I am never one to turn down a hot plate of good pasta. While pasta dishes can be high in calories, if you make it at home, you can control what goes into the dish and make sure you and your family (or whomever you may be inviting over for dinner) has a well-rounded meal made of high quality ingredients. When you eat pasta at restaurants, they generally add a ton of salt and oil to make the flavor most enjoyable for diners. This can bring the calorie count of a single dish up to 1,000 + calories, way too much for a single meal, and many times these dishes may have higher sodium than is recommended to eat in an entire day.
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January 30, 2012
DIY Seafood Spaghetti Sauce
January 30, 2012
The Right Road
“You are on the right road if you are happy when you are lost.” – Mark M. Baldwin
January 30, 2012
Why Do We Take Better Care of Our Cars Than We Do of Ourselves?
The bodies that we call our home are the most important vehicle in our lives, yet people often overlook the importance of fueling our bodies with things that will make it thrive. Think about it- we bring our cars in for regular maintenence, giving it the oil and gas it needs, and would never give a second thought to putting anything into it that may be harmful. If someone told you that you could get by putting coca-cola into your car’s engine instead of oil, but it would decrease the life of the car, would you do it? I’m sure most of you wouldn’t, yet you don’t think twice when hitting up the vending machine for a mid-morning coke.
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