To her surprise, the post quickly went viral, getting over 164,000 comments and over 177,000 shares in less than two days. Personally, plain pasta was the bedrock of my toddler’s food pyramid, and I’m not ashamed to say it was a go-to meal for us when I didn’t feel like fighting with the kids over putting green things in their mouths. At the end of a long, tiring day, a bowl of pasta meant full bellies and happy kids and that was okay with me.