Guest guest Posted September 11, 2002 Report Share Posted September 11, 2002 I need some recipes folks. Here's the deal: I'm ill, and one of the problems is that I have absolutely no appetite. I'm forcing down a little fruit and juice daily, and occasionally a bit of cereal. As was kindly pointed out to me, my body needs the right nutrients to heal itself, and I'm obviously not giving it those. Ensure, or one of those types of drinks is a possibility, but frankly I'm a little suspicious of what's in them and what they'll do to my digestion. So....If anyone has any recipes or suggestions for things I could toss in a blender/food processor and sip on, I'd be grateful. I'm craving sweet, and my blood sugar is way too low because I'm not eating properly, so anything with fruit, etc would be especially good. Getting to the store is beyond my energy reserves at the moment, but peapod.com delivers wonderful produce. They don't, however, tend to have " exotic " ingredients. TIA for anything you might come up with..... -- Sherri Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. - Steven Wright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:21:31 -0400, you wrote: >I need some recipes folks. Here's the deal: I'm ill, and one of the >problems is that I have absolutely no appetite. I'm forcing down a >little fruit and juice daily, and occasionally a bit of cereal. As was >kindly pointed out to me, my body needs the right nutrients to heal >itself, and I'm obviously not giving it those. Ensure, or one of those >types of drinks is a possibility, but frankly I'm a little suspicious of >what's in them and what they'll do to my digestion. > >So....If anyone has any recipes or suggestions for things I could toss >in a blender/food processor and sip on, I'd be grateful. I'm craving >sweet, and my blood sugar is way too low because I'm not eating >properly, so anything with fruit, etc would be especially good. Getting >to the store is beyond my energy reserves at the moment, but peapod.com >delivers wonderful produce. They don't, however, tend to have " exotic " >ingredients. > >TIA for anything you might come up with..... My favorite 'smoothie' - Milk (I drink dairy milk, but you could use soymilk) A banana A drop or two of vanilla (I use the vanilla bottle cap to measure it - one capful) A tablespoon of soy protein powder A tablespoon of peanut butter I toss in an ice cube, to make it cool and frothy. This would be excellent for you, I'd think. Very nutritious. The other thing I would do, if I were you, is to buy 'Carnation Instant Breakfast' and have that in milk. The chocolate flavor tastes VERY good. It's also vastly cheaper than 'Ensure' and similar, and has about the same nutritional qualities. You don't even need to use a blender, just mix it in a glass of milk with a spoon. Yes, it's a processed food, but it's good for an emergency and you have an emergency now. I hope you're feeling better soon. Pat -- Pat Meadows Books, books, lovely books! Great reading! Used books at very reasonable prices. http://www.wellsborocomputing.com/books.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 , Sherri <sherria@o...> wrote: > So....If anyone has any recipes or suggestions for things I could toss > in a blender/food processor and sip on, I'd be grateful. I'm craving > sweet, and my blood sugar is way too low because I'm not eating > properly, so anything with fruit, etc would be especially good. Getting > to the store is beyond my energy reserves at the moment, but peapod.com > delivers wonderful produce. They don't, however, tend to have " exotic " > ingredients. > > TIA for anything you might come up with..... > > -- > Sherri ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I was wondering if you could call your local healthfood store and explain your situation to them. I was reading through my latest issue of Veggie Times and I saw an ad for Spiru-tein, a high energy, high protein shake. They offer 14 flavors so it would be difficult to get tired of it. Also they are non-GMO natural soy. Here is the website for the company that makes them so you can research. http://www.naturesplus.com/wheretobuy/index.html If you live in an area with a nice healthfood store, even a mom & pop type place, they might deliver to you on their way home, especially if you told them your situation. One thing about veggie folks, they are generally very nice and way cool. I will also keep my eyes open for good smoothie recipes and ideas for you. I hope you get well soon. Namaste. ~ P_T ~ My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. --Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2002 Report Share Posted September 12, 2002 I would like to say that I use Spirotein and I LOVE it. It is very good tasting. I like most all of their flavors. By all means be sure and try it. Anne Robin wrote:, Sherri <sherria@o...> wrote: > So....If anyone has any recipes or suggestions for things I could toss > in a blender/food processor and sip on, I'd be grateful. I'm craving > sweet, and my blood sugar is way too low because I'm not eating > properly, so anything with fruit, etc would be especially good. Getting > to the store is beyond my energy reserves at the moment, but peapod.com > delivers wonderful produce. They don't, however, tend to have " exotic " > ingredients. > > TIA for anything you might come up with..... > > -- > Sherri ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I was wondering if you could call your local healthfood store and explain your situation to them. I was reading through my latest issue of Veggie Times and I saw an ad for Spiru-tein, a high energy, high protein shake. They offer 14 flavors so it would be difficult to get tired of it. Also they are non-GMO natural soy. Here is the website for the company that makes them so you can research. http://www.naturesplus.com/wheretobuy/index.html If you live in an area with a nice healthfood store, even a mom & pop type place, they might deliver to you on their way home, especially if you told them your situation. One thing about veggie folks, they are generally very nice and way cool. I will also keep my eyes open for good smoothie recipes and ideas for you. I hope you get well soon. Namaste. ~ P_T ~ My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. --Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 , Anne Johl <azannie5> wrote: > > I would like to say that I use Spirotein and I LOVE it. It is very good tasting. I like most all of their flavors. By all means be sure and try it. > Anne ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Thanks for the info about it. The flavors sure looked yummy in the print ad I saw. I think I might have to try some myself, and give some to my kids on those mornings we just don't want to eat breakfast... or don't have time. So many flavors, too. vanilla chocolate strawberry banana cappuccino tropical fruit chocolate-peanutbutter swirl nutty berry best cookies and cream peaches and cream strawberry shortcake cherries jubilee simply natural strawberry banana I hope these might be an option for Sherri. ~ P_T ~ I have never been contained except I made the prison. -Mary Evans, actress (1888-1976) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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