Easy Pasta Recipes For Everyone
If cooked and prepared correctly, pasta can offer you a range of health and diet benefits.
Most importantly, it is also versatile, quick and easy; which is invaluable in this day and age where work and family comes first.
The quick and easy pasta recipes below are perfect for keeping costs down, bellies full and taste buds buzzing.
Health Benefits
With a high fiber content, pasta is absorbed slower into the body; wholegrain pasta helps protect against insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and constipation.
But you need to choose the right pasta; opt for wholegrain to get full access to its range of benefits.
For those dieting, pasta is ideal; plain, cooked white pasta contains only 239 calories per 230g serving – around a medium portion.
The misunderstanding that pasta is fattening lays in what you add to the pasta; if, for example, you team your pasta with a heavy, cream sauce such as Carbonara, the calorie intake will shoot up to around 900 calories.
Simple Pasta Recipe
Using dry pasta, boil the water and add a little oil to prevent the pasta from sticking (also limits washing up time!).
Once you’ve thrown the pasta into the water, add oil and garlic to a separate frying pan over a medium heat. It doesn’t need too long – the garlic shouldn’t turn brown.
Drain and toss the pasta into the pan with the garlic and oil, lastly adding chopped parsley and stir.
If you’re really treating yourself, sprinkle over some parmesan and you’re done in 10 minutes.
About the Author: Francesca Rilotelli is a writer and fan of easy pasta recipes
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