It's been almost a year since I started this WOE again in earnest. During that time, my non-LC husband and I have pretty much eaten "plain" -- which is generally his style anyway. This is not to say that I have had grilled meat and plain vegetables everyday, but the number of casserole type meals have been almost zero. DH is beginning to tire of eating basics. It dawned on me sometime last weekend that I could make lots of the old meals, and instead of mixing everything together try some new strategies. So, instead of enchiladas, I browned some round steak, poured on the enchilada sauce, baked, then topped with cheese. Tonight I made beef and noodles for DH -- I just didn't mix the noodles into the meat mixture. I get meat and sauce. He gets it with noodles. I can see making some of the same adjustments with others of his favorites. Of course it's going to be hard with stuff like chicken pot pie --- some things just won't translate. The truth is, I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of this earlier. I should go buy a LC cookbook. Maybe then I wouldn't have to wait until my brain kicks in.

Judy

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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill

Yep, you gotta retrain the brain when it comes to changing your ways of cooking and eating! Sometimes I stand there and think, "NOW what am I gonna fix for dinner?" and then I think of an old fave, like tonight for example - it was Taco Salad. Just no tortilla chips! We had shredded Romaine, browned ground beef with a can of black soybeans and some chipotle salsa mixed in; topped the lettuce with that, added some shredded Cheddar, a few halved black olives, and more salsa to spoon on at the table. A side of pork rinds for crunch...and a low carb beer...color me HAPPY!

It can be done, it just takes the ol' imagination kicking in.

Good job, Judy!

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!