I love pasta. Particularly, I love thick spaghetti, thick sauce, and before I stopped eating beef 7 years ago, spaghetti bolognese was my absolute favorite food.
When you take the meat out of the sauce, it usually means boring old marinara. And pasta is pretty damned horrible for you. Just gross, empty carbs.
If you love spaghetti, but don’t eat it because it makes you fat, I have a recommendation for you:
Pasta: Ezekial 4:9 Sprouted Grain Pasta
This stuff looks like hell, you have to drain it — and I’m not exaggerating here — 9 times before the water stops running black, and it is expensive as hell. Around 5-6 bucks for a small box. But it is ridiculously good for you, has a metric shitton of protein, and actually tastes really good. If you like whole wheat pasta, you will probably like this. If you don’t, stay away because it will probably make you puke. 9g of protein per serving, the usual crapload of carbs (but good carbs), and 2g of fat. Good stuff.
I’ve also looked at Quinoa pasta, but I haven’t tried it yet. It is available though as an option.
Sauce: Newman’s Own Sockarooni or Trader Joe’s Organic Spaghetti Sauce with Mushrooms
Both are good. The Newman’s is spicy. Both are cheap. Both have enough flavor to make you forget their is no meat in your sauce.
Using these two, you can make 4 small spaghetti meals for around $12. And you won’t feel like you betrayed yourself when you’re done eating it.
