I have a dear friend who had major back surgery. Tonight is my night to make dinner for her family.

SOOO what have you made when you took dinner to people?

I am just looking for ideas!

By Kernkate on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 08:27 am:

We always make lasagna to send out, DH makes his own sauce and people love it And there is always enough for leftovers.

By Karen~moderator on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 08:41 am:

Kaye, as a veteran of 2 major back surgeries, I can tell you that ANYTHING will be appreciated!

Obviously it's easier for you, and for her family if you make a casserole, or one-dish meal - something like lasagna or meatloaf or a chicken casserole or spaghetti or pot roast, that they can just heat up and maybe throw a salad together to go with it.

I'd consider making something that is good leftover, if you are going to make something, it would be a great idea if it was enough for 2 meals for them.

My first back surgery, my mom sent a few dishes over and no one else helped me out. My second one, there was no help from anyone at all, so I actually cooked some stuff and froze it a week before, and we ended up eating a lot of takeout, which was expensive and not that good.

Truly, whatever you do for your friend will be MUCH appreciated, I can guarantee it!

By My2girlygirls on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 08:55 am:

I say lasagna too. Or you could do some chicken breast and a side salad and then give them the tortillas and fixin's to do fajitas with the left over chicken the next day. Just a thought.

By Tink on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 11:45 am:

I usually make a chicken pot pie when I take dinner to someone. It is comforting and easy to heat up. Add a green salad and a dozen cookies and dinner is covered. Very nice of you to take dinner. I've been surprised at how rarely that happens anymore. I wasn't brought dinner after the births of any of my dks and my mom has gone through several surgeries with very few people offering to bring anything.

By Karen~moderator on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 12:13 pm:

Cori, you are so right about that. In the past 12 years, I've had 5 surgeries. I had barely any help. And the last one, a friend was living with me temporarily at the time, and she did nothing to help, except for make me lunch ONCE.

By Reds9298 on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 03:37 pm:

lasagna always

By Happynerdmom on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 03:47 pm:

I usually do a casserole with chicken, or just some chicken breasts with rice, etc., or a roast in the crockpot. We have an organized group at church that organizes a week of meals for people who have had babies or surgeries, so I end up cooking for people a lot. When dd was born, we had a week of meals from people, and 5 of the seven meals were italian! *3* lasagnas!!! So, needless to say, I steer clear of making people lasagna!LOL

By Pamt on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 06:28 pm:

I second Michelle...NOT lasagna. People always do stuff like lasagna because it is so easy, so just assume that someone else is bringing it and make something else. I often do chicken and rice, chicken pot pie, roast, or ham, with salad, rolls, and a dessert. After the birth of my first DS someone brought grilled porkchops and they were the best thing ever!!

My SS class made dinner at a Ronald McDonald house (for the families who stay there visiting their critically ill children) several years ago and we fixed oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, and dessert. They said we were the first group EVER to volunteer to cook a meal and NOT cook spaghetti.

By Babysitbarb on Thursday, June 9, 2005 - 11:37 pm:

I have a friend who had heart surgery on tuesday and Im taking over a taco salad and a bean dip tomorrow. This is what we had for supper tonight with chicken and I have a lot of the stuff to make it.

By Kaye on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 08:15 am:

Well I ended up taking chicken and dressing. I knew a friend did tacos on tuesday and this is exactly two weeks after her surgery, she has gotten a lot of meals. WELL after getting there, she commented that she has had 4 lasagnas, she was so thankful that it wasn't a pasta dish...LOL.