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Helen Walker I just read recently that we should only eat about 170g of pasta in a meal - I think that equates to a small handful. If eating pasta - eat it at lunch time, stick with tomato based or oil based sauces - the creamy ones are the fattiest, and eat it with a salad to fill you up rather than having seconds of the pasta. 

Chicken Caesar Salad Part 1: Easy Caesar Salad Dressing : 1 egg 7 anchovy fillets, dash of white wine, salt n pepper to suit, spoon of crushed garlic in a blender then slowly add olive oil til you get a well blended consistency... If it thickens too much with the oil - then add a dash of wine to make it runny again.  Crunchy Croutons :  Slice a loaf of bread (white/ wholemeal/ seeded whatever) into cubes and place in one layer across a tray.  Salt & pepper then flick (yes flick) crushed garlic over the cubed bread then pour about 2 tablespoons of oil over the bread. Use your hands and cover the cubed bread with the oil, garlic n s&p but try not to mush the bread up!! Place tray in a very hot oven for about 7 mins - keep an eye on it as the bread will burn quickly. If they browning on one side only, turn the bread so the other side browns off. Remove from oven when you are happy with the brown/crispness of the cubes and allow to cool before packaging & storing.