Garfield by Jim Davis for February 03, 2024

Honestly, that cake doesn’t look like a carrot cake

Same with zucchini bread!

And banana bread counts as a serving of fruit.

not to mention a dozen fig newtons!

… And if you eat the whole cake as Garfield has, it only counts as one piece……

Why am I awake at midnight to read comics?

The same goes for blueberry cheesecake (or cherry, or peach, or raspberry, or strawberry…)

I like his thinking.

Carrot cake with blue and pink icing?

Garfield’s wisdom is unmatched.

That was around 5 servings as well so it would seem he is getting his five a day as well as his 50mg/gl of insulin

And also remember, dieters…diet is “die” with a “t” along for the ride…

Cool beans how Garfield has a hinged jaw like a python to get the whole thing in in one bite.

Unfortunately, your body doesn’t care about technicalities.

FYI for those who may want to know – adding veggies and fruit to one’s diet is often easier than just cutting out snacks! This is why chips with a veggie salsa can still be good for you – yes, it’s a carb and salt bomb, but the vitamins in the tomatoes don’t go away just because they’re chopped down either!

He should have sent it to Elly Patterson.

Good point though

A lot of people say that!

I have never seen Garfield so happy to eat vegetables.

My favorite cake!

I don’t carrot all for that.

Not the whole cake with frosting, though.

In my younger days, I justified swilling Harvey Wallbangers because of the orange juice content. ;-p

Garfield got this one right. NHS guidelines state that three heaped tablespoons of cooked carrots counts as a portion, which is about 60g. This suggests that a whole cake contains more than eight portions of carrots, so a largish slice ought to count as one of your five-a-day.

Man, with all the junk that cat eats, I would hate to be the one who cleans his litter box.

Pizza – Protein, Grains, Veggies, even Fruit! ☺

I like your reasoning there, Garfield. One of my favorite afters at my Golden Coral is their version of Carrot Cake. And, who knew it was a vegetable.

Add raisens you have your fruit and vegtable!

Carrot cakes have purple frosting?

If you want to get Garfield to actually eat his vegetables, maybe blend them up and hide them inside ice cream or jelly-filled donuts in order to disguise the taste.

As long as the Cream Cheese icing counts as a serving of dairy…

The sugar in carrot cake offsets any Vitamin A

I feel like the carrot in there was…minimal, to put it charitably

And so does ketchup, right? Memories of the 80s, ugh….

I don’t think a carrot cake even contains the equivalent of a whole carrot. Prove me wrong.

Yes, Garfield, it’s a “vegetable”…as well as a source of sugar and carbohydrates (too many of them in an entire cake). Say hello to diabetes, you flabby tabby.

Indeed.

Indeed it does.

I believe today, 3 Feb, is National Carrot Cake Day.

Well it is a carrot cake after all!

Well, today is National Carrot Cake Day

Agreed!

Yeah, and about a hundred carb servings. You’re not fooling anyone!

And if it has raisins in it, a fruit serving, too!

Wrong it counts as calories and sweet

Garfield, I’m amazed that you can open your mouth that wide and not pull a muscle in your neck.

I’ve used that justification for years – I love carrot cake!

He literally found a loophole.