Healthy Spaghetti?
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I live in Italy and make pasta every day for my family. I make all kinds but learned a basic recipe from my mother-in-law from south Italy--Puglia. I use Barilla alot, or other hard duram grain. The sauce is as follows--Put extra vergin olive oil in a saucepan with a large peeled garlic clove. Brown the clove lightly and then discard. Add canned Roma tomatos, with salt and pepper. Cook about 15 mins to half an hour depending on how you like your tomatoes. Add fresh basil and toss with the pasta--cooked strictly "al dent"--that means no overcooking glue like pasta. Put in your plate add freshly grated parmesean Reggiano(no substitutions here!), and pour more sauce on top. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Healthier than this it doesn't get.
Yay!!!! Real food! :drinker:0 -
I live in Italy and make pasta every day for my family. I make all kinds but learned a basic recipe from my mother-in-law from south Italy--Puglia. I use Barilla alot, or other hard duram grain. The sauce is as follows--Put extra vergin olive oil in a saucepan with a large peeled garlic clove. Brown the clove lightly and then discard. Add canned Roma tomatos, with salt and pepper. Cook about 15 mins to half an hour depending on how you like your tomatoes. Add fresh basil and toss with the pasta--cooked strictly "al dent"--that means no overcooking glue like pasta. Put in your plate add freshly grated parmesean Reggiano(no substitutions here!), and pour more sauce on top. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Healthier than this it doesn't get.
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For the sake of all that is holy in this world ditch the whole wheat spaghetti noodles. They're crap. Some things taste great with whole wheat, spaghetti noodles not so much.
Then add some ground beef and sauce to real noodles. Good to go.
I made a lasagna with whole wheat noodles. People who tried it were extremely unamused! :noway:0 -
Exactly this. What's wrong with spaghetti? Just don't eat the whole pound at once. Or do eat the whole pound at once, just track it...Is there unhealthy Spaghetti?0 -
I have a julienne peeler and I peel zucchini and use that as spaghetti. Or you can steam a bag of green beans and put the meat sauce over the green beans.0
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Using half regular spaghetti and half shredded zucchini lets you bulk up your portion without adding many calories or greatly changing the texture, and it tastes great in most applications since it's used so widely in Italian recipes anyway.0
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Using half regular spaghetti and half shredded zucchini lets you bulk up your portion without adding many calories or greatly changing the texture, and it tastes great in most applications since it's used so widely in Italian recipes anyway.
< italian and never heard of this….0 -
Not in Italy honey!!!!!!!!0
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Maybe she thinks all Italian recipes are pasta primavera?Using half regular spaghetti and half shredded zucchini lets you bulk up your portion without adding many calories or greatly changing the texture, and it tastes great in most applications since it's used so widely in Italian recipes anyway.
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Maybe she thinks all Italian recipes are pasta primavera?Using half regular spaghetti and half shredded zucchini lets you bulk up your portion without adding many calories or greatly changing the texture, and it tastes great in most applications since it's used so widely in Italian recipes anyway.
< italian and never heard of this….
IDK …maybe she got it from olive garden..everyone knows they are authentic italian...0 -
If pasta is mushy it's because you're cooking it wrong. Real pasta has a solid bite to it.I'm sorry I just saw this!
It's called Pasta Zero. It's found in the produce section and it's made by Nasoya. There are LITERALLY 40 calories in a bag (it comes in liquid), 4 carbs, vitamins, gluten free, fat free....yada yada. The noodles are made with yam root, so when you open them you will notice a funky smell. As soon as you rinse them, it's gone and they just turn into really fabulous, versatile noodles. No boiling, I just toss them into a bunch of veggies and tomatoes and spices. Fast, healthy, easy, omg! Seriously, I love them. They have more of an al dente texture as well, so not like mushy pasta. You can use them alone like I do, or mix them with your other spaghetti noodles to make a much healthier alternative. Give em a try!0 -
what's unhealthy about spaghetti?0
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There is nothing inherently unhealthy about spaghetti. Tomato sauces are very good for you and packed with nutrients and high in lycopene (good for the ticker)...if you do a bolognese all you're talking about is some meat (protein) and I usually throw in some onion and bell pepper when I make my own (more veg)...and pasta (carbs aren't the devil)0
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what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
that question has been posed about ten times and the pasta nay sayers have yet to answer…my guess is that it has - gasp - carbs...0 -
what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.0 -
I imagine your looking for low calorie spaghetti. you could try spaghetti squash for noodles and ground turkey for the meat. I know I love it so do my 5 and 41 year old boys.0
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what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.
