Re: I seriously need meal help here!

[Guest guest]

Buy cookbooks and look at all the websites with recipes. Thereare tons of things to make:http://www.lucyskitchenshop.com/cookbook.htmlmost are also available at amazon.MaraI am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL. Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

[Guest guest]

Buy cookbooks and look at all the websites with recipes. Thereare tons of things to make:http://www.lucyskitchenshop.com/cookbook.htmlmost are also available at amazon.MaraI am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL. Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn2,

I had this problem also at first so, I did use the Grainfree Gourmet cookbooks and some recipes and I made SCD meatloaf for the whole family with either salad or roasted asparagus or any veggies that kids like--they like the french green beans with butter and salt. I add a starch for them that I do not eat: either pasta, potatoes or rice. Many times if there is enough almond or nut flour in the recipe, I don't add a starch--just depends. I use my crockpot and make SCD legal barbeque Turkey legs or chicken. I’ll roast a whole chicken for the family or make a roast of some sort, either beef or pork. I think the trick is to make the regular meals you always did, but put the emphasis on the lean protein and veggie, not the starch. I do a lot of grilling--burgers, chicken tenders with EVOO, salt and rubbed pressed garlic, pork chops, drumsticks. Grilled veggies are awesome, too with Olive oil and salt--red peppers, zucchini, eggplant, onions and asparagus are our favorites. I also grill shrimp on skewers and kids always like shish kabobs. You can do different meats and veggies on the skewers. I always make extra so I have left overs for me--it gets tiring doing all the cooking for the family and then doing something separate for you.

These are all things that you can make for the whole family and not feel left out. I just add a whole grain starch for my non SCD'ers and sometimes we go without and they are becoming OK with that gradually.

You can make chili in the crockpot, just make it SCD legal. If you are just a pasta family, then it will be tough for you. But if the family enjoys meat and fish--just make a normal meal, tweak it so it's legal and if you have to, add a whole grain starch for the kids. I know in my family, I am trying to de-emphasize the starches--it is a slow process.

Hope it helps.

Terry

UC, Lialda, tamoxifen

I seriously need meal help here!

I am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL.

Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2

Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn2,

I had this problem also at first so, I did use the Grainfree Gourmet cookbooks and some recipes and I made SCD meatloaf for the whole family with either salad or roasted asparagus or any veggies that kids like--they like the french green beans with butter and salt. I add a starch for them that I do not eat: either pasta, potatoes or rice. Many times if there is enough almond or nut flour in the recipe, I don't add a starch--just depends. I use my crockpot and make SCD legal barbeque Turkey legs or chicken. I’ll roast a whole chicken for the family or make a roast of some sort, either beef or pork. I think the trick is to make the regular meals you always did, but put the emphasis on the lean protein and veggie, not the starch. I do a lot of grilling--burgers, chicken tenders with EVOO, salt and rubbed pressed garlic, pork chops, drumsticks. Grilled veggies are awesome, too with Olive oil and salt--red peppers, zucchini, eggplant, onions and asparagus are our favorites. I also grill shrimp on skewers and kids always like shish kabobs. You can do different meats and veggies on the skewers. I always make extra so I have left overs for me--it gets tiring doing all the cooking for the family and then doing something separate for you.

These are all things that you can make for the whole family and not feel left out. I just add a whole grain starch for my non SCD'ers and sometimes we go without and they are becoming OK with that gradually.

You can make chili in the crockpot, just make it SCD legal. If you are just a pasta family, then it will be tough for you. But if the family enjoys meat and fish--just make a normal meal, tweak it so it's legal and if you have to, add a whole grain starch for the kids. I know in my family, I am trying to de-emphasize the starches--it is a slow process.

Hope it helps.

Terry

UC, Lialda, tamoxifen

I seriously need meal help here!

I am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL.

Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2

Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn2,

I had this problem also at first so, I did use the Grainfree Gourmet cookbooks and some recipes and I made SCD meatloaf for the whole family with either salad or roasted asparagus or any veggies that kids like--they like the french green beans with butter and salt. I add a starch for them that I do not eat: either pasta, potatoes or rice. Many times if there is enough almond or nut flour in the recipe, I don't add a starch--just depends. I use my crockpot and make SCD legal barbeque Turkey legs or chicken. I’ll roast a whole chicken for the family or make a roast of some sort, either beef or pork. I think the trick is to make the regular meals you always did, but put the emphasis on the lean protein and veggie, not the starch. I do a lot of grilling--burgers, chicken tenders with EVOO, salt and rubbed pressed garlic, pork chops, drumsticks. Grilled veggies are awesome, too with Olive oil and salt--red peppers, zucchini, eggplant, onions and asparagus are our favorites. I also grill shrimp on skewers and kids always like shish kabobs. You can do different meats and veggies on the skewers. I always make extra so I have left overs for me--it gets tiring doing all the cooking for the family and then doing something separate for you.

These are all things that you can make for the whole family and not feel left out. I just add a whole grain starch for my non SCD'ers and sometimes we go without and they are becoming OK with that gradually.

You can make chili in the crockpot, just make it SCD legal. If you are just a pasta family, then it will be tough for you. But if the family enjoys meat and fish--just make a normal meal, tweak it so it's legal and if you have to, add a whole grain starch for the kids. I know in my family, I am trying to de-emphasize the starches--it is a slow process.

Hope it helps.

Terry

UC, Lialda, tamoxifen

I seriously need meal help here!

I am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL.

Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2

Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

I also cook for my husband and kids. I make a protein, vegetable and

salad that we can all eat. Protein is chicken, fish, pork, beef, turkey, or

beans. For example, tonight I will grill salmon with SCD marinade and also

grill veggies (mushrooms, onions, green beans with olive oil and butter in a

packet) and make a salad (I make a huge jar of Italian dressing from

nomorecrohns). I can eat all these things. For my family, I will

also bake potatoes. To keep things interesting, each week

I use different ethnic seasoning (Italian, Greek, Indian, and Mexican). For Mexican night, I use leftover meat (chicken or pork)

and make enchiladas or burritos, and separate a small dish without the sauce of

meat, beans and cheese for myself.

It took me a while to come to this decision: I no longer make complicated

things that I cannot eat. I just don't have the energy and time

and my family can cook for themselves or eat elsewhere (how special dinner out

is for them now!) For convenience and to keep them happy, I buy

Costco lasagna (and other frozen entrees, on a very limited basis) and pop it

in the oven for my family, on days when I have leftovers to eat. When I

make burgers, I buy 6 pounds of ground turkey at Costco and grill them all,

then freeze a bunch, so I can pull them out when needed. I use the Crockpot

once a week, and go heavy on the vegetables, thicken with pureed carrots, and

then make my family a separate starch (rice or potatoes). I usually grill

once a week in aluminum foil packets, which can be prepared the night before

and put on the grill when I come home from work, with no clean up (the other

night I tried an easy recipe from Parade Magazine, cut up chicken, green beans,

onions with curry powder and olive oil, grill 20 minutes).

For something sweet, I cook fruit (apples or pears) and bake butternut squash

(mashed with honey and cinnamon) and freeze small jars of it. I also bake SCD

muffins (for a quick breakfast) and SCD cookies, double batch, and freeze, so

each night I have a little treat (my current favorite are the ginger cookies,

recipe posted on BTVC a few weeks ago.) I buy 25# of almond flour and put in

zip lock bags and freeze.

Over time, as you double and triple recipes, your freezer will have quick meals

for you (I have a large plastic basket on one freezer shelf that has SCD

food). Also, you will build up recipe ideas. On my computer, I made

an SCD directory and I download recipes from this listserv and other

places. I give each file a descriptive name and delete anything I can't

eat (such as tomato or dairy). I print out a copy and put it in a three ring binder

that is divided into food types. I can search either on my computer or leaf

through my "cook book" (which has now grown into three binders.) I

purchased several SCD cookbooks. Gourmet magazine and their

cookbooks also have many SCD recipes because the French don't add starch to

everything

Remember, all this SCD food is very healthy and your family benefits!

Lesa

SCD since 9/07

IBS

I seriously need meal help here!

I am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a lot of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL.

Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten tired of snacks and drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes, ice tea, shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need HELP! Marilyn2

Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

Job Hunting? Start with the companies that posted job openings this week.

[Guest guest]

>Hi, I just wanted to say that I kind of do the same thing. I prepare a dinner

that is a meat, and fruit, and a vegetable. Sometimes I will make mashed

potatoes for the rest of the family or baked beans or corn. But all of my kids

rave over chicken nuggets breaded in almond flour. They think it is better than

being breaded in flour. I fry that in olive oil. I make london broil, or

hamburgers, or cut up chiken seasoned with chili powder,salt, a little cumin,

and garlic to make chicken burritos. My SCD son doesn't eat his with a burrito,

but can eat it on a salad with cheese. All the kids love a cut up honeydew,

cantalope, strawberries, or watermelon with dinner. If it needs sweetening use a

little honey and mix it in the cut up fruit. I have found that some of my kids

eat vegetable they have never eaten before, like snow peas, cabbage, and beets.

The kids who don't like these can eat canned corn or baked beans with their

meal. It is actually better for your whole family to eat this way, it is much

more nutritious, and it can have positive benefits in the future. Just look for

a meat recipe, then add a vegetable and a fruit, and tell the kids that is what

is for dinner, they will get used to it.

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> I also cook for my husband and kids.? I make a protein, vegetable and

> salad that we can all eat. Protein is chicken, fish, pork, beef, turkey, or

> beans. ? For example, tonight I will grill salmon with SCD marinade and also

> grill veggies (mushrooms, onions, green beans with olive oil and butter in a

> packet) and make a salad (I make a huge jar of Italian dressing from

> nomorecrohns).? I can eat all these things.? For my family, I will

> also bake potatoes. To keep things interesting, each week

> I use different ethnic seasoning (Italian, Greek, Indian, and Mexican). For

Mexican night, I use leftover meat (chicken or pork)

> and make enchiladas or burritos, and separate a small dish without the sauce

of

> meat, beans and cheese for myself.

>

>

>

> It took me a while to come to this decision: I no longer make complicated

> things that I cannot eat.? I just don't have the energy and time

> and my family can cook for themselves or eat elsewhere (how special dinner out

> is for them now!)? For convenience and to keep them happy,?I buy

> Costco lasagna (and other frozen entrees, on a very limited basis) and pop it

> in the oven for my family, on days when I have leftovers to eat.? When I

> make burgers, I buy 6 pounds of ground turkey at Costco and grill them all,

> then freeze a bunch, so I can pull them out when needed.? I use the Crockpot

> once a week, and go heavy on the vegetables, thicken with pureed carrots, and

> then make my family a separate starch (rice or potatoes).? I usually grill

> once a week in aluminum foil packets, which can be prepared the night before

> and put on the grill when I come home from work, with no clean up (the other

> night I tried an easy recipe from Parade Magazine, cut up chicken, green

beans,

> onions with curry powder and olive oil, grill 20 minutes).

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> For something sweet, I cook fruit (apples or pears) and bake butternut squash

> (mashed with honey and cinnamon) and freeze small jars of it. I also bake SCD

> muffins (for a quick breakfast) and SCD cookies, double batch, and freeze, so

> each night I have a little treat (my current favorite are the ginger cookies,

> recipe posted on BTVC a few weeks ago.) I buy 25# of almond flour and put in

> zip lock bags and freeze.?

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>

>

> Over time, as you double and triple recipes, your freezer will have quick

meals

> for you (I have a large plastic basket on one freezer shelf that has SCD

> food).? Also, you will build up recipe ideas.? On my computer, I made

> an SCD directory and I download recipes from this listserv and other

> places.? I give each file a descriptive name and delete anything I can't

> eat (such as tomato or dairy). I print out a copy and put it in a three ring

binder

> that is divided into food types. I can search either on my computer or leaf

> through my " cook book " (which has now grown into three binders.) I

> purchased several SCD cookbooks. ?? Gourmet magazine and their

> cookbooks also have many SCD recipes because the French don't add starch to

> everything

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> Remember, all this SCD food is very healthy and your family benefits!?

