Being gluten & dairy free certainly makes life A LOT more difficult when it comes to meal time. If you aren’t prepared or don’t have a lot of time on your hands meal planning can be really stressful. When you are a busy parent, its hard to find the time to look up new recipes that actually taste good and aren’t complicated and time consuming. Here’s a fairly quick family friendly meal that kids and parents will love. You can add any veggies you like. Next time, I might also add carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and baby spinach and will update the post it it turns out.
Ingredients
- 4 Cups of brown rice pasta (fusilli or penne is best)
- 2 Tbs of olive oil
- 1 Cup of chopped sweet onion
- 1/2 Cup frozen peas
- 1/2 Cup of almond flour for the sauce
- 3 Cups Vegan Soup Stock (more if needed)
- 1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise
- 1 Tbs of guar gum or 3 Tbs of tapioca starch to thicken (or more if needed)
- 2 Cans of flaked white tuna
- 1/3 Cup of almond flour for topping
- Seasoning to taste (salt, pepper, garlic powder)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Grease a 9″ x 13″ baking dish with olive oil
- Fill a large pot with water (preferably reverse osmosis water) and add a good amount of himalayan sea salt
- Once boiling, add pasta and cook until al dente (approximately 7 minutes)
- Once cooked, drain and rinse your pasta then evenly spread the pasta into your baking dish and set aside
- On medium heat, add 2 Tbs of olive oil to a large frying pan
- When the pan is hot, add the onion and cook until translucent
- Add broth, mayo, almond flour and guar gum to the sauce. Stir until thickened. If the sauce is too watery add more almond flour and a tiny bit of guar gum at a time until you reach your desired consistency
- Add drained tuna and peas
- Add seasoning to taste (as a reference, I used 1 Tsp of salt, a few cracks of fresh ground pepper and 1 Tbs of garlic powder)
- Pour sauce over the noodles ensuring your cover all of the pasta with the mixture otherwise it will dry out
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/3 of almond flour to the top of the casserole and drizzle with a bit of olive oil
- Bake for 30 minutes or until slightly browned on top