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Lookin’ Gooooood !!!
It’s been a bit over a month since the surgery, and NOLA Boy has had his ups and downs. The tumor was not benign, so there will be 33 sessions of radiation coming up. Meanwhile there are a lot of...
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NOLA Boy Goes Liquid
He is supposed to get a feeding tube, but is giving Mama Judie’s Real Life Food another chance.
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Four Tenths and Eight Tenths
After an incredible “pound a day” weight loss for three weeks, NOLA Boy, upon weigh-in yesterday, had actually GAINED four tenths of a pound! Doesn’t sound like much, but the down slide was becoming a...
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NOLA Boy Wins Another Round
After six weeks of daily weekday sessions on the table with all of those screws holding him in place, NOLA Boy has come through another round smelling like a rose. Well, if he could smell, that is....
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Mildred Pierce – Chicken and Waffles
There are two movies called “Mildred Pierce”. The original one in 1945 starred Joan Crawford, and the later one in 2011 starred Kate Winslet. We saw the Winslet 2011 version as a mini-series, and so...
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Chubby Cheekers
He’s starting to fill out nicely! It’s been a long, hard, uphill slog, but NOLA Boy is now eating everything in sight – just like old times. He has gained back at least 15 pounds from the nadir a few...
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Modern Day Chuckwagon
Just a quick whistlestop en route. Believe it or not, this bakery on the outskirts of town was a going concern at the time. Whilst set up to take these photos, several people emerged from the...
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NOLA BOY – Magician
It takes powerful concentration and skill to encourage a rubber band through its routine of tricks.
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NOLA Boy Needs Your Good Thoughts
NOLA Boy needs your best wishes. He took a sudden turn for the worse on Saturday, and has been in the hospital since then. We like to think like his blood type – B positive! The house is so empty...
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Breakfast
It’s been six plus months, and I finally made this breakfast again. Inside of this fabulous omelette is more of what you see on the outside, i.e. Cheddar cheese, mushrooms, yellow pepper, Mexican...
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Is anyone still receiving my page? I am thinking about utilizing all of the food photos that I have taken over the last year or so, along with a bit of narrative about what I have found in testing out...
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Behind the Scenes
Instead of just showing you the final result, I took an extra moment (even though I was starving!) to lay everything out first and take its portrait. So two pictures today. The pound-size of mixed...
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The Bleu Cheese Dressing Drama Continues
Without my trusty taster at hand to encourage me, to smack his lips in pure joy, and mostly to eat up the results, I am finding that I don’t have enough of an outlet for the food to really support a...
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Battery Powered Fruitbowl
I absolutely gorge on these tangerines in the winter. So handy in their own packaging, and no added garbage ingredients.
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Tortellini and Lacinato
Cooking for one is a whole new experience for me. The fun part is figuring out delicious things to eat utilizing the items already in the refrigerator from prior meals. Tonight I had leftover thick...
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Mini-Quesadilla by DASH
Today’s lunch is brought to you (and to me!) by the DASH eight-inch Express Griddle appliance. First, I preheated and slightly crisped two tortillas. Then I sautéed some freshly cut-up yellow pepper...
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Shrimp in the Shell
I tend to forget how really tasty these big shrimpies are. I have found that the larger ones, with the shells ON, tend to be more satisfying than the ones that have had the shells removed before...
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Yummy, Lo-Cal Chicken Vegetable Plate
With careful attention to the chicken, I was able to sauté it to perfection without using a coating, or overcooking it. I was happily surprised at the outer “crust”. Maybe it was the induction burner,...
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