Explore Cuisine Organic Black Bean Spaghetti, 8 Oz

This was the first organic black bean spaghetti that I had ever eaten. It was awesome! It tasted good with pasta sauce and was much healthier than traditional pasta. Instead of being full of carbs it was full of protein.

This pasta is really weird, but good! We avoid refined and processed foods as a general rule of thumb and splurge on brown rice pasta now and then. Honestly, I expected this pasta to be really gross. it's amazingly made of 100% black beans. And I thought maybe the nutrition facts were a misprint! So much protein and fiber, it has to be gross right? Wrong. It was surprisingly good. Don't order this thinking it's going to taste anything like regular spaghetti, you have to figure you're eating a totally different type of pasta. Actually, my daughter just corrected me, it tastes similar to wheat spaghetti but the texture is different. It's chewier. We had it with marinara sauce and turkey meatballs and everybody really liked it. This is a really good deal. At $4 a bag it's half the retail price and it makes a lot of pasta that is very, very filling. You really don't need to eat as much of it because it's so protein/fiber dense.

I baught this one and the edamame one. I find the black bean has a “better” taste. I’ve eaten this for a meal plan and it helps me get my macros in and feel full longer with the high fiber and protein content. The only thing it has a weird taste no matter what I do to cover it up. You get used to the taste but it’s great for a diet to avoid carbs!

Love this product, great taste healthy. I know I’m reviewing late, but I’m glad I did for some reason. I just forgot all about it now I’m gonna re-order.

Ok, so, I thought it was cool that they were black. Not gonna lie. They turn a dark brown once cooked though, fyi. I was hoping for a wheatless alternative with some actual NUTRITIVE VALUE in it… but.. I just don’t think I could replace regular pasta this way. I love black beans, I do, but … maybe just as black beans? Idk. The flavor was… different .. and that’s the best description I can manage. I think if black beans are your absolute all-time favorite food, maybe this is the thing for YOU. Maybe. I didn’t use this for regular spaghetti or with an Alfredo (which might be better, honestly) but rather with a tomato based rendition of what I know as Fidéo. (Pronounced “fee-THEY-oh”) I figured that since black beans are a savory bean that lends its flavor to many Tex-Mex dishes and salsas, perhaps it’d be safest to lean that way Vs. towards the Italian or Asian… but even though I’m really heavy handed with the Cumin and lime and garlic, I still found that I needed to add cheese and sour cream and salsa and some homemade guacamolé for it to really be palatable TO ME. However, I did use grass fed/finished ground beef instead of steak as this is what I had on hand and after I’d already begun preparing the sauce and started the noodles I discovered I was out of celery salt…😰… but I made do. It turned out mostly edible as long as you didn’t run out of ANY of the aforementioned ‘toppings’… but it’s not something I would give another go to… I might come back once more and give these a shot with a mushroom, chicken, garlic and Marsala infused Alfredo though and if I do, I’ll post an edit to say how it went. Definitely…. Different …

The item itself is fine but USPS mail person crushed it putting it in the mailbox. Should have been left.om the stoop

It's like eating packing peanuts. Very disappointing especially since I was expecting something good, black beans are my favorite beans and I like lentil and chickpea pastas. I'm not sure why these noodles are so terrible

I have tried a variety of pasta alternatives, and have stopped my search here. The flavor is not pasta, but the texture is pretty much identical. I prefer this over the Edamame version, as that has more of an earthy taste I did not care for. The flavor for this is non-offensive, and even better if you are drowning it in sauce. While the flavor is non-offensive, the price is! Still worth it !

This is one of the best gluten free products I have found. It looks great, it cooks quickly, it is amazing mixed with vibrantly coloured vegetables or served with a creamy sauce. , its really healthy and contains no refined flour which is brilliant!

quite expensive as shipped from the USA

Let me clarity: I like the item (I've bought it before) but the company I bought it from packed it shabbily, and it arrived all broken into tiny bits. Not usable as spaghetti at all. Not happy. :-(