When my roommate was pregnant with my Tiny Roommate, she had a very simple solution:
Buy bags of fresh spinach. Sit down and eat it.

That's the biggest memory I have from when she was pregnant. We'd go through 2 or 3 bags of spinach a week. Not that there's a problem - spinach is awesome.
We also made a lot of our own hummus. It's pretty easy if you have a decent blender and access to tahini. And from there, you can customize the flavor to your liking.
And dip spinach in it. :)

Candied ginger, ginger ale and ginger tea helped me. Hopefully it won't last too much longer. :)

Give yourself a break! You might be done being sick by 13 or 14 weeks. If you are taking folic acid and eating SOMETHING (I ate salted cashews and cottage cheese, heh) the baby will be FINE.

That said, my best 1st trimester meal was a meal some friends cooked for us. I didn't have to be around the food prep or cleanup (the worst bits for me) and was so nourished, physically and spiritually. Maybe let yourself rely on your in-laws once a week?

I feel for you: this is why I had to start Fresh Direct. I couldn't walk into a grocery store without the smell forcing me out the door!

It's different for everyone. Me, I had an insane craving for grapefruit. I ate at least one whole one a day, plus drank the juice and even bought grapefruit-scented shower gel. Here's what I managed to cook for myself during the hideous 1st trimester: whole wheat fusilli tossed with ricotta cheese with salt and pepper. If I was feeling robust, I would saute some sliced onions in olive oil and toss that in. As I got a little more stable, frozen peas joined the bowl. It's healthy and mostly stinkless.

Oh boy, this is a tough one. During my first trimester, I was nauseated all the time and protein was especially offensive - I had to turn away when pizza commercials ran on TV! All I could stomach was starchy carbs. I felt the same sense of internal conflict, too - I love to cook and know the importance of eating healthily at home. But ultimately, I figured out that you just have to get through it. There were lots of dinners where all I ate was potatoes and a tiny piece of plain chicken.

What really worked for me was to continually graze all day long on stuff that didn't make my stomach churn - whole wheat bread, muffins, crackers, nuts, fruit. If I felt like eating a bag of chips for lunch that's what I did. At mealtimes I wasn't ravenous since I'd been basically eating all day, so I just ate whatever I could handle. I didn't cook much during this phase - my husband fended for himself a lot, and just had to make do (good practice for after the baby comes). You'll get through it - with any luck, it won't last for your whole pregnancy, and in no time you'll be hungry all the time and won't be able to cook fast enough! (Hard to believe, eh?? Hope that didn't make you even more queasy!)

Other than something cold like sandwiches (less smell?), I don't have any specific recipe recommendations.

I would recommend using a crockpot in a garage or outside to cook something so you don't have to smell it all day long. It will cook veggies, rice, or meat that should be healthy and will help you keep your energy levels up.

A friend of mine was in a similar boat. She ate bread. I'm not kidding. Plain bread. You don't even neecd to open the fridge to get it. Sometimes she toasted, sometimes not. And she took her prenatal vitamins. And she had food delivered a lot.

I'm totally sympathetic! When I was pregnant like many I had morning sickness. I couldn't eat eggs, broccoli or onions. Brushing my teeth with regular tootpaste made me gag--I had to buy Tom's of Maine toothpaste. And I carried a packet of crackers with me whenever I got in a car or bus to ward off the nausea. The New York Times reported that studies have shown a lower rate of miscarriage among women with nausea and vomiting of any severity during pregnancy. So take heart, eat, and know that this discomfort will pass!

Don't sweat it. I lived on peanut butter, apples and vanilla ice cream for the first 12 weeks of both pregnancies. It's temporary. You'll be back to cooking and eating a normal diet in no time.

Weirdly, crackers made me gag. My defense was raw almonds (why not roasted? I don't know. when pregnant, they had to be raw or I couldn't eat them).

If you have a cologne you can still enjoy, spritz a LOT on your wrists. When the street confronts you with some awful smell, sniff your wrist until you're clear. Odd but effective.

Ashley on (never home)maker has had some great tips:

http://babynhm.blogspot.com/2011/07/eating-well-through-pregnancy.html'

http://babynhm.blogspot.com/2011/06/9-month-double-shift.html

Hope that helps! Good luck!

