Cooking

Hi Everyone,

I am currently waiting on my insurance approval and I have done everything else - gone to the orientation meeting, had the initial doctor consult, met with the psychologist and gone to a support group meeting.  I hope that I will get a positive response but in the mean time, I am trying to educate myself as much as possible on the process. 

My question today focuses on how do you handle feeding your family after surgery.  I understand that things will change drastically for me and my eating habits.  How have you handled cooking for your families and does it make you sick to do the cooking or does it present you with a too much temptation?  I am trying to figure out the logistics. I do all of the grocery shopping and cooking for my Mother (disabled) and Husband.  Any insight you post op patients that have tackled this issue can provide would be helpful.

I was worried about that also i have my dh and 3 sons and my parents and brother who eats from here 2-3 times a week.

But i went online and got some recipes and people have given me some so that i can fix the same thing for all of us and its working my family is losing a few pounds to and they say it taste good.

last nite we had homemade spaghetti and meatballs i cant eat the spaghetti but i ate 2 meatballs with a little sauce..

eggface on the main board has a lot of recipes and sherri here on the indiana board.

Its funny before surgery i was the last one finished eating and withe surgery and eating alot less i thought id finish sooner but no im still the last one finished...

good luck sweetie and for the first few weeks my hubby and oldest son cooked cause i didnt like the smell of food or i would throw something in the crockpot..

Thanks for the feedback and congrats on your success.

I make healthy-ish dinners for all of us and they love it all!

I am making homemeade Greenbenas w/ potatoes and ham tonight. I will pick out mostly ham 2-3 ozs. and a few beans.

You can prety much change anything to make it to where you can eat it!

We had New york strips on the grill sunday night w/ corn on the cob and sugar snap peas. The best steaks I have ever made! Its all about the herbs/spices and the way its prepared....

I make spaghetti w. turkey and barilla plus spaghetti ( very high in protein) I ate 3-4 ounces. I had it for 3 meals.

Good luck xoxox shanna