Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
And since NH is the one making the meals, my suggesting crackers to you isn't going to help. So they make yucky food, hm? How's your mom's current weight? I'm sure they'll monitor it.
What were the selling points of the pureed diet, why did dietician think it would be good for your mom?
(I'm just genuinely curious about the situation, if you want to share more.)
I've been wanting to cut back on my "bored eating," so I bought some Better Than Bullion mix at the store and started making a cup of "soup" when I'm not hungry but just want something savory. Problem is - it's still a huge amount of sodium, even though that brand is *only* 680 mg sodium per tsp serving compared to the 1k mg sodium in regular bullion servings. I notice I have a headache the other day and again today after drinking a couple of cups. I use 1 tsp per about 24 oz, it's still causing headache. I'll have to dilute it quite a bit, use a lot less... just like my "water coffee" these days that I'm making with about a tsp of ground coffee for a 6oz cup. You know you've hit a certain age when you have to stop eating/drinking things that aren't good for you or you pay the price. I'm not getting away with anything bad for me these days!
I'm all out of El
Pollo Loco coupons
Where did you get yours ?
Salads are done that way too, by adding greens to lower the cost, as hubs is part bunny.
We had " to-go" salads with a coupon last night from el polo loco, "layered avocado salads-" good! Good enough without dressing, and plenty of avocado.
To make sure Mom is getting good nutrition I have been buying prepare salads at Publix. They have beautiful salads with strawberries, salad greens, cheese, cranberries, and pecans. I add chicken and mandarin oranges and she is thrilled. They also have one with apples, chicken, feta, pecans and salad greens. I really don't have to fix this but In some instances I will add mandarin oranges. Each salad costs about $7 but by adding extra greens I can get two meals from it.
After awhile, last night's chicken flavor of lemongrass that had been simmered in came subtlety through. Better, interesting, but still.....not what I expected. Giving up cooking until the grouchiness caused by pain subsides. It will take 3 days for me to clean up the mess I made. Hubs has sinus headaches that put him in bed, needing waiting on.
Like I had described: The caregiver needs a caregiver, and visa versa. Lol.
We are quite the team!
Add grated Parmesan, you are not in Italy yet! Lol!
Hawaiian chicken, hawaiian sauteed carrots, pineapple, and fresh mini tomatoes, in a sauce of bone broth with ginger, and rice.
Wasn't it only yesterday, that this new fad of bone broth hitting the stores-wasn't that the same as CHICKEN BROTH?
Whatever you do, don't throw the rice in the crockpot on your way out the door, it absorbed ALL the juice/sauce, some rice was hard, mixed in with soft.
First, I heated up some clam chowder (deli section of local mkt) before going to pick up hubs, dinner was at 10 p.m. Somehow, I pictured dinner at 9 p.m.
No need to make it when Ono Hawaiian bbq chicken is handy - maybe I'll get some vegetable udon soup too
I'll try crabby crab next week for clam chowder but I'll skip the pound of fries
Oh, and I have some ginger, making that now....yes, I am!
Hubs was having a crepe with fresh fruit and cream cheese, and I had ice cream with fudge sauce. The dessert came first, so we shared the soup.
I heard some restaurant was serving yellow whipped cream for Easter dessert.........kinda like eating yellow snow? Lol.
I ate at bobs big boy in Toluca lake over the weekend - blue cheese dressing - yum
Tonight it was an orange and a bran muffin - I'm still hungry
But next time, order out, something very expensive, for two.
If he is still eating with his parents, you can have leftovers.
Then, do it again. Sorry you weren't home for dinner, dear, want some of this? There is plenty, from my fave restaurant.....
Add fresh peeled carrots, huge potato, celery, diced tomatoes, (and for extra juice, added 1/2 c. orange juice......and simple, one crockpot cooking. Served with lots of fresh salad, bob's big boy blue cheese dressing.
Jack Spratt ate mostly vegetables, his wife ate the country spare ribs.
Leftovers tonight, adding salsa, mixed bell peppers and cayenne for Jack.
So I actually cook once once a week...the rest of the time I just pull a couple serving cups out of the freezer. Add a side of veggies or fruit...and ta da. Dinner!