Holy calories!

I use the bagged Tri-color shredded cabbage mix as a substitute for spaghetti. Actually, I use it to replace many starches - with pot roast & gravy instead of potatoes; with chicken curry instead of rice; etc. adds great nutrition, fiber, flavor for far less calories!

LAMCDylan wrote: »

I don't even use noodles anymore. Whenever I want that spaghetti taste I cook up some meat, add sauce, then eat it with a slice of toast. I've noticed that whenever I am after that pasta or pizza taste it is really the sauce that I am craving most.

I wish that would work for me! When I crave spaghetti, I crave the whole thing. Texture, mouth feel, etc., meaning I need the pasta component. And not whole wheat pasta either...the oft vilified stuff :-). There are certainly "spaghetti-like" dishes I make, eat, enjoy, and even crave at times, but when the want is spaghetti, it is real thing or nothing. That said, my version if spaghetti has lots of veggies and protein so it isn't really all that awful.

MsMaeFlowers wrote: »

You can also do sweet potato noodles and butternut squash noodles. As well as the good ole favourite of spaghetti squash. They all taste great as a pasta replacement. I had butternut squash myself tonight, and had spaghetti squash last night.

Spaghetti squash shrimp scampi. Google it. Amazing. I'm celiac, so I can't even cheat with pasta.

I never feel guilty about eating pasta. I weigh 100g dry and eat that with whatever sauce I make. I want it so I make it fit my goals #simples