Low Carb Pasta and Healthy Breakfast Recipes
Great news for pasta lovers who want to maintain their fat loss.....you don't need low carb pasta because high protein pastas are low glycemic! They are the good carbs! Barilla Plus (yellow box) is the most easily found high protein, low glycemic pasta that I know of that is in most grocery stores. I have listed others on our printable low glycemic list. Most pastas are low glycemic if they are not overcooked. Be sure to cook them al dente. High protein pastas are the best choices but whole grain, long pastas also have low glycemic ratings and can be called the healthy pasta. And the multigrain pastas on the market now are lighter than ever and very tasty. Just add a few of your favorite sauteed vegies, some olive oil and grate some fresh parmesan on top. Very quick and easy meal when you just add a simple salad. Remember that you don't need to look for low carb pasta because there is no such thing. You are looking for the right kind of carb, the low glycemic kind.
You can make your own low glycemic, pasta sauce by just sauteing some onion and minced garlic in a little olive oil and then adding some chopped, fresh tomatoes or canned, chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste and basil. If you have hearty eaters, add ground beef and cook until done before you add the tomatoes. You won't need to eat a large amount because it's so filling. If you buy your pasta sauce be sure that it is made without corn syrup, sugar or other high glycemic additives. There are lots of good ones on the market now. Healthy Breakfast Recipes
In the glycemic index chart below you will see many low glycemic cereals. Healthy breakfast recipes can be simple and low glycemic when you cook one of the grains below, add half of a chopped apple, some chopped walnuts or pecans and whatever you like to drink, almond, soy or cow's milk. Or you can cook up some quinoa or quinoa flakes (available at Trader Joe's) which is also high in protein and add blueberries or another low glycemic fruit. You can sweeten with a little low glycemic agave syrup. If you add some flaxseed meal then you are getting an omega-3 food in your breakfast cereal too!
Make sure any cereal is wholegrain cereal with no added sugar or high glycemic additives. These are good carbs too just like the healthy pasta. When it comes to the term low carb pasta you see that it is not that some pasta has fewer carbs in it, it's that pasta is a low glycemic carb. Pasta is a carbohydrate that does not stimulate fat storage or raise blood sugar and that is good news for those of us who love pasta!
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