Other positive snacky news

[cjsmith]

I spent (mumble) over $60 at Trader Joe's this afternoon. In addition to that $11 tub of sawdust powder and the bag of almond meal, I also got:
- my favorite kind of hummus
- three different bitter dark chocolate bars
- three different kinds of salame
- two kinds of hard cheese
- and a cheese/prosciutto/basil roll.

(Also buffalo burgers, pine nuts, ginger, and spinach -- but those aren't snacks, exactly; those are ingredients or meals.) I think the only thing I skipped was the partridge in the pear tree. Well, and the alcohol, of course. :-(

Rob says if I complain tomorrow about not having anything to eat, he will smack me. I told him that with the massive quantities of food I've been eating lately, I may very well have nothing left tomorrow. :-)

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe. It wouldn't hold together as well, but then, it may not have to, really.

Spaghetti squash and shaved strips of zucchini come to mind as possible pasta substitutes. (Both those ideas are stolen from that same Gourmet Nutrition cookbook. Can you tell I'm borrowing a copy for a coupla weeks?) If the whole point of pasta is to bring yummy sauces into your mouth, any of these would be okay.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of spaghetti squash with pesto :-)

[moriamerri.livejournal.com]

There is a gadget that people use to make little light strips out of squash and the like. Sorry I'm not thinking of the name of the gadget, but I can find it if needed. It works well for making something vaguely pasta-like -- it is not pasta like in that it is not grain, but the fine strips do have some part of "pasta like" to them.