Whole Foods Market, Zucchette Organic, 16 OunceUSDA Organic

All your necessary vegetables mixed into the pasta. So delicious!!!

Yum delicious

Unusual taste and texture, but good. Certainly not your average egg noodle, but a great alternative when you’re looking to add variety and additional food value to a pasta dish. I cooked them a bit longer than al dente and added butter and nutritional yeast. Good.

This is a 16 oz non-resealable bag of organic zucchette pasta, from Whole Foods Market. It arrived fresh and factory sealed. I love interestingly shaped pastas, and wow, this one's gotta take the cake for being an interesting shape! Cooking them was as easy as any other pasta, going according to the package directions, in boiling salted water. I checked them at 9 minutes and they were definitely not done yet but at around 11 minutes they were done enough, especially since I was making a baked dish out of them. Tasting them on their own, they have a pleasant, chewy texture because they are more substantial than most pasta. They have a normal flavor for durum wheat semolina pasta. I was concerned they would fall apart when I drained them, but most remained intact and as cute as can be. There are a lot of different things you can do with these, but I used them in a baked dish with Italian sausage, red sauce, and cheese and it was very tasty, with a hearty texture. I also really appreciate that these are made with all organic ingredients. If you're looking for pasta that's a little bit different from the norm, this is a great choice.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:My entire family loved these fun looking and colorful pasta "pumpkins." I had to look up what Zuchette means, and the kids were both excited and apprehensive to try out vegetable pasta. Fortunately, the spinach mostly contributed to the nutritious content of this pasta and did not give it any kind of bitter or unpleasant taste. I tried it both with a based sauce and with a lighter olive oil and vegetable mix, and both times were a big hit with the entire family. The only downside is that these take a few more minutes to cook than your average pasta, which feels like an eternity on a busy weekday night!

Holds shape beautifully when cooked. Organic quality you can taste. Great texture - not mushy. Family didn't notice it was whole grain. Stocking up

A cute and different way to be creative and have fun at dinner. I made a tomato with fresh goat as a sauce and it was delicious .make sure you don’t over cook the pasta.

These are colorful and bigger in size, made from organic durum wheat semolina, colored with spinach, beet root, turmeric and paprika . They take longer time comparison to regular pasta for cooking, but doest break. They are healthy and taste good, yellow color pasta gives real taste of turmeric. They come in a non resealable packing, USDA Organic certified.