spah-GEH-tee Notes: The most popular pasta variety, spaghetti (Italian for "little strings") works best with light tomato or cream sauces. Don't use it in pasta salads. Substitutes: linguine (wider) OR spaghettini (thinner version of spaghetti) OR fettucine (ribbons, not strands) OR vermicelli (thinner still) OR angel hair (thinner still) OR spaghetti squash (lower in calories)