Hi!
If you’re from the Northeast you probably heard of American Chop Suey. It’s basically a pasta dish with tomato sauce and a few extras. This is one of our comfort foods up here and it seems to taste better the second day. It’s great if you’re having a get together or a pot luck, easy to make and easy to serve. It has everything protein, carbs and veggies. I have tried several gluten free pastas and there are so many out there now I’m sure I haven’t tried them all but I do have a favorite. Mine is Bionnaturae. I like the way it cooks up and if you follow the directions on the package it will come out perfect. I stay away from the Quinoa pastas because Sonia has a bit of intolerance for Quinoa. I did try the DeBoles pastas too and they were pretty decent. Being half Italian and growing up in that culture I can appreciate a good pasta and as I said the bionaturae pastas are very good. Here is the recipe:
1 pound of gluten free elbow macaroni
1 green(or red) bell pepper diced
1 yellow onion diced
1 clove garlic chopped
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1 cup TVP with 1 Tbsp ketchup and 1 cup boiling water (reconstituted)
or 1 pound ground beef, or ground turkey if you prefer not to go vegan
1 jar of Prego Traditional Sauce
Directions:
Reconstitute the TVP and let it set for 10 min
In a sauce pan add the olive oil, chopped garlic, diced peppers and onions and cook on medium until the peppers are soft and the onions are transparent.
If you’re using regular meat this is the time to add that and cook together until there is no pink. If you’re using the TVP add that and cook for about a minute to warm it up and blend in the veggies.
Add the Prego Sauce (you can make your own if you prefer but I’m trying to make it easy and quick)
Let this simmer for about 15 minutes
In the meantime while that’s simmering cook the pasta. It usually takes about 10 minutes after you’ve added it to the boiling water.
Mix the pasta and sauce together and voila! you have American Chop Suey.
Kids love this and they are getting their veggies (tomato, pepper and onion) and it tastes great. You can serve it with gluten free rolls and/or a side salad and you have a perfect meal.
Sonia told me that I should add some pictures and I’ll work on that.
I hope you enjoy this recipe.
Love,
Grammy Deb
Anything But Gluten 