My name is Dawn and I'm new to the group. Looks like alot of yummy recipes in here. My husband will soon be having Gastric Bypass Surgery so hope to find some recipes to fix for him and me as well. I'm going to eat what he eats and hopefully loss some weight myself.

Have a nice day

Dawn

Nan

Thanks

Dawn

I usually don't make more than one meal at a time, but I do have what I call "planned overs."  My family hates leftovers and up until recently, refused to eat them.  Sandra Lee, from the food network, calls them "round two recipes."  Its where you make a little more than you think you will need and use the "leftovers" to make a completely different meal the next day.  One of my favorites is pork loin and rice, the next day it becomes pork fried rice.   If you are making a rotisserie chicken, the next day could be chicken enchiladas, white chili or chicken pot pies.  Its almost like making more than one recipe at a time, with less fuss. 

One of my favorite tools to get the kids to eat, is getting the kids involved in the whole process of cooking dinner.  I ask them, "what do you want for dinner?"  If they are getting things they as for, they are more likely to eat it. At first, their requests were very simple, taco's.  As time went on, they were able to think of more dishes, and even use Big Oven to look up more options.  It helped motivate them when I said, "If you don't give me an idea, I'll have to think of some on my own."  As they have have gotten older, I've had them help me cook also. 

If they can get used to eating new flavors, you can be confident they'll behave like a gracious guest when they visit friends.

Tonight, I'm making an old standby, but it's very, very good and whole family likes it:  Rotisserie Chicken.  Will serve with with a wild rice pilaf and haricot verts.  Another couple of dishes the whole family enjoys is Teriyaki Chicken.

[edited December-8-2008]