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(60,154 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 05:53 PM Jul 2016

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Today I made red lentil soup, and was able to taste and eat.

Onion chopped medium
Olive oil
Red lentils 1 cup
Cumin to taste
S/P
Water or chicken broth 6 cups add more as needed
Lemon juice. To taste

Yogurt makes a good topping.

I also drank some coffee and some ginger lemon tea

I finished my prednisone yesterday. It helped

I think this is the start of something good.i

Thai Carrot peanut soup is in my future

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Big day. [View all] alfredo Jul 2016 OP

Excellent! Sounds tasty! Thanks for adding the recipe! Solly Mack Jul 2016 #1

I'm giddy. Recipe for next week alfredo Jul 2016 #3

That should work with butternut squash too, yes? Solly Mack Jul 2016 #21

Why not? I'm going to get some sweet potato tomorrow. alfredo Jul 2016 #22

That sounds yummy! Solly Mack Jul 2016 #24

I hope so. It will be an excuse to use excessive butter. :) alfredo Jul 2016 #25

lol Don't really need an excuse for that. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #26

I have a butter regulator that watches my intake. alfredo Jul 2016 #28

That would do it. :) Solly Mack Jul 2016 #30

I'm a butter/olive oil type of guy. That seems to keep the regulator happy. alfredo Jul 2016 #32

I use that combo. Tasty with a few herbs, Solly Mack Jul 2016 #34

Today no food by mouth. Bad dry mouth and super phlegm. alfredo Jul 2016 #36

Sorry. I know those days. :( Solly Mack Jul 2016 #37

Yes, many sips and rinses alfredo Jul 2016 #39

BTW, I was able to eat a poached egg without it sticking in my throat. alfredo Jul 2016 #19

That's great! Eggs were my go-to food when nothing else stayed down and I couldn't swallow. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #20

I was raised on a chicken farm. I love my eggs. alfredo Jul 2016 #23

I'm rather fond of them myself. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #27

Scrambled eggs with liver pudding, or with cottage cheese alfredo Jul 2016 #29

I'll have to pass on the liver pudding. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #31

Use rinsed capers instead of salt with those onions. alfredo Jul 2016 #33

Never been a salt eater. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #35

The capers add salt. Rinsing them cuts the salt alfredo Jul 2016 #38

I like capers, and I do rinse them well. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #40

I kind of like the idea of eating little flowers. alfredo Jul 2016 #41

Happy little flowers Solly Mack Jul 2016 #42

What I really need is exercise. It's just too frigging hot. alfredo Jul 2016 #43

There, too? It's been awful here. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #44

I want to sleep until fall alfredo Jul 2016 #45

I'm trying. Up late, sleep late during this heat wave. Solly Mack Jul 2016 #46

I'm not getting the sleep I need. alfredo Jul 2016 #47

Pain? Insomnia? Solly Mack Jul 2016 #48

It's a low grade migraine. Off to bed G'nite alfredo Jul 2016 #49

Night! Solly Mack Jul 2016 #50

You should try adding turmeric to the soup Siwsan Jul 2016 #2

I love Turmeric. I use it under my band aids alfredo Jul 2016 #4

Same here. I always add extra to anything I make, whether from scratch or a jar Siwsan Jul 2016 #5

I will have to get back to using Garam masala alfredo Jul 2016 #6

Mazel tov! PennyK Jul 2016 #7

I had a bad reaction to Chemo, they almost put me in the hospital. Damn white blood cell count. alfredo Jul 2016 #9

Yes, later on PennyK Jul 2016 #11

Damn, you are being put through the wringer alfredo Jul 2016 #12

Thanks, I'm good PennyK Jul 2016 #13

Well, they probably have had to deal with more than a few, so they aren't taking any chances. :) alfredo Jul 2016 #14

No worries, I have a beautiful wig PennyK Jul 2016 #15

Thanks here is something to hear alfredo Jul 2016 #16

Thanks, I'll look later PennyK Jul 2016 #17

Let it go, let it goooo alfredo Jul 2016 #18

Good for you! sinkingfeeling Jul 2016 #8

It was good, but it turned me into a phlegm factory. alfredo Jul 2016 #10