First, while this isn't a food, try wearing sea bands. Those bracelets you get from the drug store for sea sickness. Wear them during the day and take them off at night. I know everyone is different but those really helped me. As far as food, the only thing I could handle was noodles and broth and fruit cups with real fruit juice. Not the yucky stuff. Just know that soon it will pass and you'll be back to feeling better :)

Cold cereal. Fruit, especially lemons. Dill smelled wonderful to me, as well as anything pickled. I know it's awful, but it passes.

I managed to escape morning sickness completely but my friends haven't been so lucky and I can tell you from all their experiences, if you're gagging at the smell and sight of foods- no, you won't be cooking. Period. Not for a while at least (remember this WILL pass!) And you may not be eating healthy. I had a friend who the only thing she could stomach was Hawaiian Punch and mac and cheese. So that's all she ate while she was queasy. And her doctor was cool with it- if you have strong morning sickness any food you get down is good food. Don't worry about getting nothing but super healthy food. Find something that doesn't make you hurl and stick with it. Then start cooking in the second trimester :)

Peppermint may calm your stomach.

I was really sick during the first half of my pregnancy and I lived off baked potatoes, avocados and the occasional grilled cheese sandwich.

I experimented until I found something I could eat. I ate peanut butter sandwiches for three meals a day for a week, and once I nearly, uh ... ruined the entire cheese section at the grocery store when I caught a whiff of the Roquefort.

If you do want to cook, you might want to look into roasting. Just toss a few things in oil, salt and pepper and then all of it goes into the oven; it's much less likely to set you off than if you were standing over a stove with smells wafting in your face.

I hear you, I just went on diclectin for the nausea and I'm still rather queasy. Just sit down and think about what you want to eat. I've found that crunchy things are good (no idea why) so I've been eating bell peppers ever day and things like ramen/cabbage salad.

And honestly if you are so tired and so sick, you really can be forgiven for feeding the family frozen pizza and food that comes from boxes for a bit. I felt so guilty with my first pregnancy, this time I'm okay with it, it's survival mode. And it's not forever.

I feel your pain! I ate a lot of plain mashed potatoes and really simple pasta dinners (mainly cooked by my husband, as I not only had trouble with food odors, but had no energy) during my first trimester. Grazing or snacking during the day really helped me. Triscuits and cheddar, marcona almonds, wedges of avocado, and hummus and baked pita chips got through the worst weeks; eventually I could stomach cottage cheese or ricotta with fruit and soft scrambled eggs. I got both my energy and appetite back once I hit my second trimester and was back to indulging in sardines, kimchi, curry - you name it. Hopefully you will, too. :) Best of luck to you!

My trick for horrible all day "morning" sickness was to keep my stomach full. Maybe try eating a little snack before you attempt to cook anything. For me, sour things really helped for some reason: sour fruit, hard candies, pickles... I also ate a lot of ginger chews and a ton of fresh fruit. Good luck!

My go to "cooking" in the first trimester was chicken sausages (the precooked kind). The protein made me feel less queasy and they only took 10 minutes (and not much skill). I could usually manage to serve some sort of vegetable with them (sliced cucumbers from the garden in vinegar were a staple).

I ate a lot of hummus and pita chips, veggies and ranch dressing, or triscuits and cheese dinners. I also took to buying the already cut up fruit at the supermarket because I was just that tired and I knew I'd only eat it if I didn't have to do anything.

And honestly, we went out to eat more than usual. I agree with the folks above - give yourself a break. It seems like it will last forever, but it's only really about 2 months. Now that I'm in my second trimester I'm back to cooking again.

FYI, there are safe medications your doctor can prescribe for nausea if you are really miserable.

I'm 6 1/2 months preg and have a 4 year old. This preg I really listened to my cravings. Eating what my body really wanted helped my morning sickness- even though I ate the same thing a lot. That meant a lot of last minute shopping and that was a little difficult. I also couldn't eat many of the healthy foods that were in my diet before (brown rice, kale, greens in general). I gave up on trying to eat the way I ate before the pregnancy and that flexibility was helpful for me. Good luck! It's only temporary!

I have to agree with little snacks throughout the day. With my first I kept a snack box on my desk at work filled with little things to eat. A favorite for me were granola bars, and have been for my second pregnancy as well. The Luna Bars are nice, Kind Bars and Mojo Bars are my favorite, and BellyBars (marketed specifically to pregnant moms) are not bad either. Not the healthiest, but most bars try to provide some sort of nourishment (albeit packed with sugar). Dried fruit and/or trail mix was nice as well. And admittedly, I ate a lot of mac n cheese with both pregnancies.

