I only serve pasta noodles as a side dish too, and REAL pasta, not the kind in a box with enough sodium to kill a family of 10! My daycare children love the boy shape the best, whatever it is really called, and they think they are butterflies. I do the same as playfelt, sometimes just some butter or other times a bit of red sauce. I probably only serve this about once a week as a replacement for the bread item.

There are too many Moms who use the quick KD fix so I would have to wonder if you ladies are right about your suspicions.