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Go Mediterranean with Pasta! Yes, Linguine, Garlic & Olive Oil can be a weight watcher's friend, delicious, and oh so very healthy. Pasta gives us energy,vitamins and minerals, and garlic and olive oil gives us heart healthy benefits with phytochemicals known to help prevent disease. But first and foremost, I love my pasta and if you do too, here we can have it all. This recipe serves 2 and portion control is part of what makes it work. Let's have a salad on the side with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil drizzeled over it and we've got a meal for under 400 calories.
Lightly sauté oil and garlic in large saucepan moving pan continuously so garlic does not burn. Slice in half grape tomatoes, or slice vine tomatoes removing seeds. Add to garlic and oil when garlic is almost cooked. In a small sauce pan lightly sauté vegetable florets in chicken stock until al dente (partially cooked, but firm). Add more chicken stock if preferred. Add vegetable florets and stock to large saucepan with garlic and oil mixture, keep warm while pasta cooks. Add al dente cooked pasta to large saucepan and mix. Add more chicken stock if necessary. Half and serve on flat plates. Top with 1/2 teaspoon grated Romano Cheese to each plate and enjoy!! Nutritional info per serving: Calories 260; Protein 8 grams, carbohydrate 43 grams; Fat 6 grams (4 are our healthy monounsaturated); Fiber 3.5 grams. (This does not include a salad and/or extra oil). My special thanks to Oldways, a non-profit company for organizing a symposium in Sicily and to Fausto Luchetti of the Italian Regional Institute of Olive Trees and Olive Oil where the making of Olive Oil is as dedicated to quality, as fine wine making. Special thanks to Azienda Agricola Fontanasalsa and Maria Caterina Burgarella in Sicily for opening her doors to our group where I learned about Olive Oil and the process it takes to make it. The olive farm has been in her family for generations and there is great pride in making of their oils, Olio Extra Vergine Di Oliva. Want to review the new pyramid? Go to www.mypyramid.gov |
