{"id":214,"date":"2005-06-12T20:22:51","date_gmt":"2005-06-12T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2005-06-12T20:22:51","modified_gmt":"2005-06-12T20:22:51","slug":"barilla-plus-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2005\/06\/barilla-plus-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Barilla Plus Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"http:\/\/www.barillaus.com\/images\/plus_spaghetti.jpg\" width=125 height=50>I just tried <b>Barilla Plus Spaghetti<\/b>, from the new pasta line from Italian pastamaker Barilla.  It was surprisingly good.  It&#8217;s a little bit darker (and the spaghettis seemed cut a little thinner) than regular Barilla pasta, but it tasted pretty much the same.  That&#8217;s not too surprising as its main ingredient is still semolina &#8211; but what makes this pasta special is that the semolina is mixed in with a mix of ground lentils, chick peas, oats, spelt, barley and flaxseeds) which give the pasta extra fiber and protein (4g of fiber and 10g of protein per 2 oz portion).  The flaxseeds also give it a lot of omega3. The pasta still has a lot of carbs (38g) and calories (200), but it does seem a healthier alternative to regular pasta.  For me it&#8217;s particularly enticing as Mika doesn&#8217;t like sauce on her pasta, so when she eats it she has it plain &#8211; which doesn&#8217;t do much for balanced nutrition.<br \/>\nAnyway, I think it was about 2.50 at Safeway for a 1lb box &#8211; expensive but I think worth it. I&#8217;ll definitely continue buying it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just tried Barilla Plus Spaghetti, from the new pasta line from Italian pastamaker Barilla. It was surprisingly good. It&#8217;s a little bit darker (and the spaghettis seemed cut a little thinner) than regular Barilla pasta, but it tasted pretty much the same. That&#8217;s not too surprising as its main ingredient is still semolina &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-items","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","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=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}