Macaroni!

Yesterday we had pasta for lunch at my Dad's.  I am impressed with how consistently amazing our family sauce is.  It was particularly good today.  Even the vegan version he makes for a 1/3 of the family is really good.  Not bad for an 86 year old!  I always feel like I have been drugged after I eat it as it makes me so calm and content.  I have no trouble with my sleep after eating it.   However, pasta is one of the things that I can't eat with regularity.  

I have basil growing in my garden.  This year I planted it right by my house entrance, so it is easily accessible.  This leads to the making of pesto and the eating of same over pasta.  I lamented last week that I had more pesto but no pasta for it when a friend said I should make it from scratch.  I did and after a lot of hard work, I had some irregularly shaped linguine that in texture and taste was very good.  An excellent delivery system for the pesto.  Dad recalled that my Mum (who is with the angels) had had a pasta maker and we looked for it yesterday.  We found it and he gave it to me, although I forgot to bring it home!  Probably just as well.

I'm trying a protein dominant diet for a few days, with veg, fruit and whole grains thrown in.  And walking.  And no pasta...