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Someone else mentioned enchiladas, and that's a good suggestion. Cheese enchiladas have all the benefits of a "casserole" in that they are easy to assemble, transport and reheat.
And as someone who lives in Texas, you know that enchiladas qualify as one of the major food groups
stan, thinking further about this, your task is to prepare a "family" meal. Since the usual side effects of chemo often render the patient unable to eat much due to loss of appetite, oral sores, gastric afflictions, it would probably be prudent to concentrate more on what the spouse and children would prefer, and patient could eat on those occasions when hunger sets in.
I'm sure it would be easier for spouse to fix a little something for the patient when the burden of cooking for the whole family is null. And the patient can rest a bit easier knowing that her illness isn't preventing her family from being nourished when she can barely stand to look at food, much less have to prepare it. I know for myself, many times I was simply too tired to eat, preferring instead to nap and that often occurred at mealtime.
You could do Parmesan Chicken, I've never met anyone who doesn't like that, and there are plenty of recipes on Google.
I like the idea of chili and a nice roll to go with it, or something really fun would be mild enchiladas or tacos with all fixings - the kids would probably love them!
First off, Kudos to you Stan! Your a great friend.
Just some ideas:
Tomato soup with grilled cheese
Chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes
A simple spaghetti(or other pasta) and Bolognese
Hamburgers(or chicken nuggets) with fries
Chili....chili dogs......chili cheese nacho's....
Mac & cheese
Heck, even a large pizza from their fav pizza joint.
Chicken Parmesan, it's tasty and you can put it in a large baking dish arranged so that it's easy to divide up individual portions. I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like it & it's cheap and easy. Maybe served it with some good french bread and a caprese salad? I doubt if you need a recipe, there are tons online, when I fix it I never serve thick pieces of chicken breast, I pound the chicken very thin, bread it and fry it quickly in a hot pan. You can make your own pasta sauce, or just buy a good one in the store, put the cooked spaghetti in the baking pan, arrange the fried chicken on top put shredded or grated parmesan on the top of each piece of chicken and put it in the oven until the cheese melts (I usually use a mix of parmesan and mozzarella on the chicken)
One of my standards for situations such as this is a delicious Swedish meatloaf with creamy dill sauce. I usually serve it with red potatoes (roasted, boiled or mashed) and Brussels sprouts, broccoli or asparagus.
It's a recipe from Southern Living...I'll try to find a link...
Like somebody else mentioned, the food is more for the family so that nobody stresses out about the meal and just for a sense of solidarity. Anybody could order them a pizza. Hell, they could order themselves a pizza. It's just something home cooked to take the edge off.
I love a lot of the ideas and am torn between a meatloaf and beef stroganoff.
Today I trialed croque monsieur mac and cheese as a side. Rich, but delicious. Maybe plain old cheezed mashed potatoes would serve better.
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