Julie Bove wrote:
"Ozgirl" wrote in message
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I haven't given up eating in Italian places. Minestrone
soup
doesn't do me any damage, ymmv. I can get an Italian
salad
(lettuce, cucumber, peppers, onion, tomatoes, fetta
cheese
and nice juicy black olives). Garlic prawns, yum.
Oysters.
They do nice meats or seafood with vegetables, can
request
no potato. Dessert is the only thing I can't find a
substitute for.

Here a lot of Italian restaurants have little more than
pizza and
pasta. If any salads at all, a small green one. There
are some
places with more extensive menus, but many have just the
cheap, carby
stuff.

That's disappointing. I find the places that serve mostly
pasta and pizzas are the chain places like Spaghetti Factory
etc. The real deal Italian restaurants are a totally
different kettle of fish.