Make sure there is plenty of water when cooking pasta.

These tips are from my gluten-free, family-friendly cookbook, The Warm Kitchen.

As I always say, “eat well and live well.” Gluten-Free Pasta Cooking Tips

I even made it as a sauce for a steamed cauliflower-sauteed ground beef dish which I called paleo cheeseburger helper!Īlso, if you are gluten-free, make sure to read my notes about cooking the gluten-free macaroni. At the end of the day, it might not be the sauce for everyone, especially with a nut allergy, but it’s certainly worth a try for most. Isa’s recipe was a little too spicy for our taste so I have made some adjustmentsm using gluten-free macaroni and reducing certain sauce ingredients while increasing others. She introduced me to a cashew-based recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz that was originally posted on Post Punk Kitchen. We finally found one and I have my friend Sarah to thank for it. I took it upon myself, as a chef and mom, to be on a mission to try every combination and/or potential ingredient that could pass for a cheese sauce. I would make things that my husband and I liked, and that my son tolerated but my 6 year old turned her nose up at. I tried cheese substitutes, almond milk based slurries, spices, and many more flops. My daughter was never satisfied with my dairy-free cheese sauce. Once I got out of my funk and started experimenting, I was able to recreate most of our favorite dishes with other ingredients all except one. When we started down our journey of gluten-free and dairy-free living 7 years ago, I was in shock as I felt my culinary training only included those types of foods.

This gluten-free macaroni and “cheese” recipe is a favorite that she has adapted to fit her family’s tastes. Welcome to contributor Chef Amy Fothergill, author of The Warm Kitchen and blogger at Amy the Family Chef.

Easy gluten free mac and cheese