Whip up a Meal Or Side Dish with These More Sophisticated Gf Options
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MacMac && cheesecheese GROWSGROWS UPUP BY JENNIFER HARRIS WHIP UP A MEAL OR SIDE DISH WITH THESE MORE SOPHISTICATED GF OPTIONS Amy’s has the answer if you’re looking for The ultimate comfort food Modern Table Meals’ Homestyle Mac & ready-made macaroni and cheese. The com- has evolved from its meager Cheese combines lentil rotini with peas and pany offers four frozen options, some of which beginnings as an inexpensive carrots and white cheddar sauce. Just add water also come in family-sized packages. Flavors and easy to prepare dish into a and oil for a meal or side. You can also add include rice, dairy-free rice, broccoli and ched- powerhouse with many options. chicken or broccoli to make an even heartier dar, chili mac and three-cheese kale. Gluten-free mac and cheese now dinner. Weighing in at 24 grams of protein and ➥amys.com/products comes in as many forms as gluten- five grams of fiber per serving, it is one of the containing versions. You can buy healthier options available. Cooksimple’s entrees include Alfredo with it frozen, as a mix or as a meal ➥moderntable.com cheesy chickpea pasta and kale. Made with kit, with or without meat. The simple ingredients, this meal kit gets its nu- macaroni is made with everything So Delicious Dairy Free is test marketing tritional kick from the antioxidant-rich kale from chickpeas to lentils, rice or cheddar and pizza flavors of vegan mac and and protein-rich pasta. corn. Some gluten-free brands are cheese in select Whole Foods Markets across ➥cooksimplemeals.com also vegan, coating the pasta in a the country for the next several months. cheese alternative. ➥sodeliciousdairyfree.com Daiya Foods introduced three flavors of The various versions take “cheezy” vegan macaroni mixes in the past convenience, health and additional Udi’s Gluten Free has added Chicken year: Deluxe Alfredo Style, Deluxe Cheddar dietary restrictions into account Parmesan, Chicken Florentine and Chicken Style and Deluxe White Cheddar Style Veggie. while delivering creamy macaroni Alfredo to its line of skillet meals. Each frozen Each box comes with a bag of liquid sauce and cheese that can be on the meal comes with brown rice pasta, breaded or ready to be combined with cooked brown rice table in minutes. grilled chicken, and a seasoning packet. The pasta. The veggie medley contains peas, carrots company also has a frozen line of mac and and red bell peppers. cheese that includes Penne & Cheese, Penne ➥us.daiyafoods.com meal can be prepared as a casserole baked in & Cheese with Bacon and a Mac and Cheese the oven or whipped up on the stovetop in Bakeable Meal topped with breadcrumbs. Earth Balance has added vegan mac and just minutes. Either way the only ingredient ➥udisglutenfree.com cheese to its product line. Available in a glu- you add is water. ten-free cheddar flavor, the mac and cheese is ➥kimssimplemeals.com Van’s Foods, perhaps better known for its non-GMO (genetically modified organism), breakfast items, has entered the pasta market trans-fat free and uses gluten-free pasta made Laurie’s Kitchen’s flavored pasta and sauce with three boxed mixes: Creamy Herb & Garlic from corn and white rice flour. Look for the kits include Chicken Alfredo and Chicken pasta, Rotini & Red Sauce and Ultimate Ched- blue boxes with the orange gluten-free label Parmesan Truffle. Combine the cheese season- dar Penne. The pastas are made with brown across the top. ing mix with the cooked corn and rice flour rice and red lentil flour or brown rice and ➥earthbalancenatural.com/product/ corkscrew pasta for a warm side dish or add white rice flour. gluten-free-vegan-cheddar-mac-cheese your own cooked chicken and vegetables to ➥vansfoods.com turn it into a meal. Horizon’s new macaroni and white cheddar ➥laurieskitchen.com In addition to these brand names, you cheese is organic and contains pasta made from might find a store brand of gluten-free mac a blend of lentils, rice and corn flours, making Maplegrove Foods recently added dairy- and cheese. Bay Valley Founds, which supplies it a good source of protein and fiber. free, Vegan Mac Uncheddar to its Pastariso line products for store branding, offers boxed mac ➥horizondairy.com/products/macaro- of macaroni and cheese products, which are also and cheese mixes. Giant Food, for example, ni-cheese/gluten-free-macaroni-white- soy free. Other varieties include quick-cooking has its own brand of Deluxe Rice Shells and cheddar-cheese Mac and Cheeze with brown rice pasta and Cheese Sauce and Rice Pasta and Cheddar white or yellow cheese, and white rice pasta Cheese Mix. GF Kim’s Simple Meals’ organic and vegan with yellow cheese. And for those on the go, macaroni casserole is made with non-GMO the company has four flavors of mac and cheese Jennifer Harris is a gluten-free consultant and ingredients and contains brown rice pasta and meal cups. Just add water and microwave. blogs at gfgotoguide.com. a cheese-less seasoning packet. This versatile ➥pastarisofoods.com SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/ MARIA KOMAR SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/ 20 Gluten-Free Living May 2016.