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When I'm sick, I love ramen noodles with hot sauce. Something about the hot salty broth and the spicyness really makes me feel better. Other favorites: crackers, pad thai, mac&cheese, grilled cheese (cheddar on wheat only!), or chicken pot pie.

Mac and cheese, rice, chicken soup. If there's leftover spaghetti, that's wonderful. But I don't cook very well when I'm sick, so I stick to very plain things and let hubby fend for himself. Otherwise he has to deal with my odd sense of taste, which can result in some odd flavors in the end product.

Coffee nearly always tastes terrible to me when I'm sick, as does any sort of seafood. Many other things take on a weird or metallic taste, so I'm best off sticking to the few things that I know will be okay.

As soon as I'm feeling better, the first thing I crave is a big steak or beef roast.

Vegetable Noodle Soup with a squirt of lemon juice, Mashed Potatoes with Olive Oil and many times, I crave Macaroni and Cheese...

Madelyn.
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Rice, pastina, chicken soup. And if I am too sick cook it myself, I'll open up a can of Progresso Chickarina soup.

Breakfast for dinner always makes me feel good. Lots of eggs, hashbrowns (with hot sauce), even pancakes. I think I like it so much because my mom used to make breakfast for dinner when I was a kid.

Soup, scrambled egg whites, hot tea, rice -- Those are the four staples for me.

popsicles if it's one of those colds/flus where I don't want to eat & especially with a sore throat.
Corn chowder or any kind of soup is good too, maybe chicken curry.

For the most part, I do not feel like eating at all when I am sick (or nervous, or upset, or stressed out, for that matter). When I was little, the first thing I would (almost gleefully:-)) declare when it appeared that I was falling ill was, "I am not eating!" Now, when I am still under the weather but starting to feel somewhat better, I can get really weird cravings - from caviar to eggs (scrambled, soft-boiled, egg salad, you name it) to Chinese food, but no matter what it is, it is always salty rather than sweet.

Grilled cheese (cheddar) on wheat bread with homemade tomato soup. (Of course when I was a kid my mom made Campbell's tomato soup and the grilled cheese was Kraft American slices on Wonder bread.)

hot and sour soup! When i was recovering from surgery the last time I think I ate a tanker truck of the stuff!

When I was little my Mom used to make me a soft boiled egg, toast bread, cut it into strips and we would march the toast strip "soldiers" into the egg yolk. That and orange juice mixed with ginger ale always make me feel cared for, even as an adult.

*Waving hand in the air again*
My favorite Korean cookbook is "Growing Up in a Korean Kitchen" by Hi Soo Shin Hepinstall. She includes a small glossary section to help define and translate ingredients. It isn't an exhaustive collection, but the classics are well executed in her book.
I highly recommend any of the bbq dishes, the appetizers are very good, the soups and stews are getting a little more "hard core" Korean, but I hope you will enjoy them. Do try the bebimbap and the (spicy)sauteed rice cake with meat (dok bokee) and the chap chae--a classic! Oh her recipes for dips and sauces to serve with dumplings/seafood pancakes are excellent.
Ma-sheik-ae jap soo sae yo! (trans: Enjoy your meal)

Wow, I thought I was versed in Korean recipes, but these people know their stuff!! I like.
mrsmugger, you'll have to buy some tenjang paste next!