Flax seed whole wheat pasta!
So I have a new fling: Flax seed whole wheat pasta. It’s fantastic. I love it!! Not that pastas generally have much flavoring at all, but this one really stands out to me. I think because the texture is much thicker and heartier than most pastas, and so it really hits the spot. And also for that same reason, it is really easy to have whatever pasta you make, al dente. Al dente every time! If you don’t like your pasta al dente, all you have to do is cook it longer. Easy as pie.
So needless to say, that’s what I’ve been brewin up in my kitchen. Thank god vegan pasta recipes are so easy huh? So I’ve just been experimenting with a variety of sauces and ingredients to spice things up.
So actually, this dressing pictured above is effin’ amazing. Not only is it au naturel, it’s vegan as well! Hard to believe with dressings these days. But low and behold, it hails from none other than Northern California, another place I’d consider quite the hippyville. I love NorCal!! Why do they have the best ishhhh?! Anyway, Wilson’s sister brought this down from her last trip up north. And apparently you can’t get it NO WHERE but there. It is deeeeeelish. She brought back about 10 bottles. Oh yeah. It’s some good shit right there. So what I did was added a little bit of this dressing to my mish mash of sauce for the pasta…and it was gorgeous. Just a little bit, and it gives it a really creamy and almost nutty hint of flavor.
An awesome trick that I learned about pasta came from Vinh. Well, so after you finish cooking the pasta, everyone knows you strain it and then pour some room temperature water over it so that the pasta stops cooking. But THEN, after it’s cooled down a bit, you have to throw it back into the pan and cook it together with the sauce and everything else, thus it stays nice and hot, and also the sauce gets around everywhere and it just tastes better. Maybe you all knew that before, but I sure as hell didn’t. I’m a grasshopper when it comes to cooking.
Well anyway, the flax seed pasta and the poppyseed dressing are AWESOME. So try and git yer hands on some if you can. It’s e-Z vegan/vegetarian fixin’s and oh so delicious.
8 Responses to “Flax seed whole wheat pasta!”
said on March 20th, 2008 at 11:17 am
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said on November 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Do you know were i can buy the Flaxseed Pasta online? I love have it been getting from my local Trader Joe’s and I found out this week that they have discontinued it
… also where can I get the poppy seed dressing? sounds wonderful! I live in NorCal the Bay Area…
thanks for the great posts
Suy
said on November 24th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Unfortunately, TJ’s no longer carries the wonderful pasta you were talking about. It was really wonderful stuff too. Tasted like pasta and not a watered down version. Where can you get it online???
said on January 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
http://www.hodgsonmill.com/roi/673/Organic-Pastas-w-Flaxseed/
These folks may have supplied Trader Joe’s through a “private-label” arrangement…
said on January 29th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I’ve sent them an email, but I don’t believe that Hodgson Mill was TJ’s supplier. I note on our very last TJ package (sniff…) that it claims it is a “Product of Italy”. Not that ingredients are durum whole wheat flour, wheat gluten, whole grain spelt, barley flour, oat flour, and flaxseed, in that order. Perhaps that will help us find a replacement.
said on April 19th, 2009 at 11:58 am
can’t figure it out either. it is THE BEST! i hate whole-wheat pasta, as a rule. but i love this stuff!
the ingredients don’t match hodgson mill. or eden. or nature’s promise… been hunting around on the web.
it has to be out there somewhere. i hope someone figures it out and posts it somewhere.
the way TJ’s things get cancelled – it makes me wonder about their relationships with their vendors. I could see whole companies going under when TJ’s decides not to stock a product anymore. it’s so frustrating – this makes about the 5th thing i liked that they discontinued and i can’t find.
So where is this italian multi-grain flax pasta?! aargh!
said on September 20th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
It seems odd that I live in the Mid-West and that dressing is offered at our local grocery. I’ve never used in on pasta, though! I’m going to have to try this!
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