Belated Hello
I joined early last year, but neglected to introduce myself. So, I'll try to make up for that oversight now.
I found this site over on Net Tractor Talk when Doc introduced it, and joined up shortly after it started. I was working still, even though I was already over 65, but have since retired, sold the RV I lived in for several years, and moved in with my daughter. Couldn't have managed it without her generosity. After several months, got the finances righted around, and then on with life.
My wife was an excellent cook, my size is all the proof anyone needs to verify that! And I was always helping her out in the kitchen, to the point where cooking was something we always did together. When she got sick, I took over as chief cook and bottle washer, even cooking a full Thanksgiving feast for her and our daughter the last year. After I lost her five years ago, I found it very difficult to go into the kitchen to actually cook anything - a sandwich or a frozen entree was about all I could manage. In the past year or so, I don't have any problem cooking but just cannot get motivated to cook only for myself.
Last fall, I began cooking heart healthy for my best friend of 40 years and his wife after he had a heart attack, and she had a broken arm. His daughter got him a Betty Crocker book with a log, tips, and recipies from their Heart Healty cookbook, and I cooked three meals a day from that for six weeks while he was on the mend and getting back on his feet. He claimed my food was always good, he always felt satisified by it, and liked the taste and variety. I taught him how to buy to keep it up after I departed, and feel pretty good about what I accomplished - he lost over 40 pounds, was going to cardiac rehab three times a week, walking three miles a day, and riding his bicycle at least 15 minutes a day, so I hope he wil be OK.
My sister lives in Greece, where my daughter and I went to share Christmas with them. I've become interested in Greek cooking as well, I really like Greek food. Their food seems to be pretty heart healthy too. This year I'm going to try to do more cooking, see if my daughter, her boyfriend, and I can't all loose some weight without loosing taste or satisfaction from what we eat. And I am looking forward to getting some good ideas from the forum.
Happy eating!
Fred