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Don't Know What to Eat!

Hi everyone
I'm new here, so not really sure if this is the best place to post, but perhaps someone will point me in the right direction if I've got it wrong?
Anyway, my name is Judi, I live in Wales, and have been disabled with a back problem for the last 20 years. I have to take a lot of medication to try and keep the pain under control, and over the last 2 years it's really affected my taste buds, to the point where most food, other than sweet things doesn't taste right. My poor husband, who does all the cooking in our house, is desperate to find something that I will really enjoy, but I just can't some up with any ideas for a healthy meal that I will enjoy, and of course eating just sweet things does tend to pile on the weight as I can't exercise.
So my question is, does anyone else suffer this problem, and if so, do you have any ideas on what I can try, as he's at the point where he'd sooner feed me sweet stuff than see me forcing down food that tastes awful day after day?
I'm new here, so not really sure if this is the best place to post, but perhaps someone will point me in the right direction if I've got it wrong?
Anyway, my name is Judi, I live in Wales, and have been disabled with a back problem for the last 20 years. I have to take a lot of medication to try and keep the pain under control, and over the last 2 years it's really affected my taste buds, to the point where most food, other than sweet things doesn't taste right. My poor husband, who does all the cooking in our house, is desperate to find something that I will really enjoy, but I just can't some up with any ideas for a healthy meal that I will enjoy, and of course eating just sweet things does tend to pile on the weight as I can't exercise.
So my question is, does anyone else suffer this problem, and if so, do you have any ideas on what I can try, as he's at the point where he'd sooner feed me sweet stuff than see me forcing down food that tastes awful day after day?
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Thanks for the lovely warm welcome!
Unfortunately, most of the stuff you mentioned doesn't work for me, although the rice salad may be a possibility. Can't stand tomatoes, and yet used to love them. Parsnips likewise, carrots are great raw but not cooked! In fact most of the things that I do enjoy are either raw or bland, ie, I love fruit of all sorts, raw veg like carrots etc. boiled potatoes are fine, but don't really enjoy mash, chips or even roast that much anymore, and surely EVERYONE loves a roast potato?? Can't eat coleslaw, mayo, etc, as it's tastes gone off!
However, not to be on a complete downer, I think you may have given me a few ideas to play around with, my husband will be overjoyed!! So many thanks for that!
Please keep ideas coming, as we're pretty desperate and at this rate I'll be eating nothing but sweet food like apple pie and custard, rice pudding, etc.
I saw them on the program QI. They are a berry that, when consumed, make everything taste sweet. They come in tablet form which you can suck to coat your mouth in it, then whatever you eat will taste sweet.
Toad in the hole
Sausage and mash with peas
Jacket potato
Hotdogs
Curry
Fish pie
Cottage pie
Shepherds pie
Pasta bake
Lasagna
Pizza
Burgers
Stewed pears with free range chicken
Baked apples with salmon or pork
Soup with French bread
Meatballs
Casserole
Cannelloni
Risotto
Tonight I ate a non meat stir fry. Since I have impaired taste buds I avoid spicy food at all costs. I tend to make two versions of every meal, a non spicy one for me and a mildly spiced up one for my partner and kids.