This black bean pasta was something I created as a teenager, back when I was a vegetarian. Now that my daughter doesn't eat meat, she asks for this dinner several times a week. —Ashlynn Azar ...

The chewy bowl of noodles topped with a sweet-and-salty black bean sauce, thick with hunks of pork and vegetables, may have roots in Chinese cuisine, but today it’s thoroughly Korean.

I feared it would be cardboardesque, like so much well-intentioned health food, but no! It tastes very similar to whole wheat pasta, with a little bit of black bean aftertaste. I don't recommend using ...

Replace pasta with beans ... They don’t have whole black beans in them — instead, the legumes are blended in — which gives the treat more protein and fiber without a noticeable flavor ...