Bettina is one of my friends who is obsessed with dieting. Whenever we go to her house, she serves us vegetables or fruit dishes while explaining their calorie count to us. We love her; of course we do; but who cares about the calorie count when you just want to enjoy good food? With all fairness, all of her veggie foods are delicious so that even those of us who do not like vegetables that much are able to enjoy them.
It’s the same with her dessert pies that uses less sugar and the freshest fruits. There was this one time when she served us this cheesy zucchini lasagna. She told us that it was a dish for all vegetarians.
She said she’s trying if she can be a vegetarian so she could lose all those pounds (I couldn’t see an ounce of fat in her, to be honest). We almost agreed with her when we finally tasted the lasagna. Well, it’s good, just like her usual dish. There was no problem with the taste.
The thing was, it was just like a regular lasagna except for the pasta. Because it used a lot of ground meat. When we mentioned it to her, she blushed a bit and told us that she was still trying to be a vegetarian anyway. That for now, we could call her a “quasi-vegetarian”.
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