Meats
#60583 - 04/12/04 07:55 PM
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Gerry10
Reged: 10/15/03
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Loc: Las Vegas,Nev.
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I,m so tired of just eating fish,chicken,turkey.is there any thing else we can eat.you can tell I,m down tonight.
not feeling to good.but it is so hard to cook.my hubby doesn,t eat fish,chicken,turkey.so we have to cook two different meals every night.I get to the point I don,t even want to eat.I would give any thing to go out an eat.every time I do.I,m sorry for it.I know I,m feeling sorry for myself tonight.if I don,t eat then my sugar gos down.so I can,t win.Gerry 
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Hey Gerry - I'm sorry you're feeling down. Have you tried different recipes to try to mix it up?
Hope you're feeling better soon. 
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Gerry,
I also have to cook two meals. It gets tiresome, doesn't it? I know just what you mean about not wanting to eat. By the time you get around to getting everything cooked, you're just so tired and bored with it, that it's just not fun to eat!!
My family DOES like fish, chicken, and turkey; but they also have to have their beef and pork and lots of it! Yuk! Anyway, I know how you feel about this.
I've tried to get my husband and son to eat what I eat, but they hate it. I've tried sneaking turkey meat in recipes, but it didn't work.
Here's what I do to make things a little easier. When I fix my chicken or whatever, I fix enough for several days and refrigerate or freeze it. Then all I have to do is heat it up. It helps eliminate a little of the cooking hassle at dinner time.
I usually have vegey soup with pasta in it for lunch. I can fix a pan of that, heat it up a bowl at a time for lunch, and it lasts me all week. I do sandwiches or leftovers for my guys for lunch.
This way, mine is pretty much taken care of, and my main dish cooking is for them.
I hope this helps a little,
Terri
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Re: Meats
#60679 - 04/13/04 08:05 AM
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Linz
Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: England
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Hey why do you two bother cooking two dinners!  Make a stand girls! If you cook something delicious that just happens to be either chicken, fish or turkey and they DON'T want it, then why don't they cook their own dinners! Men are such fuss-pots and they're only missing out by refusing to eat whole ranges of food! Or alternatively, get them a load of ready made meat meals so all you do is stick it in the oven. Bet, they'll be wanting your peachy chicken or grilled fish soon enough! Or, they could always just have sausages when you have turkey fillets, etc. I'd NEVER make two separate dinners. The most we ever do is do one dinner, but with meat in half and something for me in the other half.
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I hate cooking two different dinners myself but do it as hubby still wants the bad stuff, so I don't enjoy cooking anymore. I find I can eat red meat with no problems even though it's on the bad list. Everyone is different.
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#60705 - 04/13/04 08:48 AM
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belinda
Reged: 10/09/03
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Yes, this is the story of my life, too! In fact, I am so bored with cooking and eating that I just can't be bothered to fuss at all. I've just lost all interest in cooking and the three shelves of cookbooks in my bookcase are just collecting dust. I just make one large pot of whatever (usually something with turkey) on Sunday afternoon and I eat the leftovers for dinner every night (Monday to Thursday) because I don't have time to cook when I get home from work and I can't have anything ready made.
If friends visit, I usually have to make them a separate meal.
On the bright side, I am trying out chicken, turkey and fish dishes with some wonderful new organic dried herbs I recently found. I bought the herbs at Pusateri's in Toronto and the aroma / flavour is devine!
Belinda
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Hi Linz,forgot to tell you my wonderful hubby does the cooking since I have been so sick.  Gerry,
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Re: Meats
#60781 - 04/13/04 11:53 AM
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Kree
Reged: 10/08/03
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Gerry, I guess I'm lucky I'm such a big fan of chicken, because otherwise the few meats we can eat would get old pretty quickly. But I could eat chicken almost every day of the week. I agree with Mags, there are SO many different ways to make fish and poultry, maybe you just need to try something different and change things up! I hope you cheer up soon and find something new and yummy!
