Foods

Hey everyone I am starting to do a personal project. I have given myself two years with food research and writting to come up with a cookbook for the bariatric family. You might be bariatric but the family isnt and to fix a meal that everyone can eat. This idea came with hearing many people saying they have to fix so many things seperately from the family. Or there family wont eat the foods we do. My husband from day one loved how I cooked better than other ways of eating. He said one of the benefits is he can just eat and not worry if it is bad or unhealthy. Because it is all healthy. He can just sit back and enjoy the meal. My mother said she enjoyed my Thanksgiving turkey so much she gave two thumbs up for the cookbook idea. So what I was wondering I am in a creative mood , Are you willing to share how you eat and foods that you fix for ideas of which I will create a recipe. Also for those of you out there are there foods you wish you just knew how to put it together right the healthy way to be able to eat it again? Tell me what you wish you could eat again and I will explore the creative options on the meal. Believe me I have changed all sorts of meals I grew up on into healthy alternatives I can still eat now. Many of them actually taste better than the resturant version. But maybe I am bias. Well tell me what you think Amy

Hi Amy, I am not much of a cook for myself.. I make regular meals for my family and eat what I can or make myself something that I can eat... but I wanted to tell you that my friend, who is 2 years post-op has done baking with splenda with wonderful results. She sold breads, pies, cookies and pumpkin rolls all done "sugar free" with splenda. It can be done. AND if you want a small piece of something, you can fell a little better about it when it's sugar free. They taste great, too. I also know of a lady who makes and sells fudge.. she says that the usual artificial sweetners (equal, sweet n low, splenda) won't work in fudge recipes, the "sugar" or sugar substitute must be granular or it won't set up right. I will try to find the name of the sugar substitute she uses. It is something like Diabeta sweet.. can only be gotten online. I would definitly be interested in the recipes. My hubby refuses to eat healthy... he is 6'2" and weighs over 450.. and won't even think about surgery for himself... but if I can sneak something good in, I will..lol. Good luck on the project!! Jacki K