Complete Guide to PASTA in the Mediterranean Diet [Tips + Recipes]
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2024
- 🍝 ❤️ Are you a pasta lover??? Then you'll want to be sure to watch this Pasta Mega Video. And don't forget your apron - come & cook along with me.
⚡️ I'll set you up for pasta success ⚡️
💫 In this video, I'll walk you step by step through a discussion of the nutrition of pasta, classic mistakes people make when cooking pasta, anda tutorial o how to cook a pasta in the most authentic Italian way.
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I'll be breaking down for you some important concepts:
🍅 What cooking tools you need to make a pasta
🍅 What is the typical assumption of pasta's effect on our health?
🍅 Why most assumptions about pasta are WRONG
🍅 Common mistakes people make when cooking pasta
🍅 How Italians REALLY eat pasta
... and so much more!
You'll be walking away from this video charged up and READY to start eating pasta THE RIGHT WAY, so that you can get ahead of your health and thrive.
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I've been avoiding the pasta. Although we really love wheat pasta, because I thought it was fatning 😏
Thank you for giving us our pasta BACK🤗
Thank you, I was afraid I would have to go paleo or keto! I’m 78 I will not ever want to lose my last favorite thing. Pasta! This is great. I’m going Mediterranean!
Wonderful!
Can you recommend a really good Mediterransan cookbook?
Good question - I don’t personally use any when I make my meals, but I do love The Mediterranean Dish- she has a website and blog as well as a cookbook I believe!
Thank you; you're a blessing. My sin is Americanizing my pasta-tons of pasta with a large dollop of meat sauce on top.
you're so welcome! Thank you for being here.
Thanks for another great video 🎉
You bet!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO . 😊😊😊 I LOVE PASTA AND HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS ON HOW IT AFFECTS HEALTH.
You’re so welcome!!!
I went to a Talk about Glycemic Index given by a doctor who said that Angel Hair pasta was best for weight loss. It cooks in much less time and is less starchy. Good thing that is my favorite pasta.
I’m going to make sure I buy pasta from Italy. Thank you.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing
Love pasta ❤
Awesome!
Thanks for putting these pasta videos together. I've been learning all these tips from you and have been now eating pasta every day as part of my lunch 😊
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the info. I will definitely feel less guilty for eating pasta. Just getting back from a trip in Italy where we went to 5 cities, i can say you are spot on about how they do it in Italy.
Glad it was helpful! Sounds like a great trip!
Thank you Anna. ❤
You’re so welcome!
I love this video! I make the mistakes of not measuring it dry and then using lots of sauce and cheese.
I’m so glad you do! Awesome idea
I’m going to look for different brands of pasta for sure. Direct from ItalY! Also start measuring better, and stopping my spouse from drowning it in sauce. I already knew the oil thing, and we should be premixing it. I ate good Italian when we lived in Europe,
That’s awesome!
I'm guilty of the oil in the water. I know that oil separates in water however when the pasta is drains the oil residue sticks to the pasta and it does make it less sticky. Immediate hindsight, I suppose you can apply it after.
right! Hah, yes. thanks for sharing
Thank you for great teachings. Can you direct me to great Mediterranean cook book please.
You’re so welcome!! I’m thrilled you like the content.
I usually refer people to The Mediterranean Dish - she has both a wonderful social media presence and a website, in addition to her physical cookbook. @TheMediterraneanDish
Major differences in Italy are definitely; quality of grain, measure, and low/no sugar sauce! (Ragu or other jar-sauces contain mainly sugar!) thanks for this video! I’ve been guilty of the oil mistake and face-palming in that because it’s so obvious now!🤦
Right!
This was a great video❤ I have a question ( this may sound silly) is there a trick to cooking pasta that may reduce the starches in the pasta itself? Not referring to portions but the starches in the pasta itself . I hope my question made sense lol.. love the videos❤ keep em coming😊
No silly questions and this is one that I don’t have a definitive answer on, as I’ve heard conflicting ideas about it.
One point is that if you buy a type of pasta typical from Italy, you’ll notice a white powdery coating on it - that is starch and it’s a good thing. It will come off in the water but the starch helps the sauce “stick” to the pasta, as the Italians say.
In terms of how it affects our metabolic health by adopting any sort of cooking tricks… I am not aware of it!
If anyone else knows please jump into the convo!
I found that measuring helps to keep portion control. You learn to be satisfied with less. It must start out as a challenge to ask 'how much do you want?' then dish it up appropriately after cooking. One good thing about being single LOL Being a senior, I find that 40 to 50 grams is plenty. Eat more veggies. Grandma was right.
Absolutely!! Love that insight, thanks for sharing :)
I put oil in the water too. Then I heard on the Food Channel that that keeps the sauce from sticking to the pasta. It makes it slide off. Who knew?
Huh, interesting! Thanks for sharing with us. I learned in Italy that Italians always try to get the sauce to stick to the pasta as much as possible… never knew that before!
Thank you for clarifying this info. I love 'imported from Italy' pasta, but have a question. As Americans we don't learn measurements in grams. (The only country) Can you give measurements in American also so that we don't have to go find a conversion online? Thank you.
28 grams per ounce. Having a little kitchen scale is so useful. Also, conversion tables are super easy to find. Then you can print them out and stick them on the fridge.
Thank you! I will try to include the US measurements for future videos :)
@@annapleetmd that will be appreciated. Thanks so much.
One question: I have eaten in Italy with no issues eating pasta/gluten but here in the U.S. I am gluten sensitive. Is this because the U.S. is different from Italy on how they process wheat/gluten?
It’s a great question that I don’t have a straight answer to. I think it depends on the direct manufacturers themselves. Try a few different brands or even the Italian brands themselves which are sold in many countries around the world
I have never added salt to my pasta because of heart problems and HTN being on low sodium. How much of that sodium actually sticks with the pasta?
Excellent question - it’s hard to quantify it, but some definitely gets absorbed. If you are restricting salt, then feel free to skip that step in the cooking, no harm no foul!
Portion size, portion size, portion size!
Yes!
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I used to make lasagne without boiling the pasta. It was easier. Sometimes it worked well, but sometimes not
Thanks for sharing!
I also no longer boil lasagna noodles. I read that the sauce in the lasagna cooks the noodles as lasagna needs a much longer cook time than other pasta dishes. It is so much faster and easier and the lasagna always turns out great for me. Is this wrong?
Eating raw pasta?? What kind of psychopath does that??? 😐
Lol.....that is a bit strange much yummier too cook it with a good tomato sauce 😋
I am seeing more and more crazy videos online of people not boiling their pasta! Wild
I wish I could eat this but when I try it causes bloating and makes me just feel bluh. I have to stick to GF.