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I'm making myself hungry here, thinking about the tilapia and lemon...

Is it the taste or the texture of tomatoes you do not care for? Because I wonder if using tomato sauce rather than diced tomatoes might be more palatable for you. Then too, you might try maybe substituting some other vegetable such as spinach, then sautéing the spinach and zucchini with a nice splash of balsamic vinegar or…

An easy, lite meal packed with nutrients is tomato-zucchini mélange with tilapia (cod, pollock, swigh, or any other mild white fish will do nicely here). Is it just you or are you cooking for a crowd? I make this for four, but you can scale the ingredients down if need be. We brown bag it for lunches, and the leftovers do…

I had one out after it got abcessed. After that I think I lived on nutrition shakes for a few days. Got the other three out later, I remember Campbell's chicken and stars soup, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, and pudding.

Is that Harvey Korman? Not the Wookie, the chef.

And people think it's unrealistic for characters in musicals to randomly burst into song... some of us do it all the time.

Another thing you might try is making yourself eat something small every couple of hours - a single piece of fruit, a granola bar, just a little something. If this helps you get some food then you might start thinking about making it more balanced, adding in vegetables and protein. This is how I am surviving a serious…

My guy sings "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" in his best stage baritone (he was in theater at uni) when he washes the dishes. When I first moved in with him and I came home from a long day's work and he was doing that ... I knew he was a keeper.

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 slice whole grain toast, 1 teaspoon butter, 1 piece of fruit You may substitute 1 ounce of cheese for 1 egg, or substitute 1/2 cup Riccota or cottage cheese for both eggs. Lunch: 4 ounces lean meat such as chicken breast or pork loin chop, 2 cups cooked non-starchy vegetables OR 4 cups raw non-starchy…

I don't think that zucchini noodles taste exactly like pasta. They do taste really good with tomatoes, and with a lot of the things I like to add to red sauce, so they work really well as a low-cal something to eat red sauce with. They have a less distinct flavor and are more tender than spaghetti squash. For me, my love…

My pleasure! I do so much of my shopping at Aldi that I look for purses that have enough compartments and pockets have one little pocket specifically to keep a quarter in so I always have it ready. You should have seen my cranky face the day I fumbled putting my quarter into its little zipper pocket and it fell into the…

In the app, tap "add food to diary", then tap whichever meal you want to add it to. At the top of the screen, where you almost can't see it, should be a search thingy. Tap there and use your on screen keyboard to start typing the name of the food. When I typed "banana" the results included a couple of foods that had…

Wait, wait, wait... no one has taught you the trick of looking for boxes on the shelves that you can empty of whatever few remaining items, and use the box to cart your groceries home in? Your fellow local Aldi shoppers have failed you. (half the fun of shopping there, I swear, is noticing someone who doesn't know all the…

Heat Wave Salad 2 bunches fresh spinach 1/2 lb. silken firm tofu, crumbled 1 c. canned chick peas, drained 1 c. frozen peas, thawed 1 med. cucumber, sliced 1 pt. cherry or grape tomatoes 1 c. fresh blueberries 1 c. fresh strawberries, sliced 1 c. mandarin orange sections 4 oz. cheddar cheese, cubed 1/2 c. walnuts, pecans,…

I am sorry I only just saw this. I hope that you found a way to take care of yourself emotionally while caring for your physical self with nutrition that keeps your body strong and healthy as possible.

Try talking to yourself the way you would talk to a beloved friend if they had done this. You would speak with compassion and gentleness. You would be encouraging your friend to use this as a learning opportunity, one step in the path to successfully identifying how to pay attention to triggering feelings as well as how to…

I really like adding cauliflower to chili. When I was a kid, my family had dinner with an Egyptian family who made a cauliflower dish with a sauce that tasted a lot like my mom's chili con carne. After that, we'd steam the cauliflower and pour the chili over it. These days, I just pitch the cauliflower into the pot along…

Looks fantastic! I always add cauliflower to chili.

The thing I do not enjoy about most natural, keep 'em in the fridge, stir 'em up before use, peanut butters is they don't add sugar or high fructose corn syrup, and the taste just is not the same to me without that added sugar. I love a good PB&J, so my solution is to have them only on rare occasions then just enjoy the…

If you are having muscle aches or other signs of potassium deficiency, get some "No Salt" salt substitute which is potassium chloride in place of sodium chloride and sprinkle some on everything you eat. Or drink Low Sodium V-8 juice, which has potassium chloride added for flavoring. Try sweetening things with blackstrap…

IIRC a courgette is what a zucchini is called in the UK. So if I'm guessing right, courgetti = zoodles.

I left the fruit in the whole time I was drinking out of the pitcher. It never lasted more than three days before I drank it all down. You are using a much smaller pitcher than what I have - mine is just an ordinary gallon pitcher with a strainer side in the lid. When I did it with cucumbers, I refilled the water and had…

For anyone who is unsure of spending money on a counter-top spiralizer appliance because you don't know how much you will use it or what types of vegetables you want to try with it, here is what I did: I bought a cheap vegetable peeler-style julienne tool like this one…

Add a little horseradish, pretend you have a deviled egg.

There used to be Woolworth department stores in the US, but I think they are mostly gone now and didn't sell much food - just snacks and maybe had a lunch counter. At Aldis here in the US they sell some good German made chocolate. The brand is Mozer Roth. Far and away the best prices I have seen on that quality of…

I'd bet folding money you're in Minnesota, and that you are in the Cities. I'm south of the Cities, and shop at Fareway, Aldi, HyVee and local farm stands.

Additional food memory: My mom was from upstate New York, my dad from rural Florida. Mom did not really know how to cook when they got married, so my dad taught her some. She had never had banana pudding, you know, layers of vanilla pudding, sliced bananas, 'Nilla wafers, merangue, before he made it for her. She loved it,…

Oooh! I will have to look for the spicy relish...

One thing I like to do is get the pre-made thin crusts in whole grain, sautee a bunch of veggies - onion, zucchini, eggplant, tomato, mushrooms, carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, whatever I have on hand - in a little olive oil and a lot of balsamic vinegar. Load the crust up with the veggies, sprinkle on some Tone's…

Lime juice, garlic, and pepper. Catalina dressing and hot sauce. Balsamic vinegar, basil, garlic, and pepper.