Black Bean Pasta
JessicaLCHF
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I heard about this stuff on a talk show yesterday. It's made of beans and water, that's it. Looked for it at my store but no luck, yet. A serving has 17g carbs, but 12g of that is fiber. Anyone ever try it? Thots? It's ugly, sure, but I'm always open to options. I can definitely live with five net carbs. But... How's it taste?
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I've used the mung bean pasta by the same company. It's delicious! Cooks up well had great texture and flavor and the net carbs work for me.0
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If it's just beans and water there has to be a way to make it at home. I hope!0
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Bummer. Googling black bean flour shows it has way too many carbs (and net carbs) per cup to be a viable item in my pantry. Looks like it's back to zoodles...0
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I'm loving zoodles these days!0
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I'm not sure I trust net carbs. I'm counting all the carbs regardless of fiber. But I have a harder time losing so just trying to play it safe. Does anyone have any thoughts on how well the weight loss is with counting net carbs?0
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I recently made this exact brand for the first time, and it passed the "did I like it enough to make it again" test. It has a very similar taste and texture to real pasta; though more tougher/harder (I guess if you like your pasta this way it won't bother you, but I like mine soft). I definately preferred it to zucccinni noodles and spaghetti squash, which both had a "crunch" that I just couldn't get past. I found them much more satiating than regular pasta and found that I needed a lot less than I would normally put on my plate for a sphaghetting-and-meatballs-meal for example.
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We got the edamame version. Pretty tasty.0
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OK, now I gotta go look for this stuff.0
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I want that now O.O
I have great success with net carbs, and I have a thing for aldenti pasta. Is it cooked up like regular spaghetti?0 -
I've tried these. Meh......0
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Available in Canadian costco bur I haven't tried them.0
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Too many carbs for one food for me, I'd rather spread them out through the day0
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Thanks for the info on this. I want to give it a try. I figure as a side dish, 1/2 serving isn't too bad carb wise.0
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I still haven't been able to find them anywhere local.0
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I just found out they sell several of the flavors at wegmans, if you're near one. Before that my sister would order a case online and we'd split it.0
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I have a bunch of these in the pantry I can't bring myself to eat. I'm almost certain the nutritional info is not correct on the package. If black beans generally have three times as much total carbohydrate as fibre, and black beans are the only ingredient other than water, how does this pasta magically have a much more favorable ratio of fibre to total carbs than its constituent ingredients?0
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I'm a bit suspicious too... but I think they look fantastic, a beautiful black would contrast well with some pasta sauces, like squid ink pasta.
Does anyone have any tips for avoiding watery zoodles? I make zoodles carbonara which should be a perfect keto food in many ways, but always ends up like a watery egg soup and not what I am hoping for!
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@totaloblivia, at my house, we barely cook our zoodles, just a light saute in butter usually, but I have had them raw too, with a sauce on top. They have much more bite to them that way.
I haven't tried carbonara yet with them, but I might want to try to fry the bacon ( and sometimes a bit of ham too) with a bit of onion until done, then add the raw zoodles, beaten egg and parmesan cheese, and see how that works out. I love carbonara. I put a splash of booze in there too.0 -
Kitnthecat wrote: »@totaloblivia, at my house, we barely cook our zoodles, just a light saute in butter usually, but I have had them raw too, with a sauce on top. They have much more bite to them that way.
I haven't tried carbonara yet with them, but I might want to try to fry the bacon ( and sometimes a bit of ham too) with a bit of onion until done, then add the raw zoodles, beaten egg and parmesan cheese, and see how that works out. I love carbonara. I put a splash of booze in there too.
Thanks for the tips. I read that the best way is to salt them and squeeze the water out. I will try both ways and hopefully have more success.
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totaloblivia wrote: »I'm a bit suspicious too... but I think they look fantastic, a beautiful black would contrast well with some pasta sauces, like squid ink pasta.
Does anyone have any tips for avoiding watery zoodles? I make zoodles carbonara which should be a perfect keto food in many ways, but always ends up like a watery egg soup and not what I am hoping for!
I will google it, but you guys are so experienced.
I put mine on a baking sheet lined with paper towels sprinkled with salt, in the oven on 200 for about an hour, it helps to dry them out, I then put them between two sheets of paper towel and let the towels absorb more of the moisture. I just made them last night because I made red sauce, it didn't end up watery at all.
