Laaaadies and Geeeentleman!!!! Introducing, the first ever Pasta Boxing Battle
About to enter the ring ....... at 16 oz is...... Whole Wheat Pasta!
And in the other corner....hailing all the way from the couch.....We Have Liiiiiiiiiz!!!
The match is off...we have pasta straight from the box, Liz weaves and into the water goes pasta. Down Goes Pasta!! Pasta bobs twice and the match is over...
Or is it?
Contrary to popular belief, pasta is indeed victorious because...if you have ever eaten whole wheat pasta you will know that no amount or anything short of Alfredo sauce and bacon will "fix" it. And I am short on both.
Whole wheat pasta tastes, looks, smells like wet cardboard. Who eats wet cardboard?! I covered it in mayo and tuna and called it a night. Pasta 1, Liz 0.
Its kind of like this:
Once there was a girl named Liz. She went through A LOT of phases. There was the time that she wanted to learn French. That phase lasted 4 days. (Merci). There was the "buy cool shoe phase." (That phase has yet to end but she's not complaining). She went through a "Let's be culturally diverse" phase and stocked up on rice wine vinegar, sesame seeds and cumin. And then she went through the "Buy only healthy sounding foods" phase. She ended up with a pantry full of items like flaxseed, soy flour, whole wheat pasta, and almond butter. (She also has no idea what to actually do with almond butter...is it almond or is it butter?) Anyway, Liz had a pantry full of crap that sounded like a good idea but wasn't and now she is forcing herself to eat it all while blogging about it. The end.
Good story right? totally true.
Separate Note: I stopped by Wal-mart tonight and the place looked like a mecca. I haven't been there in a while and as hard as it was, I walked out with ONLY a peach, strawberries and milk. I stayed within the challenge. (ew). I have one more weekend out of town and then I am going to start attacking the stuff in the freezer. So I think this should be the last tuna night for a while...which is a good thing because I might start getting some sort of mercury condition....
Use almond butter like you would peanut butter. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteAlmond butter is delicious! Spread that yumminess on a slice of toast or two for breakfast and call it a morning.
ReplyDeleteI don't like peanut butter...but I will give it a try
ReplyDeleteHaha, I completely agree with you on whole wheat pasta! I use whole wheat penne with my chicken alfredo crockpot creation, but that's pretty much it. Sometimes I'll use whole wheat lasagna because it has enough stuff in it to cover up the yuckiness! But for anything like spaghetti with pretty much just sauce to cover it up? No thank you!
ReplyDeleteHi y'all my name is Paula Dean and I know everything there is to know about whole wheat pasta and almond butter ,but y'all didnt ask so I'm not telling y'all.
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