This is a little off topic, but at one of our weekly playgroups I learned about an awesome product and just had to share with all of the moms out there. Owen is a picky eater (unless of course you offer him cookies or any type of bread or turkey hot dogs) so getting him to eat fruits, veggies or anything healthy for that matter is a straggle lately. So when I heard about this very cool pasta, I knew it might just work for us!
Barilla Pasta has come out with a new line of box pasta and it is awesome! It falls in their Piccolini line which is made for kids because it is mini pasta (perfect for finger eaters) but the pasta is made with veggies. Yes, you read that right, one serving of this pasta is equivalent to one full serving of veggies. SCORE! That is awesome news to me, and hey if you are going to eat pasta, you might as well get some additional nutrition out of it right -- so in my mind it is great for adults too.
It comes in 3 different flavors:
Piccolini Mini Pipe with Carrots and Squash
Piccolini Mini Wheels with Zucchini and Spinach
Piccolini Mini Farfalle with Tomatoes and Carrots
We tried the Tomato and Carrot version tonight and it was delicious. As soon as it started to boil you could smell the carrots but once it was done and mixed with sauce you really couldn't taste a difference ... which meant my little picky eater also liked it -- WIN!
See, I wasn't lying ... he actually ate it :)
So hopefully this little secret find will also help you :). I certainly think its very cool and will be our pasta of choice moving forward!
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