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Sausage on Curried Lentils and Rice
This is one of those use-what-you-have recipes, so I don’t provide amounts. Continue reading
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Grilled Tuna on White Bean Salad
A super-quick and easy salad to put together, topped with grilled tuna. Canned tuna can be subbed, of course, just so happened that my local fresh fish monger (Seafood Station) had some fresh tuna and I couldn’t pass it up.… Continue reading
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
This is a dessert that not a lot of people talk about these days, though knowing that fads come and go, I’m sure one day people will remember it and start looking for the recipe again. I love this recipe… Continue reading
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A Mother’s Prayer
Years and years ago when my kids were still little, I came across this prayer in a newspaper (might have been Our Sunday Visitor), that a mom said she prayed every night after tucking her kids into bed. It was… Continue reading
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The Fifth Joyful Mystery: A Tale of Two Vocations
For the past several months I’ve been meditating a lot on the Fifth Joyful Mystery, more than I used to. For one thing, I had been wondering why this mystery is called JOYFUL. Whenever I read or hear the Gospel… Continue reading
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The Gift of Cancellation
Cancel Culture isn’t new, though the phrase is (relatively). People have always cut off ties when relationships no longer work for them. Anyone who has lost friends/a significant other knows this. Social media just made it worse — “friendships” became “easier”,… Continue reading
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Dr Weil Misses #9
Got this in my inbox today: 8 Reasons the French Are Slim. As usual with these lists, the focus is on the WHAT and HOW of EATING. But fitness isn’t just about eating. It’s about using up what we eat…… Continue reading
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Italy Tips, for EB&Kids, Part IV
Shopping in Pescara/Chieti First, where to shop. A block away (on your right when you’re facing the sea) is Falcone Mini Market (Viale Alcione, 201) — they have basics if you run out of something: local olive oil, local wine,… Continue reading
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Vasto Excursion
just a few notes from the lovely weekend: visited Lanciano: Santuario del Miracolo Eucaristico — 48 minutes from here. Had a picnic at a small plaza near our parking lot. Wanted to visit the Santa Maria del Ponte but it… Continue reading
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