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What are your secret weapons that help you keep your fibro pain at bay?

Help us, help each other. Like Maggie and Noki4, share your experience and your wisdom. Please comment with your “tips from the trenches”.

In turn, we will create a tip sheet for all to benefit after the Friday, August 23, 2013 deadline and just in time for Pain Awa…[Read more]

Lasagna Rolls
From: Mindy Boyd
Use: 11x 7 pan (spray with olive oil)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

• 8 lasagna noodles; cooked to AL dente
• 1/2 lb hamburger (can mix w/Italian sausage or use ground turkey)
• 1 small onion chopped
• Spaghetti sauce of your liking (32 oz or so)
• Mushrooms chopped: small jar or fresh about ½ cup
• Salt…[Read more]

3 Ingredient Chicken
From: Deb Fowler Nicholson (Weight Loss Support Group)
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
• Chicken (whole fryer or favorite parts)
• Packet Dry Italian Seasoning Mix
• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
Mix the Italian seasoning packet and the brown sugar. Coat chicken on all sides.
Line pan in foil; the dressing &sugar mixture will caram…[Read more]

Potato Candy

1/4 cup cooked and unseasoned mashed potatoes
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 (16 ounce) package confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar for dusting
1/3 cup [smooth spreads easier] peanut butter, or as needed

Combine mashed potatoes, milk, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Stir…[Read more]

Summer Tomato & Basil Pasta

Fresh Garden Tomatoes (4-6 Medium to Large): Peeled and seeded: Cut into chunks
Fresh Basil: Washed and diced
Olive Oil (Extra Virgin–bread dipping quality preferred)
Fresh Garlic (1-2 cloves: Peeled and crushed) or Garlic Powder
Cooked Pasta of choice (I prefer Angel Hair)
Salt & Pepper to taste
Parmesan, Romano,…[Read more]

Lemon Chicken

Take chicken breast (raw) and butterfly cut; wash and dry in between paper towels
Mix flour, salt, pepper and dried oregano (I crush to finer flakes in a mortar/pistol or rub in the palm of my hands) on paper plate
Heat olive oil (may add 1 Tb butter if desired) in skillet: Moderate to High Heat
Coat chicken with flour mixture–both…[Read more]

Cucumber Salad ala Cutie:

1-2 Sliced cucumbers with or without peel (fresh from the garden preferred);
Onion slices [optional];
Mix in a splash of Italian dressing (Zesty or Tuscan);
1 Tb Mayo; with a little milk or half & half;
Garlic powder, Salt and Pepper to taste

Enjoy!

Great to see your message, Sarg!