Low Calorie Pasta Recipes with Video

Ariane Duarte, Prevention magazine's contibuting chef and former contestant on Top Chef, explains that you can still indulge in pasta without it being unhealthy.

She shares recipes for

• Stuffed Shells with Vegetable Tomato Sauce
• Spaghetti and Meatballs

Her recipes are less in calories, fat, and carbs. Some of her key points are that by adding extra vegetables to the dishes it makes it possible to eat a bigger portion with less calories and more flavor; by using whole wheat or grain pasta it adds more fiber to the dishes; by using lean meat such as ground turkey or chicken for the meatballs it saves half the calories and adds more fiber; by substituting part cottage cheese for part skim ricotta cheese it saves 90 calories and 8.5g of fat.    

Check out the VIDEO CLIP from NBC's Today Show where it shows how to make the dishes mentioned above.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/#41313191

For complete RECIPE
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41296164/ns/today-foodwine/