Hi all.
My mum is being treated for stage 3c ovarian cancer. She lives with my dad, who works from home, and middle sister, who is a pharmacist. I moved home and have been living there too since mum was diagnosed. Also staying with us is my mum’s eldest sister, whose home is overseas but who has come to be with mum through her illness.
Mum is just coming to the end of her 6th cycle of chemo. We’ve been stuffing her full of healthy organic fruit and veg for the last few months. Plus juices and smoothies and soups and broths. We’re Asian so every evening is curry of some description. This is more expected than usual due to the presence of my elderly aunt.
This evening mum declared she is sick of meat (almost obligatory to have on the table if there are guests in the house, plus we’ve been making both broth occasionally to give mum for strength). I offered pasta but she doesn’t want pasta. She’s gone off fish so I can’t make a fish pie or simple fish and veg. We’ve had issues with her taste buds and delicate stomach so chilli in cooking and citrus or vinegary foods are out.
Add to this that my dad is diabetic and we have a family history of high blood pressure and heart disease and strokes, so we are very careful about salt and sugar and high glycemic index foods...
I’m stumped for ideas of food to make which everyone can eat. Having to make multiple dishes for each palate is a nightmare and I’m not the world’s greatest cook. That would be my mum who is currently partly easily tired and partly on strike. Help?!
