So what do you do for a geriatric dog with intestinal lymphoma? We decided on treatment with prednisone. It won’t put the cancer into remission, like chemotherapy might, but it has a very good chance of helping Sally feel good for at least a couple of months.
The veterinary oncologist confirmed my fears that intestinal lymphoma […]
13-year-old Sally was diagnosed with intestinal lymphoma today. It’s usually a treatable kind of cancer — at least treatable insofar as you can use chemotherapy to put it into remission for months or even a year. We will find out more about her prognosis and our options at the visit with the veterinary oncologist on […]
I want to remember next year what worked and what didn’t this year so that I can improve my spring garden in 2009.
It was a good idea to plant pansies in the shade of the front flower bed (shown at left) — they’ve loved the wintery spring we’ve had. But next year I should plant […]
Lately I’ve been experimenting with doubling my main dishes with plans to use them as leftovers. But I don’t just throw what’s leftover into the fridge and serve it one or two nights later. I freeze the leftovers then fancy them up a couple weeks later so that they seem like an entirely new dish.
For […]
Yum, yum! Loaded grilled cheese — cheddar, apple, and bacon — with a rich homemade tomato soup. You don’t need a real recipe for this dinner; just a few good ingredients and a little cooking know-how.
Make the soup. Saute chopped up onion and carrots in a bit of olive oil until soft, about 5 minutes. […]
I made two king cakes yesterday — I won’t share the recipe here because it was far too complicated involving folding and turning buttered yeast dough into flaky layers — but they came out pretty well, though slightly dry from overbaking. I put two plastic babies in so each of my girls could get one. […]
Have you ever had salisbury steak? It’s ground beef formed into a steak shape, cooked, and served with beef gravy. The idea is to make a cheap steak substitute.
Before making this recipe, I hadn’t had salisbury steak in probably 20 years — but I remembered it as a favorite. Apparently my family agrees because they […]
I picked up Southern Living Busy Moms Weeknight Favorites from the library, not expecting anything special since usually cookbooks put out by magazines are not that great (with the exception of the Cook’s Illustrated books, of course). But I love it! And my family loves these recipes.
So far, we’ve tried Ham-and Swiss Muffins (but I […]
I modified this from a recipe for Creamy Cooker Chicken from the Fix-it And Forget-it Cookbook. My mom gave me the recipe after she had good luck with it.
Now that it’s fall, I’d like to do slow cooker meals two or three times a week. It’s nice to get some prep and cleanup done in […]