pasta

Definition:
1. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
2. An Italian food made from flour, water and sometimes eggs, formed into different shapes and usually served with a sauce. It is hard when dry and soft when cooked.

Use 'pasta' in a sentence:

• 1. "The study found that pasta didn't contribute to weight gain or increase in body fat," said lead author Dr John Sievenpiper.
• 2. One Dutch professor I had dismissed another Italian one, saying, "All the Italians care about are pasta and mamma."
• 3. Many of these sauces can be served with store-bought pasta.
• 4. In weighing the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an adverse effect on body weight outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern.
• 5. Perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.
• 6. "In weighing the evidence, we can now say with some confidence that pasta does not have an adverse effect on body weigh outcomes when it is consumed as part of a healthy dietary pattern."
• 7. He was tucking into a huge plateful of pasta.
• 8. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta.
• 9. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized because it had been lumped in with other, more ft-promoting carbohydrates.
• 10. Diners served themselves about 20 percent more pasta when their plates matched their food.
• 11. He used to cook up great cauldrons of pasta.
• 12. Bread, potatoes, pasta and rice are all high in carbohydrates.
• 13. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a minimum, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar shooting up.
• 14. I want pasta and meatballs!
• 15. Good pasta needs very little embellishment.
• 16. So contrary to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.
• 17. Drain the pasta as soon as it is cooked.
• 18. If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together.
• 19. Contrary to concerns, perhaps pasta can be part of a healthy diet.
• 20. Pasta is no longer off the menu, after a new review of studies suggested that the carbohydrate can form part of a healthy diet, and even help people lose weight.
• 21. I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.
• 22. She dug into her bowl of pasta.
• 23. The reviewers found that pasta had been unfairly demonized because it had been lumped in with other, more fat-promoting carbohydrates.
• 24. For dinner, I usually eat one of the following: nori rolls, a big salad, sunflower seed pate, lettuce wraps, guacamole with raw chips, or zucchini pasta.
• 25. The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat.
• 26. For years, nutritionists have recommended that pasta be kept to a ration, to cut calories, prevent fat build-up and stop blood sugar shooting up.
• 27. Those involved in the clinical trials on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup.
• 28. After boiling a pot of pasta or vegetables, save the water in a container in the fridge for later use.
• 29. Add pasta to your salads to bump up your fibre intake.
• 30. When he is served a plate of Mediterranean vegetable pasta by the charming French chef, he thanks her profusely.
• 31. The Chinese also eat a type of pasta as part of their staple diet.
• 32. I'd like pasta and sauce.
• 33. Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce.
• 34. I'm not overly fond of pasta.
• 35. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
• 36. Pour the sauce over the pasta and serve immediately.
• 37. Rinse the cooked pasta with boiling water.
• 38. Serve hot, with pasta or rice and French beans.
• 39. Drain and rinse the pasta.
• 40. Drain the pasta and toss it in melted butter.
• 41. They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.
• 42. Cheese will add extra bite to any pasta dish.
• 43. For a quick lunch you can't go wrong with pasta.
• 44. Waiters glide between tightly packed tables bearing trays of pasta.
• 45. Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat.
• 46. Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
• 47. They stock every imaginable type of pasta.
• 48. While the pasta is cooking, prepare the sauce.