11 Healthy Pasta Sauce Choices to Buy or DIY
Healthy Pasta Sauce Options at the Supermarket
A cup full of cooked pasta has about 200 calories and a gram of fat. Not bad, until you smother it in high-calorie sauce.
Check out which toppers should top your list:
Per 1/2 cup serving: 50 calories, 1 g fat (0 g saturated), 480 mg sodium
This tasty concoction is the most earth-friendly of the bunch, and not a drop of the fat in this healthy pasta sauce is saturated.
Lucini Hearty Artichoke Tomato
Per 1/2 cup serving: 50 calories, 1.5 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 230 mg sodium
The calories and sodium are surprisingly low in this healthy pasta sauce that packs in 3 grams of fiber, too.
Per 1/2 cup serving: 90 calories, 3 g fat (0 g saturated), 470 mg sodium
Tomatoes, onions, garlic, and olive oil—this *bam!* standby is fairly heart-healthy.
Classico Traditional Basil Pesto
Per 1/4 cup serving: 240 calories, 21 g fat (4.5 g saturated), 590 mg sodium
Most of the fat is from heart-healthy oils, but calories still count. Slash them by combining two tablespoons each pesto and pasta cooking water.
Or if you prefer to make your own healthy pasta sauce, try one of the recipes below.
These delicious and diverse healthy pasta sauces are packed with nutrition and can be used over noodles or zoodles.
