I was perusing the October issue of Shape and found an interesting tip in one of their dinner recipes. They suggested boiling your pasta noodles with bags of green tea. I thought it was a little odd at first, but then I read that it actually makes your pasta healthier because the noodles soak up the rich antioxidants from the tea. So I decided to give it a try, adding six green tea bags to six cups of boiling water. When I cooked my two and a half cups of whole wheat penne, the green tea added a subtle earthy flavor similar to spinach pasta. Give it a try the next time you make noodles and let me know what you think.
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SO doing this as soon as I can! I love green tea and i love pasta. Thanks for the tip.
1what an awesome idea, this sounds good! I'll try it tonight!
2wow, that is an incredible idea! although 6 bags is quite a lot of green tea...
3This is a great idea! I wonder if my bf would even notice?
4a little offbeat but I like the concept and will definitely try it!
5Very, Very interesting. I think I'm going to try it too!
6how cool! I have developed a taste for green tea and drink it regularly so I might try it with other teas that I don't like as much. How do you think it would go with a white or red tea?
7Great idea! Especially since my husband and I eat pasta a lot and he's not a huge fan of multi-grain pasta (he thinks he can taste the difference, I think its all in his head).
8Ooh! Definitely going to try this!
9This is such a cool idea. I'm definitely going to go it a try.
10great idea!
11very cool!
12Great idea! I wonder if this would work with rice as well. I may have to try that.
13When I first saw the headline, I thought "weird!" But I can see how it would be a nice earthy flavor. I don't really like to drink green tea but this would be a great way to get it.
14That's a great idea! I don't eat much pasta but I'll try to remember this for the next time I cook some.
15Hmmm, I never would have thought this up on my own. I'll try it.
16Thank you for reviewing this, I read that article in Shape and I was a little squeamish about the thought of it.
17I'll have to try this. I love pasta, and I eat whole-grain to make it healthier. This would be even healthier!
18wow....great tip!
19this is awesome! i've never heard of it before! thank you, fit!
20I wonder if the pasta gets caffeinated - any effect?
21oooh - i've never heard about this but i'm a HUGE fan of green tea (tazo zen actually) so i might have to try this. i didn't realize that the value of antioxidants and all that - but there's really something there huh?
22sounds delicious.. will try for sure!
23Definitely trying this.
24I'm trying this next time I make pasta !
25Nifty idea. Tazo zen is my fave too. My husband thought he was a white flour pasta only kinda guy, but we've been eating the Barilla Plus and he's cool with it. I can't eat pasta in restaurants now because I'm so used to the BP. Good stuff.
26I tried it! I came back to this article just to rave about it. My husband loved it. I used organic pasta and just 4 tea bags. It was kind of spicy. Thanks for the cool idea.
27a little expensive (6 packs)? but a good idea
28Wow! Why didn't I think of this?
29I will try this new green tea idea with my pasta and rice;as someone suggested trying rice as well.
I drink iced tea all the time. And, I prefer iced tea over hot tea. I simply don't like drinking hot beverages too often.
However, all the health articles reep of
the benefits of green tea,which is usually dranked as a hot drink.
By the way, I just thought of a Liberian
rice dish called Check Rice. It encompasses
callaloo (spinach-like greens)with white rice
mixed together. Although, one could surely
substitute spinach and still get a lot of healthy benefits.
This is one of Liberia's famous dishes. People should look up the recipes for Check Rice, as there are many.
Let us know how you like Check Rice if
you decide to cook it.
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