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I loved the ancient grains rotini! It had a wonderful taste that my whole family enjoyed, the noodles cooked up wonderful (other brands of these noodles don't tend to cook all the way through for me). Made for a great pasta night, next the kids want to try it in the dill pickle salad! Will definitely be looking for these on the next grocery trip!
I made a cold pasta salad with the rotini and is was superb! The pasta held it's shape and didn't become soggy. The taste is excellent and I can't wait to use this on a few different dishes. My kids thought the shape was awesome which encouraged them to eat more!
We received this product to try from the ChickAdvisor's Product Review Club and tried the Ancient Grains Rotini in a pasta salad. The kids weren't quite as thrilled because we usually use the Catelli tri-coloured noodles for pasta salad to make it fun, so the additional veggies to make the salad "pop" weren't as popular with the kids this time around. It had a great taste. I know the kids would have loved it too if I had presented it another way. The pasta came out great, I cooked it as per the instructions on the box, it did not pastey like some other whole grain pastas. I would definitely try it again with a sauce.
I thought that these rotinis were a little bit more firm and grainy in texture than the normal ones I would buy, but since it has ancient grains I am willing to compromise for the health benefits. Overall it went well with the tomato sauce I used and I enjoyed the meal! Would purchase another 'flavour' in this brand again, because it is at a good price point.
I love this healthy alternative! My son and I enjoyed our Catelli Ancient Grains Rotini with Bolognese sauce. We will definitely buy this pasta again. #gotitfree
Catelli ancient grains rotini tastes delicious! We made it as a pasta salad and it was really good. The pasta cooked well and the price is great. I will definitely be recommending this healthier version of pasta.
Such excitement when the fabulous box arrived! I was expecting a box of pasta, but no, we recieved two boxes of pasta, a lovely set of bamboo utensils, a trivet and two recipe ideas. Fabulous. So we made the spaghetti the first night, and moved onto the rotini the next night. Giada de Laurentiis has a lovely recipe for Rotini with Salsa di Limone on the Foodnetwork website that was perfect to serve with the citrus baked cod that was on the menu for dinner. Plus we got to use the last of our lemon boy tomatoes from the garden. The pasta was great - the flavour, the texture - everyone loved it. It was a perfect meal for the last dying days of summer here.
I received this product for free as part of the Chickadvisor Review Club! I love the taste and texture of the pasta, compared to other pastas that I have used before, this is a healthy one! yay for healthy living! i will definitely buy more of this as we are trying to eat healthy at home :) thank you for the recipe and the freebie! we love ittt!!!
we had this for supper last night and it was very good. I made a spaghetti sause to go with it. my son doesnt eat suaces on his noodles so he is the one i have to impress with the noodles. he is very fussy but ate the entire bowl of noodles. I will purchase again
When I received the a huge box from Chick Advisor and saw the Smart Veggie Spaghetti and the Ancient Grains Rotini I instantly knew that the spaghetti would be easy to place in front of the kid without him noticing that it was different. After all it still looked like regular white spaghetti noodles, the bonus was the added veggies and great taste. It was the Ancient Grains that I thought would be a much harder sell as he's never taken to whole wheat pastas or colored pastas and the Ancient Grain Rotini definitely looked brownish in color I was fully prepared to have them rejected. I prepared them and served them with my homemade spaghetti sauce and he gobbled them right up! I didn't pull the wool over his eyes by smothering them in sauce either, he noticed the color and even asked, "Are these whole grain or something?" I said "They're Ancient Grains" and held my breath waiting for the rejection- he took another bite "mmm, they're good" he said as he continued to shovel the noodles into his mouth. I was shocked- he liked them. He really liked them.
They were still just as good the next day when I took the leftovers for lunch.
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