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While I am feeling a little more upbeat today, I have cooked a big pot of curried sausages. Food doesn't have that much appeal for me at the moment but I know that I have to eat and healthy meals will stop me eating junk food. My curried sausages is minimum effort, but tastes pretty good. First I brown the sausages in a big pot with a little olive oil spray. Then I cut them into bite size pieces. Then I add a jar of curried sausages simmer sauce and a whole lot of mixed frozen vegies (that are wonderfully peeled and cut up already). That's it, just let it simmer on a low heat while the vegies cook. I serve with a small amount of brown rice. It is filling and does stop my comfort food cravings. I usually get 4 to 5 meals out of a big pot. It's easy to just put some into the freezer and heat in the microwave at a later date.The simmer sauce that I get isn't too hot and spicy either, just enough to give the meal some flavour. Hope that helps someone out who can barely be bothered eating, let alone cooking (how I am so often). Take care!

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Good on YOU!!! @NatureLover. That's fantastic! Sounds very yummy too. And should be easy to just put in the oven, not too hard at that difficult time of day. Hope that it's as yummy as it sounds and that you enjoy it and that you are proud of yourself for making such a big effort!!!

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@SpiderLady - thank you for your encouragement! That's so sweet. 🙂 It is a big effort as I am a terrible cook lol. That's why I made it early, before evening, like you do. Often if I don't do that I will just have cereal for dinner, or cheese and crackers or fruit. Whereas you now have two different healthy meals that will last for days - well done!

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Yes thanks @NatureLover. I have a fridge and freezer full of easy to heat meals. I am the same with not bothering at dinner time if there's nothing already prepared. I usually have toast, bread is easier for me to carry home from the supermarket than milk (heavy for my pains). I already use a lot of milk because I drink a lot of tea, mostly decaf tea so that it doesn't affect my sleep. It is an absolute pleasure to encourage you. I do know how hard it is, and you have done well too! Yay us!!!

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@SpiderLady Yes, yay us! The macaroni cheese is in the oven, I even decorated it with sliced tomato and cracked pepper.

To tell you the truth, I haven't cooked a decent meal for 18 months. I've been living off canned vegetable soup, toast, baked beans and baked potatoes, chips and dips, and fruit. For 2 years prior to that I tried everything to learn cooking. I even attended a cooking class. But I got so discouraged at dishes not working out that I would skip dinner altogether, and eventually I gave up. So thank you for inspiring me!

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That looks so yummy @NatureLover , you and @SpiderLady are making me hungry. Cheese toasties for me tonight though as I couldn't be bother and the two girls love them. Hope you both have a peaceful and restful night 🦋

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@NatureLover That looks tasty!

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Thanks, @Former-Member and @Escaped_Goat ! Cheese toasties are also very yummy 🙂 Thanks for your good wishes, I hope your nights were peaceful and restful too.

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@NatureLover I used to get paid to cook for people a million years ago so my food compliments are always genuine! 🙂

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@Escaped_Goat that makes me feel even better, thanks! And I'm jealous of you being able to cook well - imagine all the delightful foods I could eat if I could cook. To cook well enough to get paid for it - wow, that would be amazing! Although on the other hand, did you not want to cook once you got home, after cooking all day?

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It's harder now that's it's just me to cook for @NatureLover because I get real pleasure cooking for others.

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