HJ - would love to be your chef! You'd have to get into vegies though - we're vegan her, so there's a LOT of them! DH had a whole bunch of vegies he wouldn't eat when we first got together, but he'd just never had them cooked properly. He eats everything except roast pumpkin now. And I think that's fair enough! That soup won't taste too vegetabley if you use butternut pumpkin (nice and sweet) instead of any other kind. You can also chuck a handful of jasmine rice through it at the end, gives it a nice aroma and it might cover the vegie fragrance for you. Also, it's blended, so no chewing. I think you should give it a go!

C1 - I hear you on not being able to prepare food! I've been loving roasted vegies. It's one of my all time favourite easy dinners - roughly chop onion, a few carrots, sweet potato, parsnips, and chuck it in the oven to roast on super high. Then later add red capsicum and zucchini chunks. It smells SO good. We usually add some tempeh chunks for extra protein. I love it because there's no stirring, just rough chop and throw it in the oven, then go back to heaving over a bucket! (Ok, it's not that bad )

I also love having frozen spinach portions in the freezer. I throw them on or through EVERYTHING. Easy vegies, loaded with folate.

belfie - that's quite a challenge for you! FM is SO hard! Even without all those other issues to deal with! I will post some of my dairy free dip recipes for you, so that you can break away from hommus a little bit! I'm not sure how they all go with FM though, so let me know if there's something you can't have. And a nut-free pesto. Do you have the cookbook "Friendly Food" I think it might have been written for you If you want a copy, I will send one. I have copied all the recipes I love out of it already.

Just walked up to the supermarket. I think I was a bit dehydrated, because I came back with over 4L of liquids! Got cranberry juice, blackcurrant syrup (craved Ribena last time!) soda water for my tummy and vanilla soy milk, which I "cut" 50-50 with regular soy milk and drink once or twice a day.

Preggie multis plug me up too, so I just have one every second day, and on the days in between I top up with iron, calcium, folate and B12. Seems to kep me going fairly well.

White bean dip:
1 can cannellini beans (or soak and boil them yourself. Cheaper and lower in salt)
1 sprig rosemary
1 clove garlic
2-3tbsp olive oil

Put it all in a food processor and blend.

Rocket and chickpea pesto:
1 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight
1 good handful rocket
1 handful parsley
1/4 cup olive oil
sprinkle of lemon myrtle (optional, but makes it SO good!)
1 clove garlic (optional - I put garlic in a lot of stuff!)

Stick it all in a food processor. Blend.
This is a great pasta sauce, or bruschetta topping, or dip. Or put a dollop on top of a bowl of soup, or serve as a condiment, whatever.