When I feel like the day is great? Pasta. When I feel like I want the day to be great? Pasta. It’s just awesome.
I’m a big pasta guy, but I’ve cut it out to stay fast and lean.
Gluten-free pasta is not a focus, which I would rather have gluten-free pasta. Hey, if I have to have regular pasta… It is what it is.
My parents always used to complain about my eating habits. I was different. I was wrong. Everything had to be plain or boiled. I was 14 before I ate pasta with tomato sauce. My dad would take me to the best restaurants, and all I would eat was rice with olive oil.
I usually start my day with a light breakfast of fruit and eggs and take granola bars with me to eat after practice. Lunch and dinner usually consist of chicken over pasta or rice and beans.
I really focus on natural products, so I love using unrefined products instead of refined ones. I swap white rice for brown rice or quinoa. I use brown rice pasta instead of regular pasta, nut milk or oat milk instead of dairy milk, and coconut yogurt instead of cows’ yoghurt, etc.
Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn’t eat that well. Everything was home-made but not much veg or fruit.
America has been conditioned to think of pasta as the never-ending pasta bowl and Olive Garden.
I eat healthily as much as I can – meat, protein, carbs as well. I like my pasta; I like my rice. I like to have that sort of sustenance in me, because I’m always thinking of survival.
Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon. But it’s nice to have a few bites of something you like. I’m not a sweets person, but I love pasta and pizza – oh, buddy!
I love cooking. There is nothing I like better than going home and cooking my family a nice meal. Anything with pasta! Pasta with butter! I have a good repertoire, and I can do quite a few different dishes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes not.
When I feel like the day is great? Pasta. When I feel like I want the day to be great? Pasta. It’s just awesome.
I like to make pasta with puttanesca sauce and arugula salad.
I wouldn’t exactly call it ‘cooking’ but I can make noodles. That means I can boil water, put the pasta in and wait until it’s done.
I’m a pasta girl, and I like dishes that are easy, one-pot dishes that are really quick.
Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon. But it’s nice to have a few bites of something you like. I’m not a sweets person, but I love pasta and pizza – oh, buddy!
I think pasta is really good for me. Maybe not so good if you’re trying to go on a diet, but it’s good for me.
