It's been a LONG time since I posted here. But I do jump on and read to catch up once every month or so. We are getting ready for Christmas here and I am planning our dinner. I want to have a platter of roasted veggies this year--we both love roasted brussels sprouts, so I want to do several root vegetables. My spouse loves mashed potatoes and gravy, so that for sure. I usually make cranberry sauce. He loves pumpkin pie, so that will be dessert. Not a huge variety, but very filling things. I will try to think up one or two more items. Maybe balsamic sauce on tomatoes; that was from one of the McDougall cookbooks and my spouse has made it for me a few times--so good! Balsamic vinegar seems to make everything better!
I found out this past week that my blood pressure is high. So I looked over what I have been eating the last few months and I have been letting my "celebration" moments slowly creep up in frequency. Too much sugar and salt in my food. I am going to take a few weeks to get those things back out or lower in my diet and then check my BP again. When I first started this way of eating, I just wanted to quit having MS issues, but over time, I began wanting the entire package--healthy weight, good vital signs, AND no MS flareups. So I need to fix my diet and get the BP back where it should be. I really have been eating too much of the bad stuff.
Fulenn