Ginger Ale helped me get through meals during my second pregnancy. It was light and refreshing with a little sweetness. I tried several brands and they've all worked well.

Can't your husband do the cooking for a while? (while you sit outside?) I was really lucky- the only thing that made me gag was the smell of shrimp. And I had major cravings for tomato juice and apples. Like everyone said, just give yourself a break and eat what you can. A friend of mine could only eat cake and so that is what she ate, with the approval of her doctor, for about 6 months. She's fine. Her kid is fine. It's all good.

I'd say eat snacks throughout the day. In my first trimester the queasiness was pretty relentless, but a lot of times I could blame it on an empty stomach. Maybe it would help if, about 20 minutes before cooking, you had a handful of crackers or nuts to calm your stomach. It might make it a little easier to face the food. If that doesn't help then I agree with the others -- give yourself a break, rely on prepared foods (Trader Joe's and Whole Foods have relatively healthy prepared foods), or ask your husband to take over some of the cooking duties until your queasiness passes. I started feeling better around 14-16 weeks, so hopefully you'll be over it soon!

I feel your pain...but don't worry it will go away. When I was queasy for 10/12 weeks, I could only do PLAIN (and I mean plain) foods. Plain pasta with olive oil and maybe some parmesan cheese, toast with butter, potatoes, pretty much all starch which was not what I wanted to do, but you just have to eat what you can until it goes away.

But....I did start these prenatals that I really love and I'm not sure if it was timing wise just the right time or it actually helped, but my queasiness went way down when I started taking them. Rainbow Light's Prenatal One. I take them at night, and they are vegan (which I guess is nice), but they have a special blend of stuff to help with the nausea/queasiness and also another special blend of stuff to help with keeping things moving....they are really nice. Maybe they will help you too. (fingers crossed for you).

It will go away soon though and you'll be back in the kitchen like before. Promise!

When I was pregnant, I basically survived on Saltines, pop tarts, and the broth from Chinese wonton soup for 5 months. Towards the end, I started madly craving seaweed salad and fresh oranges - couldn't get enough.
Do you have someone else who can help with the cooking? A husband or local family member? Can you afford to order out a lot? There really is no solution and the last thing I wanted to be doing was cooking when I felt like that!
I also had help with the Sea Bands as well as a combo of Unisom and B-complex vitamins (the OTC equivalent of Diclectin, which isn't available in the US). If I can be of any help, feel free to contact me!

I have been dealing with the same issue for the past few weeks. What's been difficult for me is the cooking withdrawal I've experienced...I have little energy or desire to cook because food on the whole just doesn't sound appealing, but I miss cooking wholesome, homemade food for dinner each night.
I've found that drinking a small glass of orange juice in the mornings helps me (sometimes it is the only thing that I can even imagine ingesting in the mornings). I've been bringing fruit, crackers, mint tea, and Sprite to work to keep something in my stomach. We are participating in a CSA this summer and have tons of vegetables at hand, but I recently made myself a huge salad for dinner and about halfway through, I just could.not.eat.any.more. of it! I've been finding what feels good to me to eat right now and sticking with that (even if it's not the healthiest thing...i'm still eating SOMEthing). AND reminding myself that this is temporary (I will cook again!)
In terms of dinners, my husband and I have been eating out (or grabbing some food from the grocery store/take out restaurant and bringing it home) or I may eat a bowl of cereal or something simple for dinner and he will eat something on his own.
Hang in there!

i find this really timely for me. i'm currently 12 weeks pregnant, and have had to do some major adjusting to my eating habits, which were very uninhibited.

though my nausea wasn't relegated to just the morning, i found it helpful to eat small amounts often. if i ate too much, the reflux would kick in as would an overall 'icky' feeling.

granola bars, toast and pbjs were great. as well as rice-based meals (rice, beans and lightly seasoned chicken). my husband has been very helpful, in making food for me, and tolerating my sudden hunger attacks.

just remember:
*not too heavily seasoned if you can't stomach it
*not too strongly smelling
*your gi tract will slow down, so nothing too, um, gas inducing.

When I was pregnant I could cook any thing, but, I couldn't eat it! I would make dinners for my husband and then eat a bowl of cereal. I just could not eat anything I made. My sister made me lots of dinners, this lasted my entire pregnancy!

