{"id":1844,"date":"2019-02-05T05:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2019-02-05T05:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:22:56","slug":"barilla-veggie-pasta-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2019\/02\/barilla-veggie-pasta-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Barilla Veggie Pasta Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barillaveggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barillaveggie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barillaveggie-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like pretty much everyone in the whole world, my kids love pasta.  Alas, I wish it was more nutritious &#8211; so whenever I can find some pasta that seems better, I give it a try.<br><br>Barilla veggie pasta is made with zucchini and spinach pure and supposedly gives you a full serving of veggies.  However, it doesn&#8217;t have any more fiber than regular pasta &#8211; perhaps because it&#8217;s not made with whole wheat.  It does have some vitamin A, though I think it may be better to get this by adding some shredded carrots to the pasta sauce you&#8217;re using (something which I just thought of, so never tried &#8211; but will now).   Still, substituting this pasta for regular pasta is a painless way to get a bit more nutrition.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some minuses, however.  Now that Barilla has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/human-rights-campaign-says-barilla-has-turned-around-its-policies-on-lgbt\/2014\/11\/18\/9866efde-6e92-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html?utm_term=.6e8f7d6ae9c7\">abandoned its anti-gay practices<\/a>, the main one is the price.  It can cost about twice as much as bargain regular spaghetti brands, and it costs 25% more than the regular Barilla pasta.  However, it&#8217;s still far cheaper than other enhanced pasta brands.  It&#8217;s sold in a 12 oz package, which is perfect for a four-person family, but may be too little for larger families.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In all, I&#8217;ll probably buy it, particularly when it&#8217;s on sale, though I&#8217;d like to try the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatthis.com\/pasta-nutrition\/\">more nutritious brands<\/a> as well.<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like pretty much everyone in the whole world, my kids love pasta. Alas, I wish it was more nutritious &#8211; so whenever I can find some pasta that seems better, I give it a try. Barilla veggie pasta is made with zucchini and spinach pure and supposedly gives you a full serving of veggies. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[427,89,28],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-items","tag-barilla","tag-pasta","tag-reviews","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}