Top 191 Pasta Quotes

Life is too short, and I’m Italian. I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience… hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!

Right before a match, I and many other players, tend to be very clean. Just plain rice or pasta with some chicken maybe, but not too much sauce, to just get some carbohydrates and energy.

Freshly grated nutmeg over fresh pasta with truffle oil is simple perfection. It’s also integral in any good bechamel or chai mix.

I’ve been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

I love kale. Genuinely. I really am glad that I have a platform to express that. I think a good raw kale salad is always just a meaty mouth feel. I also really like kelp noodle pasta with a little kale on top.

I don’t go a day without eating pasta.

I still get upset if the pasta is not cooked how I like it, but I’ve learned to put things into context.

Our pasta primavera was born when I promised fresh pasta with tomatoes and basil to critic Craig Claiborne, but we had no tomatoes.

People should always have a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil, a packet of pasta, tinned tomatoes and a good cheese somewhere in their fridge.

I’m a huge cook! I’m actually trying to write my first cookbook. I make an Indian-spice Bolognese and serve it over pasta. It’s a combination of flavors that people aren’t used to.

Life is too short, and I’m Italian. I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.

I love pasta. It’s something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good.

When I do a 30-minute meal, for instance, on Food Network, that’s my food you see at the end of the show and it’s not perfect. And if sometimes things break or drop or the pasta hits the wall when I’m draining it, they never stop tape. They just kind of let me go with it.

In heaven, after antipasti, the first course will be pasta.

I put my son’s nutritional needs first, and existed on pasta and thin air more times than I would dare to admit.

Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.

I definitely eat carbs. I repeat: I do eat carbs. I’m just selective on which carbs I eat and when. I won’t eat things like pasta and bread at night, but in terms of fueling a workout and recovering from one, carbs are great.

I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that’s really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn’t overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it.

I love rice and pasta.

Many call for cooking pasta directly in milk, a technique that works okay, but it can lead to scorching if you’re not super careful with stirring. I prefer the evaporated-milk route because it ensures a clean pan with no burnt bits on the bottom.

Kids love food. It’s about putting materials out there that get kids thinking about food – to get kids interacting about food. It’s about simple things, like kids thinking about pasta – getting kids to work with food.

Dinner is usually just pasta with mushrooms.

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I’m used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.

I’ll pretty much eat anything that doesn’t have sugar in it. And I’ll eat carbs, believe me – I eat tons of pasta! In the morning I eat these low-carb, sugar-free breakfast bars, and for lunch I usually do a chopped salad, and I like natural sugars like fruit.

My kids won’t eat all whole-wheat pasta, so my trick is to mix some in with white pasta. Cook the whole-wheat for about a minute and a half before you add the white pasta.

I eat as much as the next girl, but I work my butt of in the gym every morning! The key is moderation. I splurge on the weekend. A big bowl of pasta and a delicious slice of cake for dessert are my favorites.

A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables.

If I start feeling down I’ll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It’s the Italian blood in me.

Toum is a staple of Lebanese cuisine, and more than just another condiment. This garlic sauce is great for stirring into soups and pasta, marinating chicken, and tossing with roasted vegetables; it adds an energetic punch of garlic to anything without requiring the hassle of peeling and mincing.

I understand that in some families both parents have to work, so the kids are home alone eating more processed foods. But if the kids know how to make oatmeal or eggs in the morning or pasta or a lentil soup at night – we’re giving them real survival tools.

I don’t diet. I’ll eat fish; I’ll eat baked chicken, pasta, beans. When the body is telling you, ‘You need to indulge in something,’ you need to give the body what it wants.

Usually before matches I eat plain pasta with a little bit olive oil, salt, pepper and chicken.

Pasta is the one food I can’t live without. It’s the food I eat to fuel my running.

For me, the thought of spaghetti and meatballs conjures up the image of that scene where ‘Lady and the Tramp’ gaze into each other’s eyes as they slurp a strand of pasta into a fateful kiss.

I like making adobo, because it’s easy and it keeps in the fridge for a while. Or I’ll make pasta with bolognese – something I can make a big batch of and can keep eating for the rest of the week.

Well, I’m Italian, but my family isn’t stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don’t yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn’t even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe.

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

It’s funny: I can never sleep between shows; I think it’s because I don’t like to switch the motor off. I’ll probably have some chicken or pasta, though never the two together, and maybe go out for a quick wander around.

We don’t do spaghetti and Bolognese sauce together in Italy. That is technically wrong because when you lift up the spaghetti the sauce will just run down. The way to do it is to use pasta like fettuccine or tagliatelle so the sauce sticks to it.

I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. I love Italian food. I love pasta… A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? Honey, that’s just not gonna happen.

You know those days when you think you have to have a plate of pasta right now? When I’m trying to be good, I take a minute to ask myself, ‘Do you really need to eat all this crazy stuff? It will still be around if you want it later.’

To begin with, I basically ate everything. Pizza, pasta – anything to make myself bigger. I am now very conscious of what I put into my body.

Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I’ve been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this. I’ve cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta.

Pasta is my superfood! Balance and moderation are the basis for my diet, though, so I also make sure to incorporate plenty of protein, fruits, and veggies throughout the day.

My wife’s Italian, so pasta is a go-to for my eldest – he loves a good pasta. My middle child is a scavenger, he’ll just eat whatever.

My favourite meal is probably chicken with penne pasta and pesto.

Life is too short. If we’re in Italy, have pizza and pasta. But not every day.

To stay healthy, I like to eat healthy food. For example a lot of meat, pasta, vegetables and I also have to drink a lot of water and drinks with electrolytes in them.

I love to cook really fattening things, like steak and pasta and potatoes.

I gained 65 pounds with my first baby and 70 with my second. I had severe morning sickness both times, so I mostly ate supersize bowls of white pasta with loads of butter and cheese because that was the only thing that took away the nausea.

When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.

I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don’t eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do.

I’m crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It’s like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It’s in my blood. I need it.

I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don’t eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do.

You don’t need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.

My favourite meal is probably chicken with penne pasta and pesto.

Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.