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In Italy, you’re never far from the sea. And with more than
4,700 miles of coastline and 50 major islands, it’s no wonder that
Italy’s cuisine has embraced seafood from the beginning. Italians
eat fish on occasion of high ceremony – such as the Feast of the
Seven Fishes every Christmas Eve – and at
everyday meals, when it often replaces meat as the
secondi (second course) of a traditional family repast.
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Making healthy food choices day in and day out can
become overwhelming. Barilla wants to help you build a
collection of meals to choose from. We put together a
family meal menu that we hope you will
enjoy. For now, these menus will only be available to our
newsletter subscribers, so enjoy! |
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Kids love pasta. There’s no doubt about it.
Inger Hustrulid, RD, LDN, ACSM, a leading expert on issues related
to healthy eating agrees it is hard to image a week without eating a
pasta meal. As one of the founders of Foundations of Family
Nutrition, a nutrition counseling and education center, Inger
recommends families add protein to pasta dishes. Protein helps make
the energy provided by the carbohydrates in the pasta last longer.
Here are Inger’s Tips for adding protein:
- Eat
Barilla® PLUS Pasta. PLUS provides 17 grams of
protein per one cup of uncooked pasta!
- Add seafood such a
shrimp, a heart healthy choice that can be easy and fast.
- Top the pasta with
meat or pesto sauce.
- Blend garbanzo
beans/chickpeas or leave them whole and put them right into the
tomato sauce.
- Big dipper tip: Kids
as well as adults will love to dip their pasta in a choice of
cheese or tomato sauce. Make sure to also have veggies ready for
dipping.
- Grate parmesan or
mozzarella cheese right onto your pasta.
For more Barilla PLUS® recipes,
click here.
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Love seafood? The secret to delicious Italian
seafood dishes begin with the quality of the fish. Chef Lorenzo
shares his advice for what to look for when
selecting fresh fish and demonstrates how to prepare seafood for
cooking. He also shares examples of how seafood is enjoyed in Italy. |
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Barilla continues its
year-long celebration of our
130th anniversary with a visit from one of South
Florida’s top Chefs.
Chef Giancarla is the founder of the first organic
Italian restaurant, Escopazzo. She took the time to answer a few
questions for us.
Learn more>> |
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Italians eat pasta nearly
every day. Now you can too - for free - if you are one of the
winners of our new contest. No purchase necessary. Enter now>>
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