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Joan M · 11-26-2007, 08:52 PM

Thanks for the recipes.

I get home very late from work, so I'm always trying to prepare some meals for the week over the weekend or instead I cook something quick when I arrive home in the evening. I work from home on Tuesday, so that helps. (I don't work that late, generally leaving the office between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., but I have a long commute and that's really the problem.)

I eat a lot of brown rice. I also broil or bake fish, such as salmon, flounder and sole.

I eat a lot of salad. I wash and cut up red tip lettuce, radicchio, and endive, for example, spin out the water and put the salad in a container in the refrigerator, which is easier than trying to make a salad when I come home late.

I also make a lot of stir-fried food, with fresh vegtables and sometimes boneless chicken breasts.

This is all very quick cooking.

On the weekends I make a large pot of tomato sauce, which I freeze in smaller containers. I use organic crushed tomatoes and organic tomato paste.

Sometimes when there's not much in the pantry, I slice and fry up a yellow platano, drain it, and make an omlette out of it. That's quick. I use organic canola oil and organic eggs.

11-26-2007, 08:52 PM	#66
Joan M Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,851	Thanks for the recipes. I get home very late from work, so I'm always trying to prepare some meals for the week over the weekend or instead I cook something quick when I arrive home in the evening. I work from home on Tuesday, so that helps. (I don't work that late, generally leaving the office between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., but I have a long commute and that's really the problem.) I eat a lot of brown rice. I also broil or bake fish, such as salmon, flounder and sole. I eat a lot of salad. I wash and cut up red tip lettuce, radicchio, and endive, for example, spin out the water and put the salad in a container in the refrigerator, which is easier than trying to make a salad when I come home late. I also make a lot of stir-fried food, with fresh vegtables and sometimes boneless chicken breasts. This is all very quick cooking. On the weekends I make a large pot of tomato sauce, which I freeze in smaller containers. I use organic crushed tomatoes and organic tomato paste. Sometimes when there's not much in the pantry, I slice and fry up a yellow platano, drain it, and make an omlette out of it. That's quick. I use organic canola oil and organic eggs. __________________ Diagnosed stage 2b in July 2003 (2.3 cm, HER2+, ER-/PR-, 7+ nodes). Treated with mastectomy (with immediate DIEP flap reconstruction), AC + T/Herceptin (off label). Cancer advanced to lung in Jan. 2007 (1 cm nodule). Started Herceptin every 3 weeks. Lung wedge resection April 2007. Cancer recurred in lung April 2008. RFA of lung in August 2008. 2nd annual brain MRI in Oct. 2008 discovered 2.6 cm cystic tumor in left frontal lobe. Craniotomy Oct. 2008 (ER-/PR-/HER2-) followed by targeted radiation (IMRT). Coughing up blood Feb. 2009. Thoractomy July 2009 to cut out fungal ball of common soil fungus (aspergillus) that grew in the RFA cavity (most likely inhaled while gardening). No cancer, only fungus. Removal of tiny melanoma from upper left arm, plus sentinel lymph node biopsy in Feb. 2016. Guardant Health liquid biopsy in Feb. 2016 showed mutations in 4 subtypes of TP53. Repeat of Guardant Health biopsy in Jana. 2021 showed 3 TP53 mutations, BRCA1 mutation and CHEK2 mutation. Invitae genetic testing showed negative for all of these. Living with MBC since 2007. Stopped Herceptin Hylecta (injection) treatment in March 2020. Recent 2021 annual CT of chest, abdomen and pelvis and annual brain MRI showed NED. Praying for NED forever!!