“Pasta”

“Pasta”

Garlic and Oil Un-Spaghetti

Garlic and Oil Un-Spaghetti

We absolutely love garlic in my house, so when I ran across this old garlic and oil spaghetti dish in my original recipe folder I took the opportunity to adapt it to a low-starch version we now use as part of our "go-to" meals for quick weeknights. Add a side of...

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Summer Fresh Tomato Sauce

This fresh tomato sauce tastes like summer and Italy at the same time. There's nothing that says summer quite like fresh tomatoes, let alone fresh basil chopped right in. This makes for a super fast meal if you serve it over pasta. (Use low-carb pasta if you're...

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Low-Carb Chicken Tetrazzini

This low-carb chicken tetrazzini uses lighter cream ingredients and way less starch, especially since I use low-carb pasta in place of the traditional spaghetti noodles. I've also found that with most recipes that call for flour or cornstarch for a thickener you can...

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Low-Carb Baked Beef Spaghetti

This low-carb baked beef spaghetti is similar to my cauliflower pasta bake in that it subs roasted cauliflower out for the noodles--although the flavors are a bit different. You can use just cauliflower or a combination of cauliflower and low-carb pasta, as I do with...

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Roasted Veggie Low-Carb Mac and Cheese

This roasted veggie low-carb mac and cheese is loaded with oven-roasted veggies and swaps out traditional macaroni for a low-carb version, which makes it a great choice for those wanting to limit starches for weight loss or diabetes. The combination of full-fat and...

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Turkey Bolognese

This turkey bolognese is another recipe I adapted from a wonderful non-diet healthy lifestyle retreat for women in Vermont that I used to work for. In addition to playing around with the herbs and additions, I've made it low-starch by recommending you use it to top...

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Low-Carb Vodka Pasta One-Pot

This low-starch/ low-carb vodka pasta calls for neither vodka nor traditional pasta, and it also skips the heavy cream. But it has all the other ingredients I think of when I remember vodka pasta that my best friend used to make when we were roommates after...

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Cauliflower “Mac” and Cheese

This cauliflower mac and cheese doesn't use traditional macaroni or pasta. It has just a couple of low-carb pasta servings along with nutritious spinach and an entire head of cauliflower to bulk it up and make for hefty servings. As you likely realize by now I'm a...

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Cauliflower “Pasta” Bake

This cauliflower pasta bake doesn't actually have pasta in it, which makes it a yummy low-starch dish that freezes especially well. It tastes just like any baked pasta dish--you really won't notice the actual pasta is missing! In other low-carb recipes, you'll note I...

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