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Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Liver care

Hello everyone ! Have a wonderful and safe day The liver is the second largest organ in the body and has more than 400 functions. It is the primary organ of filtration, which mainly helps in the metabolism of food and absorption of the necessary nutrients. 467 more words (when you click below link)

Liver care

Coming Soon to Online Bookstores

Dear Readers, My new book, Double-Dutch Life, is completed! It should be available on Amazon by Tuesday. Please pick up a copy and provide any ratings or reviews as preferred.

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Prognosticative Polar Express

I love watching Christmas movies, from, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, to, “Die Hard”, “A Christmas Story” to the Rankin & Bass, “Animagic”, stop-motion animated features.

In 2004’s, “The Polar Express”, when the African American young lady receives her punched ticket, the word, lead, is punched out of it. She is not entirely negative, thinking it indicates, “Lead, as in a lead balloon?”, to which the conductor basically replies it means she is to lead, as in be a leader.

The Polar Express‘ star, Tom Hanks grew up in Glenview, Oakland, where I lived for years, and where Harris was born; Harris grew up in Berkeley, where I grew up. I’m not a biggie, like Harris and Hanks, but it’s cool to me that our Vice-President Elect, an exceptional woman, hails from my neck of the woods.

Hanks and Harris are the same age, and I think it’s neat that the young African American person from The Polar Express who’s to become a leader could be considered a positive harbinger of things that have happily ensued: our nation’s first African American and first female Vice President.

I’m also glad that Nona Gaye, born in 1974, played the young African American young lady, in The Polar Express (2004) because her dad, the late Motown star, Marvin Gaye, lost his life in 1984, and sometimes history has a way of making things right.

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Are You A Bookaholic? — Fractured Faith Blog

Well, are you? It’s nothing to be ashamed of and I promise I won’t tell a soul. Just you, me and the WordPress community. It can be our little secret, okay? Books have been a great comfort to me in recent years, so much so that I started to write them myself. They teach me, […]

Are You A Bookaholic? — Fractured Faith Blog

(reblogged From Fractured Faith Blog by FitzGerald Press)

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Penne with Sugo

I love a light pasta with clearish or red sauce; when I was younger, I enjoyed creamy sauces as well, but not so much anymore. Including veggies was not a big deal back then, but today, veggies, olive oil, garlic and perhaps parmesano or romano, are my mainstays. Penne with Sugo1 is a simple recipe that can be prepared in about 30-45 minutes. I think if you like a simple healthy meal, this tasty and economical dish might suit.

Ingredients:

1/2 LB Penne Pasta1/2 Cup Cooked Diced Meat2,31 Diced Zucchini1 Cup Diced Yellow Onion1 TB Butter1 TB Olive Oil41/2 TSP Olive OilPinch of Garlic Powder5Pinch of SaltPepper to Taste1/2 to 1 Cup Water



Place medium to large sized, covered saucepan on stove pre-filled 2/3 with waterPlace large, covered frying pan on stove coated with most of olive oil or olive oil spray, and butterPut saucepan on medium high temperature, and frying pan on medium to medium low temperatureAdd 1/2 TSP of olive oil to the water in the saucepanAdd prepared onions, zucchini, meat, 1/2 cup of the water to the frying pan, and coverBy the time the vegetables are soft and tender, the water in the saucepan should be close to boiling (if the veggies are not by then to your liking, add the rest of the water and cook at very low heat for a few more minutes)Next, uncover the saucepan and stir the pasta into the boiling water carefully, then reduce heat to a low boil, so that the water doesn’t boil overReplace lid at a slight angle to allow air to escape a bit(Standard Penne Pasta should take about 10-15 minutes to) cook just beyond al dente (if desired)Turn off the veggies and meat in the frying panTurn off the pasta when done, and drain wellWith pasta in saucepan, mix in veggies & meat (drain veggies & meat, relative to taste and fat content desired)

serves 1-4 people.

1Sugo means, “Sauce”, in Italian

2 I had some leftover Southside Rib Tips from Famous Dave’s that I used in my recipe.

3 This dish works fine without the meat, for any vegetarians out there. I’m identifying more each day with vegetarianism, due to dental issues, overall feelings of well-being, taste, and to a degree, philosophy. Ribeye’s and sausages will probably be the last to go.

4 As a side note if your cupboard is absent the olive oil: I am not a big fan of alternatives such as canola oil; while I find they work well in some basic baked foods and pancakes, for most stovetop cooking, I’m all about the olives. If you don’t have olive oil, however, the garlic and onions may still win the day. I have cooked things like Frittata with canola oil, and it’s not quite as good, but the seasonings and veggies do lend a hand. I suppose with other ethnic cooking, oils like sesame, sunflower and ghee might make more sense.

5 Fresh garlic should always be better; I don’t always have it so I used McCormick garlic powder, which I have known to keep fresh for years.

[image error]Famous Dave’s Southside Rib Tips & Sweetwater Catfish Fingers Combo with Coleslaw, Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Cornbread Sides

(this post reblogged and revised from my 2019 post of the similar content)