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Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad

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This quick and easy cucumber, tomato, and feta salad is super simple to make.  We have it often, it's one of my favorite side dishes to go with just about anything.  Especially when the vegetables are in season and available from a garden or farmer's market.

Instant Pot Refried Beans

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If you Google "Instant Pot refried beans", or "Pressure cooker refried beans", you'll probably find a hundred different recipes.  Here's how I make them.  It's probably not what some would consider "authentic", but it's quick and easy, and the results are undeniably delicious.

My first 4 months using a GLP-1 receptor agonist (Ozempic)

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I AM NOT A DOCTOR! (or a nurse, or a PA, Dentist, Psychologist, Social Worker, Chiropractor, or anything of the type.   I work on computer networks for a living.) I think it's important that I begin here by repeating that I am not a medical professional, nothing in this post (really nothing I say anywhere) should be taken as any sort of medical advice.  (Go talk to an actual doctor!) Everyone's experience could/will be different than mine, but here's what my experience on a GLP-1 agonist (Ozempic) has been like for the last 4 months, so you can get an idea of what you (might) expect if you're considering it or are new to it. Also, although I'm speaking specifically about Ozempic here, but I'd imagine that the experience on some of the other medications in this class (Trulicity, Mounjaro, etc) might be similar. Introduction: This is going to be a lengthy post.  I'm going to try to be somewhat thorough with some of the things that I wish I had known ahead ...