Even with the low-carb craze long deceased, pasta has retained its bad-boy reputation. It’s not entirely undeserved. Pastas made from refined flour (and most pasta is) are pretty close to ...

Welcome to Should I Eat This?—our weekly poll of five experts who answer nutrition questions that gnaw at you. Illustration by Lon Tweeten for TIME 5/5 experts say yes. When we pit brown foods against ...

TULSA, Okla. — A healthy pasta bake is yet another way to incorporate more vegetables, grains and beans into your diet. Using whole-grain pasta, a jar of tomato pasta sauce, frozen veggies, and canned ...

Whole wheat pasta just doesn’t work with all sauces. Its nutty, somewhat assertive flavor can overpower a subtle sauce, and its texture, which can be granular, doesn’t work with others. But whole ...

What’s your favorite shape of pasta? Are you more of a penne fan or a linguini lover? Spaghetti is the most popular and best-known pasta shape among Americans, USA TODAY found. And though we typically ...

Slow cookers work like quiet kitchen magicians, turning basic ingredients into rich, comforting meals while you handle the ...

Choosing pasta used to be more about shape than nutrition: spaghetti or fettuccini; angel hair or macaroni. Today, the pasta aisle at the supermarket is filled with products such as whole wheat pasta, ...

You hate that pasta is given such a bad reputation when it comes to weight loss since it's "so high in carbs." So you pick up a box of whole-wheat spaghetti because you've heard it's way better for ...

If you've ever felt bad for eating pasta (or any carbs), dietitians want that to end here. "Pasta is definitely demonized and it shouldn't be," Caroline Susie, a registered dietitian based in Dallas ...