Here's mine-been making these for almost 20 years-a big favourite! From Pillsbury-sorry it doesn't 'read' well-I pasted it from their site. Recipe Tips (1) Reviews (11) RECIPE TOOLBOX INGREDIENTS 1cup sugar 1cup butter, softened1(3-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/2teaspoon salt 1/2teaspoon almond extract 1/2teaspoon vanilla 1egg yolk 2cups all-purpose flour Colored sugar or decorator icing, if desired DIRECTIONS 1 In large bowl, combine all ingredients except flour and colored sugar; beat until light and fluffy.2 Add flour; mix well. Shape dough into 3 disks. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.3 Heat oven to 375ðF. On floured surface, roll out 1 disk of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Cut with lightly floured 2 1/2-inch round or desired shape cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Decorate with colored sugar.4 Bake at 375ðF. for 6 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. If desired, frost and decorate plain cookies.

Ya, blender: get some protein powder from a health food store or excercise food store READ the label. You can make delicious SMOOTHIES with 'product' recommended serving of protein powder, any fruit of choice, milk and BLEND, yogurt too. You can even use peanut butter to throw in. Tell you doctor you want a dietitician - immediately. They can help with balanced meals. Can even try talking to a pharmacist for recommended supplements to put in these things. SMOOTHIES are great - yogurt and fruit and water Mashed potatoes and chili whipped into a drink with beef broth to thin out... Try those lovely canned stews and blend them, chunky soups and add MASHED potatoe to them for the starch content. Let me know if any of this helps. Dessert can be ANY PUDDING MIX, thinned out a little with milk... Green vegetables? Try another dinner shake with a creamy cheese sauce thinned with a little milk (recommend carnations canned 2 percent). Think about when you were a kid...I loved hamburger, mashed potatoe, peas and ketchup. I would smash it all together on my plate before eating it. If he is turned off by the LOOK, get some of those plastic cups with the straws that are solid colour so you can only taste and not see. The mind is funny sometimes. I hope this helps. Strongly suggest a dietician, need protein with his meals. Oh yeah, banana and peanut butter shakes are good to... chocolate and raspberries/strawberries (fresh/frozen) Let me know how it goes, Peggy

Thanks MarieND, ElsMaMa, I somehow seem to have given the impression that my Dad wont follow a diet. Actually, he is very good about trying to stick to a low fat, low carb, etc diet, and has his diabetes well under control at this point. The problem is that he gets tired of his extremely limited diet, and who can blame him. I'm just trying to help him find some other things he can eat. Since he is 70, and male, he just isn't willing to learn how to cook complicated dishes. He makes stir fry, and simple soup and stew dishes, for example. I just thought that maybe there were some microwaveable dinners that would fit his diet. Given the large number of older folks with these problems, you'd think some bright boy would be marketing to them. Thanks again! Le Jane

My father as serious gout and will need more information about what to eat than the hospital has provided. Do you have any easy recipes for him?