I'm having trouble imagining the sliced meat noodle lasagna. Hm. I feel like I would not be able to cut through it with a fork like I expect lasagna to work? Maybe I'm imagining the lunch meat wrong. Meat and cheese and tomato sauce and more meat does not exactly sound bad, though.

I've had the sliced zucchini variety of lasagna and it is tasty. I'll go back to keto at the beginning of the year because it is the only diet that worked for me. I did it a year, and I can do it again easily enough. I get plenty of fiber, mostly from yummy blender drinks with avocado, psyllium, and other stuff. Also, I eat lots of salads and other low-carb veggies. Even berries, which have a lot of fiber. The big thing is tracking everything on an app to be sure your fat content is high enough. When it is too low (under 70%) then I pop a handful of macadamia nuts because they are 90% fat.

Before diving back into keto I am eating pasta, sushi, fruit, and oatmeal that I can't really manage too well once I am back on the wagon. The super low carb tortillas are indistinguishable from real ones for me, and great for wraps.

I was queen for a day today! My face, fingers, and toes are all shiny and happy.

Hello! I've been more or less lurking while skipping and skimming. I've had this horrible head cold and been less than my best, but I'm alive and pretty much well.

I saw there was concern that I wasn't posting ... due to the skipping and skimming I'd have a response to something that was from days before.

Sorry if you were concerned ... I'm looking forward to more than a week off work and being able to take care of some things I've been neglecting.

Hi, Todd!!

Hi Tom!

Hi Toddson. I hope your head cold clears up soon and that you have a nice, restful time off.

Hello Toddson!!!!

This recipe replaces the noodles with sliced lunch meat

I EAT keto, and this seems weird to me. I basically replace lasagne with a casserole that includes all the ingredients except the noodles, and a vegetable. I will say that cabbage leaves made and baked liked stuffed shells was actually a hit at my family’s 2019 Christmas. I made a regular lasagne for them and the cabbage stuffed shells for me, and my mom and uncle both liked the cabbage version.

I thought I spied Aurelia—. If you are here, I think I remember that you work for The Guthrie? The costume designer for The Little Prince (Olivera) is someone I have worked with at the UR. Those are some fun costumes!

Did I miss a memo somewhere?

Apparently, we as a society have completely moved on from placing our gifts in boxes and then wrapping those gifts in paper. Instead, we are now REQUIRED to put our gifts in a festively-decorated gift bag. Because said gift boxes are unavailable for purchase ANYWHERE, and even if you ask the retailer to include a box with your gift purchase, they will give you one of these gift bags instead.

I will say that cabbage leaves made and baked liked stuffed shells was actually a hit at my family’s 2019 Christmas.

I love cabbage, so this sounds delicious! And similar to Eastern European dishes.

Thank you Tom for saving me from trying to look for a box. I was thinking about it because I have a t-shirt, a back pack and a poncho to wrap.

Gift boxes are a weird thing to me, because my family didn’t do them. The stores we shopped at were not fancy enough to have boxes. Then I worked at JCPenney (which I grew up thinking was a fancy store- much like I grew up thinking Olive Garden was a fancy restaurant) and there were boxes galore. So now I am a little embarrassed to wrap thinks without boxes, but I am not going to buy gift bags when I have wrapping paper already!

I love cabbage, so this sounds delicious! And similar to Eastern European dishes.

It is very similar, I think. Italian American and 1940’s/50’s American are the only two things I can cook without at least reading several recipes, so they tend to be the things I can make keto without having to look up a specific recipe. (PS radishes and rutabaga are really good in things like stew or casseroles where you would use potato). But I would definitely try an Eastern European stuffed cabbage, as I, too, LOVE cabbage.