I agree with what others said. Avoid cooking if it makes you feel sick! Eat whatever you can stomach. It's best if you can get some protein in there whenever possible, but it's better to eat whatever you can manage rather than throw it all up. If something uncooked appeals to you, eat it! (salads, sandwiches, pasta salad from store, cut up fruit, etc) Cook outside if possible, either on the grill or in a crockpot on the patio/garage. If it's more the cooking than the eating that bothers you and if you can afford it, a food delivery service might help, though then you don't have much choice what you get. Ask a friend or relative for help--even a few prepared meals in the freezer might help on days where you feel up to eating but not cooking. One thing that always helped me was smelling lemons. Maybe for you it's a different smell, but experiment to see if there's some smell that helps alleviate your nausea. Most times the extreme nausea passes after the first trimester, though in rare cases of course it doesn't. If that happens, talk to your doctor. My SIL had that problem and ended up having to go on a medication to stop her vomiting because she was losing a scary amount of weight. But even for her it eventually evened itself out towards the third trimester.

Good luck!

If your problem is with the smells of cooking, I'd suggest lots of steaming or boiling, which produces less odor than other methods of cooking, and no aromatics. That's kind of limited but there's still yummy and healthy stuff you can make.. gyoza, dumplings, steamed chinese buns, pasta, noodles, rice, steamed fish, steamed vegetables, pho..

http://www.food.com/recipes/steam

Good luck!

I was in the same boat my first trimester. Onions, garlic, bacon, and beef were especially offensive. I subsided primarily on baked potatoes, cottage cheese, and lots of fruit (pineapple, kiwi, grapefruit). I seriously could not get enough fruit! Any cooking in my home was done by my husband, and I rarely ate what he made. Even after the naseau passed I didn't feel like cooking again until well into my second trimester. One meal that I remember being surprisingly appetizing was a chicken & green bean mole that he made (a Rick Bayless recipe). It was probably the best "real" meal I had in those months. I also highly reccomend ginger chews and homemade gingerale. Best of luck, and hopefully it will pass soon!

I couldn't even write a grocery list without gagging, much less look at a cookbook. Some days, all I could stand was apples and crackers, and my husband was on his own. I agree you should probably just avoid cooking for a while. The good news is, it will probably only last a few weeks.

I too had issues while pregnant, and I just stopped cooking all-together. I lived mostly on strawberries and french fries.

As for nausea, I love ginger root in cooking, but I hate the smell in scent-based products and ginger ale does nothing to settle my stomach. I discovered that Peppermint oil is a great remedy, I would sometimes dab it under my nose! I had it ready for my labor but I ended up having a c-section.

Good luck, maybe just take a break from cooking :-)

My best friend swore by HAVING a Saltine or plain piece of bread IN her mouth and that for some reason helped her to cook. She still avoided lots of things, and didn't want to cook a ton, but she was able to cook up some quick pasta or put a sandwich together -- and then EAT them -- if she had her "white food" in her mouth while doing it!

eat what sounds good- even if it's crazy!
some days that might mean french fries and sprite/ ginger ale. sometimes that might mean two bags of doritos. for me, a safe go-to was always quick and cheap bisquick waffles. i think i even made them with just the mix and milk sometimes, not following the box recipe... carbs are always good! also, fruit if you can stomach it.
keep tissues or tissues with perfume sprayed in them to hold to your nose when the smells get to you. i work in open cubicles and EVERY day the guy next to me would eat some garlic concotion at 11:30am. i wanted to yell at him, but there's no policy about eating at your desk, and he wasn't as bad as the guy who microwaved fish. FISH.what the heck?!?!? hoping the nausea passes soon. as time goes on and you feel better, start cooking double and freezing so you have meals ready when you are exhausted, both pre- and post- baby.

If you're having trouble at the grocery store, most farmers' markets are relatively scent-free, particularly the ones that are outside.

This isn't really a food, but I've heard that taking fermented cod liver oil will do wonders for the nausea.

I feel for you. I was nauseated (but didn't puke) for almost my entire pregnancy. I ate crap the entire time. Seriously. I didn't want to cook at all. I couldn't even look at chicken, fish or pork. I ate white bread pb&j (!!), boxed mac and cheese, some veg, and lots of grapefruit.

I tried sour things, ginger (ginger tea rocks, but it didn't help me eat), crackers, snacks, drinking enough water (peeing even more). Nothing really helped. You just get through it. And when your kid is here, it will start to fade away. So don't worry so much. It totally SUCKS, but you probably won't starve and your kid should be fine.

