SPINACH SALAD
Fresh Baby Spinach
Goat Cheese crumbled
Roasted Peppers
Mushrooms sliced
Pine Nuts
Dressing:
Sherry wine vinegar, Lemon juice, Dijon mustard, pancetta (Italian bacon crisp fried and crumbled) salt and pepper
Prepare dressing in a container, shake and apply just before serving
On April 29th, 2014 my life changed. I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. A friend who was a breast cancer survivor told me one day I would thank God for giving me this trial to live through. I understand what she meant, and I am thankful for the journey. I have learned so much about my faith and my friends and family who support me. And I will never ever give up my hope of beating this deadly disease. God will bring me through it...of that I am certain.
This blog is my Journal for June 6th, 2010 Yesterday was a day of planes and trains stations. Kelly and I flew thru the night to Frankfurt and , although we had taken off more than one hour and a half late from the US, made our tight connection to Florence. We decided to hitch…
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