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spaghettie squash is a wonderful food, my favorite way to eat it is for
dessert, cook, then mix in butter, splenda and a touch of nutmeg, eat warm
or cold, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> : "KROM" > wrote in message
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>> : > Hormel and a few others make pre cooked meats like roasts and chicken
>> : > breasts that aren't breaded
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>> : >
>> http://www.hormelfoods.com/brands/ho...edEntrees.aspx
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>> : But the only ones that don't contain her allergens are the Roast Beef
>> Au
>> : Jus, the same but Italian seasoned (yuck) and the Pork Au Jus. She
>> does
>> : like the first and last ones but she likes them with pasta. She will
>> only
>> : eat a tiny bit of the meat and mostly the pasta.
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>> Can yu tel her that she can't have more than a tiny portion of pasta ,
>> but
>> could try string beans(fresh or canned) or spaghetti squash in place of
>> the pasta. let her know that there really are no cjoices out side this
>> ,
>> unless she will eatthe meat plain, with aoem vegetable , etc. She did
>> learn not to eat foods she is allergic. Now she has some now things she
>> has to learn she cannot't eat in large enough portions that she fills her
>> enough, so she has to keep trying too find what she can like and is able
>> to keep her from getting sick.

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> Spaghetti squash is just nasty. Nobody in the house will eat it. She
> will eat canned green beans but only one serving.
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>> Can you find a couse at a Y or some such place that could help you learn
>> new ways of cooking fresh foods? It might be good for both of you. You
>> do not have to cook like your Mother. You are young enough to learn new
>> techniques. It is not a matter of recipes, but methods of cooking like
>> broiling, etc. You can easily not get everything greasy by broiling if
>> you take a shlalow metal or enamel over metal pan without a handle, cover
>> it with aluminum foile and put a grate on the pan and then use that to
>> broil the chicken or meat. With chicken, you firt start with it sking
>> side down, and only when close to done, but not all dried out, turn it
>> over and brown the skin side. You can put herbs, lemon juice, salt and
>> pepper, etc on the chicken before you broil it.

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> I just do not like to use the broiler at all ever. It makes the house too
> hot. I also will not cook any chicken with skin nor will Angela eat
> chicken with skin on it.
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> There is no Y around here. There are a couple that I know of. Not close
> by. I don't think they offer any cooking classes. I did go to cooking
> school. I do know how to cook.
>