ARG, my long post got eaten.

ANYWHO- looking how pasta affected each of you when transitioning to phase 2.. how often can you eat it? weekly, monthly, occasionally?

Also, which brands do you like?

Thanks

i get 100% whole wheat pasta. hodgesen mills makes bow ties other than that whatever rotini or penne is available....

i eat it RARELY... 1/2 cup is a serving.... almost not worth it for me.... maybe 1 or 2 times a month... i prefer quionia or sweet potato!

Not worth it for me either. Too small of a serving and not filling enough. I would rather have brown rice or couscous of a slice of whole grain bread.

whats quionia?

I have been doing the tofu shiratiaki- and love it, however I was wanting to have some spaghetti tonight with DF but didn't- I had stirfry instead... the shirataki is definitely better asian style!

quionia is a grain like substance that is full of protein. cooks like rice in about 20 minutes. I get it at trader joes but a health food store would probably have it too.

cool- thanks!

I have pasta rarely. When I do it's whole wheat and I either load it up with veggies, have it as a side dish, or use in a cold pasta salad, especially with tuna. In any case, it's a small serving and it's only 1-2 times a month, some months. But for me personally, pasta is not a must have food.

Quinoa - I have found this in my regular grocery store in the aisle with rice. I think it's also in the aisle with the healthy foods. You may want to check there before making a trip to a specialty store.

I use Whole Foods store brand whole wheat pasta, "365." I'm not crazy about whole wheat pasta, but this brand tastes fine. If I had to choose between ww pasta and ww bread, I'd pick the bread.

I agree, that is one of the milder tasting ones. A very good choice for those just cutting their teeth on ww pasta.

I wasn't a fan of it at first, but find that I now rather enjoy the nutty flavor that it brings....kind of like brown rice.

We love whole wheat pastas. I sometimes use Hodgson Mills, Heartland or the store brand. I have ordered off the Hodgson Mills website to get some of the harder to find shapes as well as some of their flours. Often I will make a pasta dish with veggies in it and then add extra veggies for me.

I bought some hodgsonmills angel hair tonight. I used to LOVE ww pasta when I was a kid... my mom always ate healthy! but haven't had it in forever! I will probably try a bit either tomorrow at lunch or maybe next week- we'll see! Thanks everyone!

UPDATE: I had some last night and it was good- although i had put it with a lot of spices and lots of veggies with tofu in an asian dish... Not sure if it was the sodium or ww pasta but I felt like a balloon after and this morning and am up 2lbs. I know I didn't actually gain 2lbs in a day however, looks like I will be sticking to the shirataki for a while instead- at least till my wedding!!! I am going to have to agree with everyone that it may be a once in a month or two treat for me!

I love trader joe's store brand whole wheat pasta, it's by far the best in terms of texture and taste, and it's so cheap!

I've also seen these whole grain omega 3 pastas, and they're tasty, but I don't think they're 100% kosher for SBD. Looks like they've got some flours in there that could be trouble.

http://www.heartlandpasta.com/produc...show&family=PL

One trick for pasta is use a lot less pasta than you want, and load the pasta with veggies and other chunky items- that way you still feel like you're eating pasta, but you're eating more veggies and protien, which is what you want.

one way to make that small amount of pasta seem like a whole bunch (at least with spaghetti) is to make a very hearty sauce. We load ours with ground turkey, tons of veggies (3 different kinds of peppers, onions, garlic, carrots, zucchini, broccoli)...