Love it, Like it, Hate it: Pasta Alternatives!

Are you looking for a better pasta alternative to eat instead of regular pasta? Some pasta boxes can be misleading, making you think you are choosing the better for you option, when actually you are not. In today’s Love it, Like it, Hate it, Molly has the best & worst pasta alternatives on store shelves. LOVE IT! Green Giant Zucchini Spirals: 15 calories – 2 grams carbs – 1-gram fiber – 0 mg sodium – 1 gram protein Zucchini   Green Giant Butternut Squash Spirals: 50 calories – 12 grams carbs – 1-gram fiber – 0 mg sodium – 1-gram protein Butternut squash   Palmini Hearts of Palm Linguine: 20 calories – 4 grams carbs – 2 grams fiber – 140 mg sodium – 2 grams protein Sliced hearts of palm, salt, fumaric acid   Trader Giotto’s Red Lentil Sedanini: 190 calories – 32 grams carbs – 3 grams fiber – 20 mg sodium – 13 grams protein Organic red lentil flour   Trade Joe’s Black Bean Rotini: 200 calories – 35 grams carbs – 15 grams fiber – 0 mg sodium – 14 grams protein Organic black bean flour   Explore Cuisine Organic Edamame Spaghetti: 180 calories – 20 grams carbs – 13 grams fiber – 0 mg sodium – 24 grams protein Organic edamame bean flour   LIKE IT! Trader Joe’s Brown Rice and Quinoa Pasta: 210 calories – 39 grams carbs – 2 grams fiber -0 mg sodium – 5 grams protein Brown rice flour, quinoa flour   Clearly Organic Whole Wheat Spaghetti: 180 calories – 41 grams carbs – 6 grams fiber – 0 mg sodium – 7 grams protein 100% organic durum whole wheat flour   Hate it! Dreamfields Healthy Carb Spaghetti: 190 calories – 41 grams carbs – 5 grams fiber – 10 mg sodium – 7 grams protein White flour, wheat gluten, wheat protein   Luxury Hidden Veggie Thin Spaghetti: 200 calories – 42 grams carbs – 2 grams fiber – 5 mg sodium – 7 grams protein White flour, sweet corn powder, carrot powder, squash powder   ##   Want more from Molly?  Click here to sign up for Nutrition Bites, her weekly e-newsletter with links to her Get the Skinny TV segments here on WGNO, and her articles in Thrive Global!   Follow Molly on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram:  @MollyKimballRD – and check out her weekly podcast; just search ‘Molly Kimball’ on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.