Gluten-Free Pasta Dinner

I was able to adapt one of our favorite easy dinners to Gluten-free and we had it for the first time tonight. (also the first time cooking in my new kitchen!!)

We used to cook spaghetti, ground beef, and cream of mushroom or celery soup with seasoned salt. We would combine the soup, seasoned salt, and ground beef together to make a sauce, pouring it over the spaghetti. Easy, fast, and delicious!

So our challenge was to find a gluten-free cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup, and then find a good rice spaghetti that could mirror the consistency and taste of it's wheat counter part.

We found an organic, gluten-free cream of celery soup, and used our favorite pasta brand - Tinkyada - which is made with brown rice flour and tastes exactly like the wheat version.

Delicious! It's a bit pricier to make than it used to when we could eat gluten, but still fast and easy. :)

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Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Nov 8, 2009, 8:47pm UTC

That's fantastic that you were able to substitute the items to make a meal you love. How has the move been going?

Michelle C (faithhopelove20) Nov 8, 2009, 8:59pm UTC

Smoother than I was expecting. We were living in PA when Nic came home from Iraq with all of our things in storage up in NY. I thought it would be stressful, but it's been a really nice organized move. :) Thanks for asking!

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Beth G. Nov 8, 2009, 8:47pm UTC

That does sound really good to eat!

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d d. Nov 8, 2009, 9:18pm UTC

besides the brown rice pasta, I also like the taste of quinoa pasta

Michelle C (faithhopelove20) Nov 8, 2009, 9:26pm UTC

I haven't tried that yet! What brand do you buy?

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d d. Nov 8, 2009, 9:33pm UTC

Andean Dream, Gluten Free Quinoa Pasta, they have macaroni tubes, fusilli twists and spaghetti.

Michelle C (faithhopelove20) Nov 8, 2009, 10:05pm UTC

I'll look to see if they sell it down here, or even on Amazon. Thanks!

d d. Nov 9, 2009, 7:10am UTC

i get it at whole foods or any natural food store.

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Marsha C. Nov 8, 2009, 11:10pm UTC

I think it would be so hard to have to have a gluten free diet!

Michelle C (faithhopelove20) Nov 8, 2009, 11:11pm UTC

I thought so too, but there are so many choices out there now that taste just like it's gluten counterpart. I was diagnosed at a great time - when restaurants are catching on and offering gluten-free menus and training their chefs in food preparation to avoid cross contamination. It's not bad. Hard on the wallet, though. ;)

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