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auntstephie321 wrote: »totaloblivia wrote: »I'm a bit suspicious too... but I think they look fantastic, a beautiful black would contrast well with some pasta sauces, like squid ink pasta.
Does anyone have any tips for avoiding watery zoodles? I make zoodles carbonara which should be a perfect keto food in many ways, but always ends up like a watery egg soup and not what I am hoping for!
I will google it, but you guys are so experienced.
I put mine on a baking sheet lined with paper towels sprinkled with salt, in the oven on 200 for about an hour, it helps to dry them out, I then put them between two sheets of paper towel and let the towels absorb more of the moisture. I just made them last night because I made red sauce, it didn't end up watery at all.
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Alright, I got this off of amazon. It's pretty darn good. Cooks up fast, on the soft side of aldenti, delicious with butter salt and pepper. 56 g, dry, produces a very respectable amount, enough to be called a small meal, definitely a large side.0
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@eatsyork I completely agree with you and feel silly not to think of that myself. I bought some of the red lentil pasta and it's yummy but yeah, I'm feeling dumb. LOL0
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I have a bunch of these in the pantry I can't bring myself to eat. I'm almost certain the nutritional info is not correct on the package. If black beans generally have three times as much total carbohydrate as fibre, and black beans are the only ingredient other than water, how does this pasta magically have a much more favorable ratio of fibre to total carbs than its constituent ingredients?
You're right about that. Remember Dreamfields? Could it be that some of the starch is lost in the manufacturing process? Could the carb count be any more than contained in a half cup serving of cooked black beans (about 12 g net carbs)?
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Ima have tsweetteadrinker2 wrote: »Alright, I got this off of amazon. It's pretty darn good. Cooks up fast, on the soft side of aldenti, delicious with butter salt and pepper. 56 g, dry, produces a very respectable amount, enough to be called a small meal, definitely a large side.
ima have to order some online I guess0 -
MistressPi wrote: »I have a bunch of these in the pantry I can't bring myself to eat. I'm almost certain the nutritional info is not correct on the package. If black beans generally have three times as much total carbohydrate as fibre, and black beans are the only ingredient other than water, how does this pasta magically have a much more favorable ratio of fibre to total carbs than its constituent ingredients?
You're right about that. Remember Dreamfields? Could it be that some of the starch is lost in the manufacturing process? Could the carb count be any more than contained in a half cup serving of cooked black beans (about 12 g net carbs)?
I think a good deal of the simpler starches are probably cooked/processed out. Black beans always tasted a bit sweet to me, even pre lchf, but this didn't taste like much of anything.0 -
I eat this once in awhile and like it a lot. I also just bought the edamame version but haven't tried that yet. If I'm cooking spaghetti and meatballs for my family then this is a great alternative if I feel like having some also. (sometimes I just don't bother and just eat the meatballs by themselves, lol) The thing is, it holds liquid, kind of like when you use zucchini noodles. So after I cook this black bean pasta I drain it well, blot it dry with paper towels, drain some more, blot again, etc.
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Monklady123 wrote: »I eat this once in awhile and like it a lot. I also just bought the edamame version but haven't tried that yet. If I'm cooking spaghetti and meatballs for my family then this is a great alternative if I feel like having some also. (sometimes I just don't bother and just eat the meatballs by themselves, lol) The thing is, it holds liquid, kind of like when you use zucchini noodles. So after I cook this black bean pasta I drain it well, blot it dry with paper towels, drain some more, blot again, etc.
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I ate dreamfields pasta
It seemed good
Almost too good to be true
http://dreamfieldsfoods.com/dreamfields-wall.php0 -
I love this and their other bean pastas as I have to eat Gluten Free anyhow and so I never get to have GF pasta that is decent in carb count anyhow. I think it has great flavour and texture, better than corn pasta, that's for sure. I even like it plain with nothing on it but rosemary infused olive oil and I never liked regular pasta that way. This is entirely worth the money and you don't have to have a big serving of it to be satisfied, either. I can buy it in all 4 of the main grocery stores here in my town including the smaller locally owned one. But then again our town of 17,000 is pretty natural health, world foodie focused with lots of athletes on specialized diets.0
