The “healthier” version of a recipe isn’t necessarily the healthier choice
Using extra cheese and not scrimping on carbs can make for a healthier eating experience.
Lasagne is one of my favourite recipes to make and I always make extra cheese sauce with extra cheese!
Sometimes the “healthy” version of recipes can be what I like to refer to as “too healthy”. Commonly such recipes would have less of the ingredients with more fat (and calories), such as cheese, oil/butter, nuts, carbohydrates and then add more veggies. While these recipes are indeed nutritious, if they don’t taste as good as they might and if they don’t really satisfy you fully, you can find yourself left wanting for more. This experience can lead people to craving sweets or something yummy after dinner and then eating more sweets such as chocolate, ice-cream, sweet biscuits. If the so called “healthy” meal was lunch, then this can lead to be being over-hungry in the afternoon or before dinner and/or craving something considered “less healthy” at dinner and eating to the point of feeling over-full and then regretting it.
While of course there is nothing wrong with enjoying sweets, what if the meals you ate satisfied you in such a way that you didn’t crave the sweets as much? Or when you did choose to enjoy some chocolate, you’d be happy with a smaller amount?
Let me know if you cook this and what you think.
This recipe can easily be made gluten free by using gluten free pasta and gluten free flour – it works just as well!
