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Why good food is the best tonic for chemotherapy patients
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Why good food is the best tonic for chemotherapy patients

10 ingredients 20 min + 8 hr 20 min 6 people openrecipes

Penny Ericson has written two cookbooks specifically designed with people undergoing cancer treatment in mind. Here she tells us what motivates her, and how good food can fight cancer.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

984
Calories
44g
Protein
23g
Fat
144g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Sriracha 1 tsp (5g) 5
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 lamb shanks
  • 1 bottle of red wine
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 generous handful of mixed herbs
  • 500 lamb stock
  • ml dash of sriracha (or 1 small chilli, finely chopped)
  • 1 potatoes
  • 1.25 to 3 tsp white plain flour
  • kg water, approximately
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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