[Ronin]

Hi Everyone:

I've been using the Dreamfields since I first heard of it and found it on the shelf in my local Shoprite (Wakefern Foods Corp.)

I have taken their instructions on cooking one step farther. Since I make my own sauce (3 or 4 plum tomatoes in a food processor with Oregeano and Basil, then saute 1/4 cup minced oninons, 1 clove minced garlic and, usually, about a half pound of low-fat turkey sausage, then add the blended tomato and herbs and then add 2 Tbsp tomato paste simmer for about six minutes).

I cook the pasta for only six minutes in water (while the sauce is simmering). Then I drain the water and mix the pasta into the sauce, plate and serve. The remaining six minutes of cooking takes place in the sauce and while it is being plated and served. In this way I avoid over-cooking which will kill the low-carb characteristic of the Dreamfields pasta.

I am an ex-professional cook (from a long time ago when the words Celebrity and Chef never appeared in the same sentence and when Emeril was watching Flintstones re-runs and learning how to say "BAM!") so I like good food. Is Dreamfields perfect pasta? Nope, I can make a better tasting and better consistency pasta myself, but that will drive your BG wild. It is a good compromise and a darned good product.