I have a total love of all things pasta - I could quite happily just have pasta for every single meal, and that is one of the major factors for my weight gain. Even when going to the gym, I would feel hungry and have a boat load of pasta to 'fill the gap'. The other day in the supermarket I saw that they had little packs of courgetti, and thought I might try it, but that it may ultimately be a bit naff.
IT WAS AWESOME. Even though it obviously doesn't taste the same as pasta, it ultimately means I can have a similar meal as I love, but with a smaller portion, a bit less sauce and significantly fewer calories!
I feel that I'm very late on this train, but if a trend helps me on my journey it's got to be good, right?
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Pasta is my downfall too and that's why I struggled to lose weight with slimming world as pasta was classed as 'free food' (I don't know if this is still the case). I have also tried courgetti, I know it's all in the mind but it really does feel like I'm eating spaghetti. Sometimes though, I just mix in a fraction of the spaghetti that I'd usually have and that makes it even better
Oh no! If someone said to me pasta was free food I'm be very happy, but also a lot bigger than I am now :S
I think that's it - if you feel you're eating pasta, you don't really feel like you're dieting. I'm thinking of making carbonara with courgetti as my treat day once a week, so the sauce is still more calorie-laden than I would like, but I'm not blowing my weight loss by adding a lot of carbs into the mix.
I've got a lovely smoked salmon fillet and salad for lunch today, so feeling good so far!
I also tried the butternut squash noodles at the weekend, which are really nice. I love using spiralizer veg instead of noodles in stir-frys too, if that's something you're into?
I definitely need to get a spiralizer! I only just discovered this the other day (doh!), but think it will make a big difference in terms of 1. how much veg I eat and 2. cutting out a boatload of carbs
The stir fry idea sounds delicious, going to have to try this...
I tried a recipe using spiralized vegetables, although I used pre-packaged ones from a shop - here's a link to my recipe, and there were quite a few comments on that from other members, which you might also like to read:
I had a little black one that's shaped like an hourglass, but it shredded my fingers every time - this one gives a thicker noodle, wasted less, and hasn't cut my fingers either. I have a small kitchen, so can't have a big one.
I use courgette, beetroot and carrots in stir-frys, it's really nice! And my OH liked it, despite normally hating carrot or courgette!
I'm also a big fan of courgette - takes 2 mins to make and tastes good - favourite at the moment is courgetti + pasata + tuna (in brine) and some hot sauce to pep it up.
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