If you’ve ever tried to use Gluten Free Pasta, then you know it can be pretty tricky.  It can be hard to get the consistency you want as well as the flavor.  Gluten free pasta’s can be most commonly made out of Rice, Corn and Quinoa.  Depending on what you are trying to cook, really depends on which type of pasta works best.

Spaghetti & Baked Pastas

For Spaghetti & Baked Pastas, you need something that will hold up better.  Corn and/or Quinoa pastas work the best for this.  For my Gluten Free Homemade Spaghetti I use Shaar’s Gluten Free Pasta

For baked Pasta’s I like either the Quinoa  or the corn based Sam Mills Pasta.

Pasta for Soup

For pasta used in Soup, I really like to use the quick cooking Asian Rice Pasta. This is the pasta I use in my Turkey (or Chicken) and Noodle Soup!

The rice pastas that are for Spaghetti I found just get too mushy or are just plain weird in texture.  What’s your favorite pastas?

We have recently found the Enjoy Life Chocolate chips!  They are allergen friendly, including gluten free and have only 3, yes 3, ingredients!  Evaporated Cane Juice, Natural Chocolate Liquor (non-alcoholic) and Non-Diary Coca Butter.

I have used these in gluten free chocolate chip cookies, my double delicious cookies as well as our peanutbutter cup sandwiches.  I haven’t found anything yet they aren’t good in!

Enjoy!  🙂

When you are Celiac and want to eat sausage, you really have to look carefully at the ingredients. There can be hidden gluten in them! I’ve recently found out that MSG (monosodium glutamate) can sometimes be made from Gluten. MSG in general isn’t good for you and it’s hard to find sausage without it or with it being one of the last ingredients.

In our local Krogers, I have found a really good sausage that has very little MSG and tastes great! The biggest plus is I can eat as much of it as I want and have no symptoms! In recently looking at their website, they state that the ‘sausage’ only products do not have gluten in them. Just the obvious ones like the sausage sandwiches, etc.

I get this in the roll like below in the fresh sasuage isle:

And they have awesome frozen patties in the frozen meat section of Kroger. Those are great to keep around. You just throw them in a pan and cook them straight from frozen! Here’s a Sausage Sandwich I make frequently for us.

Enjoy!

If you don’t have the time or patience to create your own Gluten Free Pie Crust, Pillsbury’s Gluten free Pie Crust is a pretty good substitute.  I will say it’s not as flaky as the homemade crust recipe above, but it is pretty tasty and works well for bottom only pies!  I’ve recently made a Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie with it that was delicious!

We have four different gluten free pizza crusts we really like.  The Udis Granola Gluten Free Pizza Crustis great for a thin crust type of pizza.  It’s the crust I use in my Gluten Free pizza that tastes like delivery recipe.

I can find this at our local Krogers for about $7 per two crusts.

If you are looking for a puffier crust, then we recommend Kinnikinnick gluten free pizza crust.  This one comes in a pack of four and it is rectangle pizzas found in our Kroger’s Frozen Organic isle.  I make this one using the same sauce and topping ingredients as the Gluten Free pizza that tastes like delivery recipe.

If you are looking for a deep dish style pizza, we really like to use Glutino’s English Muffins.  See our Mini Gluten Free Pizzas recipe.

I haven’t tried any refrigerated or homemade dough yet.  I’ll let you know if I do!