Pasta Month

October, 2022 was Pasta month.  Pasta dishes are always popular with customers at any time of the year.  Enriched pasta is a good source of the B vitamins thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid, as well as iron. Whole grain pastas also have some vitamin E.  Both kinds of pasta have some lower quality protein.

Cold or hot pasta dishes are a good place to add some vegetables and their nutrients.  Many people will enjoy some vegetables in a pasta dish even though they refuse to eat the vegetables when they are served alone.

Share the Pasta is an interesting web site that has a pasta shapes dictionary showing pictures of some of the 600 different shapes of pasta (www.sharethepasta.org/pasta-shapes). A new shape might be a good way to add variety to your meals.