Forget the low carb diets. I’m just not one of those people that can hang with something like that. While I do watch the types of carbs I put into my body, and strive to make them healthier choices that I make, I just can’t give up my pasta. Granted, when I do eat it, I always go with the healthiest choice, I go with the whole grain or whole wheat pasta’s over the white. What I do need in my diet though, is more fiber. I’ve been striving to find ways to get more fiber into my diet besides relying on just vegetables alone.
A while back I wrote up a
review on some really yummy Mac & Cheese from
Fiber Gourmet. Mac & Cheese that was not only good, but made me feel better when feeding it to my kids, and was something I was able to eat as well as it was low in calories and high in fiber. Well Fiber Gourmet is at it again with some more high fiber, low calorie pastas.
I recently was able to try some of their new pasta shapes. The Light Penne and Light Rotini shapes are just like classic pasta, except without the high calories and with more fiber! Each
serving is 130 calories which is 40% fewer than standard pasta. You’ll also find each serving to have 18g of fiber, which is a whopping 72% of the daily value of fiber required. Their packages come in ½ lb weight and carry a 2 year shelf life. They’re also Kosher certified, they have 40% fewer ‘net carbs’ than standard pasta, and for those of you on weight watchers, only 2 points per serving (standard pasta is 4 and whole wheat is 3).
I’m a huge fan of Fiber Gourmet pasta’s; they taste great and are healthy not only for you but your entire family. There’s really no difference in the taste between this pasta and your standard pasta, I couldn’t tell the difference, neither could any member of my family including my picky children. It’s nice to know that even while dieting and watching my calorie intake there is an alternative out there that allows me to eat the pasta I want, when I want without the guilt.
Check out Fiber Gourmet and all their great products by visiting
www.fibergourmet.comWIN IT!!!Fiber Gourmet wants you to see just how great their pasta is so they’re letting me give away one of their
Mini Samplers. Included in the sampler one lucky winner will get 2 boxes of Penne, 2 boxes of Rotini and 2 boxes of short fettuccine, a $22 value. What do you have to do to be entered? Head over to
Fiber Gourmet and take a look around. Then come back here and leave me a comment telling me which product you find most intriguing and why you need to try this pasta.
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Giveaway Ends February 22, 2009 @ 11:59pm est
You all know how big of a fan I am of Fiber Gourmet's pasta per my last reviews (here and here), I can't get enough of the stuff. I'm Italian, give me a break, being on a diet doesn't mean I can give up pasta so easily, it's a staple in my life. So when I found out that I could finally find high fiber, low calorie pasta, even better than the store bought whole wheat pasta, I was flying high!
