A bunch of people in my office started or renewed low-carb diets at the beginning of the year. For several weeks that was all they could talk about: which restaurants had the best low-carb options, what's the best low-carb bread, soda, candy bar, etc. Drove me crazy. Every time they'd get started I'd say something like: "Mmmm, carbs, sounds like a great idea" and grab a bowl of mashed potatoes from the fridge.
I don't mean to be crass, I know it has helped people, including some of those in my office. But it seems to me like too much of any one thing in your diet (protien, fat, low-carb stuff) can't be good for the long term. I'm not a scientist or a dietician, it's just the way I feel. And since I don't eat beef or pork and usually don't eat much meat during the week, there's no way I could do low carb. Maybe I'm just jealous. But I like carbs, and I'm going to eat a lot of them.
In that spirit, I've been craving pasta a lot lately. (Mmmmm, carbs!) I headed over to The National Pasta Association Web site (you didn't know we had a national pasta association, did you) to find out some facts about pasta and maybe pick up a few recipes, too.
This site has a great name (ilovepasta.org) and a really cute graphic of noodles spelling out the name and being twirled on a fork. It's a sleek, simply designed site, which makes it easy to find just what you're looking for.
Feeling feisty about the carb situation, I headed straight for the Diet Matters section of the site. This page includes a brief question-and-answer section that supports my conclusion that moderation is the answer in diets and too much of anything could be bad for you. The site, predictably, follows the food pyramid guide to nutrition (you know, the one with the "bread, rice, cereal and pasta" group down at the bottom). It also has all sorts of links to sites that talk about low-carb diets.
Still feeling hungry for pasta, I turned to the recipes section, which is neatly divided into quick-cooking, beef and lamb, meatless, pork, poultry, seafood and "super low-fat" categories for your browsing convenience. Clicking on 30 Minute give you a chart of all the quick-cooking recipies, showing which are best served hot or cold, which are healthy and which have picture accompanying them.
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