Re: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

[Guest guest]

Hi Marie,Despite some people's concerns about molds that make shun using left-overs,I've found that I like to make one-dish meals that are large enough to have for a couple days. Whatever prep I can do ahead of time also helps. If I have a little energy in the morning, I'll chop onions (or cheat and use frozen chopped onions), carrots, zucchini, and then at dinner time, boil some spinach linguini, and shake some grated parmesan over the whole combo. I have a two-tier steamer, and can wash and place cut broccoli, quartered yams, in one tier, steam rice in another tier for a basic entrée that can be varied with tamari, or some other sort of sauce. As much as I love fresh vegs, I find it's easier and more economical to buy several bell peppers when there's a sale on them. Then slice all of them, lightly sauté them either alone or with onion, and divide them into small zip-lock freezer bags, to be taken out when I want to enhance some other recipe but haven't the energy to do every step. A lot of international cuisine seems complicated until you realize that several ingredients are actually left-overs from the day before, added to new things today. When we have fresh broccoli, I steam some extra, the mix that into a soup the next day, or marinate it in balsamic vinegar and oil and put it in a wrap with feta cheese and salad vegs.I guess what I'm saying, is that many prepared foods in the grocery store may not be all that healthy, but if you have an occasional day of enough energy, you can pre-prep and freeze ingredients, then have them on hand when you're dragging and can barely put a couple things together. Pre-cooking a batch of brown rice always works well and keeps well in the fridge to be used as needed. Stir-frying a couple different vegs, maybe some boneless skinless chicken breasts, or organic chicken sausages (a favorite of ours) makes a great meal that also reheats well and improves in flavor the next day.I have a chicken soup recipe that's nutritious, easy, abundant, and also freezes well (if you put it through a blender for a potage as some of the vegs lose good texture in freezing). I'll see if i can dig it up and send it along. Be well,Léna HI Everyonne , How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding me andmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ? THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

Wow Marie, I’m very curious to hear what answers you get for this question! After years, of crushing fatigue at the moment, I now cycle through it rather than live it all the time! I read wonderful advice to precook meals when Okay and freeze, but for years I struggled always and with a husband and 3 kids left overs were eaten at dinner or for breakfast. With weak aching arms and hands I found chopping vege exhausting, couldn’t stand up for long and bought endless gadgets to help...some of which took longer to clean than use!! Finally found one in big w called a tefal fresh express. Makes making salads and soups much quicker and easier. However at my worst pre made bought salad which I could extend by adding lettuce for family of 5 and put fish in foil in the oven with 1 table spoon water and slice of lemon, it was all I had the energy for. If really bad I used precrumbed fish and baked, not fresh and premade, but better than nothing and too sick to care. The sicker I got the less I could do and I had to learn to compromise. I made soup or strog or sweet and sour etc with pre frozen veg (tons of pre frozen veg, though I prefer to steam not microwave) and a stripped precooked chicken or pre cut strips of meat and have finally resorted to packet mixes for instant flavour. Rice cooker is fantastic as you don’t have to watch, or I use gluten free pasta. Crock pots are also great. Chuck in a flavour base meat and defrosted frozen veg packet...yes fresh is best if you can stand up to prepare and shop reg, if not frozen is still at least vegetables. If big enough amounts you have lunch or breakfast low in refined carbs too. Just about getting through....have done take out etc when too sick for even this. Cheers From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012 6:28 AMTo: lyme_and_rife Subject: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair HI Everyonne ,How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding meandmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ?THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

you made me laught with the frozen veggys

Looks like I am not the only one to go for the frozen veggy.

I have bought architoch 3 weeks ago .... They are still wainting fo rme to cook them ! No kidding. And fatigue piles up with it the shrinked budget that limit the diversity .Cosco frozen veggy are three sorts of mixing and they all looks like the same except one that i preferes to skip ( corn+carrots+peas =no thank you very much thank you no.) I will print what you wrote I forgot the alluminuim foil cooking very handy even thought it is alluminium we need to feed our self to began with . I can reimplace the rice with potatoe .

