When we go out we often make a meal from the appetizers. Sometimes I have a SMALL pizza or flatbread. We simply don't order something which we a certain is more than we can eat, and around here it's quite common to take uneaten portions home. In fact, all of the restaurants (as far as I know) also have take-out service and once it's in your grasp they can't tell you how to divide it...I've seen people sharing in a park in the summer.

Of course, we don't have many five-stars restaurants, but they do supply what we CAN eat. Sometimes that's from the "Senior" or "Lighter" menu.

We also specify what we DON'T want: iceberg lettuce, for example. Sometimes we're looked on as heretics, but we are doing the paying and they can provide what we ask for.

Oh, yes -- the Farmers' Market starts tomorrow. Grass fed beef and lamb, locally butchered; berries grown 40 miles away and brought in fresh, various local lettuces and other vegetables, local honey, local apples and cider, lots of good things!

Cooking at home is an entirely different story, of course.