Recipe Share Wednesday 2/18/09

Please feel free to share any recipes you may have or if you try one of ours, let us know what you think.

Our Recipe for today.....

Broiled Tarragon Flounder

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tsp chopped fresh tarragon
fresh ground pepper
4 flounder fillets


In a small bowl mix the oil, lemon juice, tarragon and pepper.

Place the fish fillets in a broiling pan and broil , basting generously with the oil mixture, for 8 minutes or until the fish flakes with fork.

Makes 4 servings.

Tuesdays Trials.....

Okay. Im going to vent since today is the only day of the week it is allowed. I am sick and tired of waking up every morning feeling like I am an 85 year old woman instead of a 35 year old woman. Every frikin bone in my body feels like it wants to break and the muscle pain is just unbearable at times! And I am also tired the constant memory loss and aggrivation. Sometimes I wonder If I am in the early stages of Dimensia (however you spell it)! Oh, and Im tired of all the damn medicines I have to take. It seems like everytime I turn around another medicine is being thrown at me....no wonder I cant function...Im to doped up! So Im going to just let out a great big scream (thank God the house is empty) and go back to bed!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Recipe Share Wednesday

Chicken and Tangerine Salad

3 Chicken Breasts, boneless and skinless
4 tangerines, peeled and sectioned
3 tablespoons chopped pecans
3 chives, finely chopped
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice

Preheat the oven to 350
Place the Chicken in baking dish. Bake for 1 hour.
Cool and shred into bite-size pieces. Place in a medium bowl and add the tangerine sections, pecans and chives.

In a small bowl mix together the olive oil and orange juice. Pour over the salad and toss until coated. Serve at room temperature.

Makes 4 servings.


Now, we haven't tried this yet. We got it from the "Fibromyalgia Cookbook". So if anyone tries it, let us how it is. When we try it we will let you know!!

Feel free to post any that you have tried or want to try.

Tuesday Trials.....

Yup. It's Tuesday. The only day that complaining (or dare I say bitchin') is allowed on here. So come one, come all with thy weary hands and aching limbs. Let out your frustrations and your fibro peeves (if you can remember them...lol) and vent away!

Motivational Monday

Friday Fibro Funny

This funny is for those who, because you don't "look" sick, assume you're fine.

Alternative Thursday: Diet as a means of fighting pain and fatigue.

Diet has been a highly debated part of FMS. Some believe that preservatives and other artificial components of mainstream food are partly to blame for the pain and fatigue associated with Fibro. Others, while they may not believe diet to contribute to the pain, do believe that a healthy diet consisting of very basic things, can alleviate some discomfort.

One of our goals with this blog is to chronicle our journey to getting well and helping others relieve their symptoms, as well. Diet will be playing a big part in that. Most of our recipes shared on Wednesdays will be organic and/or found in cookbooks made specifically for FMS patients.

As an FMS patient, if you're interested in making some changes to your diet, you should be aware of some serious don't's.

Don't eat red meat.
Don't use artificial sweeteners, even better, do use raw sugar.(Heather has been using organic raw sugar and likes it better than the processed.)
Cut back dramatically on caffeine.
No Corn products. That means no whole kernel corn, no corn meal, no corn syrup.

Heather has been making many huge changes to her diet recently, due to a major flare period. She is allergic to steroids, so there isn't anything her Dr can do for her. He did suggest some serious adjustments to her lifestyle though, in hopes that her flare period can be shortened and future flares can be minimized. We will keep you updated on progress.

Hi There!

First, thanks very much for stopping by our newest venture. This blog has many purposes. Its our way on contributing to the cause, sharing with others what has worked for us, what we're trying to help the pain or fatigue, or just a daily entry in the fight. Its a precursor to our book, which is a closely held secret at the moment, so thats all you're going to get on that. Its also our way of keeping in touch. We do live 1,000 miles apart and even though we talk on the phone a few times a day, we still feel like we're missing out on so much.

But anyway, we're excited to see where this goes and hope you'll join us.