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bionaturae Organic Whole Wheat Spaghetti, 16-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6)

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Many whole grain pastas are difficult to cook, and come out heavy and/or sticky. Not this product. Easy to cook. Wonderful flavor and texture. Extraordinary. It is to white-flour pasta as whole wheat bread is to white bread: More flavor, texture, and health benefits.

I deviate from the cooking instructions slightly by bringing the water to a boil, lowering the heat, then adding the pasta* (and never return it to a boil). I usually cook for about 14 minutes, which is four minutes longer than the instructions, but at a lower heat. I add sliced mushrooms to the water while it is cooking. After draining the water off, i add freshly crushed garlic, 2-3 tablespoons of heart-healthy Nutiva hemp oil, and basil leaf puree (when available) or rehydrated dried basil leaves (when fresh basil is out of season). Add a glass of red wine, some vegetables & sardines, a dab of raw sauerkraut on the served pasta, and this is the perfect meal. And it's heart-healthy too. I don't add any salt to the water while it's cooking, but do salt the pasta to taste when served. Occasionally (rarely) i'll use a little tomato based spaghetti or antipasto sauce, but this pasta really doesn't need it. Most pasta sauces contain sugar, and more salt than if you just use a salt shaker and salt your pasta to taste. (Most people don't realize that sugar is metabolized to fat by the liver, and can be bad for the heart.) Hemp oil has nearly a perfect ratio of Omega-6 to 3.

I've been buying this pasta by the case for years now, at local grocery stores, when it goes on sale. Just noticed that Amazon carries it. Amazon's price is as good as most of the sale prices, so will probably start ordering it on-line and save myself the trouble of looking for sales and special ordering it from my local store. I just bought four cases last week.

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* I add about 1/10 of the package of pasta at a time, letting the hot water soften it so it'll bend in my pot. I add each subsequent bunch of pasta in the same manner, but staggered from the other bunches. Maybe this isn't necessary for this product, but it is a habit -- developed from cooking other whole wheat pastas over the years -- to ensure adequate hydration of all the pasta & prevent clumping. I then stir the pasta about three or four minutes later, once it has softened up, to ensure none of the bunches have clumped (have never found this pasta to do so, but again habit). I add the mushrooms about half-way through cooking, and stir once more.

I purchased this after the review by Cooks's Illustrated that recommended it. It was the only one of the top-rated ones that was 100% whole wheat and it is delicious. I have tried whole wheat pastas before and have been completely underwhelmed. This one is wonderful - mildly nutty, but not enough to distract from the dish.

I know whole wheat pasta is better for you, but I've always disliked its heaviness and chewiness - its lack of buoyancy. Then I found Bionaturae. Forget all other newcomers in the "healthy" pasta sweepstakes. This organic supplier of the Italian fundamentals (pasta, tomatoes, olive oil, etc.) is really good. The whole wheat pastas are a game-changer. They'll have you experimenting with sturdier sauces that complement their delicately nutty flavor: try sauteéing broccoli with bits of sun dried tomatoes, capers, pine nuts, lemon zest, olives, then combining it and the pasta with nothing but a cup of pasta water (add some dried currants if you like). Out with the white stuff and in with this more nutritious, more delicious Tuscan brown product. You won't go back.

Unlike other brands that barely use 50% whole wheat, these spaghetti are 100% whole wheat, organic and absolutely delicious. I always try to stay away from the unhealthy white flour but I never imagined that, on top of being nutritious, these 100% whole wheat spaghetti would have such great taste.

I strictly eat whole wheat pasta. And lately I haven't been satisfied. I too read on Cook's Illustrated that this was the best one out there and they are RIGHT! It is so delicious. My favorite is the spaghetinni.

I have tried many different whole wheat/whole wheat blend pastas in the quest to eat healthier. With previous w.w. pastas, I often thought the flavor was not great, but palatable if used with a red sauce that masked some of the pasta taste. I would still use semolina pasta with white sauces or olive oil/garlic preparations. I tried this pasta after reading about it in Cooks' Illustrated, and it is as good as they said. My children, 7 and 9 years old, love this pasta. We use it in all of our pasta dishes; we even used it to make stir-fry Asian noodles and it worked very well. We have also tried bionaturae penne and fusilli, but did not like those products as much (we think it was due to the thicker pasta shape). I prefer the flavor of this pasta even to semolina pasta. Try it--you'll love it and it's good for you too!

All my life, I simply ate the pasta that was prepared for me by my mom, friends or in restaurants; I liked it, but I didn't know any better. Then one day, I tried this Bionaturae w/w pasta that I picked up at an organic food store. I was blown away! So this is what spaghetti is supposed to taste like?!?! What is the tasteless cardboard I've been eating all my life?? Bionaturae is the only spahetti I'll eat now. Until recently, I was purchasing it at a local health food store which doesn't carry it any longer, so I'm getting it on Amazon which has turned out to be a fair bit cheaper. I eat my spaghetti with my favourite Italpasta tomato sauce and topped with parsley, dill, cilantro and romano cheese. YUM!

Tastes 85% as good as traditional spaghetti. Does not have the unpalatable graininess of other whole wheat pastas. Finally, after trying this pasta, I'm switching to whole wheat spaghetti.

I hate whole wheat pasta. I hate multi-grain pasta. I'm Italian, and I want pasta made from seminola wheat. And I want it cooked al dente. No more than al dente. Having ranted on about how picky I am about pasta, I have to tell you this is pretty good stuff. I will cheerfully eat this 90% of the time, and celebrate very occasionally with white seminola flour. Why be unhealthy if healthy tastes this good??

We first heard about this brand of whole-wheat pasta on the PBS show, America's Test Kitchen. They tested several brands of whole-wheat pasta on the show, and determined this to be the best tasting whole-wheat pasta, the equivalent of the best of the regular pastas. As whole-wheat pasta is ostensibly easier on the endocrine system of the body, it is healthier for you than regular pasta, so we thought we'd give it a try.

And I love pasta.

We've made the Bionaturae a couple of times so far, and I can say it is our new favorite pasta. We've made it with a light tomato sauce, and second time with just some olive oil, garlic and parsley, all with the goal of really letting the taste of the pasta come through. The result? We agree with America's Test Kitchen; this is the best whole-wheat pasta out there! We will definitely continue to purchase this product.