"Kajikit" > wrote in message ...
| One of the ladies at church has just had her cancer come back for a
| fourth time, so naturally they're overwhelmed right now... She's
| starting treatment again this week and we want to do something to help
| them out. Amy can't have anything tomatoey because of the medication,
| so chilli, spaghetti, pizza etc are all out and they're the easiest
| meals I can think of! What are some easy-to-reheat, easy-to-make meals
| that I could take over to them? I made them a quiche yesterday and I'm
| going to make some chicken soup today to go with it (I have homemade
| broth in the fridge and I'm roasting a chicken for our dinner so I'll
| have nice fresh chicken to put in the soup).

The other food problem is purines. While they are a no-no for
people who have gout, they are also harmful to cancer patients
having certain forms of chemotherapy, as the chemo drugs are
made from purines and they can interact. She should know about
this, although if she is in her third recurrence probably anything
that tastes good to her is of primary interest in keeping her strength
and stamina up. Here is a good purine list, a lot more on the inter-
actions through google, of course. Good luck.
http://www.acumedico.com/purine.htm

pavane