Cut the calories in your favorite Pasta Dish: Diet Pasta

My New Way at 375 calories.  "Veggie Alfredo"  ( 7/15 dish) **The Old Recipe was 855 calorie Alfredo & Sausage Pasta

   

Dear Diva:  

I am redoing one of my favorite dishes.  Pasta!!  My old version at 855 calories is practically my whole days worth of calories in one dish. And that doesn't include the garlic bread I used to eat with it - so add another 206 calories for that and my favorite pasta meal comes up to 1061 calories.  Yikes!!  But don't worry Diva -there is no complicated recipe involved in saving those unwanted calories - just #4 simple changes that you can try with any of your favorite Pasta Recipes…

1-     Drop the extra’s – say no to the garlic bread, the top layer of “crusty” cheese and the condiments like Parmesan cheese off the table and out of the pan, those extra’s add up.

2-     Switch the Italian sausage for seafood - you don't have to miss the flavor - white fish and shrimp absorb spices and flavor wonderfully.  Season the seafood at least 2 hours before cooking with them for maximum flavor. **I like the premixed New Orleans style seasoning you can grab at any grocery store or Mrs. Dash with Italian Seasonings.

3-     Replace pasta noodles with cauliflower (and other assorted veggies if you like). Cauliflower is a great faux pasta (or potatoes + you can mash it or shred it), season it well and it will be a great low carb replacement.  Cauliflower also absorbs the pasta sauce well so use a light hand when seasoning the veggies.  If you want a firmer pasta feel, steam or boil the pasta to your desired tenderness.  I prefer a mushy noodle – so I cook my veggies until they are practically falling apart, very tender.

4-      Cut the serving of Alfredo pasta sauce in half and add an equal amount of chicken broth. Blend a portion of the cooked veggies in with the sauce to thicken it and then ladle it over your “veggie noodles”.

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