Also - the type of cancer matters here - not just the chemo, as far as what the patient should eat. Some need as many calories as possible (that was the case in our household so a PP's suggestion of light, brothy meals would have been terrible for us). Milkshakes, enchiladas, lasagnas etc. were what we needed and appreciated receiving over here.

The best help I had were meals being brought on chemo days. Even if I didn't eat my family could. My favorite meal made was a minestrone with salad and bread.

Recently I had meals brought and they were all gift cards. I much preferred the homemade meals, but since money is tight the cards were also appreciated.

If you know someone well enough to bring them a homemade meal, why not just ask them what they'd like?

I'm pro tuna-noodle (reminds me of my childhood), but wouldn't want a lasagna as my bestie makes baked ziti and there's only so much tomato-sauced pasta I can eat in a week.

These specifics are gonna be highly variable, so if you really want to be of service to this particular family, talk to them. You can give them a list of 5-10 suggestions and then let them cross off what they don't like and write in what they do if you want to take some of the pressure off.

https://insanelygoodrecipes.com/easy-freezer-meals/

I normally think of the family not the person receiving treatment since this is to help them not have to prepare foods for the family If I was bringing for patient I would ask for a list of things that they like and their stomach could handle. There’s a big difference and I think you’re complicating and over analyzing it is a nice gesture and we don’t want to discourage people from giving or telling them exactly what to bring you will lose people and ten lasagnas are better than none.

Homemade chicken pot pie.