LOL and don't forget, pasta was the third shooter on the grassy knoll….
so if you pasta with a plain red sauce made from fresh tomatoes that is not healthy?
congrats, this is probably the most uninformed post I have seen in a while…
and I love how you just stereotype anyone that eats pasta as loading it up with meat, cheese, and anything else deemed unhealthy …the whole country of Italy would disagree with your assertion.0 -
It might be interesting to note that my husband, who has never eaten meat, and eats pasta everyday is very thin. Also, how do you explain that the Italians, who eat carbs--pasta, pizza etc. are alot thinner as a people than Americans? They actually started gaining weight after the war when meat became something they ate more frequently. We go to our favorite restaurants in Rome and I watch these skinny Italians with a huge pizza or plate of pasta in front of them.0
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what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.
LOL and don't forget, pasta was the third shooter on the grassy knoll….
so if you pasta with a plain red sauce made from fresh tomatoes that is not healthy?
congrats, this is probably the most uninformed post I have seen in a while…
and I love how you just stereotype anyone that eats pasta as loading it up with meat, cheese, and anything else deemed unhealthy …the whole country of Italy would disagree with your assertion.
Grains don't have no stink'n nutrition.
That's why civilization died out during the agricultural revolution.
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If you have a pasta maker you could make your own, but what I would do is a nice semolina flour spaghetti and make your own marinara I cheat and use canned tomatoes, but you could use fresh. Lots of basil and garlic with oregano and and get a beautiful parmesan reggiano cheese. I'm not a fan of red wine, but I would like a nice Chablis or chardonnay with mine. Measure out your portion maybe 8oz and enjoy your healthy spaghetti. Oh and nice salad with kalamata olives and a vinaigrette about 2-4oz of a nice loaf of garlic bread! Cant forget that!0
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what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.
tomato sauce is high in vitamin A, C, and lycopene sounds like a winner to me0 -
what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
that question has been posed about ten times and the pasta nay sayers have yet to answer…my guess is that it has - gasp - carbs...
I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years then. My question was more for the OP, but I digress.
I like spaghetti, and linguine, and angel hair, and fettuccine, and um pretty much any other type of pasta. Except for whole wheat pasta, it's a little tough for me, definitely not my favorite.0 -
what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.
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Try Francesco Rinaldi "To Be Healthy" pasta sauces.....no added sugar and reduced sodium. These are really delicious sauces from a jar. Be aware they come in 16 oz. jars, not 26 oz. jars such as Ragu and Prego brand jar sauces.0
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what's unhealthy about spaghetti?
It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat.
It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.
Bam. Never fails.
And as far as overeating goes...have you tried weighing it then eating? I find it hard to eat more than two ounces when I weigh two ounces. Idk. Just a thought.0 -
Lol - I suggested the carrot as a pasta alternative -yes. Considering it is quite normal to have grated carrot in the sauce - it seems acceptable it would go with the sauce & is hugely popular amongst low carbers I know. It was also suggested by my dietician (along with zuuchini) as pasta replacement... and yes - I have been there and done that (well mashed cauli & cauli rice) with the Cauliflower... Again - Yay dietician... I don't see her any more.
You may have noticed I also suggested just enjoying the actual pasta and monitoring portion size.... Personally - that would be my choice - but I'm all for giving alternatives & carrot is a valid alternative for some.0 -
I've heard of making zucchini noodles. But I love spaghetti squash. It definitely does not resemble spaghetti and doesn't taste like it. It tastes like whatever sauce you put on it. I usually sauté some Italian chicken sausage and use a good jarred marinara sauce (Victoria brand). Cut the squash in half, scoop out the seeds/guts, olive oil, S&P, roast cut side down for about an hour at 400.0
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Oh good grief, everyone's always so literal on this site.
People in Italy don't mix zucchini strips into their pasta. Duh. The point I made was that a lot of Italian recipes use zucchini in them and therefore the flavors often mix well. The first time I went to Italy we made zucchini stuffed with bolognese. It was delicious. Therefore it stands to reason that pasta with bolognese and also zucchini would probably also be delicious.
Did I explain that explicitly enough for you?0 -
Food doesn't work like that. Fish is good with bread crumbs on it. Bread is also good with cheese on it. Using your logic, fish should be good with cheese. Fish and cheese don't go well together at all. Just because two recipes share a common ingredient, that doesn't mean that every ingredient from every recipe goes well together.Oh good grief, everyone's always so literal on this site.
People in Italy don't mix zucchini strips into their pasta. Duh. The point I made was that a lot of Italian recipes use zucchini in them and therefore the flavors often mix well. The first time I went to Italy we made zucchini stuffed with bolognese. It was delicious. Therefore it stands to reason that pasta with bolognese and also zucchini would probably also be delicious.
Did I explain that explicitly enough for you?0 -
I eat gluten free due to celiac so I buy either quinoa spaghetti noodles or brown rice spaghetti noodles. I buy a jar of pasta sauce. I use lean ground turkey, dice up some onion and green bell pepper, add some herbs, salt and pepper and that's it! My husband loves it.0
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