Sargento Cheese has been nice enough to offer 3 of my readers a coupon to try any Sargento cheese they offer for free (up to a $4.29 value!) If you aren’t aware, Sargento offers new reduced sodium cheeses as well.
One thing I will NOT sacrifice is real cheese. Even if you are trying to lose weight, 1 oz. of real cheese actually goes a long way (for @ 100 calories). Why buy fake cheeses that don’t melt well, or fake cheeses that don’t taste good, when you can have the real thing?
So for 3 people who leave a comment today, you will be in the running to win a coupon!
Also, if you visit their website HERE, they have lots of recipes WITH the nutritional information.
Today I would like to highlight their recipe for spaghetti pie, it couldn’t be easier to put together either!
Spaghetti Pie
Ingredients
• 6 oz. spaghetti, cooked
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 3/4 cup (3 oz.) Sargento® Artisan Blends® Shredded Parmesan Cheese, divided
• 1 cup Sargento® Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
• 1 cup pasta sauce
• 1/2 cup (2 oz.) Sargento® ChefStyle Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Directions
1. Toss spaghetti with olive oil in large bowl. Stir in eggs and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Pour spaghetti mixture into greased 10-inch pie plate; form into a crust.
2. Spoon Ricotta cheese over spaghetti crust. Top with pasta sauce. Bake in preheated 350°F oven 25 minutes. Top with Mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 minutes more or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cool 10 minutes before cutting.
Serving Size 156 g
Calories 268
Protein 16 g
Carbohydrates 15 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Total Fat 16.1 g
Saturated Fat 9.4 g
Monounsaturated Fat 4.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2 g
Cholesterol 114 mg
Vitamin A 72 RE
Vitamin C 3 mg
Calcium 316 mg
Iron 1 mg
Sodium 484 mg
If you are trying to lose weight, do you still eat cheese, or avoid it altogether??
FTC disclaimer
*I was also given 2 free coupons as well for the give-a-way. My opinion about Sargento is my own.
Great giveaway! I go through a bag of this stuff a week for my family. A coupon would certainly come in handy! 🙂
I used to use fat free, but was tired of it’s rubbery weirdness. Now I only use real cheese and 2% at the worst. Life’s too short for gross cheese!
I love real cheese, and I find that it is worth it usually. Though I don’t miss it on sandwiches, where I’ll do the fat free kind.
And I meant to leave my name with that last comment. 🙂
I agree with you on the “real” cheese – and I find that when using real cheese, a little goes a long way because the flavor is so much better!
Thanks for the reminder about spaghetti pie – I used to make that, and I’ll make it again, only using whole wheat noodles now. YUM!
I eat cheese regularly. I’m just not willing to give it up so rare is the day I don’t have it at least once. I have to say, I really do like the Sargento 2% cheeses. I buy the colby-jack cheese sticks, the medium cheddar slices and the 4 cheese shredded Mexican blend all the time!
I love love love real cheese, and am w/ you – NEVER substitute it! Even if I have to search high and low to find whey-free ones, I never buy fake!
that spaghetti pie looks interesting!
We eat a lot of cheese in our house! Would love to win!
Real cheese only! And real butter. I don’t eat that much of it, and the fake stuff just isn’t worth it.
We eat real cheese too I can give up a lot of things but not cheese. Plus the reduced or fat free type just don’t melt well and really don’t taste as good. And I love Sargento. That’s really our fav for shredded cheeses.
We got through cheese like it is out of style at our house! Would love a coupon:) I make a similar spagetti pie, but we call it million dollar spagetti casserole…..essentially the same thing!
I wish sometimes that I didn’t like cheese so well! We go through a lot of it at our house. That spaghetti pie recipe looks delicious!
I did Weight Watchers last year (successfully – yay!) and while I cut down on the amount of cheese, I still went for the real deal. It was worth it.
Thanks for the coupon opportunity. I love cheese AND I love coupons!
I agree with you on eating real cheese! But I am intrigued by the low sodium…
I am an exercise freak, but I will not give up my cheese! I’m excited to hear about the new low sodium cheese.