Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Thanks! It has 4 grams of fat though.... Yes but

if you put a little into a big bowl of pasta that's fine. Let's say you're making a pasta salad and you're going to use 1/2 box of elbow macaroni. That much elbow macaroni has 800 calories, 40 of them from fat. That means you can use 8 Tablespoons (1/2 cup) of the Kraft Light in your pasta salad and still be close to the 25% CFF range.

Here's the math:

Pasta: 800 calories, 40 from fat
Mayo: 320 calories, 280 from fat

Total: 1180 calories, 320 from fat (27% CFF)

And that's before you add in whatever meat, fruit, veggies you're going to use in the salad.

A half cup of mayo for a half box of pasta is a lot. When I make RachelT's Almond Chicken Salad, I use 3/8 cup of mayonnaise for a half box of pasta plus all the chicken, celery, onions, grapes, and almonds that are in it.

There's also a trick I saw the Barefoot Contessa use in one of her potato salads: thin the mayonnaise. I tried it and it worked fine. She thinned 1 cup of mayo with 1/4 cup of buttermilk but said white wine or chicken broth would work, too. I tried chicken broth and the salad was fine.

So I'd say that if the Kraft Light ingredients look IBS-safe, try it. Measure carefully, thin the mayo with a little chicken broth to make it go further, eat a handful or pretzels or some saltines before you dive in, and see how you do.

HTH.

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