Weight Loss, Italian-Style!

I had a pasta disaster last night — but it had a happy ending.

I had just put the finishing touches on my garden pasta delight — pasta mixed with fresh garden tomatoes, basil, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. I gave John his plate and sent him out to the pool.  Then I dished up my own plate, turned to go out the door, and my delicious pasta masterpiece slid off the plate and splashed all over the floor.

I had recently bought some bright and cheery plastic plates to use for garden dining. I was excited about using them because they are really very pretty. But little did I know, their surface is also very slippery.

There was no pasta left, because I’d only made enough for two people.  So I ended up with a plate of salad, steamed broccoli, and garden pasta topping — and a new weight loss remedy that really works: Prepare your delightful dish and then just make sure all the pasta ends up on the floor.

I had a bite of John’s pasta — just to make sure it was as good as I thought it would be. And in the end I didn’t go hungry, because we also had some amazing Gilroy Garlic and Jack Cheese Rustic Bread that I’d bought on sale at Whole Foods. (What a deal. Only $1.49!)

As the Sufi poet saint Rumi once wrote: “Some disasters prevent other disasters from happening.”

I didn’t overeat last night. Which left me with no reason to cry over spilt pasta.

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