SEEMS I'VE BEEN POSTING THESE THINGS IN THE WRONG PLACE, SO EXCUSE THE DUPLICATION IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE ALREADY!

I have gotten a bit creative in this stage, since I love bread and sandwiches and the like. I have found new "holders" for my dips and spreads and things.

For tuna, chicken, ham & turkey salad, spinach dip, hummus, guacamole, I use the following:

• Thin slices of zucchini or yellow squash
  
• Whole wheat "pitettes" cut in half to make 2 rounds (my dr. allows some types of bread items - pita, tortillas, whole wheat toast)
  
• Cracker-sized cheese slices
  

For hot items, like poached eggs, I get the polenta in a tube, slice it into thin rounds, and fry it in some cooking spray, flattening it a bit as I go along. Then I can put whatever I want on top of it, like chicken stewed in tomato sauce and shredded.

I also made some very thin zucchini pancakes and put some goat cheese in-between two and made a very gourmet-ish and grown up grilled cheese!

Instead of boring mashed potatoes, add an egg, a tablespoon of flour, and some herbs, and make some potato pancakes to put food on.

Hope these ideas help someone out there who is getting bored and frustrated.

Thank you! These sound like great ideas! I'll have to try them as I go.

Some good ideas here, thanks.