[blparent] meals and snacks

Sun Aug 28 19:05:56 UTC 2011

Meals we have for dinner are spaghetti and meat sauce or with meatballs, pork chops with rice or chicken teriyaki with rice and broccoli, turkey and swiss sandwiches with chips, hamburgers, brauts, I cut up fresh veggies and fruit and put it in the middle of the table for most meals, I make chef salads, with turkey or ham, hard boiled eggs, cheese, we make stew in colder months, beans, omelets with ham and cheese,  chicken strips, taquitos,  grilled cheese sandwiches,  and sometimes we just have cereal.  I never make anything that is too difficult as shewon't eat it.  Oh yeah, and taco's. V

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nikki
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:56 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks

    Yes. Mainly dinner ideas, thank you.
I want to stay away from processed foods if possible, like Hamburger, Tuna 
Helper, those Betty Crocker meals in a box, etc.
My parents have said "you eat what is put in front of you or don't eat at 
all" because you're lucky to even have food. There are starving children out 
there that don't get anything to eat.
Besides, you should introduce different kinds of foods.

For a long time my son hated peas until my dad made a dish where you can't 
even taste them.
He still doesn't like sweet bell peppers, white potatoes, just to name a 
few.
He has grown to tolerate summer squash.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 4:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks

It's kind of a broad question because it depends on what you and your family
like to eat.  I often give Sarah cheese slices as a snack, or cut up fruit
such as grapes and strawberries.  She loves bananas, which she now eats
whole, "like a monkey."  Raisins, cereal bars or dry cereal, whole grain
crackers, dried fruit such as prunes or apricots, and fruit leather are all
good options.

One meal that I make if I'm in a big hurry is a casserole that starts out
with a box of macaroni and cheese, which you cook as you usually would--boil
the pasta for about 10 mintes and drain, add the powdered cheese mix and
stir in.  Then I add a can of cream of mushroom soup and some canned or
frozen vegetables, usually peas or peas and carrots.  The casserole can be
made with ground beef that has been browned and drained of grease, but the
really nice, easy thing about it is that if you don't have time to bother
with cooking meat, you can plunk a couple of chicken pieces or pork chops on
top of the macaroni mixture in an 8 by 8 inch square pan and bake the whole
thing for about 45 minutes, or till the meat is done.  Or you can mix in
tuna and bake for 30 minutes or so, till hot.

Another easy recipe that involves baking is to pour a half a cup of uncooked
rice into a baking pan, then add a cup of water or milk and a can of cream
of mushroom soup.  Stir the mixture together, add some canned or frozen
veggies if you want, or some canned mushrooms.  Lay chicken pieces on top of
the rice mixture and bake, covered with aluminum foil, about an hour or till
rice is tender and chicken is done.

Other people will have more ideas, I'm sure.  But I hope those easy recipes
are a place to start.  You could also try using dinner kits such as Tuna
Helper, which are fairly filling and easy to make.  For directions, check
out www.directionsforme.org
.  Anjelina posted  the site to the list a little while back, and it's
handy.  There are canned meals such as Le Choi Chinese food or stew or chili
that just have to be heated up, and jarred spaghetti sauces and frozen
meatballs that are easy to put together.  Just heat the meatballs in the
sauce, boil up some spaghetti, and dinner's done.

Bran also posted an accessible family recipe site.  It's
www.mealmakeovermoms.com.  I haven't had a chance to explore it too much,
but it looks accessible.

Good luck,
Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks

>    well, both.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:35 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] meals and snacks
>
> Ideas for which?
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning,
> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at comcast.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:18 PM
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] meals and snacks
>
>>    Hi all.
>> I know this is probably not the list to be talking about food, but it 
>> concerns kids.
>> I’m wondering if any of you have any quick and easy ideas to share, that 
>> I could try?
>> I’m not talking big and elaborate. Just simple.
>> Thanks.
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