My nice friend Amy has both Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Her prognosis is excellent, but the treatment is horrible; it seems that treatment for "liquid" cancers is much more awful, I guess because it's not like they can do surgery to remove a tumor first, so the chemo has to do all the work? Anyway, she has to have 12 sessions and they really do take it out of her.
Everyone is pitching in, of course, and since my response to every crisis is usually soup, I decided to take her soup every week. I already brought vegetable soup, matzo ball soup, and chili at least once each, and I tonight I made a really kickin' butternut squash soup. I also like to include a little extra with each batch, too.
I want to vary the choices a lot. I know how to make lots of soups, but I also know you will have really good ideas and recipes, too, and I know you like to help.
The chili was a mistake: she said acidic things like tomato and citrus irritate her mouth (that's getting better), and spicy is probably a bad idea, too.
And she needs LOTS of calories. I put cream, honey, and maple syrup into the soup tonight.
My kitchen is kosher, so I can't use anything with pork or shellfish. I can't mix meat and milk/butter/cheese, either, but I can often substitute meat stock with vegetable stock and milk with soy milk.
Thanks in advance for your great ideas for a really nice woman who will appreciate your wonderful recipes and ideas a lot.
lindac
jessyf
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