Beth, I bought a cake and almond cookies and almond crackers. I bought the recipe book and will start making things on my own as the ready made is soooooo expensive. But the ingredients i bought through the site cuz I dont know where else to buy them. There's a cake that is not in the book and I could give you the recipe if you are intersted. I started getting gassy after the cookies and crackers so I'm dropping them for now. My friend claims that there might be stuff in there thats not good and the best would be home made-pure. I'm not taking any chances so I bought the machine, the almonds and I hope to make some starting tomorrow. You could blanch the almonds on your own, this should be cheaper. But overall it's an expensive venture. But I see it this way, I've spent thousands on Chinese medicine, Homepath visits, Doctor visits, allergy tests..you name it.. I want to live. That's my goal here. example of daily meal plan Breakfast: slice or 2 of cake (recipe to follow if you want it) mint tea snack at 10: banana lunch: salmon or other home baked or cooked fish vegetable dish with onion or garlic (carrots or zucchini or other squash dish that I prepared the night before) snack: banana or applesauce dinner: chicken soup with egg mixed in on high boil(i love it) chicker or turkey veg dish again with onion and/or garlic snack: slice of cake mint tea I sip water throughout the day. Small sips. I don't run to pee every minute these days. ta ta for now, Sarah T