New Pasta! Black Bean "Spaghetti Shape"

I recently discovered a new way to eat black beans, and a new way to enjoy pasta all in the same bite. It's a little out of the ordinary for me to talk up a particular product, but I'm loving this one and hope it sticks around a while.  This is a "spaghetti shape" that is made entirely of black beans, yes, organic and yes, gluten free.

What could be nicer than sauteed broccoli rabe and garlic on black bean spaghetti shapes? We ate them with grilled red peppers, yellow summer squash and oyster mushrooms, and a cucumber salad, but you could really put anything on these and be thrilled. The texture is wonderful! Flavor great! Protein content terrific! Calories from carbohydrates low! WOW!

I'm loving these new possibilities with "black bean spaghetti shape!"

We roasted some onion slices, button mushrooms, poblano peppers, grape tomatoes and yellow summer squash; tore up some fresh basil, and it was an instant delicious dinner with these noodles.

Since originally posting this, we made black beans and rice in noodle form! Rice sticks and black bean spaghetti shapes cook similarly in boiling water a few minutes, then rinse. You can do anything you want with this -- salsa and guacamole or fresh tomato, basil and fried onions -- but we had an amazing success by stirring in kimchee! What a marvelous dish!

Where to find them?  Well, I bought my first one at the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, New York but I bought a case of them from this link:  Plum Market!

Black Bean Spaghetti Shape (Noodle) Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 1 Serving (56g) Amount Per Serving % Daily Value* Calories 180 9% Total Fat 2g 3% Saturated Fat 1g 5% Trans Fat Cholesterol 0% Sodium 4mg 0% Total Carbohydrate 17g 6% Dietary Fiber 12g 48% Sugars 5g 0% Protein 25g 50% Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 13% • Iron 36% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calories needs.courtesy of cronometer.com using my data.