Gluten-Free Pasta and Noodle Recipes

Pasta and Noodle Recipes

A Seductive Pasta with Artichokes, Pecans + Raisins

Artichoke and Jalapeño Noodle Kugel

Best Vegan Baked Mac and Cheese
Creamy Sauced Pasta with Artichokes and Bacon
Garlic Chicken Lasagna
 
Gluten-Free Noodle Recipe Round-Up
Guilty Pleasures- Noodle Surprise
Jazzed Up Turkey Tetrazzini
Kicked Up Baked Mac n Cheese

Lasagna Vegetariana
Mediterranean Pasta Frittata

Our Favorite Basil Pesto
Pasta and Veggie Toss Revisited
Pasta with Roasted Vegetables
Penne Arrabiata

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
Roasted Vegetable Noodle Kugel
Roasted Vegetables in a Nest
Rotini with Summer Squash

Sexy Spring Pasta- with roasted asparagus
Spaghetti (with Pesto) and Meatballs! 

Turkey Meatballs with Asian Stir-Fry Noodles
Vegetarian Putanesca
Zucchini Tomato Mozzarella Pie

Meme!

Oh, Yay!!! I've been tagged by adorable Ema from Ema's Edible Experiments who has a yummy blog and her own personal lab rat! :)

So, here are the meme rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself.
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.


Five facts about me:

1. I've been married for 11 years to this great guy who is a great taste-tester, cookie cutter maker (when I'm desperate) and wonderful dad. Did I mention he does the dishes? No, you can't have him! We have a 9-year-old son who is into Legos, computers, Animusic (don't get me started) and likes to run around in his underwear. :) He's pretty funny! Here we are just a few weeks ago at Epcot.


2. I love cookbooks and cooking magazines! I can't get out of the library without scanning the cookbook aisle. Current library fines: $23.50...yep, $23!


3. Celebrity crush....Bill Murray. How can you not love that face?!?!?


4. Favorite movies...Grease, Love Actually, Spanglish, When Harry Met Sally and, most recently, Waitress.


5. Favorite dessert...chocolate chip cookies! We used to go to a restaurant in Dallas, Kathleen's Art Cafe, that served a Hot Chocolate Chip Cookie in an individual baking dish, hot from the oven with a scoop of ice cream on top, heaven!

Now I tag:

• Robin at Made with Love...
• Happy Homebaker at Happy Home Baking
• Brooke at ....and a cookie for dessert
• Evie at The Incredible Shrinking Whimsigal
• Mrs. Presley at Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats

Olive You!

I made these cookies last year inspired by a Valentine card I bought for my husband. This same sweet husband actually made the cutter as well because I couldn't find one that was "just right."


To make these Olive You Martinis....

1. Outline martini glass design in white roayl icing using a #2 tip.
2. Pipe a line across the top where the pink "drink" will end. (see picture)
3. Thin white and pink icing to syrup-like consistency and cover with a damp dishtowel. Let sit, stir gently with a rubber spatula to pop air bubbles. (AmeriColor Deep Pink)
4. Pour pink icing into a squeeze bottle and fill martini. Use a toothpick to spread into corners.
5. Pour white icing into a squeeze bottle and fill in top of martini glass and bottom of stem. Use a toothpick to spread into corners.
6. Let cookie set at least one hour.
7. Using a #12 tip, pipe an olive/circle where the pink meets the white icing. (AmeriColor Avocado) If the olive ends up with a point on top, slightly dampen a finger and lighly tap to make more flat. (Too much water will change the color of the icing.)
8. With a #1 tip, pipe a red heart in the center of each olive and make an arrow-shaped stir stick. (AmeriColor Super Red)
   
   

How To Make A Vegan Pesto

Vegan pesto is all about the herbs and nuts. You won't miss the cheese.

Making pesto is not an exact science. It's intuitive. And lucky for us- easy as pie. You can whip up a vegan pesto from any combination of herbs, nuts and oil that your little heart desires. You can use cilantro or basil. Or both. Or try a light and fresh combo of mint , basil and parsley. Choose pecans or walnuts. Or traditional pine nuts. Even hazelnuts.

Dairy-free sauce never packed so much flavor.

Pesto adds a big flavor boost to all kinds of recipes. Stir it into tomato sauce  just before serving. Or plop a dollop into a bowl of Italian soup. Add a spoonful to stew. Schmear some on croutons,  gluten-free toast and grilled cornbread. It's a fabulous base for pizza toppings.

You can also add pesto to roasted potato wedges and grilled vegetables. Stir it into polenta- or spread it on wedges of broiled polenta. It dresses up rice and risotto, pasta, noodles, and even grilled tortillas. It kicks up salad dressings and hummus.

For flexitarians, pesto is a bright, herby accent for grilled salmon, shrimp, and fish.  Not to mention, egg dishes. Pesto and huevos is a match made in ovo-lacto vegetarian heaven.

So even if pesto is considered passé by some, an eighties foodie fad gone by...do we care?

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Have a Heart

I love this scalloped heart cookie cutter! It's so versatile and perfect for Valentine's Day.

Yes, We Can

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Gluten-Free Breakfast Cookies

Cookies? For breakfast? Here's an oatmeal recipe you'll love.

Even before I was diagnosed with multiple food allergies and had to give up my Huevos Diablo and Blue Corn Chip Frittata I used to eat blonde brownies for breakfast. And sometimes, a cookie. Or two. I admit it. And yes, I'm one of those sly individuals who adds semi-sweet chocolate chips to pancakes and says, Dark chocolate is full of antioxidants, right? (insert wide-eyed innocent look).

So those who know me well will not be surprised I've been tinkering with my tasty Breakfast Brownie recipe and transforming it into (don't ask don't tell) some fabulous c-o-o-k-i-e-s. And, Yep. With chocolate chips.

It just wouldn't be breakfast around here without chocolate.

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