Easiest way to shop & cook

By munchkin47

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My husband suffers from M.E. (CFS) and is on immunosuppressants, having had a kidney transplant, and I suffer from diabetes & COPD. I do the cooking for both of us but have found it has become more & more tiring as time has gone on.

Cooking For Two

In the past I used to make the same meal for both of us but because of my diabetes I usually make myself something completely different from him, such as ready-made meals, so I really only have to 'slave over a hot stove', so to speak, making my husband's meals.

For my husband I usually make a meal for 4 and he gets to eat one portion and the other 3 go into containers which I put in the freezer for another day. That way I am not constantly having to cook meals for him every evening. Sometimes I could have as much as 20 containers of different meals in the freezer and all I have to do is defrost one of them and microwave it for his dinner. Easy-peasy! This works quite well….until I run out of meals and then I have to start all over again.

This arrangement, as you can see, is far less tiring than having to make two meals every evening, thank goodness!

Grocery Delivery

Oh, we also have our food delivered every so often which, during Covid, is a relief. Occasionally my husband goes on his own to the local supermarket for things like milk & bread as he can wear a mask which, because of my breathing problem, just isn't possible for me (and risky being amongst other people!) By the way, in Scotland, you generally have to wear a mask in public places.

Actually, on the odd occasion I have gone into town I was glad to see that everybody was wearing a mask (except for people like me) which I feel must help stop the spread of Covid.

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April.Sluder Moderator
<inline-mention username="munchkin47" user-id="2405263"/> I love that you are making several meals at once. It's such a smart thing to do. Do you have any favorite meals you like to make or that you find easier to make? April - COPD. net Team 
1. munchkin47 Member
 <inline-mention username="kloker" user-id="4235094"/> Yes, you are right about businesses paying drivers peanuts and keeping the profits to themselves. This is also another reason why there is a shortage of drivers in the U.K. The hours they have worked, for not much pay, has caused a lot of them to quit and take up less stressful jobs for less hours and often the same pay. It seems that since the upheaval of Covid a lot of people have reassessed their lives and have come to the conclusion that the job they happened to have had at that time (whatever it might be) has not been worth it. Hmmmm….it really annoys me that 'fat cats' make all that money at the expense of their employees. Oooooooh! Argh! $300 a month plus other expenses! I feel for you! Big pharma are all powerful over in the US, aren’t they, and they pay millions of dollars to senators to get them to vote in their favour to keep prices high. It seems that Christine Sinema (a senator) is an example of someone who is in the 'big pharma's' pockets. Best wishes Barbara
2. kloker Member
 <inline-mention username="munchkin47" user-id="2405263"/> Ten-Four on the big pharma! I had a nice talk with my nurse yesterday. She is also moving on soon, and says the same issues are running rampant in the nursing world. Hospitals have run them literally into the ground during the pandemic, then laid them off to increase profits. The so-called bed shortages really aren't. What they really are is staff shortages because hospitals, in the interest of profits, don't hire enough staff to cover all their beds. IMO this is murder by corporation. But there's no point to a political rant here. I only want to find ways to get better medical service from my providers. It's tricky, with Medicare and big insurance involved. So we need to share tips and ways and means to help each other get through it all.
Jackie English Moderator & Contributor
Hi <inline-mention username="munchkin47" user-id="2405263"/> ! Thank you for sharing your story with us. What a great idea to prepare a few meals at a time. Anything that we can do to make life a little easier for us for the times that we need it. Best, Jackie (Moderator)

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