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#60786 - 04/13/04 11:59 AM
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Janey
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I have never enjoyed cooking because I never knew when I would eat something that would make me sick. I do not have a love of food and for many years have just eaten because I have to. Now it seems to take so much effort just to eat a meal. I have to think about everything I put in my mouth. My husband is on the Atkins diet so we are eating completely opposite things. My kids will say we are having chicken again! My 18 yo son wants meat all the time and doesn't eat seafood at all. My youngest daughter is more felxiable will eat just about anything I cook and she loves the bread, etc.
We have a George Foreman grill which is great and my husband will usually cook meat for them and chicken or fish for me and everything can be cooked at the same time in the same way. I love that grill because it has made our lives much easier as far as cooking for different appetites.
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#60802 - 04/13/04 12:30 PM
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Bevvy
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Honey, I'm sorry you're so down.
You need a little chat with hubby about this two-meal stuff. Why can't he have dead cow when you go out to eat and then have what YOU can have at home? Doesn't he want to support you? Cooking two meals all the time sucks.
How about an alternative to meat and fish or poultry? Have you ever tried Kree's incredible mac & cheese? (I can't recall whether or not you like soy cheese.) It's a fabulous dish (I add peas to mine -- and extra cheese too). What about something like my ham & cheese "party strata?" You can use turkey ham, and hubby wouldn't even know the difference. (Except doesn't he do all the cooking in your household?) You could use dead pig ham and just pick it out of your portion (it's cubed).
Hubby doesn't eat salmon? Grilled salmon? On the BBQ? Are you SURE? Don't all men love ANYTHING on the barbie? I thought that just came with the territory. Men = BBQ. BBQ = men. There's nothing better than a nice grilled salmon filet! YUM.
Okay, how about pasta? Does hubby not like spaghetti? REALLY? Check out my crock pot spaghetti sauce. My hubby LOVES it! He always asks me to make it for him.
What about tortellinis? You can get them with meat. He could have the meat and you could have the chicken. Chicken tortellinis with pasta sauce. Ooooh, baby!
Don't let that blood sugar level drop. What about a grilled cheese sandwich? Easy to fix and DELICIOUS. Get yourself some "veggie slices" (American flavor) and slap a few between two slices of bread and either mike it or toss on the griddle with some soy "butter". YUMMMY!
See, now you can understand why I have a weight problem....
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I really made a big mistake the other day.a big misunder-
standing.an I,m sorry for it.When I was talking about cooking two different meal.one for me an one for my hubby.to tell the truth it is my hubby who does all the cooking in this house since I have be so sick,Believe me you couldn,t fine a finer man He does everything around the house.thing that hurt me to do by myself.He Vac,the floors help me make the bed wash out the bath tub,an cook for us.he is a very good husband.he just isn,t good at cooking fish,chicken.But Bevr he did make your salman fish but had to leave off the maple sugar.an it was very good.yes we eat spag,before he mixes it I take out what I want.but I don,t think I can eat the sauce.I,m afraid to try.I do or he does make Taco chicken an beef,but what else would I put on them.other then chicken I,m so afraid to eat anything.ok the cheese sandwich sound real good.an I do have some soy cheese,I,m going to fine your crock pot spag.sauce,thanks a lot every one for helping me.an my hubby.maybe I,ll start cooking again.I can do the crock pot things.but please don,t be to hard on my hubby,we have been marry for 52 years an he has been a wonderful man.wouldn,t take a penny for him.ha ha.but i love him very much.an he is trying so hard to make me eat.if it wasn,t for him I would not eat at all.because it hurts when I eat.I have lost 40 lbs.since I have been sick.but so far it hasn,t hurt me,but I,m so weak from not eating the right food.as you can see it is 2:26 am an I,m all by myself can,t sleep.had a cup of tea may go get another.got a call from my youngest daughter today an they think she has MS.oh god I sure hope not.she is my baby. no wonder my tummy hurts tonight,they will have to give her a [spanial],tap.spell wrong.anyhow to make sure if she has MS,she has been thru so much,she was 4 months early 1-lbs 6oz when she was born.please everyone say a pray for her.if you can think of any thing that is easy that I can put in the crock pot or oven please let me know.I have to go an have a MRI on my head an arm the 19th.so wish me luck.I,m really scarred,our second son die of a brain tumor,
