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More than half the time, I just use water! In smoothies/purees I actually prefer water! Stock is too easy to make...carrot/celery/herbs--your bouquet garni/onion and garlic if desired/sea salt simmer in a huge pot. After a few hours, just toss every thing in the water and strain it.
Seriously, though...steam/stir-fry/blanch some veggies and whip up some grain or tuber based salads, or just cook the basics so you have some variety prepped and ready to chow down! Honestly, I think most food tastes better cold. I know you love sweet potatoe--how about pre-cooking some and having it ready to munch on or for a salad/snack! Some fragrant rice dish? Noodle salad? Quinoa? Your hubby can delight in the sides, using his animal protein as a "condiment" or enhancement. Can you prep. some all fruit popsicles/sorbet? Note: Most of my food is blender-ized.
However, one thing I do is cook in batches and freeze. I make a pitcher of smoothie when I'm feeling fruity. Veggie smoothies/purees I make in batches, too. They're all set to go or use/adapt.
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I would like to know about fish too!
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The no money thing makes it tough. I suggest searching online and going to the bookstore and reading recipes. Also go to the farmer's market and buy some produce. It shouldn't cost too much. If you do want to indulge I find it very exciting and a great incentive to buy fancy spices and vanilla and that kind of thing. Try to take advantage of summer seasonal produce. 
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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It's amazing how many bargains you can find there! And it's fun! Organic food, too! Herbs, especially growing them yourself really peps up a dish and your mood. Honestly Ruchie, I don't know what to say other than if you're hungry enough you'll eat. May as well make healthy stuff available.
Focus more on the sharing, the nourishment, the smell, colour, texture, the satiety of hunger and well-beingness...the creativity...there is so much more to food than eating. It's just the fuel. What can I say, other than I personally eat like a child and am so fussy that well...my fridge is a collection of raw material so that something can magically appear/manifest. Hunger is the best seasoning, spice of all. I just stick just about everything in the food processor. Mostly, I just don't care so much anymore either--my treats are carrots and hybrid beets. I live on adult baby food, more than less and somedays I'm so bummed that my teeth really have no desire to chew.
Go for a walk through the market. It's a blast seeing nature harvested. Like trick-or-treating!
To make food more appealing, light some candles or put on some good tunes and just treat yourself respectfully and well if you're alone. Have lunch with you're favourite character from a novel or history or the person you'd like to become. I know, I'm strange, or shall I say unusual.
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I'm not sure how much help I'm going to be, because I'm only generally familiar with your religious dietary restrictions and even less familiar with the gluten-free restrictions, but here are some thoughts:
I went looking for the Twice Baked Sweet Potato recipes in the Recipe Index and got LOTS of hits on Sweet Potato recipes; maybe you could use or adapt some of them. For example, MCV's Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes are just potatoes, pineapple, brown sugar, and a little oil and I don't think you'd miss the brown sugar if you left it out.
You posted a chicken recipe a while back (my herb garden is flourishing, so I'm going to try it as soon as it gets a little cooler here) so I'm hoping you can eat chicken; I love Kree's Crockpot Chicken Stew. If you can let your appliances work for you for Shabbos on a timer, maybe that would be a help there.
If you're good at roasting meat, you could make a roast chicken. You and/or your husband can eat off that for a while. With the leftover skin and bones, you can make your own chicken broth. There are some recipes/hints for that on the Recipe Board. How about roast turkey or just a roast turkey breast?
For yourself for Shabbos, can you stockpile some safe snacks? Even if it's not the healthiest stuff to eat on a regular basis, it would get some food down you for those 24 hours and reduce your stress level a little.
As for not reading the label carefully enough on the broth, oh, boy, I've been there. I'll see that a product says "Dairy Free", buy it, get it home, and discover it's got MSG. Or vice versa. What I finally did with chicken broth was just go to the grocery store and do nothing but read chicken broth labels. I found one that was safe and now that's what I buy. (I do recheck the label from time to time as Little Minnie recently suggested.) I have a grocery list on the computer with all the standard stuff I buy and I put brand names in it. That way, I don't have to think or remember (both of which are sometimes problematic for me, especially in the grocery store).
Last, but not least, there's no law that says you have to enjoy cooking. You might have to do it for a variety of reasons, but you're not required to enjoy it. I, personally, consider the Food Channel a variety of fantasy entertainment, like "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings". You might see if you can find a copy of "The I Hate To Cook Book" by Peg Bracken. It's out of print and I don't know how many of her recipes you or your husband could eat, but it's worth looking at just for her attitude - heck, just for her chapter titles. For example:
Day-by-Day Entrees (or The Rock Pile)
Company's Coming (or Your Back's To The Wall)
Potluck Suppers (or How To Bring The Water For The Lemonade)
Peg Bracken is also the author of one of my favorite quotes: "You don't get over hating to cook, any more than you get over having big feet."
BTW, I keep meaning to post a thank-you to you, but never quite knew where, so I'll slip it in here. In on of your posts a while back, you mentioned FlyLady.net. I checked it out and it's great. I haven't signed up (yet), but I find it really helpful just to read her approach and her hints. So, thanks a lot.
I hope some of my thoughts help you in return. Please take care.
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There are a bunch of potato salad recipes on the recipe index, I'm a fan of Panda's Middle Eastern Potato Salad (as is Mac!) which is meant to be eaten cold, and many potato salads are...so that might be another Shabbos option for you!
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