Lightly saute some mushrooms and capers in olive oil. Grill some salmon, cover with the m&c's, and top with your favorite spaghetti sauce. For a side dish saute some zuchinni, squash, and a bit of onion in butter and pepper. Great stuff and it hardly ticks any of the "bad" meters. Cost is under $5 for what is a $20 dinner at the Italian joint, and less in every way than a Hungry Man dinner.
After the doctor's talk I started looking at foods from three different perspectives. One is easy: That is not what I should be eating. The second is a bit more harsh: That food will kill me. The third is one that comes out of a nasty competitive side that I have: I won't let food control me.
For me it's like this. Would I throw myself in front of a car, bullet, etc. to save my family? Would I accept taking any illness or suffering in order to save them the same fate? Would I be willing to give up something in order to help insure that I will be around for for the long haul? Gladly. So, that means saying no to unhealty foods (I will indulge a bit from time-to-time), no drinking (one beer since), no tobacco, etc. Yeah it's hard, but I spent today with my family on vacation. The look in my younger son's eyes when he was really excited was enough to make me melt. My older one is becomeing a young man and starting to listen to his dad from a different perspective. I don't really need that Churros, do I?
That's a great win-win for you Todd, especially since she's going to be wearing "The Dress" soon. ;-)