[Sca-cooks] Possibly OT/OOP "help!" question

[david friedman]

Maire wrote:

>I'm making a couple of freeze-and-reheat-when-needed casserole-thangs
>for a friend who's mom is dying (at home, with hospice help and all).
>She's getting inundated with relatives and such, and could use some
>help.  I've been through this, myself, so I know how nice it can be to
>not have to worry about cooking when you've got so much else on your
>mind....
>Thing is, she's allergic to wheat, and most dairy is also a no-no.  So
>I'm trying to think of a couple of dishes (rice-based, maybe? or with
>barley?) that I can pre-cook and freeze for her, that don't have wheat
>or dairy.

Here are some things my husband and I routinely make in quantity, so
we can freeze most of it: beef stew (thicken with soy flour), chicken
stew, spaghetti sauce (can be served over rice noodles or baked
potatoes, neither of which takes a whole lot of cooking), chicken
curry.

Elizabth/Betty Cook