I was thinking of thistoday wha tis easy quick meal and I tryed to make a list it can make a week .

1)rosten chiken ( pu tin the oven like it is an wait ) and mashed potatoe

2)humberger patty ( on egarlinc scrunch in the oil )with sweet potatoe in water and then a pice of better

3)a slice of pork with apple sauce or aple

4)the mexican rap with the already made quacomole some salad of any kind and some chesse the all thing in a pen

5)melt cheese on a piece of bread in a pen and some frozen veggies

6)the salmon from cosco already seasoned and a potatoe or what ever

7) spagetty bolognese my husabnd like the delmonte better than my own tomato sauce made so why bother ?

The problem rise the second and thrid week of exhaustion .

I will try what you do : any diet is too challneging to me and my husbnad is super limitative he likes meat and potatoes only .

THank you LIsa again ,

Kindly Marie

To: Lyme_and_Rife Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:45 PMSubject: RE: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

Wow Marie,

I’m very curious to hear what answers you get for this question! After years, of crushing fatigue at the moment, I now cycle through it rather than live it all the time! I read wonderful advice to precook meals when Okay and freeze, but for years I struggled always and with a husband and 3 kids left overs were eaten at dinner or for breakfast. With weak aching arms and hands I found chopping vege exhausting, couldn’t stand up for long and bought endless gadgets to help...some of which took longer to clean than use!! Finally found one in big w called a tefal fresh express. Makes making salads and soups much quicker and easier.

However at my worst pre made bought salad which I could extend by adding lettuce for family of 5 and put fish in foil in the oven with 1 table spoon water and slice of lemon, it was all I had the energy for. If really bad I used precrumbed fish and baked, not fresh and premade, but better than nothing and too sick to care. The sicker I got the less I could do and I had to learn to compromise.

I made soup or strog or sweet and sour etc with pre frozen veg (tons of pre frozen veg, though I prefer to steam not microwave) and a stripped precooked chicken or pre cut strips of meat and have finally resorted to packet mixes for instant flavour. Rice cooker is fantastic as you don’t have to watch, or I use gluten free pasta. Crock pots are also great. Chuck in a flavour base meat and defrosted frozen veg packet...yes fresh is best if you can stand up to prepare and shop reg, if not frozen is still at least vegetables. If big enough amounts you have lunch or breakfast low in refined carbs too.

Just about getting through....have done take out etc when too sick for even this.

Cheers

From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012 6:28 AMTo: lyme_and_rife Subject: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

HI Everyonne ,

How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding me

andmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ?

THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

Thank you Lena ,

I print yours also except for rice I think I can try what you do as well .

I would like the chiken soup too if you find it please.

May be I will en up cooking my architoch before they rotten .

I was somewhat better today . If it stand until tomorow may be .

Kindly Marie

To: Lyme_and_Rife Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:19 PMSubject: Re: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

Hi Marie,

Despite some people's concerns about molds that make shun using left-overs,

I've found that I like to make one-dish meals that are large enough to have for a couple days.

Whatever prep I can do ahead of time also helps. If I have a little energy in the morning, I'll chop onions (or cheat and use frozen chopped onions), carrots, zucchini, and then at dinner time, boil some spinach linguini, and shake some grated parmesan over the whole combo. I have a two-tier steamer, and can wash and place cut broccoli, quartered yams, in one tier, steam rice in another tier for a basic entrée that can be varied with tamari, or some other sort of sauce.

As much as I love fresh vegs, I find it's easier and more economical to buy several bell peppers when there's a sale on them. Then slice all of them, lightly sauté them either alone or with onion, and divide them into small zip-lock freezer bags, to be taken out when I want to enhance some other recipe but haven't the energy to do every step.

