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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 7:57 pm
A good friend has just had open heart surgery. I will be cooking several meals for him. I am looking for recipes that are healthy, easy to make, and will keep for a couple of days? Anyone? Thank you so much in advance!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 10:51 am
Deesandy, here is a place where you can get a good idea of the kinds of food recommended and some recipes Sensible Diet Guidelines
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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:15 am
Deesandy, In looking, I found this site which looks like it may have what you want. http://www.deliciousdecisions.org/
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:18 am
I had to laugh. When dh had his stroke, our friends were dears and brought us food...many, many honey baked hams! (not too great if you are low salt). You can make individual meat loafs, wrap them tightly in foil and they can just pull those out and bake. This is really simple, but good... Simmer for one hour 2 cans chicken broth 1 can diced tomatoes (don't drain) 4-5 breasts chicken (cut up into bite sized pieces) 4 stalks celery diced 1/4 cup chopped onion garlic, salt, pepper to taste. Mix together with one small package (I use whole wheat) cooked spaghetti. Put into a greased casserole (for gifts I used a tin throw away one), top with grated cheese (cheddar or mozzarella), cover with foil. Write on top of foil.."bake at 350 for 45 minutes-1 hour. If frozen, bake at 350 for 1.5 hours or until hot"
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 3:01 pm
Thank you everyone and Tex, that will be my first dish! I think I will double it so we can try it too. I finally found out that family is on the way so I can relax a bit and focus on doing these type of kind things and let them deal with the big stuff. I thought I might have to be more involved, and would have, but grateful to not be. Thanks again everyone! Hugs all around!!! 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 3:11 pm
Anytime. Actually, just doubling what you make for dinner and then putting it into a container is a really good and easy idea. Is it just cooking for one person or the whole family? If it's just one, you could buy a bunch of those glad containers and make him a set of TV dinners from what you eat. He can freeze or cook them. btw..that chicken spaghetti isn't real saucy so don't be thrown off. the liquid really just keeps things moist.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 3:36 pm
A good thing for your friend to have is The No-Salt, Lowest-Sodium Cookbook. It'd be a great present. I also have a site bookmarked specifically for heart failure, but it works for anyone with a bum ticker. the url is here and just click on the salt shaker icon and follow the links. There are tons of them. You can also find good low sodium, heart healthy recipes here and most people seem to like them; they are not my style of eating though. Best of luck to your friend.
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 7:49 pm
Thank you Tishala! He is going to be okay, he had a quadruple bypass yesterday. He is clueless as what to expect as far as recovery. I told him not to worry about his dog, that I would be happy to walk Spencer for him. He told me not to worry because he was expected to exercise and would be able to handle it! Of course that was before the operation. Tex, I am cooking for him and his (grown) children for the first week and then just for him after that. I hope that he will be on his feet soon since I don't even take the time to cook for my own family in the summer!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 16, 2004 - 8:02 pm
Why not buy him a crock pot as a home coming gift! My next door neighbor just got home from having one 2 weeks ago. All the neighbors are chomping at the bit for the go ahead on sending food over.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 4:00 pm
Just some feedback on Texannie's recipe above...yummy! I just happened to have all the right ingredients sitting around as leftovers from other meals and so I slapped it together last night for supper. We were pleasantly surprised...I was thinking of it in terms of a spaghetti and sauce, which it definitely isn't. It also works perfectly for the Dr. Phil plan so it was a winner all the way around. I'm looking forward to having the leftovers for my supper tonight. There was plenty for four Dr. Phil size servings and I divided the original recipe in half.
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