Got to admit I struggled with the thought that I could no longer have pasta, then someone asked if it was the pasta I was missing or the meals that I had pasta with. So I cooked some pasta drained it and ate some, no sauce, olive oil or cheese, It was tasteless and quite slimy. So now I still enjoy the meals, Bolognese, carbonara, lasagne etc,etc but now I leave out the tasteless high carb pasta.
Nice idea.
Like it.
I think we found similar
That it was the meal combo that needed changing to be more acceptable.
To enjoy spaghetti bol I thought I needed some spaghetti substitute....so courghetti. (spiral of courgettes, for op )
Which allowed me to annoy a pasta like spaghetti bol.
And slightly differently with a curry the initial thoughts were replace rice, with cauliflower rice.
A lot of faff,. Once I was advised to roast cauliflower, I stopped the rice simulation and just have the cauliflower as is, with curry piling alongside on plate .
The same.?....no
But like your experiment,
a little mental juggling to accommodate a meal I enjoyed,
that sadly T2D dictated I should avoid, that through the magic of an inventive mind is now firmly back on the menu list here.
Many ways to eat better, if we look around
Good luck
@Ladystarbar
Loads of advice on this forum.
All ya gotta do is ask, if a search doesn't answer your question.
Remember each of us has been somewhat in your shoes and we all progressed with a little help from forum members.
Be surprised how many want to pass that "help" forward to someone else.