About Low Carb Diets: Lasagna and Other Pasta

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Low Carb Diets Low Carb Diets Getting Started Health and Nutrition Recipes From Laura Dolson, your Guide to Low Carb Diets It's natural to miss some of our favorite foods when we change to a new way of eating, and pasta is often one of those things. Often vegetables, such as spaghetti squash and other squashes, are used as substitutes. Here are some tricks to make these dishes more successful. Have a great and healthy weekend - Laura Low-Carb Lasagna Did you ever try to make lasagna using vegetables instead of noodles? Did you find that the whole thing ends up kind of soupy from the juice that comes out of the veggies? It turns out the salting zucchini draws out the juice and firms up the strips so they are more like real noodles. (This is a similar technique as the one I use in my Zuchinni Noodles.) This recipe is easy to assemble, as I use sauce from a jar, though you could always use your own homemade sauce. See More About:  low carb pasta  low carb vegetables  Low-Carb Pasta Ideas Is it the pasta itself that people miss on low-carb diets, or do we just need to find other vehicles for the sauce and toppings? See Also: What are Shirataki Noodles? See More About:  low carb vegetables  low carb pasta  shirataki noodles Eggplant Involtini Involtini reminds me a little of manicotti, because it has a ricotta-based filling. Eggplant is used instead of the pasta. See More About:  low carb pasta  low carb vegetables  Is Dreamfields Pasta Really Low-Carb? Last year I covered a controversy about Dreamfields Pasta, which claims to be low-carb. Some people do well with it, but I think everyone should inform themselves, and if you do use it, be sure to follow the tips at the bottom of the page. See More About:  low carb pasta  shirataki noodles  spaghetti squash Low Carb Diets Ads Low Carb Diets Low Carb Low Carb Diets Foods Recipes Low Carb Diet Low Carb Featured Articles More Low-Carb Pasta Recipes Quick Chicken Alfredo with Shirataki Noodles Asian Noodle Dish Turkey Tetrazinni Cauliflower "Rice" All Laura's Low-Carb Recipes   More from About.com Free Children's Books How would you like to have access to a free online public library of books from around the world for kids 3 to 13? Read more...> Best Water Parks Better pack your bathing suit -- here are our recommendations for the funnest, wettest, splashiest water parks around. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Laura Dolson Low Carb Diets Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Low Carb Diets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   In Our Forum Now Healthy Life Bread Ice Cream "Brocco-Cauli Baby" Veggie Recipe   Follow me on: Advertisement