried”. Not sure if the Stouffers you loved had the zucchini sliced the long way or just chopped up. If you slice it long way, you can “oven fry” it much easier.
Use the recipe on the back of the box of lasagna. And buy a low fat mozzarella. It’s up to you if you want to make homemade sauce, or store bought. Let me know if you need more detailed instructions. I am Italian so I really don’t have a recipe to follow,I just wing it!!!
~ Char
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All righty, I’ll have to tell Mom this. Maybe we can fix some this next week when I am off! The Stouffer’s was kind of sliced like a cucumber & then halved, had to be kind of smallish to fit into those little foil pans (just a tiny bit longer than a pot pie pan). Either way is fine.
Stouffer can kind of tick me off. They’ve had 2 things that I really liked, the Zucchini Lasagna & Mushroom Crepes, & they discontinued both!
You & Mom would get along fine. Although she has the barest trace of Italian in her genealogy (I love doing genealogy, I used to do it all of the time, the last time I worked 3rd shift…not much else to do on your nights off), she adores Italian food…especially spaghetti!
Thanks, I’ll pass this along to her!
Catch ya later,
Denise H.
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Stouffers also discontinued the Scalloped Apples! At least I know how to make those, and at least they still make the Spinach Souffle. ~ Jean
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You better watch out, they might have spies watching this site & they’ll discontinue the Spinach Souffle!!! Scalloped Apples sound good too. Also, I used to buy the packages of Tyson Chicken Stir Fry & Chicken Fried Rice from the frozen food section & of course they discontinued those too! I might have to give up & actually learn how to cook something more than spaghetti & meatballs!!! BIG ha-ha!!!
Catch ya later.
Denise H.
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Okay, I have a question. I have been trying to find a recipe for Zucchini Lasagna. A few years ago, Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine used to make a great Zucchini Lasagna TV dinner type of deal with tomato sauce. My Mom & I loved those things, so what did Stouffer do? They changed the freakin’ recipe! It now has some kind of white sauce instead of tomato sauce! Ticked me off to no end!
The old recipe did not contain any meat, they used zucchini instead. It had cheese in it, don’t know if it was cottage cheese or ricotta. It had the lasagna noodles too. Would anybody have a recipe for something like this? It was really good & low calorie! HEALTHY stuff, ha-ha!!!
Thanks,
Denise H.
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