Pasta

Tuna Noodle Casserole made with gluten-free pasta noodles, a rich and creamy sauce, and a crispy topping for an amazingly filling and nourishing meal.

Chicken sausage pesto pasta makes for a filling, delightfully flavorful and fresh meal. Make it ahead of time for meal prep, or whip it up for the whole family!

What’s your pasta theory?

Are you into red sauce? Creamy sauce? Pesto? A drizzle of olive oil or melted butter? Something I’ve never even heard of?

Perhaps you have a noodle preference, meat (or lack thereof) specifications, and/or vegetable requirements (or lack thereof)?

While I’ve been eating gluten-free for a decade, I still occasionally find myself craving a big bowl of pasta. Truth be told, I can get down for just about any iteration of pasta, regardless of the sauce, and/or meat and vegetable inclusions.

I do find I absolutely ADORE pasta with sausage and pesto sauce. Which is exactly what we’re doing for today’s carb fest! I use a store-bought chicken sausage and homemade pesto sauce, but you can go about this however you’d like.

Sicilian Chicken Soup made quickly on the stove top in less than an hour! This hearty chicken soup recipe is easy to make and comforting on chilly winter nights. I have included instructions for Instant Pot and Slow Cooker in this post as well!

Gluten-free Mac and Cheese with Zucchini and Bacon is a mouth-wateringly flavorful side dish or meal. This lightened up recipe uses goat milk cheese and non-dairy milk for the sauce for a comforting mac and cheese that isn’t overly heavy.

Spring green pasta with asparagus, peas, leek, pumpkin seeds, and homemade vegan pesto sauce. This incredibly quick and easy meal is fresh and healthful and perfect for spring! Helloooooooo, nurse! Vibrant, snappy spring vegetables meet pasta, meet basil-mint pesto, meet pumpkin seeds, meet yo mouf! This super easy approach to pasta is everything. It’s fresh …

Quick, easy, and comforting sausage pasta with butternut squash and spinach. This one-pot meal requires only a few straight-forward ingredients and takes less than an hour to make!   Every time I go to Wyoming, all the little piddly things that typically cloud my mind disappear and my priorities and needs re-route themselves to those …

Pesto pasta salad with homemade kale-basil walnut pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, and broccoli. Serve it up at your next BBQ or picnic! Last summer, my favorite side dish for BBQ-ing or picnic-ing was potato salad in all forms, even – insert gasp – the traditional potato salad with mayo and egg. For whatever reason, a crazed …

Zucchini Orecchiette Pasta with chicken and lemon-butter sauce. This filling yet healthful dinner comes together in less than 30 minutes. Also known as the pasta I can’t pronounce by any stretch of the imagination. Seriously, I look at the word, say it in my head, open my mouth to practice, and nothing. Just nothing. If …

Gluten-free pasta with sausage, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, and homemade sun-dried tomato pesto sauce. An easy and healthful meal that comes together in less than 30 minutes. Did I ever tell you about the Era o’ Pasta, circa 2000 through 2008? The gist of it is simple: pasta encompassed roughly 80% of the food I …

Refreshing and simple gluten-free pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, peas, carrots, red onion, and homemade lemon poppy seed dressing – a super quick and delicious recipe for all your spring and summer gatherings. Pasta salad. I have so much to say. My first experiences with pasta salad were the out-of-the-box, just-add-mayo variety. Can you relate? …

Easy mushroom and sausage pasta using store-bought pasta sauce. This quick and easy recipe turns out like restaurant quality pasta and requires 30 minutes or less to make! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know I’m all about no-frills simplicity. For me, the perfect date night involves a home-cooked meal prepared together and intriguing …

Zucchini pasta (or zoodles) with beet marinara sauce is a nutritious, gluten-free vegetarian meal for a light yet satisfying dinner. Welcome back after 4th of July weekend! How’s your noggin? Do you have any stories for me? Please, do tell! I went up to the Tahoe last week, plunked down the ol’ vehicle at my …