A Healthier Pasta Carbonara

Pasta is always a favorite, and it's easy to make it a healthful choice.

Instead of...

1 cup pasta carbonara made with vermicelli, bacon, garlic, Parmesan cheese, olive oil, egg, whole milk, parsley and black pepper

425 calories / 20 gm. fat

Try...

1 c. pasta carbonara made with vermicelli, turkey bacon, garlic, low-fat Parmesan cheese, egg substitute, low-fat milk, parsley and black pepper

285 calories / 14 gm. fat

You Save: 140 calories / 6 gm. fat

Instead of...

1 crostini royale made with toasted Italian bread, chopped tomato, salt, pepper, parsley, tarragon, capers, olive oil, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, mint and garlic

165 calories/ 12 gm. fat

Try...

1 crostini royale made with toasted Italian bread, chopped tomato, salt, pepper, parsley, tarragon, capers, olive oil, mint and garlic

65 calories/ 2 gm. fat

You Save: 100 calories / 10 gm. fat

Instead of...

1 cup Italian-style salad with romaine, radicchio, endive, garbanzo beans, marinated artichoke hearts, red bell pepper and balsamic vinegar dressing

200 calories/ 15 gm. fat

Try...

1 cup Italian-style salad with romaine, radicchio, endive, garbanzo beans, canned artichoke hearts (no oil), red bell pepper and low-fat balsamic vinegar dressing

100 calories/ 5 gm. fat

You Save: 100 calories / 10 gm. fat

Instead of...

1 cup premium frozen yogurt

290 calories/ 8 gm. fat

Try...

1 cup low-fat frozen yogurt

180 calories/ 0 gm. fat

You Save: 110 calories / 8 gm. fat

Totals

Before:Total Calories 1,085/ Total Gm. Fat 55 46% calories from fat

After:Total Calories  635 calories / Total Gm. Fat  21  30% calories from fat

Overall, You Save: 450 calories and 34 gm. fat

For a healthful, quick-fix dessert, choose from these fat-free frozen yogurts: Dreyer's Fat-Free, Hagen-Dazs Fat-Free, Stonyfield Farm Nonfat, Brigham's Nonfat, Blue Bell Nonfat, Dannon Light and Colombo Nonfat Shoppe Style.