Help with high tasting recipes

[Decadent Dot]

I am shortly to undergo Chemotherapy. I am told that because of the drugs, food will taste bland and “cardboardish”. Even so, I am required to eat healthily. I am putting together a set of recipes to make that are “tasty”  I do not like heat though (for example chillies or hot curries)  So far I have added Querky cooking's, Chicken and Cashews with Coconut Satay Sauce and Coconut Rice.
Can you suggest some high tasting recipes for me?
Dot

[Halex]

Sorry to hear that dd, make sure you take care
Blue cheese & leek quiche.
Blue cheese anything, pasta, pizza,  sauces, dips, turkish bread
I love blue cheese

Anything strong in flavour, tumeric is good.

Xx

[JuliaBalbilla]

Hope all goes well with your chemotherapy, poor you. 

One brilliant recipe is monkeyboyzmum's cheese sauce http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=6120.0 but make sure you do use a strong blue cheese as Hally suggested or perhaps Parmesan or Grana Padano.  It is a pity and you like chillies and stuff, but you could try adding large quantities of garlic to any mildish tasting recipe and garlic is good for you as well.

You could also roast your vegetables rather than steam or boil them to give extra flavour and add them to soups and stews.

Get well soon 

JB

[Cornish Cream]

I'm sorry to hear that you need Chemotherapy Dot,fingers crossed that it does it's job.I was mulling over your post when I was dog walking this morning thinking what would be tasty.How about Smoked Fish cooked in some form,we love it made into fishcakes. The other offering is smoothies,found this one on Cyndi O'Mera's website.
http://changinghabits.com.au/_webapp_826902/Green_Chocolate_Smoothie

[maddy]

Dot, wishing you much strength and rest for your treatment ahead.

12 years ago, I went through high dose chemo for 6 months.  On the Chemo days in particular, I couldn't eat at all.
I did find my appetite ceased really, but smoothies and high vitamin shakes do help.  When I did feel like eating, I didn't notice any difference with the taste though.......see how you go, each might experience differently.
If I can offer you any advice, it would be take everyone up on their offers of help, even cooking meals (you will be tired), rest whenever needed, and give your self little treats for pick- me- ups 

Hugs, and thinking positive thoughts for you 

[Cuilidh]

Dot, my heartfelt best wishes go to you.

You could try making your normal foods (and, most importantly, special treats) that you enjoy already but spice them up with a strong sauce - the worcesteshire sauce recipe can be pretty powerful.  I'm also planning on trying the HP sacue this weekend as well amd it may have the same 'oompf'.  Mind you, these may not go with everything, but may help to bring out some flavours for your taste buds to get tingling.

[Wonder]

Best wishes Dot and as Maddie says make sure you take people up on their offers of help.

I find a lot of the green smoothies are very strong tasting particularly if made with banana and raspberries, and they would also be great for you. You could even make just one and drink slowly throughout the day if not feeling like an actual meal.

[judydawn]

Best wishes and loving thoughts from me too Dot.  The girls have given good advice and with maddy having been through it herself, she would know a lot more about it than me.  I could only suggest curries of some description, they certainly have the taste factor.  Good luck with your course.

[Yvette]

Best wiishes Dot

[Lexi]

Best wishes on the chemo Dot xxx

[achookwoman]

Thinking of you Dot.  Keep strong in the head. You WILL be OK.    Savory muffins,  small and tasty.

[Very Happy Jan]

I've no extra ideas DD. Just wanted to add my best wishes. Hope you treatment is successful
and make sure you look after yourself. 

[Twitterpated]

My mum had chemo and radium last year and she said the same thing. A couple of the ones that she liked was the garlic prawns or garlic prawn risotto and honey mustard chicken. For dessert she said that she couldn't go past the EDC sticky date pudding.

Hope this helps and our thoughts are with you. Sending love and hugs to you. Take care.

[fundj&e]

Thinking of you Dot , and all the best with the treatments

My idea was to try something that you don’t like. i would try  coriander i hate the stuff 

[obbie]

  Hope all goes well with treatment Dot.
Rest up, take all the offers for help.


sending hugs,
Robyn