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"jmcquown" > wrote:

> I can't seem to get my mother to eat anything lately. Anything, that is,
> aside from eggs, cheese, spinach and toast. Not necessarily in that order
> and not necessarily combined. She does like bacon but she's shunning most
> other meats.
>
> Okay, I can only make so many cheese and bacon & egg dishes. And spinach
> souffles. And creamed spinach. She'll eat a little macaroni & cheese. Oh,
> and the toast, ergo grilled cheese sandwiches. I have yet to try grilled
> cheese with spinach but don't think I haven't thought of it! She doesn't
> want raw spinach (as in a salad). I'm running out of ideas.
>
> She'll eat eggs practially any way (except poached). So when you've baked,
> soft-boiled, scrambled, fried, cooked over-easy, over medium over well over
> and over again... what's left?
>
> Oh, of course! Quiche! It incorporates everything she'll eat. Eggs.
> Cheese. Sometimes bacon! Sometimes spinach! Sometimes even other veggies
> like broccoli Oh, and she likes mashed potatoes. By extention, mashed
> potato pancakes. And home fries or hash browns... maybe latkes? All this
> doesn't really add much to the cooking repetoire.
>
> Dammit, must I cook eggs, cheese, spinach, toast and potatoes for the rest
> of her life?! I suppose I shall, but it's getting hard to be creative with
> it.
>
> Gonna make a pot of Grandma Mac's potato soup tomorrow. She likes that...
> at least she used to. Dad loved it and was happy I managed to re-create his
> mother's recipe. Dad's sister loves it, too. If Mom doesn't want to eat it
> I guess I'll scramble her some eggs...
>
> Jill

Jill, I have a thought. Stop making yourself miserable about this,
Kiddo. Is she happy with the same four or five foods? If she is, do
that for her.

Can you do some cooking for yourself that will satisfy your desire to be
creative?

Have you made my spinach crepe torte? The recipe is on the rfc site:
http://www.recfoodcooking.org/cookin...ml?id=2&page=2
Spinach, creamy stuff with cheese. If you don't want to mess with the
torte, fill and roll the crepes and lay them in a dish -- you can mess
with it.

Good luck.

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