Pasta for dinner

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

Boo hoo

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

Same.

You don't need to include baloney and apple slices with each meal to be eating an overall balanced diet.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

So do Americans, no kidding but not necessary at every single meal. That’s ridiculous. The point is claiming that pasta causes weight problems is ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to not offer a salad or vegetable or fruit.

The sauce is a fruit because tomato is a fruit.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s weird to not offer a salad or vegetable or fruit.

The sauce is a fruit because tomato is a fruit.

Love it!

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

I love pasta with vodka sauce, has been a favorite food for me since childhood - my family made it sometimes - and I make my kids butter pasta too. Someone who whipped up pasta with homemade vodka sauce for me for lunch would be kinda amazing to me, honestly.

Don't worry (cause I know you are), I eat tons of vegetables and fruits and all that.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

Well, OP decided to host, and it is "poor" fare for serving to guests. She is not living in a cardboard box under a bridge. ALSO, the guest did keep quite after her surprise and ate this slop.

You can eat whatever you want in your own house - plain pasta, rice with salt, dogfood - you just do not serve it to guests. That's all.

No hysteria. Just mocking the OP for eating like it is a crisis and we are living in a place that is being bombed by US. Yes, we are slightly mean on this anonymous thread.

What surprises me are the dysfunctional people on this thread who are doubling down and saying that this was a perfectly acceptable meal.

Well, if that is so, can OP go to the sidewalk and pluck some dandelion leaves and put it with the buttered pasta and make it "guest worthy" like Martha Steward did with her meals when she was in prison?

It is a GOOD thing!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

I love pasta with vodka sauce, has been a favorite food for me since childhood - my family made it sometimes - and I make my kids butter pasta too. Someone who whipped up pasta with homemade vodka sauce for me for lunch would be kinda amazing to me, honestly.

Don't worry (cause I know you are), I eat tons of vegetables and fruits and all that.

But God forbid you serve it to guests. What self respecting Italian underfeeds their guests?

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

Then why are people bending over backwards to say they eat vegetable, fruit, protein, and actually do have a balanced diet? Because they know this is a shit meal. No “real” Italian would be proud of this slop.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

Then why are people bending over backwards to say they eat vegetable, fruit, protein, and actually do have a balanced diet? Because they know this is a shit meal. No “real” Italian would be proud of this slop.

+1 it’s a sh$t meal that my husband, who can’t cook, would serve if he absolutely had to be in charge of dinner becuase it’s easy. Boxed pasta and jarred sauce is one of the laziest, most disgusting meals and I can’t stand it. My kids have never eaten just noodles with butter and they are 16 and 13. I have been to someone’s house who literally would serve that to kids though. I found it bizarre and didn’t say anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

Then why are people bending over backwards to say they eat vegetable, fruit, protein, and actually do have a balanced diet? Because they know this is a shit meal. No “real” Italian would be proud of this slop.

None of those are "good" or "bad," you'd also be unbalanced if you ate only fruit, but it would be fine to do that for breakfast. People are saying this because posters are being ridiculous acting like if you had a croissant for breakfast that means you never eat protein.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

Then why are people bending over backwards to say they eat vegetable, fruit, protein, and actually do have a balanced diet? Because they know this is a shit meal. No “real” Italian would be proud of this slop.

None of those are "good" or "bad," you'd also be unbalanced if you ate only fruit, but it would be fine to do that for breakfast. People are saying this because posters are being ridiculous acting like if you had a croissant for breakfast that means you never eat protein.

Posters are bending over backwards to say what a great meal this is and they would be honored to be served it. Obviously that’s a lie.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?

Italians eat pasta nearly every day.

Asians have rice with their dinners most days. They are thin for the most part. Rice is similar to pasta.

True. But Asians also tend to eat lots of protein, beans, produce along with the rice. South Asians usually also have lentils/beans, produce and meat with their rice. So, a balanced diet has carbs, protein, veggies, fat etc.

One single meal served at a playdate depicts how a person's entire life is? It was one meal. Eat it and move on. The hysteria on this thread is insane.

So it’s not a completely normal meal? It’s a rare unhealthy indulgence?

It is a completely normal meal to me, also raised Italian, and does not mean whatsoever that the OP does not eat protein, vegetables, fruit, or a balanced diet.

The only conclusion I draw from your comment is you are oddly judgmental and I would not like you personally.

So, in your conclusion, you assumed that she has good food in her house but decided to serve her guests the garbage and save the good stuff which would surely be a balanced diet, for later? Must be an Italian thing to be so stingy and inhospitable.

We know OP has good food because she served it.

Then why are people bending over backwards to say they eat vegetable, fruit, protein, and actually do have a balanced diet? Because they know this is a shit meal. No “real” Italian would be proud of this slop.

None of those are "good" or "bad," you'd also be unbalanced if you ate only fruit, but it would be fine to do that for breakfast. People are saying this because posters are being ridiculous acting like if you had a croissant for breakfast that means you never eat protein.

Posters are bending over backwards to say what a great meal this is and they would be honored to be served it. Obviously that’s a lie.

OP did not say if it was jarred sauce.

As a pasta lover, someone who served me pasta with vodka sauce, even leftover vodka sauce, would be like a new best friend. It is such a comfort food for me going back to childhood and my DH makes it for me for my bday and other special occasions.