Curly Protein Pasta #WFPBnoSOS

Brami Curly Mac Protein Pasta

The pasta is from Costco. It is made from Italian Wheat and Lupini Beans. Each serving contains 21 grams of protein and 9 grams of fiber with 4 grams of fat from the beans. 350 calories per serving. 

If you do the math, 10.2% of the total calories come from fat. The goal is between 10% and 15% of calories per day from fat. This is a WINNER, WINNER, PASTA DINNER!!!

RECIPE

One serving is 3.5 oz = 1 cup of dried pasta.  Boil for 15 minutes and strain, keeping a cup of the pasta water. Do not rinse the cooked pasta.

1 clove of garlic, chopped.

1 green pepper, chopped.

1 red pepper, chopped.

2 handfuls of kale, chopped.

1 handful of cilantro, chopped.

1 medium sweet onion, chopped.

1 TBSP nutritional yeast (optional).

2 TBSPs lemon juice.

Put the boiled pasta in the fridge to cool and form resistant starch. Your body will break it down slower, form butyrate, a short chain fatty acid, which feeds the cells lining your large intestine.

Put the pasta water, lemon juice and all the chopped veggies in a pot or skillet that you can cover and cook them over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes or until most of the water cooks off.

Add the pasta to the cooked veggies an stir until the pasta is heated up and the water has completely cooked off. Put the lid on tight, take it off the heat and give it 5 minutes for the pan to deglaze. Plate it and sprinkle on the nutritional yeast.

Enjoy!!!