Many people love to eat pasta because of its versatility in preparing a variety of dishes. It can be cooked to match with sauces (tomato or cream) or with salad (chicken, vegetable or fruit).

People who are gluten intolerant like the celiac patients are advised to follow a gluten free diet. This means that they are to totally avoid any intake of food with gluten. Thus, pasta is off-limits to them because it is primarily made with wheat and gluten. Sigh! Does that really mean that they would be missing a lot of good-tasting food?

Well, the good news is that nowadays there is a lot of alternative Gluten Free Pasta available in the market. Some examples are Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta, Schar corn-rice pasta and Cornito gluten free pasta. So, the gluten intolerants need not to take off completely pasta dishes from their meal plans.

These gluten free pastas purchased from the grocery store can be prepared in much the same way as the traditional pastas. Only be careful to make sure that all the utensils and the work area used are free from gluten. So, just follow the package directions in cooking the pasta. You may also check out reviews of the products online to see what other people who have used the product before recommend.Then, you may prepare the other ingredients of your pasta dish according to the recipe.

What are some of the gluten free pasta recipes that are good and easy to make? Here are two pasta dishes included in this article: Gluten Free Spaghetti and Gluten Free Pasta Salad. The first step in both recipes is to prepare the gluten free pasta according to package directions. The next steps following the cooking of the pasta are described below.

For the Gluten Free Spaghetti, the following describes how the spaghetti sauce is prepared.

• Sauté some onions in olive oil.
• Then add your choice of ground meat (cubed ham can also be used).
• After the meat has browned, add gluten free spaghetti sauce and seasoning.
• Simmer until everything is cooked.
• Pour the spaghetti sauce onto the gluten free pasta and top with grated cheese.

For the Gluten Free Pasta Salad, the following steps are really easy. You only need to prepare the other ingredients such as the vegetables and the dressing and then toss them together.

• Prepare (wash, trim or chop) the different vegetables to be added in the salad. You may choose tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, red bell pepper, lettuce and black olives. (You can add almost any type of vegetable you like).
• Optionally, you may add boiled and cubed chicken, cubed salami or ham, cubed or grated cheese.
• Prepare the dressing. Mix the olive oil and lemon juice in 3:1 proportion; a little minced garlic, dried oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk together.Adjust the flavor according to your preference.
• In a bowl, add all the ingredients and toss. Let it sit for a while before serving. You can also add croutons but make sure they're gluten free.

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