johnniemccoy@ wrote:
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>> yeah-sure wrote:
>>> Just talking to an aunt on the phone. Am going to visit
in June and
>>> she told me about restaurants she wanted us to go to.
Told her I'd
>>> skip the italian fare because of the diabetes... maybe
just an
>>> antipasto. She told me she was, also. diabetic but
didn't worry
>>> about it. She just finished a spaghetti dinner. Her
doctor told her
>>> that her fbg was just a little high - 159 - nothing to
worry about
>>> cause 130 was normal.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> I would kill for a huge lasagna
>
> John

Lasagne doesn't really turn me on, except for my duagher in
law's version. If I was going to have a pasta dish becasue I
really wanted one I would go for a carbonara type with bacon
and mushrooms or alternatively - a bowl of steaming hot
spagetti, add butter, chopped garlic and chili flakes. I
used to eat that type of thing for a snack once