9 Best Gluten-Free Pastas
If you can dream it, you can noodle it. That seems to be the unofficial motto of today's pasta industry. Because while spaghetti and penne used to be made exclusively from wheat flour, now it's also made from tofu or chickpeas or lentils. The number of pasta alternatives on the market — most are gluten-free and healthier than the traditional stuff — is daunting, so here's your cheat sheet to the best ones.
BANZA
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This high-protein, high-fiber alternative comes in 11 shapes and counts celebrities (like Kristin Bell) as fans. Follow the package's al dente cooking instructions or the noodles will break.
There's only one ingredient in Tolerant's lentil pasta: lentils. The brand makes noodles from both the red and green kinds.
EXPLORE CUISINE
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Fact: Anything that's green automatically seems healthy — and this stuff is. Edamame is a form of soy-based protein, and every serving of Explore Cuisine's pasta packs 24 grams of it.
House
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Some people complain about these noodles' slimy texture, but if you prepare them correctly, you won't notice it. Sauté them after you rinse and boil so they'll dry out, then add the sauce of your choice.
Shark Tank's Lori Greiner invested in Palmini, which is a zoodle-like take on hearts of palm. It comes canned, so you can stock up in bulk.
Cappello's
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Two Colorado-based friends joined forces in 2011 to create this paleo pasta — before paleo was cool. Capello's even makes lasagna sheets, a difficult noodle shape to find in grain-free varieties. Most Whole Foods carry it.
Kelp noodles tick all the buckets: They're gluten-free, vegan, raw, macrobiotic—need we continue?
These "glass noodles" are made from 100 percent potato starch. They'd go well in soup.
Trader Joe's Grocery
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The hardest part about cooking this is actually getting your hands on a package. Trader Joe's sells out daily — because it's that good. Pan fry for best results.
9 Best Gluten-Free Pastas
If you can dream it, you can noodle it. That seems to be the unofficial motto of today's pasta industry. Because while spaghetti and penne used to be made exclusively from wheat flour, now it's also made from tofu or chickpeas or lentils. The number of pasta alternatives on the market — most are gluten-free and healthier than the traditional stuff — is daunting, so here's your cheat sheet to the best ones.
One of them is so popular, it sells out daily.
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