Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Gluten Free Living

So Amber and I are going gluten free, though at times we feel like our options are limited, some of my friends have told us, do not feel that way. So here we are, trying not to feel like we are being limited, we can still have pasta, we can still have meat, we can still have just about anything. We can't do any prepackaged meals any more, because the majority of them have a lot of gluten. I am also doing what I should have been doing for a while, going lactose free, so no "real" milk (which I haven't been doing for a while) and no "real" cheese, which makes me sad. I have been doing rice cheese, which is surprisingly yummy. So here are some pictures of our first attempt at making gluten free pasta.
First we start out with the recipie



















Then Some of the ingrediants






Then the cutting of the pasta














Then Cooking it!
















We served it with an artichoke pesto sauce, which is amazing. All in all, the pasta was pretty good, it was a little slimy, I'm not sure if that is because it was gluten free, home made or both, or just that we weren't sure how to do it. We are going to try it a little different next time, trying to get the pasta thinner, if anyone has any suggestions, it would be wonderful!