Pasta Zero

[Denninmi]

Thought I would share this -- I found a great product almost by accident, just going through a grocery store and it caught my eye with the name.

Pasta Zero by Nasoya. It is a shirataki noodle - made from tofu and other stuff. It has only 40 calories in a package, which is 1 1/3 cups. It has a strange odor out of the package, but you rinse it and that goes away. Very neutral flavor, slightly softer than semolina pasta.

If you are a pasta lover like I am, this product is a big leap forward in low-cal pasta.

http://www.nasoya.com/products/shirataki/shirataki_spaghetti.html

[Little Star]

1. Thanks! I'm always looking for stuff like this....

I will be giving this a try if my market carries it.

[arcane1]

3. They have a store locator:

http://www.nasoya.com/buy.html

For me, it's 15-minute walk from home! I hope you have the same luck

[Little Star]

5. Thanks. They carry it at Whole Foods the next town over from me.

[Denninmi]

4. I found it at several stores.

Meijer, which is a regional "big box" chain, carries it, as does Whole Foods. It's refrigerated, btw, so look in the refrigerated case where they have the Asian products, because everything else this company makes is along the lines of tofu, egg roll and wanton wrappers, etc.

[auntAgonist]

13. thanks! I will have to try that...

I can't handle regular pasta so this might be a good solution for me. Meijer is my grocery store too

[arcane1]

2. Ooh, great find!!

Thanks!

[rox63]

6. I've tried it and don't care for the texture

But your results may vary.

[spinbaby]

7. I didn't care for it

I'd rather just do without pasta than eat something that's almost not quite sorta like pasta.

[PennyK]

8. I use zucchini!

Just slice using your vegetable peeler or, even better, get a julienne peeler. It's perfect.

[flying rabbit]

9. do you boil it like pasta?

[PennyK]

11. Nope!

I barely cook it...just saute for a minute or two. I've used it as spaghetti, lasagna (by cutting wide strips with my potato peeler), and even as lo mein, which is my favorite.

[flying rabbit]

12. Thanks!

one more thing to try.

[The empressof all]

10. I prefer Miracle Noodles

Less carbs and fewer calories and no soy....They are made from veg fiber. I have heard you can get them at Whole Foods but I just get a monthly shipment direct. I love the "rice" and angle hair.

http://miraclenoodle.com/?utm_expid=1948735-31&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fsearch%3Fsetmkt%3Den-US%26q%3Dmiracle%2Bnoodles#back

I eat them pretty much every day in bouillion with a hit of Sri Racha and some spinach and green onion

[auntAgonist]

14. another 'must try' thank you