Taste Test Tuesday: Whole Wheat Blend Lasagna Noodles Go Mainstream!

These days I am all about switching to whole grains. I'm absolutely passionate about pasta (I always have been) and I rarely boil up white noodles anymore because there are so many nice higher-fiber choices on the market. The one type of noodle that was the last white pasta hold out, though, is a lasagna noodle. You can usually find one brand of whole wheat lasagna noodles in the specialty health food markets like Whole Foods but you are hard pressed to find any in the typical supermarket...until now!

Today I found Ronzoni Healthy Harvest (whole wheat pasta blend) Lasagna Noodles at my neighborhood Safeway. It took me all of 3 seconds to reach up to that top shelf and grab me a box. I was serving up higher-fiber lasagna to my family of 4 an hour and a half later and the verdict is in. They liked it!

The first three ingredients listed are

1. durum whole wheat flour and semolina blend
2. whole flaxseed meal (I believe this is code for "ground flaxseed")
3. wheat fiber

And what's the fiber payoff? A 2-ounce serving (dry) contains:

6 grams fiber
180 calories,
7 grams protein
41 grams carbohydrate
2 grams fat,
0 grams saturated fat,
1.5 grams polyunsaturated fat,
0 grams monounsaturated fat
0 grams trans fat
0 milligrams cholesterol

Lasagna is one of my favorite casseroles of all time, so I'm thrilled to find a higher-fiber pasta choice for this dish in mainstream supermarkets - it's about time!

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