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[summerset 5,265]

Green cabbage, brown mushrooms, shiitake, Italian spice mix with sage, Mühlenhack, Tomato sauce, cashewsan over black bean spaghetti.

[summerset 5,265]

Second portion of this is for lunch tomorrow. The other two portions of plain noodles - I guess I will fry green cabbage again and carrots and maybe some frozen wok vegetable mix and mix everything with a lemony sate sauce I have at home.

[GreenTealael 25,439]

1 hour ago, summerset said:

Second portion of this is for lunch tomorrow. The other two portions of plain noodles - I guess I will fry green cabbage again and carrots and maybe some frozen wok vegetable mix and mix everything with a lemony sate sauce I have at home.

That sounds really good, does the Pasta have the same texture as regular pasta?

[Jay19 76]

Guacamole and homemade low carb tortilla chips. No left over! So delicious!!

[summerset 5,265]

8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

That sounds really good, does the Pasta have the same texture as regular Pasta?

No, it's more chewy but I like that a lot. In fact I prefer bean pasta over regular. However, I only like the Explore brand, the rest can take a hike. I have no idea what Explore is doing differently, but they know their bean pasta for sure.

Edited August 11, 2020 by summerset

[sillykitty 10,776]

On 08/10/2020 at 12:57, GreenTealael said:

That sounds really good, does the Pasta have the same texture as regular Pasta?

The Aldi edamame, black soybean & soybean pastas are all pretty good. And that’s coming from someone who’s fairly intolerant of most healthy substitute type products.

[summerset 5,265]

11 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

The Aldi edamame, black soybean & soybean pastas are all pretty good.

Meh, I want the same ALDI/Trader Joe's assortment in Germany's ALDI markets. Neither ALDI Nord nor ALDI Süd have decent bean Pasta. The one one can get at ALDI Süd was like 🤢, exactly as the other brands I tried, never seen them at ALDI Nord.

What I've seen from the website is that the brand in the US is a different one. Doesn't seem to be only a different name because the pasta also looks different. Maybe Explore has a deal with ALDI in the US.

[sillykitty 10,776]

On 08/10/2020 at 22:21, summerset said:

Meh, I want the same ALDI/Trader Joe's assortment in Germany's ALDI markets. Neither ALDI Nord nor ALDI Süd have decent bean Pasta. The one one can get at ALDI Süd was like 🤢, exactly as the other brands I tried, never seen them at ALDI Nord.

What I've seen from the website is that the brand in the US is a different one. Doesn't seem to be only a different name because the Pasta also looks different. Maybe Explore has a deal with ALDI in the US.

I do think the Aldi brand Protein pastas are private label of the Explore brand. I haven’t tried them side by side, but my taste memory is that they are the same (only the Aldi brand is much, much cheaper)

[summerset 5,265]

10 hours ago, sillykitty said:

I do think the Aldi brand Protein pastas are private label of the Explore brand. I haven’t tried them side by side, but my taste memory is that they are the same (only the Aldi brand is much, much cheaper)

Even more frustrating, lol. The ones I saw at a German ALDI looked different from the Explore ones. However, it's been awhile. Maybe something changed.

[sillykitty 10,776]

5 minutes ago, summerset said:

Even more frustrating, lol. The ones I saw at a German ALDI looked different from the Explore ones. However, it's been awhile. Maybe something changed.

From what I know of the food mfg industry, and how Aldi works, I doubt there is much if any coordination on item manufacturing between the US and Germany.

[summerset 5,265]

Black bean Pasta, boiled egg, carrots and green cabbage in lemony sate sauce. Not pretty, but tasty.

[summerset 5,265]

Rice with furikake, eggs (I cooked a batch of six the day before), wakame salad and edamame Beans.

[Cheeseburgh 3,080]

I still can’t believe @sillykitty had to tell me that Aldi’s corporate hq is in my town. I didn’t think anything was based here!

[Cheeseburgh 3,080]

I made chicken tacos tonight, I’m getting really good at homemade tortillas! I’m about 2/3 of the way through this and need to take a break. I haven’t eaten a lot today, so I plan on finishing this!

[Jay19 76]

Omg so good! I’ve been trying new recipes. Im so board eating the same thing everyday. This was my dinner. This is a low carb short bread with whip cream, strawberries, and chocolate curls. No left overs. Gave my hubby the last 2 bites!