Our Favorite Gluten-Free Pasta
https://ift.tt/37w3kK9 Gluten-free pasta is everywhere. What started as a specialty item can now be found in most grocery stores, from Walmart to Wegmans – great news for gluten-sensitive or gluten-intolerant folks. Now you can add spaghetti back to that bowl of meatballs! The question now is: What kind of gluten-free pasta should you buy? You can find versions made from corn, quinoa, brown rice, black beans, even lentils and chickpeas, and they run the gamut on taste and texture, particularly when compared to traditional pasta. So, what’s worth buying and trying? For this month’s Pantry Power, the Simply Recipes team taste-tested 11 popular gluten-free spaghetti brands to find one (or two!) that we’d eat on the regular, gluten-free or not. Some were great, some were not so great, and more than one surprised us with its convincing, practically moving portrayal of traditional spaghetti. If durum wheat spaghetti had a biopic made about it, some of these would be duking it out for the Best Actor award. THE BRANDS WE TESTEDThere are three main types of gluten-free pastas you can find online or in grocery stores:
We narrowed our testing to spaghetti, although many of these brands offer a variety of pasta shapes. From the corn-based category, we tested the following brands: From the grain-based category, we tested: And from the legume-based category, we tested; THE WINNERBionaturae Gluten-Free Spaghetti!
We were pleasantly surprised by Bionaturae’s gluten-free spaghetti because, well, it tasted like regular spaghetti! This rice-based spaghetti had a mild flavor and a very spaghetti-like texture and color. Test notes from the team noted how the spaghetti had a “smooth, tender noodle that wasn’t too chewy” (Megan) and a “neutral, mild flavor with a slight starchy aftertaste.” (Summer) It tasted great both tossed with a little olive oil and slathered in our favorite jarred pasta sauce. If you’re new to gluten-free spaghetti or worried about getting your kids on board, the Bionaturae spaghetti is a great place to start because its color and flavor should be very approachable and familiar to little ones. You can buy Bionaturae gluten-free spaghetti for around $4 at Whole Foods, online at Thrive Market, or on Amazon, where it’s most readily available in bulk. THE RUNNER-UPLe Veneziane Gluten-Free Corn Spaghetti!
Everyone loved this spaghetti. We agreed it was our favorite across the board. The Le Veneziane spaghetti had a “good chew and a good twirl – I wouldn’t know it was gluten-free,” (Emma) was “super tender but not clumpy or gummy,” (Megan) and had “great texture – loved the taste!” (Claudia) We could see it working well with either a cream or red sauce. Overall, the Le Veneziane knocked it out of the park. Gluten-free or not, we’d all happily eat and serve this one! So how come it’s not our top pick? Le Veneziane’s gluten-free spaghetti is only readily available on Amazon and it’s most cost-effective when bought in bulk. You can buy a single bag on Amazon, but it costs $8. That price goes down to $3.60 a bag if you buy a 4-pack, though. These facts were enough to bump it out of the top spot for us, but if you’re not swayed, then great! Go online today and get a pack. You won’t be disappointed. HONORABLE MENTIONAncient Harvest Quinoa Spaghetti!
Ancient Harvest’s Quinoa Spaghetti deserves an honorable mention because most of us really liked it. Like the Bionaturae and La Veneziane spaghetti, over half the team thought this gluten-free spaghetti tasted a lot like spaghetti. The flavor wasn’t too assertive or off-putting, and it had a pleasant chew. Tester notes from the team said it was “mild and likeable – I had seconds!” (Megan) with a “great texture and flavor, not gummy.” (Cambria) Even our families got on board: “My kids devoured this! If I had gluten-free kids, I’d buy this one.” (Summer) Two things kept Ancient Harvest from clinching one of the top two spots:
Ancient Harvest Quinoa Spaghetti can be purchased for around $3.60 at Whole Foods or in bulk on Amazon. What about the legume pastas?The legume-based gluten-free pastas were the most polarizing of the group: You either really liked them, or you decidedly did not. Our team was split right down the middle: Three of us liked the chickpea-forwardness of the Banza spaghetti quite a bit – as well as its nutritious, high-protein profile, great for kids! – but three members of the team could not get behind the flavor or texture at all. NOW TELL US: Have you tried any of these gluten-free pastas? Do you agree with our picks? What’s your favorite gluten-free spaghetti? Recipes via Simply Recipes https://ift.tt/2F9fkDA February 17, 2020 at 09:30AM #recipies
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