eating Italian, Mexican
I had no trouble in Italy, and I have no trouble at home in Italian
restaurants. I order a salad to start, or a carpaccio. For main course, I
order grilled meat or fish with vegetables. This is generally served with
pasta. I just don’t eat the pasta or polenta that comes with. If I’m too
hungry to skip part of the meal, I do as Ryan does, and order a substitute of
extra vegetables or simple rice. Be careful of risotto. While we can have
rice, risotto is usually quite dairy-rich, and is often held together with a
very heavy cream or cheese sauce.
Mexican - I would love to hear how people handle this! I never eat Mexican
anymore, which is a shame, as the flavors and spices are delicious!
April 20th, 2006 at 8:41 am
Living in southern CA, Mexican is everywhere.
I usually order Fajitas, - grilled beef, chicken or shrimp with onion and red
and green bell pappers.
This usually comes with rice and refried beans, some places offer black beans.
I ask them not to givve me the tortillas or I give them to someone else in the
group.
My second choice - which is not as compliant is chile rellenos, these are long
green peppers stuffed with jack cheese. They are then coated with a little
flour and beaten eggs. While I usually react adversely to wheat flour, these
don’t bother me. Yes I know the jack cheese is an avoid.
I often take my own rice crackers to eat with the salsa while everyone else has
tortilla chips. Most often though, I end up eating some of the tortilla chips
too.
Unless you have really good will power, I would avoid Mexican food. The corn or
flour tortillas are a part of almost everything.
Hope this helps.
Kate