Pasta so high in calories, any healthy ones?

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  • Clairin
    Clairin Posts: 95 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    You will find that fitting into your daily calorie goal means compromising. A 125g raw pasta serving is big even where I live--Rome. A normal size is 100g and I get by with 50g + veggies and fish or meat, depending on the day. I make pasta in hundreds of different ways. Yesterday was ragu and today was with white beans. Pasta substitutes don't do it for me, but you can decide for yourself. Good luck on your weight loss.
    I live in Spain and a serving here on the package is 100g dry same as Italy. I also weigh 50gr penne and fill up on vegetables.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    Womona wrote: »
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    This is 2.01 oz of gluten free pasta-one serving. Sigh. It’s pitifully small, but when I added Italian sausage, 5 oz of leftover green beans and some homemade sauce, it made for a nice filling dinner!

    When I do eat pasta, I normally just plan around the fact that I’m having a double serving of pasta and plan my other meals accordingly.

    dry or cooked? that doesn't look like enough if you weighed out the dry measurement
  • bearly63
    bearly63 Posts: 734 Member
    I like the Banza brand when I really feel like pasta instead of veggie spirals. Made from chickpeas. With a good sauce and lots of veggies, its pretty tasty and has a decent amount of protein.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    I love spiralilzed Zuchinni with a meat sauce (to be honest I now prefer it). If I'm doing a creamy sauce I spiralize carrots. If it's a pasta dish that I would normally use egg noodles in I will use spiralized carrot in a fettuccini shape and add half noodles. There are alot of ways to satisfy the craving. Is it the same? No. Let's be honest, none of them are going to be quite the same but I'm learning to appreciate other alternatives. If I really want pasta I have a small serving of whole wheat pasta because it's more filling and I don't mind it being denser. As for shirataki noodles, I have used them and they are fine but not the same as pasta and I agree they are an acquired taste. They are chewier and flavorless so you need a sauce that is very flavorful. This journey is all about finding what you can live with permanently. It's not about a temporary alternative. Try new things and see what fits for your life. I hardly miss pasta anymore.
  • memurph88
    memurph88 Posts: 102 Member
    When I want pasta for dinner, I'll usually have spaghetti squash and then put in like a 1/4 cup (ish) of regular pasta just to satisfy my tastebuds.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I make the dairy version of Cauliflower Mac And Cheese (vegan options available too) https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2018/10/01/cauliflower-mac-and-cheese-recipe/

    It tastes a lot like my JOC Mac & Cheese, but is bulked up by the very low calorie cauliflower, which does not unpleasantly change the taste.
  • FireyChimera
    FireyChimera Posts: 155 Member
    calories aren't what makes a food healthy or not, it's the nutritional profile that makes it "healthy or unhealthy". Either way, a calorie is a calorie

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