HOW TO EAT PASTA EVERY DAY & LOSE WEIGHT

We all love our starchy carbohydrates. However, most of us don’t enjoy the abdominal bloating that follows the feast or the rapid weight gain that occurs as a result of frequent starch feedings. What if I told you that you could eat pasta every day, even multiple times a day, and still lose weight? Crazy, right?

My mother is a “raw foods” chef. She is quite crafty when it comes to making gourmet meals without cooking anything. You’d be surprised how elaborate these dishes can be. Anyhow, Mom introduced me to an amazing device that has helped me and several of my clients eat pasta without really eating pasta.

Here is my little secret; a company by the name of “Raw Glow” has made a Raw Food Spiral Slicer (aka Spiralizer). Any long, cylindrical-shaped vegetable can be hand-cranked through this device and converted into angel-hair pasta in a matter of minutes! It also has a second feature allowing vegetables to be sliced in long, thin ribbon-like strands.

I have used zucchini, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and radishes in my spiralizer. My absolute favorite vegetable to use is raw zucchini because the taste and texture do not noticeably differ from that of real wheat-based pastas. Here are a few things I have made and loved:

• Meatballs and spaghetti sauce over raw zucchini angel-hair pasta
• Grilled chicken over raw zucchini angel-hair pasta tossed with pesto, sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts
• Grilled chicken over raw zucchini angel-hair pasta tossed with a balsamic salad dressing

A client of mine recently cooked dinner for her boyfriend; he had requested pasta….. as usual. She made zucchini pasta and tossed it in marinara without telling him and he didn’t even notice! The only taste difference, in my opinion, is that this pasta is served either cold or at room temperature. However, tossing the pasta in a warm sauce completely disguises this difference. It is also quite good served cold with a light oil-based sauce or dressing (almost like a salad).

Let’s check out the calorie difference between raw zucchini pasta and regular wheat-based pasta:

1 Serving

5 oz (1 cup) zucchini angel-hair pasta
Calories 25
Carbohydrates 5g
Protein 1g
Fat 0

VS.

1 cup (cooked) wheat-based pasta
Calories 210
Carbohydrates 41
Protein 8g
Fat 1.5

Remember that when ordering pasta in restaurants, 3-4 servings are typically served in 1 dish. I highly doubt you measure your pasta at home before eating it either. That means that a girl my size could easily consume her entire daily caloric intake needs in a single bowl of pasta…..just food for thought.

To order or learn more about the spiral slicer (spiralizer), visit the following website. I also suggest scrolling down the web page for a video demo.

http://www.rawglow.com/spiralslicer.htm