A lot of international cuisine seems complicated until you realize that several ingredients are actually left-overs from the day before, added to new things today. When we have fresh broccoli, I steam some extra, the mix that into a soup the next day, or marinate it in balsamic vinegar and oil and put it in a wrap with feta cheese and salad vegs.

I guess what I'm saying, is that many prepared foods in the grocery store may not be all that healthy, but if you have an occasional day of enough energy, you can pre-prep and freeze ingredients, then have them on hand when you're dragging and can barely put a couple things together.

Pre-cooking a batch of brown rice always works well and keeps well in the fridge to be used as needed. Stir-frying a couple different vegs, maybe some boneless skinless chicken breasts, or organic chicken sausages (a favorite of ours) makes a great meal that also reheats well and improves in flavor the next day.

I have a chicken soup recipe that's nutritious, easy, abundant, and also freezes well (if you put it through a blender for a potage as some of the vegs lose good texture in freezing). I'll see if i can dig it up and send it along.

Be well,

Léna

HI Everyonne ,

How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding me

andmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ?

THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

Hey Marie J My husband also likes meat and potatoes only sigh very frustrating!   He will eat roast chicken breast only  if he has too.   Or he will eat dishes with chicken breast as long as it isn’t too often. He can’t touch seafood due to allergies.  So meat!  He loves corned beef which I put in a slow cooker in the am and wait for it.....potatoes and froz veg with white sauce.  He loves beef stroganoff, steak, meat skewers, hamburgers, Mexican raps, sausages, mince in gravy, bolognaise, stewed meat, meat balls.....  My memory is a problem...I go to the fridge and I have no idea what to make.   He loves fresh veg but understands my limitations when sick or tired and is happy for veg and fairly healthy food. I have also used  a list of possible dinner ideas on the fridge which are quick and easy and it has been a life saver. It is necessary as my memory is so bad I will stare at the fridge and have no idea, give up and sit down.   My daughter needs carbs to hold weight and can’t eat white potatoe or most rice...we discovered accidently that  basmati rice is the only one not glutenous which does not affect her stomach  Yahoo, one more option to sweet potatoe. I have long since accepted that some nights are impossible and take out is an option, I pick my battles and don’t beat myself up anymore.   I did completely gluten free and dairy free for 1year as my daughters stomach was so bad and that was exhausting and expensive with lyme and honestly did not make me well, though seemed to heal my daughters stomach a lot. Yes fatigue and budget greatly affect our meal plans too!  So you made me smile! I only do fish in alfoil as no fat/ flour and cooks itself.  My friend uses oven bags instead but I’m sure a lidded small oven dish will do, I just too tired to clean much. Cheers From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Wednesday, 23 May 2012 1:23 PMTo: Lyme_and_Rife Subject: Re: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair Thanks ,you made me laught with the frozen veggys :)Looks like I am not the only one to go for the frozen veggy. I have bought architoch 3 weeks ago .... They are still wainting fo rme to cook them ! No kidding. And fatigue piles up with it the shrinked budget that limit the diversity .Cosco frozen veggy are three sorts of mixing and they all looks like the same except one that i preferes to skip ( corn+carrots+peas =no thank you very much thank you no.) I will print what you wrote I forgot the alluminuim foil cooking very handy even thought it is alluminium we need to feed our self to began with . I can reimplace the rice with potatoe .I was thinking of thistoday wha tis easy quick meal and I tryed to make a list it can make a week .1)rosten chiken ( pu tin the oven like it is an wait ) and mashed potatoe2)humberger patty ( on egarlinc scrunch in the oil )with sweet potatoe in water and then a pice of better 3)a slice of pork with apple sauce or aple 4)the mexican rap with the already made quacomole some salad of any kind and some chesse the all thing in a pen 5)melt cheese on a piece of bread in a pen and some frozen veggies 6)the salmon from cosco already seasoned and a potatoe or what ever 7) spagetty bolognese my husabnd like the delmonte better than my own tomato sauce made so why bother ? The problem rise the second and thrid week of exhaustion . I will try what you do : any diet is too challneging to me and my husbnad is super limitative he likes meat and potatoes only . THank you LIsa again ,Kindly Marie To: Lyme_and_Rife Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:45 PMSubject: RE: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair Wow Marie, I’m very curious to hear what answers you get for this question! After years, of crushing fatigue at the moment, I now cycle through it rather than live it all the time! I read wonderful advice to precook meals when Okay and freeze, but for years I struggled always and with a husband and 3 kids left overs were eaten at dinner or for breakfast. With weak aching arms and hands I found chopping vege exhausting, couldn’t stand up for long and bought endless gadgets to help...some of which took longer to clean than use!! Finally found one in big w called a tefal fresh express. Makes making salads and soups much quicker and easier. However at my worst pre made bought salad which I could extend by adding lettuce for family of 5 and put fish in foil in the oven with 1 table spoon water and slice of lemon, it was all I had the energy for. If really bad I used precrumbed fish and baked, not fresh and premade, but better than nothing and too sick to care. The sicker I got the less I could do and I had to learn to compromise. I made soup or strog or sweet and sour etc with pre frozen veg (tons of pre frozen veg, though I prefer to steam not microwave) and a stripped precooked chicken or pre cut strips of meat and have finally resorted to packet mixes for instant flavour. Rice cooker is fantastic as you don’t have to watch, or I use gluten free pasta. Crock pots are also great. Chuck in a flavour base meat and defrosted frozen veg packet...yes fresh is best if you can stand up to prepare and shop reg, if not frozen is still at least vegetables. If big enough amounts you have lunch or breakfast low in refined carbs too. Just about getting through....have done take out etc when too sick for even this. Cheers From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012 6:28 AMTo: lyme_and_rife Subject: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair HI Everyonne ,How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding meandmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ?THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

