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paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T18:44:50Z

My wife forwarded me this website www.paleopasta.com and I know that this is pushing the boundaries of Paleo. Since I grew up on pasta, I would like to know what you guys and gals think of this as maybe a once or twice a month meal? I have been paleo for 18 months and lost 40 lbs in the first two months and have maintained my weight since.

Answer by Joshua for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T18:50:26Z

It's made it's rounds here before. The issues most people have are as follows...

Ingredients include inulin, a known gut irritant. Also Xanathan gum and quinoa.
It's not a whole food (my own major beef).
It's a "Candy Cigarette".
It's probably not a good representation of the real thing.

Once or twice a month? Sure. Once a week? Depending on goals, but that might be pushing it.

Best option I would suggest - try it and see how it makes you feel.

Answer by Sam for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T19:05:23Z

I was a fervent fan of pasta, spaghetti, vermicelli, etc... when eating a WPD but two principles I definitely hold on to regarding this matter are 1) No frankenfoods and 2) No Paleo substitutes (that aren't Paleo anyway mostly). Pasta is a past food. It's as simple as that (but not easily for me to get to that point).

So I'd definitely not eat it and the best option in my opinion is, like Joshua stated, to try it and find out how you handle it, if you really must.

Answer by trjones for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T19:07:03Z

If you want to use that as a "cheat" every now and then, fine. But don't fool yourself into thinking it's paleo in any way.

I like spaghetti squash as a pasta alternative, but I was never a pasta purist, so YMMV.

Answer by blueballoon for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T19:18:10Z

Holy cow that's expensive pasta. No way. If I am going to eat pasta for a treat I'll be buying organic rice noodles for about 1/3 of the cost. (This happens like once every month or two.)

Answer by John Sorrentino for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T20:11:39Z

I use "riced" cauliflower. It is not a processed food. Liberally pour sauce over it

Answer by TCita for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T20:17:41Z

Interesting, and here I thought Paleo Pasta was Spaghetti Squash.

Answer by EnglishRose for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T20:50:34Z

I always feel pasta is fairly processed and fake with things added to it so I avoid it. I am intolerant of yeast anyway. As someone said above it is not a whole food. You cannot pick it off trees although in the 1960s on April Fool Day the British television did a plants which grow pasta spoof which lots of people fell for....

Answer by Craig Almaguer for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T21:42:21Z

at the end of the day, it's about controlling insulin. Spikes insulin equal weight gain. Dr. William Davis might have some grips with it. As Joshua says, once or twice a month, no prob. Rice is "less bad" but still messing with insulin. Control Insulin control weight.

Good luck!

Answer by Sarah for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-05-31T23:37:25Z

Try this instead!

http://www.health-bent.com/beef/paleo-butternut-squash-lasagna

Paleo Butternut Squash Lasanga. SO TASTY.

Answer by RacerRex9727 for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-06-01T01:03:19Z

About twice a week I make zucchini pasta with grass-fed meat and marinara sauce. Just buy one of these things and you'll be good to go!

http://www.amazon.com/World-Cuisine-A4982799-Tri-Blade-Vegetable/dp/B0007Y9WHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338512586&sr=8-1

Answer by DanielleO812 for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-06-01T02:15:16Z

I personally don't care for the idea of it. Paleo is about whole/unprocessed foods and this is definitely not that.

I worry that sticking "paleo" on the front of something will just lead to more of a fad notion then getting the point across that we are trying to return to a more natural way of eating. Not industrializing everything in a "paleo" way.

Answer by tummyrumblr for paleo pasta thoughts?

2012-06-01T02:46:56Z

http://tummyrumblr.com/post/23132159141/beef-stroganoff

I'll also chime in and say that I think zucchini cut on a mandoline is an excellent substitute!

Answer by maryDeeeeeee for paleo pasta thoughts?

2013-03-05T23:32:44Z

hmmm.... gluten free pasta..I probably will stay away from this ...as being a pasta lover i can see myself going overboard. However i am thinking of getting some for my teenager as an healthy alternative. Has anyone tried it .. ? Ive heard it has a nice texture simialr to the real thing. Better than just rice alone.

http://www.gogoquinoa.com/products/pasta/spaghetti-quinoa/

Answer by Want2BHealthyGirl for paleo pasta thoughts?

2013-03-06T07:21:03Z

I'm Paleo but eat rice. I prefer this gluten free pasta that only contains: Organic Brown Rice Flour. http://www.lundberg.com/products/pasta/Penne_Brown_Rice_Pasta.aspx

Answer by raydawg for paleo pasta thoughts?

2013-03-10T13:44:58Z

If you really must, you can try white rice noodles: http://www.amazon.com/Thai-Kitchen-Stir-Noodles-14-Ounce/dp/B003VYDE00/ but they absorb water very easily and get very sticky, and are of course a huge bolus of carbs, just like wheat pasta.

These are great nutrient/calorie wise: http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Mine-Kelp-Noodles-16-Ounce/dp/B005LMCD8E though the texture is a bit tough.

I've had both, but the rice ones are closest to actual noodles - best thing IMHO, is spaghetti squash which adds its own flavor to pasta sauce, but harder to get.

IMHO, noodles in general are flavorless sauce delivery mechanism. It's strange that folks don't realize what they're craving isn't the pasta but rather the sauce, and that they can make it themselves (hopefully they don't have nightshade issues) and cook things like meats in them.

Most commercial pasta sauces have a lot of sugar added, so it's highly recommended you make your own. I tend to favor making raw sauces by putting a couple of chopped Roma tomatoes, a bit of EVOO, salt, pepper, basil, oregano in a blender and buzzing it until it looks like sauce. You could cook it also, obviously, and get more nutrients out of the tomatoes such as lycopene.

I haven't tried other stuff like zucchini, but that probably would be a good way to go.

Still, between faux pasta (or worse, real pasta) and a grassfed bison steak with some bacon, I will shun the pasta every time; I don't know anyone who wouldn't choose the same, were it not for the evil vegan/CW propaganda about "meatless mondays" and how supposedly red meat/cholesterol are as bad as nuclear weapons, global warming, and communism.

I wouldn't even have these noodle like things in our house, except as a mechanism to help bring the kids and wife away from outside junk food.