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Yep! The pumpkin pie spice goes right in the oatmeal... a generous dash of it. It has a little more zip than just plain cinnamon. That's really being creative. I'm going to try it!!

The chocolate-applesauce bread is in Eating for IBS... if you don't have it, let me know, and I'll email you the recipe. I wouldn't feel quite right posting it. Oh I have the book, thank you. Have had it for 2 1/2 years, but haven't tried as many things in there as I would like. I'm a lazy cook and often just throw together whatever is handy. Besides, I have to cook two differnt meals and hubby's comes first (old school you know) so mine is usually "whatever".

The chicken stew was really good. But creamed tuna! That was one of my all-time favorites growing up. Mom would make it with a little bit of browned onion & some diced hard-boiled egg thrown in, and we'd have it over toast. YUM. I never thought to have it on mashed potatoes! Give it a try. Anything creamy or stew-y is good over mashed potatoes (or rice). Kandee

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How do you make creamed tuna? What is the creamed part? Do you cooke the peas separate and eat the tuna and peas over the mashed potatoes?

Sounds yummy and easy! Right up my alley!

I probably can't help you much with specifics since I cook "by the seat of my pants" so to speak. What I have done is take some rice or nut milk and thickened it with corn starch, and added spices like salt/pepper/parsley/a little onion powder/a pinch or so of dry mustard. When hot and thick I dump in a can of drained tuna or pouch tuna (which I like better) and a handful or so of frozen peas. No need to precook the peas. Heat it up a little more and put over mashed potatoes. I use Barbara's Bakery brand potato flakes since there is NOTHING in them except potatoes. To make those I just heat some alt milk and add salt and the potatoes. It probably seems blah to most people but it always sets well with me when I don't want anything to spicy, and VERY low fat. I just got some of Vance's Dairy Free (thanks to Shell telling me about it when I was looking for a non-soy dry milk alternative) which is a dry potato based milk alt and I'm anxious to try that. Hubby already used it as a creamer in his coffee and said it was good. I made some up as a milk just to drink and it was NOT sweet in any way, so I think it will be good for cooking, plus you can make it as creamy as you want by adding more of the powder. I've never seen it in a HFS but it is easy to mail order it, and it comes fast!

I've tried the Better Than Milk-Rice and I think it is horrid. The soy may be better though if you do soy.

BTW, the peas are optional...LOL

Hope this helps, if just a little.

Kandee

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