Name: Low Carb Palmini Noodles
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 oz can Palmini linguine, drained and rinsed; 1 tbs butter; 2 tbs shredded Parmesan; 4-6 fresh basil leaves, torn; black pepper

Jump to Recipe

Have you tried low carb Palmini? They're hearts of palm cut into short noodles!

Although this post contains affiliate links, I have not been sponsored by the manufacturers of this product. All opinions are my own. By using my affiliate links I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you!

So. I was perusing Netrition the other day – putting together an order of low carb goodies – and a can of Palmini showed up in the recommendations. Palmini? What is THAT? So here's what I found out. It is:

Gluten free
High fiber
Low calorie
Sugar free
Low carb

Sounds good, right? So what IS it?

Palmini is made from a natural plant called Hearts of Palm
Palmini hearts are made up of 90% water
Already cooked
Great noodle alternative
Environmentally stable farming

An 8oz can of Palmini contains 3 servings – but as each serving only has a net carb count of 2g, I decided to “pig out” and enjoy the whole can for my lunch!

Update – Palmini are now also available in pouches!

How to Cook Palmini Pasta

Cooking instructions suggest that if you don't like the taste straight out of the can, you can soak it in (any) milk for 15-30 minutes. But actually I thought it was fine, so I just rinsed them instead.

Rather than coat it in a full-on pasta sauce, I decided to keep things very basic – it actually reminded me of when I cooked my Buttery Shirataki Noodles recipe – butter, black pepper, a few herbs and a little cheese. There's nowhere for the pasta alternative to hide – so you get to figure out if it is any good!

And I have to say, I was *really* impressed with the Palmini. Despite the natural water content, they didn't taste watery at all – especially in the way that zucchini noodles can be. The noodles are only 3″ long maximum, so you don't get the twisty windy aspect like with regular noodles – but the taste was great and the whole dish was very pleasing!