"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.