I can relate to you as well !

I smiled to with you together challenge with a daughter and a husband to match the lyme . and staring at the fridge with no idea and ending up on a chair ...

KIndly Marie

To: Lyme_and_Rife Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:43 AMSubject: RE: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

Hey Marie J

My husband also likes meat and potatoes only sigh very frustrating! He will eat roast chicken breast only if he has too. Or he will eat dishes with chicken breast as long as it isn’t too often.

He can’t touch seafood due to allergies. So meat! He loves corned beef which I put in a slow cooker in the am and wait for it.....potatoes and froz veg with white sauce. He loves beef stroganoff, steak, meat skewers, hamburgers, Mexican raps, sausages, mince in gravy, bolognaise, stewed meat, meat balls..... My memory is a problem...I go to the fridge and I have no idea what to make. He loves fresh veg but understands my limitations when sick or tired and is happy for veg and fairly healthy food.

I have also used a list of possible dinner ideas on the fridge which are quick and easy and it has been a life saver. It is necessary as my memory is so bad I will stare at the fridge and have no idea, give up and sit down. My daughter needs carbs to hold weight and can’t eat white potatoe or most rice...we discovered accidently that basmati rice is the only one not glutenous which does not affect her stomach Yahoo, one more option to sweet potatoe.

I have long since accepted that some nights are impossible and take out is an option, I pick my battles and don’t beat myself up anymore. I did completely gluten free and dairy free for 1year as my daughters stomach was so bad and that was exhausting and expensive with lyme and honestly did not make me well, though seemed to heal my daughters stomach a lot.

Yes fatigue and budget greatly affect our meal plans too! So you made me smile!

I only do fish in alfoil as no fat/ flour and cooks itself. My friend uses oven bags instead but I’m sure a lidded small oven dish will do, I just too tired to clean much.

Cheers

From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Wednesday, 23 May 2012 1:23 PMTo: Lyme_and_Rife Subject: Re: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

Thanks ,

you made me laught with the frozen veggys

Looks like I am not the only one to go for the frozen veggy.

