Who doesn’t wish they had more time to read? At this moment I have that sort of time, and I have been frittering it away, but that is over. Instead of beating myself up for my lack of energy and not getting more done, I am going to take time to read. I have stacks […]

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Thanksgiving is undoubtedly a pie holiday, and though many people fear them, there’s a reason for the expression easy as pie. Pie is an easy thing to make, and even better, a hard thing to mess up. A lot of people think they can’t make crust, or don’t have time, but before you reach for […]

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  • November 5, 2015 - 7:45 pm

    Stacie - Now, I want pie! But I’m scared of crust-making!ReplyCancel

    • November 6, 2015 - 8:14 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Stacie, I swear i’s easy, don’t be scared!ReplyCancel

  • November 7, 2015 - 6:45 pm

    Pie Crust That’s “Easy As Pie” | Better After 50 - […] we say read on…This my very well be the year that you finally tackle pie crust, and with Chef’s Last Diet’s Chef Nancy Lowell’s assiduous tips, you’ll wonder why it took you so long […]ReplyCancel

  • August 8, 2016 - 6:09 am

    Culinary Matchmaker » Chefs Last Diet - […] are stews, stir fries and PIE! And nothing screams summer louder than pie. Sure I love a good pecan or apple pie, but summer’s bounty is meant for pie. This summer I’ve been enjoying the […]ReplyCancel

  • July 3, 2017 - 8:24 am

    B is for Baking » Chefs Last Diet - […] bothered to make beautifully decorated cakes, and limit my baking to the simplest of items such as pies, biscuits, and […]ReplyCancel

I used to be the sort of person who would ask about you and want to hear the answer, but lately, my life seems to be one long conversation about me. How are you, ask people I haven’t spoken to in months. My good friends and family start conversations in concerned tones of How are you doing?  And so each […]

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  • November 4, 2015 - 6:41 pm

    Stacie - You just do you and if you ever want to chat about healh related scares, I am only an email or FB message away. I hear you. I have been there. Even in the little things. I am also a side-sleeper and I am not sure I slept at all when I was forced on my back after surgery. <3 <3 <3ReplyCancel

    • November 4, 2015 - 7:36 pm

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Thanks Stacie.ReplyCancel

  • November 4, 2015 - 9:22 pm

    Janelle - It’s hard… psychologically you feel like you should feel better by now, but the body says “nope.” My husband hurt his back a few years ago and is still recovering. It’s good you have people continuing to ask about you, it’s better than them getting annoyed with how long recovery takes! Hang in there!!!ReplyCancel

    • November 6, 2015 - 8:57 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Janelle,
      It’s not linear… title of an upcoming post 🙂ReplyCancel

  • November 5, 2015 - 10:11 am

    Beeray - If you feel like talking, just keep talking. If you feel like crying, just cry.
    When you feel like you are ready, you would snap out of it and all this will be your past.ReplyCancel

    • November 6, 2015 - 8:56 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Looking forward to that!ReplyCancel

  • February 14, 2017 - 8:17 am

    Call Me Humpty Dumpty, Maybe » Chefs Last Diet - […] Each time I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror that’s who I see. Almost one year ago I had abdominal surgery from which I have recovered well, save for the two hernias that now protrude from my belly. I […]ReplyCancel

  • March 29, 2017 - 7:33 am

    Birthday Present; My 59th Birthday » Chefs Last Diet - […] in her thirties, my father didn’t make it to 70. That said I am pretty hale. Except for a scary blip in 2015 my health has been unremarkable, but who knows, there could be a bus somewhere with my name […]ReplyCancel

We seldom get trick-or-treaters at my house, but at the last minute my daughter convinced me we needed to get Halloween candy just in case.  “We’ll eat whatever’s left” she assured me. Yes, that was exactly what I was afraid of. If I’m going to eat candy I’d rather eat good candy, not the crap […]

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  • November 3, 2015 - 1:48 pm
    • November 3, 2015 - 3:06 pm

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Too late, I donated it to the ladies working my polling place today 🙂ReplyCancel

  • November 3, 2015 - 10:08 pm

    Janelle - Leftover Halloween candy is what we call a “nonproblem,” haha. My husband made me buy him some the day after Halloween since we didn’t get any for trick-or-treaters!ReplyCancel

November 2nd is apparently Deviled Egg Day, and though that’s mighty exciting, and I like deviled eggs as much as anyone, I don’t know that I’d give them a whole day. When my daughter was in pre-school (and there were more pot-lucks than anyone should have to endure) I was the deviled egg mom. I […]

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  • November 2, 2015 - 3:25 pm

    Stacie - Deviled Egg Day! I have no idea why but I always forget about deviled eggs, even though I love them!ReplyCancel

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