Explore Cuisine Organic Green Lentil Penne - Pack of 6 (8 oz) - Easy-to-Make Gluten Free Pasta - High in Plant Protein & Fiber - Organic, Non-GMO - 48 Total Servings

I ordered this product two separate times - about a week apart. The first delivery was as described. Six 8 oz packs in one box for under $7. The 2nd time around, the price went up to a bit over $7. I ordered 10. Instead of the 10 boxes of 6 packets each, I only received 10 individual packets. Mispricing from someone? Who should step up to honor what was advertised? Big booboo. The expiration date is also only just so-so. Late November of 2021.Aside from this huge misstep; this is a great product. The flavor is forward. Only a minimal rise in blood glucose from one serving of 2 ozs. I only cooked it 2 minutes and rinse in cold water. I actually gently rub the noodles together to rid more of the starches, and therefore lessen some of the gumminess that can develop. The black bean variety is best cooked for no more than 3 minutes. Check often as it cooks. I like it tossed with garlic and olive oil. Heavy sauces seems to just weght it down. Saute the slightly under al dente cooked noodles with veges is another way to enjoy the noodles. Again, this is not the pasta we are use to indulging in. It does, however, fill a void for those on low carb, keto and or a diabetic.I have tried many dried low carb pastas; 7 types so far, all raise my blood sugar a lot. Since "pastas" affects blood glucose on individuals differently, the only way to be sure is to test after ingestion.Fuzzy labeling of ingredients is widely used. Look into the ingredients and you will find that, for instance, the fiber ingredient listed is often really debatable.I would order this product through the Explore Cuisine web site. More variety, better pricing and a much longer expiration date.Very hard to rate this. A rating of 5 stars for flavor, 1 star for the all the missteps.Hope this review help.

This pasta is good! We are not gluten-free, but we also do not eat refined foods. Often we use Organic Whole Wheat pastas. I have discovered that when experimenting, imported from Italy is a good bet. Italians know how to do pasta. This is imported from Italy and delicious. It adds protein to a dish that needs it without shouting "I'm healthy!" It has good taste and texture. Don't make more than you need, though, for a hot dish. It gets a bit soggy and breaks down when reheated.

Unfortunately, the brand has completely cheaped out and changed the recipe for the chickpea fusilli. However, they’re still charging the same price. What used to be the gold standard of chickpea noodles is now completely inedible. It turns to mush when you cook it, and once you start eating, it sticks in your teeth.When I had ordered this after the recipe change, I had to double-take here - I truly thought I had been delivered a scam pack of noodles from one of the worst brands but packaged in Explore Cuisine boxes - nope. Same brand, just terrible noodles now :/I don’t know why they changed the recipe - their website claims it’s simply for the shorter cooking time, but the noodles already had a short cooking time. I’m unaware anyone demanded horrific quality in exchange for saving two minutes (truly).I just assume some higher-up thought it was better to tank the quality and cheap out to line their pockets. I’m unsure if they realized it’d result in a mass abandonment of these particular noodles. Maybe they wanted to phase these out and thought wasting product would be better than just pulling it? Who knows, but the disappointment is real - this was my go-to brand and go-to fusilli.That said, I still buy the red lentil penne - at least that one is still good.

I recently shifted to mostly vegetarian and needed more options for protein. These are great! I do not like beans and have tried other bean type pastas and mostly dont care for the texture. But these do not have an off putting flavor or texture. Much better than other chickpea pasta, such as Banza. I will happily replace all pasta with these. They are somewhat expensive considering pasta is cheap, but worth it for the protein. Love it!

I have tried several bean pasta in a favorite recipe. They all break apart with stirring. This one less so. It has the best flavor. Dish wasntastier using this pasta.

UPDATE! I wrote this rave review a few years ago. But I need to update it to say that I had to cancel my "Subscribe and Save" because this pasta no longer hold together when you cook it following the directions. We have been trying cooking it less, and still if falls apart. By the end of the meal it all clings together like a big piece of matzah ball. I'm not sure what they're doing differently but now I would only give it 2 stars, maybe 3 because it's still very nutritious and protein rich. HERE STARTS MY OLD REVIEW: We started eating this pasta due to my son's gluten sensitivity. We've come to love it so we have 6 boxes delivered once a month. The boxes are smaller (8 oz.) than traditional pasta that you buy in the grocery store, and it's more expensive, due to the fact that it costs more to make gluten free products. However, it's also healthier in my opinion and therefore worth it, because it contains green lentils; every 1 cup (cooked) serving has 12 grams of protein! One curious thing is that early on when we started buying it, cooking it 9 minutes was perfect. But at some point, we found we needed to cook it 11 minutes. Lentil pasta is not real good to eat at "al dente." But we don't like our pasta mushy. Even so, we now cook it for 11 minutes at a simmer and find it to be perfect that way. So, I would disregard the instructions on the box. The red lentil takes even longer. Since I don't believe our tastes on pasta have changed; rather I believe the company has changed the way they make it, but they haven't updated the directions.