One tired Mommy!

One tired Mommy!

• kilby 14 years ago
  Ok, so I have recently discovered that I am a 'Caregiver'. As if Mommy wasn't enough, now this new title has been bestowed upon me. I have a teen that has very recently been diagnosed with a mental illness that has her going backwards at times. So, the level of care has gone up 100 fold. Here we were ready to have one dating and driving, we havent had a baby sitter in years, and now, we are pretty much prisoners in our own home at times. Ideas for healthy, easy and tasty meals would be very much appreciated.
  
  Kilby
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• windy1950 14 years ago said:
  Hi there, Kilby, I am so happy to have you here. I hope you see this place as an outlet and perhaps a mini vacation spot. I know that some folks might casually tell you they know what you're going through and they really don't, but I can truthfully say that I do know. AND I fully understand your request for ideas and recipes for healthy, easy and tasty meals. For the most part, I shy away from recipes with a long list of ingredients or the ones that use too many utensils.
  
  As for another resource on this site, I'd like to suggest this very active and thoughtful and caring group... Our Daily Dinner.
  
  Take care, and once again, I'm glad you're here. ;-)
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• notyourmomma 14 years ago said:
  Hello dears! Nice to meet you. Kilby, sweetie, I;ve been there too. Don't think you have to do it all by yourself, if someone asks "Can I help you?" answer yes and tell them how. There is no glory in suffering in silence, Take the offered hand and give yourself some respite.
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• windy1950 14 years ago said:
  Boy, have you got that right!! ;-) I am grinning from ear to ear. LOL Thank you, so much. If someone wants to help, by all means, LET THEM!!
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• notyourmomma 14 years ago said:
  I do investment cooking, Making two dishes and freezing one for a later day. It helps when doctor appointments and therapy schedules send you reeling.
  My son had therapy five days a week for ten years, and I became the queen of the crock pot and freezer to table meals.
  
  If you don't let anyone know what you really need, thay can't help, It's amazing how that "stiff upper lip" attitude and "I'm invincable" gets old fast when you are tired and hungry.
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• windy1950 11 years ago said:
  Tina, I cooked up a pound of fettucine last week and dressed it with a pint of Alfredo. I also saved a quart jar of the pasta water to loosen up a leftover serving. I liked it for breakfast as a side to scrambled eggs. Love the idea of investment cooking even now as a grieving survivor, because my zest for cooking kind of waned. Hope to get it back though.
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