Marijuana - Best Recipe for Non-Smoker

I am a 40somthing geek with severe insomnia. No prescriptions or over-the-counter sleep pills work. So, now I have found marijuana and I sleep like a baby. Since I am new to this, the pot comes in 1oz bags and it is dried and pressed, is this normal? Leaves, stems, buds, seeds and all are included (but very few stems). This isn't hash is it? ALSO, smoking it is really really hard on this non-smoker so does anyone know of a really good recipe for pot that I could consume (eat instead of smoke) and still get the strong effect for sleeping? I don't do anyother drugs - legal or illegal. I just want this so I can sleep and relax. Thank you so much for your help! It is truly appreciated. PS A recipe you have *personally* used/baked/tasted would be appreciated. Thanks a million! Cindy

Ingesting cannibis postpones the effect, through any source. For those over 35, it poses little or no risk to the brain, though smoking causes other substances (ash, for example) to be inhaled. Since the smoke is the real issue here, and the THC is the goal, buying a vaporizer would be your best bet. According to wikipedia: A vaporizer (or vapouriser) is a device commonly used to release medicinal and/or psychoactive drugs from plant material. Rather than burning the cannabis, a vaporizer heats it so that the psychoactive and medicinal constituents contained in the plant melt and phase into an aromatic vapor that does not contain the particulate matter (tars) found in the smoke.Subsequently, the vapor is inhaled through a plastic hose. With less or no smoke formed, and a cooler temperature, the irritating or harmful effects of smoke and associated toxicants are greatly reduced or even eliminated.