I have bought architoch 3 weeks ago .... They are still wainting fo rme to cook them ! No kidding. And fatigue piles up with it the shrinked budget that limit the diversity .Cosco frozen veggy are three sorts of mixing and they all looks like the same except one that i preferes to skip ( corn+carrots+peas =no thank you very much thank you no.) I will print what you wrote I forgot the alluminuim foil cooking very handy even thought it is alluminium we need to feed our self to began with . I can reimplace the rice with potatoe .

I was thinking of thistoday wha tis easy quick meal and I tryed to make a list it can make a week .

1)rosten chiken ( pu tin the oven like it is an wait ) and mashed potatoe

2)humberger patty ( on egarlinc scrunch in the oil )with sweet potatoe in water and then a pice of better

3)a slice of pork with apple sauce or aple

4)the mexican rap with the already made quacomole some salad of any kind and some chesse the all thing in a pen

5)melt cheese on a piece of bread in a pen and some frozen veggies

6)the salmon from cosco already seasoned and a potatoe or what ever

7) spagetty bolognese my husabnd like the delmonte better than my own tomato sauce made so why bother ?

The problem rise the second and thrid week of exhaustion .

I will try what you do : any diet is too challneging to me and my husbnad is super limitative he likes meat and potatoes only .

THank you LIsa again ,

Kindly Marie

To: Lyme_and_Rife Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:45 PMSubject: RE: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

Wow Marie,

I’m very curious to hear what answers you get for this question! After years, of crushing fatigue at the moment, I now cycle through it rather than live it all the time! I read wonderful advice to precook meals when Okay and freeze, but for years I struggled always and with a husband and 3 kids left overs were eaten at dinner or for breakfast. With weak aching arms and hands I found chopping vege exhausting, couldn’t stand up for long and bought endless gadgets to help...some of which took longer to clean than use!! Finally found one in big w called a tefal fresh express. Makes making salads and soups much quicker and easier.

However at my worst pre made bought salad which I could extend by adding lettuce for family of 5 and put fish in foil in the oven with 1 table spoon water and slice of lemon, it was all I had the energy for. If really bad I used precrumbed fish and baked, not fresh and premade, but better than nothing and too sick to care. The sicker I got the less I could do and I had to learn to compromise.

I made soup or strog or sweet and sour etc with pre frozen veg (tons of pre frozen veg, though I prefer to steam not microwave) and a stripped precooked chicken or pre cut strips of meat and have finally resorted to packet mixes for instant flavour. Rice cooker is fantastic as you don’t have to watch, or I use gluten free pasta. Crock pots are also great. Chuck in a flavour base meat and defrosted frozen veg packet...yes fresh is best if you can stand up to prepare and shop reg, if not frozen is still at least vegetables. If big enough amounts you have lunch or breakfast low in refined carbs too.

Just about getting through....have done take out etc when too sick for even this.

Cheers

From: Lyme_and_Rife [mailto:Lyme_and_Rife ] On Behalf Of Marie BenoitSent: Tuesday, 22 May 2012 6:28 AMTo: lyme_and_rife Subject: OT: tyred to be tyred still struggling withthe new moon flair

HI Everyonne ,

How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem of feeding me

andmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to make it easy cooking and still good ?

THanks Marie

[Guest guest]

Hi Marie,

Sorry you are having a tough time... This will end...

If you are the chief cook in your home, think about making big meals on your

better days and then freeze in individual portions... This way when you don't

feel

like cooking, take your meals out of the freezer the day before and put in the

fridge.

Take care,

Jim

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> HI Everyonne ,

> How do you manage to do the basic thinga day needs us to do please like

cooking ?I am back to crawling underfatigue and cannot get it out so th eproblem

of feeding me

> andmy husband rises again , I am wondering if some of you have found ideas to

make it easy cooking and still good ?

> THanks Marie

>