So as I creep closer to the puréed food stage I am researching recipes for purse and beyond. I'm Italian so Pasta WAS a way of life for me. Now that I can no longer have it and will not have it I'm thinking about the sauce. I would happily eat just the sauce with a spoon.

So, I need to ask my nutritionist but what's with sausage? I use Italian sausage in my spaghetti sauce.

Maybe I need to modify my methods....

I like my "sausage" with girth.

Bahaaaaahaaaaa

Sorry I needed to compose myself.. I am not sure but I think its mostly lean meat they want us to eat. Although,I like mine with some "girth" as well. Lmao

Omg you two are terrible! Lol

I meant Italian sausage from the butcher shop...

Forget it, there's no way to not misconstrue this thread ! Lol

@@Nurse_Lenora

There are alternatives for bariatric recipes. You can use spaghetti squash to replace Pasta.

Sweet Italian turkey sausage.

This is a recipe I tried.

Peel and sliced egg plant. Dip in egg wash and coat with garlic Parmesan cheese. Bake until golden brown

coat a cupcake pan with cooking spray

First layer - spaghetti sauce

2nd layer- Eggplant Parmesan

3rd layer - spaghetti sauce

4th layer - sweet Italian ground sausage -

Top with mozzarella cheese.

That recipe sounds great! I must try it...

I am Italian too and Pasta was a way of life for me. We had it 2 to 3 times a week in different recipes. I am nearly at goal and have tried it. Spaghetti with meat sauce was my all time favorite dish from the time I was a tiny little girl and right up until I started the prep diet.

I have tried it now on 3 different occasions and I hate it! I absolutely hate it. The texture, the chew and how it feels in my pouch. You have no idea how happy I am that I hate it. One of my favorite things to do was to eat cold pasta right out of the fridge! I have been released from that bad habit.

I can still eat a little pasta in Soup but that is about the only way.

Now, I still make chicken cacciatore, baked meatballs marinara, Italian sausage and peppers, chicken parmesean as well as many other Italian Proteins. I always make a veggie or a salad and both for my family but have removed most of the starch from our diet, even for them. They get a starch once or twice a week.

I have also made chicken, veal manicotti al forno and it is delicious. I use fresh pasta and will eat the meat inside. My family would shoot me if I stopped making this dish, I make it about twice per year and plan my food around it for that day. I will make them fresh Italian garlic bread.That is the hardest for me to stay away from. I can easy well toasted bread. Occasionally if I have room in my food budget I will try a tiny bite or two of garlic bread.

I'm partial to the "mini-smokies".

Not sure whether it's available at your local grocery, but we get Turkey Store Italian -seasoned ground turkey and have used it in place of Italian sausage for years.

I like my "sausage" with girth.

(Sending you a virtual cold shower).

I am Italian too and Pasta was a way of life for me. We had it 2 to 3 times a week in different recipes. I am nearly at goal and have tried it. Spaghetti with meat sauce was my all time favorite dish from the time I was a tiny little girl and right up until I started the prep diet.

I have tried it now on 3 different occasions and I hate it! I absolutely hate it. The texture, the chew and how it feels in my pouch. You have no idea how happy I am that I hate it. One of my favorite things to do was to eat cold pasta right out of the fridge! I have been released from that bad habit.

I can still eat a little pasta in Soup but that is about the only way.

Now, I still make chicken cacciatore, baked meatballs marinara, Italian sausage and peppers, chicken parmesean as well as many other Italian Proteins. I always make a veggie or a salad and both for my family but have removed most of the starch from our diet, even for them. They get a starch once or twice a week.

I have also made chicken, veal manicotti al forno and it is delicious. I use fresh pasta and will eat the meat inside. My family would shoot me if I stopped making this dish, I make it about twice per year and plan my food around it for that day. I will make them fresh Italian garlic bread.That is the hardest for me to stay away from. I can easy well toasted bread. Occasionally if I have room in my food budget I will try a tiny bite or two of garlic bread.

Thank you!

One of my most fond childhood memories is my Nonna letting me have a taste of her sauce as it simmered on the stove for hours until dinner.

For lunch I would have a small bowl of sauce with bread to dip.

A small bowl of my Nonnas sauce is hands down my favorite food ever!

Djmohr- what type of sausage do you use? Regular Italian sausage (pork) or do you go for the turkey Italian sausage now?

I eat sauce and meat and sausage. The Pasta is just too filling.

"Omg you two are terrible! Lol

I meant Italian sausage from the butcher shop...

Forget it, there's no way to not misconstrue this thread ! Lol"

I have Italian sausage, but he didn't come from the butcher shop...just the US Navy.

To actually contribute to your question. I eat lean sausage, turkey or chicken sausage, or on occasion just regular sausage. Apparently I am a sausage sl*t.

When I do eat Pasta (very rarely) I use Barilla's Protein pasta and only can eat a couple bits of it.

Edited February 24, 201610 yr by Pillar2butterfly

It never comes close to grandmas lasagna but cottage cheese with shredded chicken and marinara saved me alot of nights

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