
37. Boxed Vegetable Pasta
“It has great eye appeal.” Though some companies claim their veggie pasta contains a full serving of vegetables, no substitute for a real vegetable dish since spinach pasta might not have all the nutrients you would otherwise expect from spinach. It is best to find a pasta that is high in fiber instead and stick with the serving sizes. Having pasta once in a while isn’t going to derail your health journey, as long as you are still making healthy decisions along with it. There is also some pasta that you can purchase that are made of beans and other lentils – making them higher in fiber. Try to find those, or stick with whole wheat instead of white pasta.
The differences between vegetable-enriched and regular pasta are so nutritionally insignificant that swapping one for the other doesn’t impact your health very much at all. The legit, healthier alternative is swapping your go-to pasta for spiraled vegetables or spaghetti squash. It will still feel like your having a spaghetti plate, but it’s doubling your vegetables with that dish. Check out videos on YouTube for the best ways to cook these veggie kinds of pasta so that you will want to eat them over and over again. Making little changes every day will add up over time, and you’ll start to notice.