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> Lesa

> SCD since 9/07

> IBS

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> I am sliding back to my old ways, because I can't seem to figure out how to

> prepare actual MEALS my whole family can eat! I am not one to continue to eat

> chicken soup every night, while fixing baked ziti for my family. There are a

lot

> of FOODS allowed on SCD, but I don't see very much written about how to put

> those foods together to prepare an entire MEAL.

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> Maybe I'm missing stuff, or just being dense. But I have already gotten

> tired of snacks and?drinks, and even after slipping up just twice, I can

> feel the effects on my body, and I don't like it! But I just simply can't seem

> to get past carrots dipped in almond butter, egg white omelettes,?ice tea,

> shrimp salad, and chicken soup! I am feeding a large family here and I need

> HELP! Marilyn2

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> Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for under $10.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn,

Lots of great advice already posted here. I will add that I have

basically substituted a winter squash like butternut or acorn for any

meal that I used to serve with rice or potatoes. It's become my

" substitute starch " . Squash gives me that " full " feeling so I don't have

to try and fill up on just the protein and other veggies.

In almost two years of SCD, leftovers have become my salvation - I have

learned to cook BIG (even though it's just my husand and me); I always

try to have a big meat (whole chicken, roast, crock-pot roast, etc.) in

the works once a week or so and use that as the main item ... dinner one

night, it goes into an extra large omelette that makes 2 days' worth of

lunches for me ... roast cut up and made into stir-fry the 2nd night

(with squash on the side) - you just have to eat things together that

might not seem like they " go " . Meat sauce on spaghetti squash ...

stir-fry on spaghetti squash ... etc.

Good luck - it will get easier with time and practice.

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD since 7/07

med-free since 7/08

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I need HELP!

[Guest guest]

I've been full time on the SCD for about 4 months now and I find it EXHAUSTING!

I feel like I spend all my time cooking, cleaning and eating. Somebody here

suggested cooking big. I'm going to start doing that tomorrow, cooking tons of

food and putting single servings in the freezer. I'm single and work a lot of

double shifts. I often don't find as much time to cook as I'd like, plus when I

do cook I get bored to tears. Still I've found so many recipes! Google " SCD

recipes " and you'll be overwhelmed with responses! Here's my favorite recipe.

I change it a little bit every time.

Always moist meatloaf:

1 to 1.25 lbs of ground meat (I like veal, pork, chicken, lamb or any combo.

Use whatever makes you happy)

1/2 to 1 large portabello mushroom, chopped fine

1/4 white onion and/or 4 scallions, chopped fine

olive oil

1-2 cloves garlic, pressed

1 egg

1 tablespoon almond flour

1/2 teaspoon mustard powder

salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350F

Saute onions/scallions in a pan with olive oil until light brown. Press garlic

into the pan and before the garlic turns dark brown throw the contents into a

large bowl with the ground meat. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it up.

Throw it into a 4x8 loaf pan and cook it for about 50 minutes. I like to use a

meat thermometer, just to be sure. Let it cool for at least five minutes before

slicing and serving. Like I said, this and all other recipes are not set in

stone! Maybe you prefer shallots. Maybe you hate garlic, maybe portabellos

aren't your bag. Fine. Change out any ingredient you like. The only unique

aspect of my recipe is the mushroom which, in my opinion, will guarantee an

always moist meatloaf. Enjoy!

-Dan

SCD: 4 months (fulltime)

Crohn's diagnosis: 8 months

Belly problems: 20 years

Digestive tract: Happier than it's been in DECADES

[Guest guest]

Hi Dan,

your meatloaf recipe looks awesome--I'm going to try it.

Cooking big and freezing is the way to go to make life easier.

To help the boredom factor, bring a TV into the kitchen while cooking--it helps the time go by.

I have to cook for a family of four, so I'll take your meatloaf recipe and triple it. Maybe I might get one meatloaf to freeze or a half.

Fell free to share any recipes at any time--I'm always looking for good hearty family friendly meals!

Terry

UC less than one year.

Re: I seriously need meal help here!

