Deep Dish Pizza Don’t get us wrong. Pizza with a hand-tossed or thin crust is no diet food. At BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, California Pizza Kitchen, or Uno Pizzeria &…
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You needn’t worry about calories in a tomato sauce or even most alfredos (unless they’re cream laden). But a traditional pesto—made with olive oil, fresh basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese,…
Artery-clogging saturated fat isn’t a problem with most tomato sauces. Few—even Barilla Bacon & Cheese and Prego Bacon and Provolone—top 1 gram of saturated fat per half cup. Not so…
Birds Eye Voilà! frozen Alfredo Chicken is a mix of chicken, pasta, and veggies. It could be dinner. [CA] So why does Birds Eye pretend that a serving is just…
“Bow-Tie Pasta, Chicken, Mushrooms, Tomato, Pancetta, Peas and Caramelized Onions in a Roasted Garlic-Parmesan Cream Sauce” doesn’t sound excessive. Sure, the Farfalle with Chicken and Roasted Garlic has a cream…
Navigating restaurant menus to find healthy options can be quite difficult, especially at large Italian chain restaurants with their overly-indulgent pasta and meat dishes. Here’s a sampling of entrées to…
Americans love what we call Italian food, but the excessive white-flour pasta and meat- and cheese-filled entrées could have a devastating impact on our waistlines and arteries. And it all…
1. Bread. Leave it in the basket. You’ll save 150 to 300 calories’ worth of white flour. 2. Soup. Skip it to dodge 1,000 to 2,000 mg of sodium. Get…
From breadsticks to tiramisu—with plenty of cheese, meat, and white-flour pasta in between—Italian has never been confused with spa cuisine. But in recent years, restaurants have fattened the pot, deep-frying…