HANG IN THERE!

And I ate a ton of pickles. Way to be a stereotype, right?!

When I was pregnant all I could eat was broccoli cheddar soup from Panera and crackers...the queasiness did go away after 13 weeks but I found that hot cocoa and milk were the only things that really eased the nausea.

Ugh, I feel you. I was nauseous through my whole pregnancy. I ended up grocery shopping almost every day because what I could face eating changed so often that if I shopped for the week, I couldn't handle what I was supposed to be making most days.

At its worst, I ate a lot of citrus, pasta with butter, and toast.

I lived on toast and bouillon for quite a while. That was all I could swallow. Diary in the morning would make me vomit. I'm a coffee addict but couldn't stand it for 6 months. The sight of raw meat or anything slimey would make me gag. I could not stand the smell of bleach. I nauseated for 6 onths and lost 7 kg in the first two months because I couldn't get anything in... I have two very healthy teenagers by the way :-D Ginger is definitely an instant anti-nausea. I carry candied ginger with me that I buy at the Chinese supermarket (a neck hernia makes me feel nauseated once in a while). Dry and plain foods are the safest bet. Toast, mashed potatoes and grilled chicken, bananas,... For the rest, if cooking smells make you sick, you have a husband, don't you? Use him! ;-) Don't stress about what you can't do. Relax, and enjoy the pregnancy.

Boy, do I feel you. Im 12 weeks now but I've been sick since week 6! My snooty Father-in-law scoffed when I said I survive on nothing but cereal and granola bars, but he doesn't get it. I think as long as you get ANY calories you're fine! Of course i'd love to be eating non-processed healthy every meal, but when you just can't keep that stuff down you're so much better to just eat what you can stomach.

And warn your partner in advance- I feel bad for my husband, but not only do I not cook anymore, he's got a list of things he can't cook because I will totally spend the night on the bathroom floor from the smells. He found out the hard way one night when I fell asleep on the couch and he made this garlic/onion/bacon concoction. He pouted at first, but now he doesn't mind the frozen pizza and velveeta shells and cheese. I think he's going back to his bachelor roots.

I had extreme nausea with my second pregnancy - I ate nothing for nearly a week. Crackers made me sick, bread made me sick. Until one day, as my husband huddled in the other room with takeout, I realized all I wanted was spicy food. I'd avoided it, thinking it would make things a million times worse - I mean, I couldn't handle toast - but I gave it a try. I was still nauseated when I wasn't eating, but as soon as I had some root beer, pepperoni pizza, or curry, I felt fine. So there may be a weird cure out there for you too! sending you hope for the best!

Oh, I'm so sorry for you! I had extreme nausea with both of my pregnancies (luckily, it mostly cleared up by 14 weeks). In my second pregnancy, I had weeks when all I could stomach was white rice, then someone suggested adding a poached egg, which worked great. Sometimes a baked potato with cheese and sour cream worked, too. Good luck!

I had a twin pregnant where I lost 25lbs in the first trimester due to nausea. Lemon was my savior. I kept large lemons slices everywhere I went for ice water, smelling (I couldn't take coffee or any other strong smell), or sucking on during the day. Lemon drops, lemonade, and any other non-smelling lemon product worked for me.

I found that there were certain times of the day that I could eat small amounts of processed foods that did not smell: chicken nuggets, toaster waffles, crackers.

I was fine by week 16 and could resume cooking and doing all the things I used to do except drinking coffee -- which still nauseated me!

My advice would be to just hang loose and sometime before 20 weeks, it's bound to get better and you'll be cooking again. My understanding is that morning sickness is nature's way of keeping you from eating bad food.

I would just like to point out that whatever you are eating will influence your baby's diet, long-term, so it's good that you are wanting to be healthy. Reading some of these comments about eating nothing but bread or ice cream, it's not okay just because you throw in prenatal vitamins. Studies have shown that what you eat during pregnancy and while nursing will have a direct effect on your child's food choices as they grow.

