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Trader Joe's Pasta


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Nic Collaborator

If you happen to have a Trader Joe's by you, you have to try their gluten free pasta (if you haven't already). We have always been big fans of Tinkyada but this blows it away. You can actually cook it for the maximum time it tells you to and it does not get mushy or have that odd smell. My husband and I are not Celiac (my son is) so we can still eat regular pasta when we go out and you would never know the difference. It is cheaper too. $1.99 a pound while the other brands are almost at $4.00 here in Jersey.

Nicole


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DingoGirl Enthusiast

This is my favorite pasta, and the only one I'd been eating for this whole time until I just recently tried Tinkyada. I thought the Tinkyada was okay.....but I really love the Trader Joe's pasta. I think I do cook it a little longer than it says, not sure, and I add planty of olive oil when cooking. Yum! :)

prinsessa Contributor

I also love Trader Joe's pasta.....and it isn't that expensive. I buy 2-3 bags of the Penne everytime I am there. It is so yummy!

suzven Newbie

I have tried many different pasta's and have not like any of them until I tried Orgrans Rice and Corn pasta. THis is the best, it has a great consistancy and tastes like regular pasta, the rest of my family is not gluten free but they can not taste the difference in the Orgran's pasta. Try it it's great!

jerseyangel Proficient

What is the Trader Joes made of?

DingoGirl Enthusiast

Morning Patti..... :)

it's brown rice. Yummy. Remember to add a lot of olive oil when cooking and stir a lot as it tends to stick together. Oh - I add water when re-heating in microwave, too.

jerseyangel Proficient
Morning Patti..... :)

it's brown rice. Yummy. Remember to add a lot of olive oil when cooking and stir a lot as it tends to stick together. Oh - I add water when re-heating in microwave, too.

Hi Susan :D

Thanks! I have a Trader Joes in the area, but because of my other intolerances, I can only do rice pasta (and only once in a while). This is good to know--I will pick up a bag to try the next time I'm there. :)


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angel42 Enthusiast

Do they also make trader joe's gluten free mac and cheese? I so miss mac and cheese and I can't seem to find a good one.

Hi Susan :D

Thanks! I have a Trader Joes in the area, but because of my other intolerances, I can only do rice pasta (and only once in a while). This is good to know--I will pick up a bag to try the next time I'm there. :)

DingoGirl Enthusiast
Do they also make trader joe's gluten free mac and cheese? I so miss mac and cheese and I can't seem to find a good one.

I have not seen a gluten-free mac and cheese there ever....something we'll have to make ourselves, I think. :(

zansu Rookie

I eat Amy's frozen rice Mac and Cheese.

It's pretty good.

jesscarmel Enthusiast
I eat Amy's frozen rice Mac and Cheese.

It's pretty good.

annie's makes great mac and cheese. the noodles arent so good so i use the tinkyada noodles with annies cheese sauce- so good!!!!

angel42 Enthusiast

Annie's was actually the one I tried. :) I keep hearing about tinkyada on the boards. Where do they sell it?

annie's makes great mac and cheese. the noodles arent so good so i use the tinkyada noodles with annies cheese sauce- so good!!!!
Jestgar Rising Star
Do they also make trader joe's gluten free mac and cheese? I so miss mac and cheese and I can't seem to find a good one.

Try going to a restaurant, explain your gluten thing, then ask for macaroni and cheese without the macaroni. You get some great looks.

Also works with grilled cheese sandwiches.

Evelyn&Ric Newbie

We buy Rice Vermicelle and Macaroni at an Asian market. Very inexpensive!

jerseyangel Proficient
Annie's was actually the one I tried. :) I keep hearing about tinkyada on the boards. Where do they sell it?

Whole Foods has it, as well as my local health food store. Also, I'm not sure where you are, but my local Acme, Shop Rite and Wegman's grocery stores all carry it.

Nic Collaborator
I have tried many different pasta's and have not like any of them until I tried Orgrans Rice and Corn pasta. THis is the best, it has a great consistancy and tastes like regular pasta, the rest of my family is not gluten free but they can not taste the difference in the Orgran's pasta. Try it it's great!

Where do you buy it, I haven't heard of it?

new to LI Newbie

orgrans italian style is eveen better then any of the other orgrans pasta.

i rank it 4th i all the pasta's ive tried.

1 bio Aglut

2 schar

3 aproiten

4 orgran italian style

5 tinkyada

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Beth41777 Rookie

These posts are fairly old, but I thought I would add to it anyway. I have tried many gluten free pastas, many that I threw out because the texture was awful. My two favorites are by far the Trader Joes Brown Rice Gluten free pasta and BioNature gluten free pasta. (They also make regular pasta so be sure to get the gluten free variety.) It is unbelieveably similar to regular pasta (made in Italy.) I made home made mac n cheese (from scratch with milk, butter, shredded cheese, and gluten free flour to thicken the sauce) with BioNature and it was fantastic.

Janessa Rookie

trader joes just started carrying a gluten free mac and cheese!! Haven't tried it yet but this is wonderful, they keep adding more and more gluten free products

missy'smom Collaborator

Thanks for posting this!. Is the TJ's mac and cheese a dry mix or a frozen entree? Is it resonable priced? Let us know how it is. TJ's is about 2 hrs away from us so I ask DH to pick up stuff when he is in that area for business. Kiddo will be so excited! The other mac and cheeses are more expensive so I don't buy them often.

Janessa Rookie

it was a dry box mix mac and cheese and it was $1.99, I forget how much I usually pay for the Annie's boxes

missy'smom Collaborator

Thanks. I 'll have DH get some next time. Annies is around $2.39? here.

GFLisa Newbie

What does the TJ's pasta package look like? I have never seen it before. I don't go to TJs often since I'm fortunate to have several stores much closer that carry gluten-free items.

The kids and I like Tinkyada and Mrs. Leeper's, but DH prefers the Bionaturae gluten-free one. My kids also go nuts for the Annie's Mac n Cheese.

stolly Collaborator

Trader Joe's opened fairly recently near us and I love it. We eat their brown rice pasta (penne and fusilli) often. The mac n cheese is a dry box like Annie's, in fact the cheese packet inside said Annie's on it in small letters. I wonder if the noodles are also Annie's just labeled Trader Joe's. I made it as directed but added butter and a little Velveeta (we calorie boost for DD) and it was good...I think it needed a little more sauce. We will buy it again.

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