Cooking for a crash.

[Mary]

I have to laugh at this @Mary ....because the only soup maker in my kitchen is me....and yes I am a crock-pot! haha

 

[Mary]

An electrical appliance that makes soup automatically: a pressure cooker combined with blender

We just cut up a known weight of vegies and add red lentils and water. Shut lid and press a button.

It sounds like magic!

 

[Shoshana]

Could I borrow that item, @Mel9 ?

 

[Wolfcub]

I just chuck red lentils in a pan with water and a stock cube and some chopped garlic, then just let it cook 10 minutes. If you let it cook longer -say 15 minutes, you have it more mushy which is almost the same as you get in a blender.
But I like pieces in my soup, so I add tiny broccoli pieces and sliced onion too and break up some marjoram to go with it (is marjoram the same as oregano?? Might be.) and a little parsley and black pepper.

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

Avocados are my go to when crashed, blueberries, you can bake an avacado w a egg inside.

I like to use them too.

I can't think of anything that is easier to prepare, eat, digest, ...that is as energy dense as an avocado. I'll have to try the baked avocado w/egg now!

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

I just chuck red lentils in a pan with water...

That, along with split-peas is a fantastic suggestion for soup making, and I've found soup to be one of the easiest things to cook with this illness. I can do this in stages, as the soup is cooking.

Beans require planning, which isn't that bad, but I like backups.

Have a look at what I get for 300 yen, $2.70, £2.09, €2.34.

 

[Misfit Toy]

One of the things that I used to make that was good for potassium was a banana smoothie. I would just take one banana, some rice milk or coconut milk, nutmeg, one egg (yeah, I used to add a raw egg and I have no idea how safe this is) with ice and man...it was so good. Just a regular blender.

 

[Judee]

I just found this on another site. It shows someone cooking a full breakfast in a crockpot with the food separated in cups. I can't eat some of that but thought it might inspire some ideas.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/f...cooker-viral-trick-sausages-perfectly-crispy/

Of course, I think the cups probably have to be the kind that can stand a lot of heat. Maybe ramekins would be better.

 

[Wolfcub]

I always find that my appetite changes when I crash. I either get mega-hungry at weird times of day and night, lose appetite when it's actual mealtime, or go off some things I usually like very much.

So "cooking for a crash" maybe should include those foods which are happily tolerated when crash comes on.
For some reason mine is soft boiled eggs and toast....toast.....and more toast with lashings of butter.
Now normally I eat really healthy multi-coloured fruit and veg, varied proteins, etc and do NOT live on bread! But in a crash toast and eggs are my saving grace, plus lettuce or watercress.
None of those freeze very well though....duh....

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

I just found this on another site. It shows someone cooking a full breakfast in a crockpot with the food separated in cups. I can't eat some of that but thought it might inspire some ideas.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/f...cooker-viral-trick-sausages-perfectly-crispy/

That is an excellent idea.

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

I've tried barstools for food prep work, but they have never really worked well with a kitchen counter. I ran across this video and a unique style of cutting board that I'm going to try.

Ohh, it's not the mat, keep watching.

 

[frozenborderline]

beans make me feel awful. don't usually have the energy to cook, but if i do, i'll microwave potatoes, sometimes adding shredded cheese. i will just eat potatoes as a base diet often. or just get liquid calories from a combination of juice, milk, and coffee

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

I always find that my appetite changes when I crash. I either get mega-hungry at weird times of day and night, lose appetite when it's actual mealtime, or go off some things I usually like very much.

So "cooking for a crash" maybe should include those foods which are happily tolerated when crash comes on.
For some reason mine is soft boiled eggs and toast....toast.....and more toast with lashings of butter.
Now normally I eat really healthy multi-coloured fruit and veg, varied proteins, etc and do NOT live on bread! But in a crash toast and eggs are my saving grace,

This may be too much activity, but if you can...

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

An electrical appliance that makes soup automatically: a pressure cooker combined with blender

We just cut up a known weight of vegies and add red lentils and water. Shut lid and press a button.

I've got to try it!

 

[Wolfcub]

That is an excellent idea.
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That crockpot dinner is brilliant. It would be so easy. Now I'm wishing I had a crockpot!

 

[Wolfcub]

This may be too much activity, but if you can...

Yes this sounds like me. I love salads with avocado and the full works. But in a crash I always like boiled eggs and toast! I can't usually tolerate nuts at those times or tomatoes. But can nearly always manage lentils and they seem to do me good. So red lentil stew with broccoli and garlic with toast is another one.
I seem to crave cooked foods when in a crash -not raw.

 

[IThinkImTurningJapanese]

I've started my cutting board, it's a nice piece of beetle-killed mulberry. Two years of drying and some food-grade epoxy, then the fun begins.

 

[jesse's mom]

I've started my cutting board, it's a nice piece of beetle-killed mulberry. Two years of drying and some food-grade epoxy, then the fun begins.

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How did this turn out for you?

 

[jesse's mom]

Soft boiled eggs are so nice!

I put soft boiled eggs in a salad and really don't need any more dressing than a little olive oil and a touch of balsamic vinegar. I also add canned asparagus. That is great cold!

 

[Wolfcub]

That's a beautiful piece of wood @IThinkImTurningJapanese Do you have power tools to work it? Smoothing that by hand would be.... I love wood and used to make floor-standing candle holders, little tables etc from chainsawed pieces I found in the woods. Too much hard work for the poor old body nowadays though....sad