Continuing with my lists of 45 for this, my birthday week, today was to be 45 films – and the list is ready; I am looking at it. However, I am setting it aside until tomorrow to instead post a list I had actually considered making and then decided not to.

But Nora Ephron has changed my mind.

In choosing topics for lists this week, one that came to mind was a list of 45 foods that are favorites for one reason or another – but between my celiac disease, my food allergies, my fraught relationship with food (especially after the prednisone journey), and my kindergarten-esque food preferences, I had dismissed that idea entirely.

However, this evening I finished listening to Nora Ephron’s last audiobook before she passed away, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections, and – while she often mentions food, what spoke to me was her list at the end of the book, the final essay of things she would not miss in this world and the things she would. So many of the things she would miss in leaving this world were related to food and eating and enjoying a meal with her people.

Hearing that, I decided to carry on with my list of favorite foods for my birthday week after all – even the odd ones. 😉

my 45 favorite foods 

1. green olives
2. fresh salsa
3. cranberry sprite zero
4. dill pickles
5. birthday cake flavored everything
6. buttered baked potatoes
7. taco salad
8. chicken soup from cinco de mayo
9. bomb pops
10. homemade beanie weenies (with pickles)
11. cheeseburgers from mugshots
12. sirloin and baked potatoes from logan’s
13. mom’s meatloaf and potato salad ❤
14. cucumbers
15. olive garden ranch dressing
16. chick-fil-a diet lemonade and waffle fries
17. homemade gf lasagna
18. peanut butter and jelly sammies
19. grilled cheese sammies
20. mellow mushroom meatballs
21. taziki’s rice
22. dove milk chocolate
23. gumballs
24. fresca
25. red beans and rice
26. popcorn
27. spaghetti and meat sauce
28. fried pickles
29. guacamole
30. grilled chicken nuggies and polynesian sauce
31. Courtney’s mac and cheese ❤
32. reubens
33. pad thai
34. chili mac
35. milo’s fries and tea
36. waffle house hashbrowns
37. frosted cheerios with skim milk
38. cheese grits
39. brown sugar and maple oats
40. jambalaya
41. french vanilla coffee at home in the mornings ❤
42. Courtney’s chess pie (GJ’s family recipe) ❤
43. mellowcreme pumpkins
44. cpk barbeque chicken pizza
45. italian green beans

Yesterday was a wonderful birthday with my family – including some cinco de mayo chicken soup 🙂 – and I am still in for the week trying to shake this crud.

I’ll see y’all tomorrow for more lists of 45. Thank you for reading along. ❤

Be well, everybody. Take care of yourselves and each other.

Grace and Blessings.