Have Your Pasta and Eat It Too

I thought I would share with everyone what one of the followers of the group shared with me last night!

Are you one that LOVES pasta???  I know I am.  But a lot of pastas out there are not good if you are watching your calories and fat!

This member found a very good pasta and sauce! 

  Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta is a white pasta that is enriched with fiber and calcium (in fact, 3 times the fiber of traditional pasta and calcium equivelant to an 8 oz cup of milk!)  It is also lower in fat and calories than traditional pasta.   One serving of the spaghetti noodles is 180 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 6 grams of fiber – that is 2.5 ww points people!!!)  

This pasta was paired with Newman’s Own Sockarooni Pasta Sauce.  One 1/2 cup serving of this sauce is 70 calories and 2 grams of fat – that is 1.5 WW points people!)

The awesome thing is that one serving of pasta and sauce (and a good size serving at that) is only 4 points!  Add 3/4 cup of steamed green beans (which are 0 points)

And if you are one that just has to have garlic bread with your pasta meal I would suggest making garlic toast using light bread or whole wheat bread.  You can mix some garlic salt with some light melted butter to brush on your bread slice.   Your points will vary depending on what type of bread and butter you use.  But if you use 1 slice of the light bread (that is 40 to 50 calories a slice) and 1 tbsp of light butter spread you are only at 1 WW point.  If you use whole wheat bread  it is 2 WW points for 1 slice of garlic toast.

So yes you can have your pasta and not feel guilty!!!

Enjoy!

Kellie