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Top 10: Healthy Pasta Dishes

By Food & Wine Updated January 10, 2017
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Healthy pasta dishes, from spicy spaghetti with creamy spinach, lemon, and chile to a carrot macaroni and cheese.
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Farfalle with Zucchini and Parsley-Almond Pesto

Farfalle with Zucchini and Parsley-Almond Pesto
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Melissa Rubel combines roasted almonds, parsley and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese for a nutty, fresh-tasting pesto. This pasta dish is terrific served warm, but it can also be refrigerated and served as a cold pasta salad.

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Spaghetti with Lemon, Chile and Creamy Spinach

Spaghetti with Lemon, Chile and Creamy Spinach
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Instead of using heavy cream, this tangy, spicy dish calls for low-fat yogurt, which is packed with protein and calcium. Stirring a little flour into the yogurt prevents curdling as it simmers and creates a thick, rich and satisfying sauce for all kinds of pasta and vegetables.

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Linguine with Tomatoes, Baby Zucchini and Herbs

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"This dish makes you understand the less-is-more approach of Italian cooking," says Andreas Viestad about his pasta tossed with a raw tomato-and-zucchini sauce.

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Spaghetti with Clams and Green Beans

Spaghetti with Clams and Green Beans
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This is Australian chef Neil Perry's variation on the Italian classic spaghetti vongole (pasta with clams). He adds green beans to make the dish fresher-tasting, and then finishes it with a sprinkling of Parmigiano-Reggiano. As he says, "Serving cheese with seafood is not the norm in Italy, but I just love it here."

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Pennette with Spicy Tomato Sauce

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When he was trying to lose weight, Mark Strausman relied on this garlicky, rustic whole wheat pasta. Not only is it loaded with fiber and lycopene-rich canned tomatoes, but it's also deeply satisfying.

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Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken

Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken
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This delicate, Asian-influenced chicken is satisfying yet light.

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Cold Peanut Noodles with Tofu and Red Peppers

Cold Peanut Noodles with Tofu and Red Peppers
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A vast improvement on the usual sesame noodles made famous by a million Chinese take-out menus, this silky version includes chunks of tofu and sweet, crunchy slices of red bell pepper.

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Carrot Macaroni and Cheese

Carrot Macaroni and Cheese
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The silky carrot puree mixed with the cheddar here is a terrific source of vitamin A and helps reduce the amount of fat in the recipe.

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Seafood Pasta with Tuscan Hot Oil

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Olive oil infused with crushed red pepper flakes lends this dish with a perfect amount of spice.

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    1 of 9 Farfalle with Zucchini and Parsley-Almond Pesto
    2 of 9 Spaghetti with Lemon, Chile and Creamy Spinach
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    6 of 9 Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken
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    8 of 9 Carrot Macaroni and Cheese
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