will guess I better get to bed. Gerry
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Re: Meats
#61318 - 04/15/04 03:08 AM
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Gerry10
Reged: 10/15/03
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Thanks Janey,forgot about our George Foreman grill.that would work for some thing.  Gerry,
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Thanks Kree.I have a lot of your things on my ice box.an I an I mean I do use them.my hubby will eat some thing with chicken in it.he love your chicken strew.  Gerry
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Gerry,
I am so sorry to hear about your daughter, that is terrible. I will definitely keep her in my prayers. Your husband sounds wonderful, it is great that you have someone to take such good care of you when you need it. Good Luck on your MRI, I hope everything turns out well for you...I will keep you in my prayers too. Take care of yourself and let us know how everything goes.
Courtney*
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Gerry, I have another idea for you. Do you like BBQ chicken sandwiches? Because they're soooo easy to make in the crockpot. You just throw in some chicken breasts and a sliced sweet onion and dump in your favorite BBQ sauce on top! Then when it's done you shred the chicken and put it in a sandwich. Maybe that's a chicken dish even your hubby would like! 
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#61340 - 04/15/04 06:53 AM
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Kree
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Loc: Northern NY
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Gerry, I'm also sorry to hear about your daughter! That must be so difficult for you. I will also keep her in my prayers. And I'm sorry you've been having so much trouble. 40 lbs is a lot of weight to lose! It sounds like it's a good thing your hubby cares so much and is there to help you out. He gets an A+ in my book for that. He sounds like a great man.
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#61360 - 04/15/04 07:38 AM
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Janey
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Last night I marinated chicken strips and cooked them on the GF grill and afterwards I thought I could easily have added beef strips to the grill for my meat loving family members. Makes cooking for different tastes a little easier.
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Hey Gerry!
Sorry if I was laying into your hubby! Glad to hear he takes proper care of you!
No wonder you're feeling ill with all this stress atm! I really, really hope your daughter's okay. And good luck with your MRI. Keep us posted.
Linz
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#61364 - 04/15/04 07:58 AM
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Kandee
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Gerry, We will say a prayer for your daughter. MS is so devistating. I feel your concern.
You're husband is a winner...........and a keeper I'd say.
I fix 2 different meals in this household. It doesn't bother me. Just because I HAVE to eat a certain way doesn't mean he has too also if he doesn't want to. I believe in treating your spouse like they are company. Besides, in return I get spoiled rotten. How nice is that? Most couples find what works for them. I got an email yesterday that spells out why we should be grateful. It's titled you are so blessed. I just thought I'd share it.
Here it is:
If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.
If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer your own special healing touch.
If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.
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Gerry, honey, I think your hubby is super! If I gave you a different impression, I'm sorry.
My spaghetti sauce is posted in the Recipe Board, as "Awesome Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce." Also, I posted another crock pot recipe that's fabulous: Bourbon breast of chicken. Very easy to do. Don't leave out that bourbon though!
It's amazing what all you've had to handle in your life. You're a real inspiration for me. Something tells me you'll be able to handle whatever comes your way with regard to your daughter. But of course I'll say a prayer for her.
I wish I could lose 40 pounds -- although maybe not the way you did. I'm hoping to lose half of that by working out a lot and not eating. So far it's working, but very slowly.
Remember what I told you before, Gerry, because it'll keep you in good stead: don't ever lose your sense of humor. I definitely believe that laughter is truly the best medicine.
Your friend,
Bev
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