I've been full time on the SCD for about 4 months now and I find it EXHAUSTING! I feel like I spend all my time cooking, cleaning and eating. Somebody here suggested cooking big. I'm going to start doing that tomorrow, cooking tons of food and putting single servings in the freezer. I'm single and work a lot of double shifts. I often don't find as much time to cook as I'd like, plus when I do cook I get bored to tears. Still I've found so many recipes! Google "SCD recipes" and you'll be overwhelmed with responses! Here's my favorite recipe. I change it a little bit every time.Always moist meatloaf:1 to 1.25 lbs of ground meat (I like veal, pork, chicken, lamb or any combo. Use whatever makes you happy)1/2 to 1 large portabello mushroom, chopped fine1/4 white onion and/or 4 scallions, chopped fineolive oil1-2 cloves garlic, pressed1 egg1 tablespoon almond flour1/2 teaspoon mustard powdersalt/pepper to tastePreheat oven to 350FSaute onions/scallions in a pan with olive oil until light brown. Press garlic into the pan and before the garlic turns dark brown throw the contents into a large bowl with the ground meat. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it up. Throw it into a 4x8 loaf pan and cook it for about 50 minutes. I like to use a meat thermometer, just to be sure. Let it cool for at least five minutes before slicing and serving. Like I said, this and all other recipes are not set in stone! Maybe you prefer shallots. Maybe you hate garlic, maybe portabellos aren't your bag. Fine. Change out any ingredient you like. The only unique aspect of my recipe is the mushroom which, in my opinion, will guarantee an always moist meatloaf. Enjoy!-DanSCD: 4 months (fulltime)Crohn's diagnosis: 8 monthsBelly problems: 20 yearsDigestive tract: Happier than it's been in DECADES

[Guest guest]

Hi Dan,

your meatloaf recipe looks awesome--I'm going to try it.

Cooking big and freezing is the way to go to make life easier.

To help the boredom factor, bring a TV into the kitchen while cooking--it helps the time go by.

I have to cook for a family of four, so I'll take your meatloaf recipe and triple it. Maybe I might get one meatloaf to freeze or a half.

Fell free to share any recipes at any time--I'm always looking for good hearty family friendly meals!

Terry

UC less than one year.

Re: I seriously need meal help here!

I've been full time on the SCD for about 4 months now and I find it EXHAUSTING! I feel like I spend all my time cooking, cleaning and eating. Somebody here suggested cooking big. I'm going to start doing that tomorrow, cooking tons of food and putting single servings in the freezer. I'm single and work a lot of double shifts. I often don't find as much time to cook as I'd like, plus when I do cook I get bored to tears. Still I've found so many recipes! Google "SCD recipes" and you'll be overwhelmed with responses! Here's my favorite recipe. I change it a little bit every time.Always moist meatloaf:1 to 1.25 lbs of ground meat (I like veal, pork, chicken, lamb or any combo. Use whatever makes you happy)1/2 to 1 large portabello mushroom, chopped fine1/4 white onion and/or 4 scallions, chopped fineolive oil1-2 cloves garlic, pressed1 egg1 tablespoon almond flour1/2 teaspoon mustard powdersalt/pepper to tastePreheat oven to 350FSaute onions/scallions in a pan with olive oil until light brown. Press garlic into the pan and before the garlic turns dark brown throw the contents into a large bowl with the ground meat. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it up. Throw it into a 4x8 loaf pan and cook it for about 50 minutes. I like to use a meat thermometer, just to be sure. Let it cool for at least five minutes before slicing and serving. Like I said, this and all other recipes are not set in stone! Maybe you prefer shallots. Maybe you hate garlic, maybe portabellos aren't your bag. Fine. Change out any ingredient you like. The only unique aspect of my recipe is the mushroom which, in my opinion, will guarantee an always moist meatloaf. Enjoy!-DanSCD: 4 months (fulltime)Crohn's diagnosis: 8 monthsBelly problems: 20 yearsDigestive tract: Happier than it's been in DECADES

[Guest guest]

Hi Dan, your meatloaf recipe looks awesome--I'm going to try it.Cooking big and freezing is the way to go to make life easier.To help the boredom factor, bring a TV into the kitchen while cooking--it helps the time go by.ditto on the tv or ipod speakers for music or podcasts.Mara