I remind jme718 again of my story higher up. I lived mostly on toast and bouillon for the first 2 months of both my kids' pregnancies. They are 14 and 16 now, and very healthy teenagers (daughter 5'7" and son 6'). My son has a global IQ of 139, my daughter has never been tested but is a very good student too. They were both born at a normal weight. And even as children were hardly ever sick. So don't scare this woman she'll have unhealthy children, because she won't. I took my daily pregnancy vitamins, and I started eating more normal at 3 months pregnancy. The healthy food of course. Though I certainly didn't say no to a delicious piece of pie :-D Oh, and my kids are not picky eaters. They just about everything, because of course I gave them a healthy diet from the day they were born.

i agree with NadineV :) my son has no problem eating fruits & vegetables, even though i craved like crazy campbells chicken noodle soup, spageti-o's & mars bars (all are hard to find in Jakarta)
i had a relatively easy pregnancy, though mostly i ate cantaloupe & mixed fruit concotions ("fruit soups" as its called in Indonesia), i did feel queasy a few times and found the only thing that helped me was sniffing kumquats spiked with cloves and eating ginger candy. my sister-in-law is not so lucky, even at her 7th month she's still having major moments of nausea (no onions & garlic allowed at her table). also have a friend who lost 4kg of weight during the first 4 months, and slowly was able to eat after that...
so yes, as jme718 says its good that you want to eat healthy, but more importantly, for now, is that you eat! whatever you think sounds good and whatever you can get down your throat. :) you can always adjust your diet to more healthy stuff like veggies when you start breastfeeding, when you dont feel like puking all the time & willing through jump through hoops just from seeing your baby's face...
best of luck with your pregnancy!

Honestly, I'd let cooking go. Make sure you keep down your daily prenatal and try to get some protein in whatever form you can stand. Most people get relief from morning sickness after the first trimester. You can reintroduce some cooking then...

I lived on crackers, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Tums and ice and vitamins for the first 20 weeks. I was so sick. My doctor said it was all good since I was overweight.

No offense, jme718, but im willing to bet you're no doctor. I was so sick I was down to 99 pounds by 11 weeks and the doctor was getting very concerned. She told me that any calories were good calories- even if it was nothing but cereal. Only eating what I could kept me from being admitted to the hospital. So yes, sometimes it is ok. It doesn't last the entire pregnancy.

Actually, radioriot, I'm in school for Microbiology and Biochemistry, but what does that matter, right? I must not know what I'm talking about because YOU don't like what I said.

I did not say the baby wouldn't be healthy or grow properly after birth. I said her diet now has an affect on the baby's diet choices later. And NadineV, you can have a 139 IQ and not eat healthy. But I'm not saying anything about your children because I know nothing about them. It's just as important to teach them as they are growing how to make healthy choices about food as it is to try and eat healthy during pregnancy.

You misread what I'm saying and then jump down my throat about it. She's obviously asking for advice because she wants to eat as healthy as possible despite being queasy. Of course if she can't eat anything, she should just eat whatever keeps her and the baby going, but some women choose pregnancy as an excuse to eat all the junk they want "for the baby". I'm not saying every woman does that, but I've known enough of them.

jme718, I understand the poster was asking advice because she is feeling very nauseous, and is not looking for an excuse to eat junk food. But what children eat has not much to do with what you have eaten during your pregnancy. It is what you serve them on a daily basis. My kids have always had fresh vegetables, lots of fresh fish, lots of fruit, a mainly Mediterranean diet because that was where I was living. I know kids who eat nothing but pasta and sauce, or only sausages, kids who'll never eat vegetables and the only fish they know is fish sticks. That is because they have never been served anything else. So what counts is: eat as healthy as you can while pregnant, don't worry if nausea limits your diet, give yourself a treat once in a while. The real work starts when your child is born! A trick for serving veggies that they do not like (and it's normal, as long as you keep on presenting the vegetable they will like it one day) like zucchini: put it through the mixer, season and serve with pasta. Lots of vegetables you can "hide" in mashed potatoes. Add carrots, onions, cabbage, spinach, cauliflower,... (combi of 2 or 3) and mash. Add some cream or butter for extra flavour. You can even mix fish in the potatoes :-) For my former stepkids, I used to make tuna salad and tell them it was chicken, haha. Sometimes it's just in the head that they don't like certain foods.

I pretty much ate mac and cheese from 5-13 weeks. Then my nausea magically cleared up and I went to MBA summer camp and the food the university dining hall whipped up was awesome and I ate everything on the buffet line! It was the bes 4 weeks of food in my life.

Nah, I don't think you know what you're talking about because you're a student who gives out insensitive and inaccurate advice online.