My one - dish meal :)

My one dish meal is spagetti! :)

Before, this dish was made with normal spagetti, not the whole wheat kind, which meant that it did not contain much fibre. The tomato sauce was bought from the supermarket and only minced beef was added. This meant that the sauce probably contained lots of presevatives and hardly any vegetables that provides iron and many vitamins! Isn't that very unhealthy? Now after modification, look how much healthier it is!
It is healthy because there is no frying in the process. This means that hardly any oil is used. According to the Healthy Diet Pyramid, oil should be taken sparingly. Instead, both the spagetti and the sauce are boiled. Moreover, this meal contains whole-wheat pasta that is less processed and retains more valuable vitamins, minerals and fiber than foods made with white flour.The spagetti provides complex carbohydrates, which are an important source of energy,

In addition the sauce is homemade and does not contain any extra perservatives. We are able to control the amount of salt, sugar or other condiments that we put in. By putting in a smaller amount of condiments, the dish is healthier too. The spagetti sauce actually contains lots of vegetables such as carrots, onions, mushrooms and tomatoes. Such vegetables are rich in nutrients. Many are excellent sources of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate or potassium. They are low in fat and sodium and high in fiber as well.

The sauce contains beef which supplies protein, iron and zinc. Since it is lean ground beef, less or no fat is present as well which makes the dish healthier.

This dish contains very little fat, no cholesterol and not much sodium. It contains 471 kcal of energy, 23g of protein, 83g of carbohydrates and 25.5g of dietary fibre which is well within my recommended daily allowance.

Yum!