The Road So Far

 We've been eating a low carb diet since September. I feel lucky that we were solidly fat adapted by the time of the lock down because our meals and meal planning have become so much simpler and hunger pangs are a thing of the past. We eat mostly protein with a little salad or cooked veg though we've moved away from veggies for the last few weeks. (unquiet tummies) And we're down to one meal a day with a bulletproof coffee in the morning and strawberries (a low carb fruit) with full fat yogurt at night. 
We started out eating all sorts of proteins; chicken, fish, tuna, ham, eggs, beef, but it became pretty obvious to us really fast that beef was what made us feel the best and healthiest. Oh, we still eat other meats just mostly beef; steaks, hamburgers, stroganoff, chili with no beans. It's delicious, filling and simple if a bit boring.
Still, after eight weeks of lock down and all the weirdness of the day we get bored and want to eat something crazy. And we always feel like crap the next day. We're both stress eaters so for me it's salty crunch like chips and I replaced them with peanuts in the shell. A bit more carb than I like and for Mom it's pasta. Needless to say, we've eaten a lot of peanuts.
I think it's variety that's part of the pleasure so I found an italian deli open in Sac and we went over and splurged on mortadella and capra cola and corned beef. We got salmon cakes (to die for) and chicken parmesan. (both eaten way too quickly) And we had a nice deli platter for lunch.
I miss eating someone else's actual cooking. Going to restaurants was big entertainment for me. I'm jonesing for Ruth's Chris or some El Navallero.