How to Cook Gluten Free Pasta Like a Pro

You’re gonna need a bigger pot

Have you ever tried to cook gluten free pasta, only to have it turn out starchy and globby? Did the noodles stick to the bottom of the pan and burn? Was the starch so thick that it would not drain off, even when you rinsed the pasta with water?

Bad news: you’re doing it wrong.

Good news: you can cook better pasta in the future.

Look Ma, no starch!

Regular readers will know that my mom does not believe in following recipes to the letter.

Turns out, to cook pasta properly you’re supposed to

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Squash Risotto

We originally found this recipe on the back of a Aidells sausage package. Ironically, we are no longer buying those sausages because we found that we like Alfresco better.
The original recipe calls for onion and white wine and Parmesan cheese, but we left those out because we didn't have some of those ingredients on hand and we wanted to make the recipe dairy free.

Fried Rice {Gluten Free}

I realize I have been posting mostly dessert recipes, so I am going to post a main dish today. When my mom was describing this meal to someone, she called it “A marriage between Indian and Chinese rice.” The American melting pot would be more accurate! The seasonings are loosely based on Indian Biryani rice, but the dish is not spicy. At all. I have had rice at an actual Indian-family-from-India’s house, and they said they toned down the spices, but my mouth was still burning! There are also fried eggs mixed in this recipe, which is a Chinese thing. We generally refer to it as fried rice. 

Ingredients

1 ½ cups rice

3 cups water

1 carrot

1 teaspoon salt

~1 cup raisins

~2 cups cooked chicken

1-2 beaten eggs

coconut oil

~1 cup frozen peas.

1 teaspoon coriander 

1 teaspoon turmeric

 ½ teaspoon chili powder

¼ teaspoon garlic powder

Directions

Measure 1 ½ cups rice and 3 cups water into a pan, and bring to a boil. 

While it is heating up, peel and slice a carrot. Once the pot is boiling, add the carrot, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. 

If you don’t have any leftover cooked chicken you can pull out of the fridge, now would be a good time to start cooking some chicken to serve with the rice. For our family of six, we need at least 2 cups. 

When the rice is almost done, fry one or 2 beaten eggs with coconut oil in a large fry pan, and add ~1