Shirataki

I recently discovered an excellent guilt free food. I heard about it from Hungry Girl (http://www.hungrygirl.com) and when I saw it in my local grocery store I knew I had to try it. It's Tofu Shirataki and it's basically tofu pasta. The best thing about it? It has only 20 calories per serving, and the whole bag is only 40 calories. Have you ever heard of pasta where you can eat the whole bag and only have 40 calories?! It's crazy!

I made Shirataki spaghetti. I used an entire bag of Shirataki, 1/3 cup of vegetarian ground beef (I use vegetarian food occasionally because it has a significant difference in calories and fat) and a small can of plain tomato sauce.



When you open the Shirataki, first thing you must do is rinse it well, then boil it for about 3-5 minutes.




While the pasta was boiling, I browned the "meat" and started the tomato sauce. I put the meat right into the sauce, along with a pinch of oregano, basil, and garlic powder.




After the pasta is boiled, drain it as well as possible. You must also pat it dry, it holds moisture extremely well, and for pasta you do NOT want that. So you should make sure you can get it as dried off as possible. I also toasted it a bit in a non stick skillet with some cooking spray so that I could draw out a bit more of the moisture.



After that was done, I put together the dish. Pasta first, then sauce, then some grated parmesan cheese. Normally I'd put a sprinkle of basil or oregano on top to make it pretty too, but this time I forgot!