One of the “healthier” options for pasta, which is increasingly available in average supermarkets, is Dreamfields. I am not a fan of whole wheat pasta–honestly, I’d rather do without pasta altogether–but this stuff is pretty darn good.
It isn’t noticeably different from regular pasta, either in taste or texture. It cooks in about the same amount of time, looks the same–frankly, it’s the best better-for-you pasta I’ve ever tried.
The big downside is price: when it’s on sale, I can snag it for $2/box…as opposed to regular pasta’s sale price of less than $1/box. But since it’s not something we eat every day or even every week, it’s not a big chunk of my grocery budget. Even though we eat much, much less pasta than we used to, I love to be able to make homemade macaroni and cheese once in a while!
This link takes you to a coupon for a dollar off a box, if you’d like to try it; you can also buy it in bulk online if you don’t have access to a grocery store that carries it, or if you want to get a better deal on a larger quantity.
