How to Make a Great Pasta Salad with Whatever's in Your Pantry

My husband does not need to eat gluten free; I do. He happens to be very picky about texture and taste and it took me a long time to find a gluten free pasta that I liked, much less one that he would actually eat.

But my very picky husband, who refuses to eat whole grain whole wheat pasta (which I admit usually tastes like cardboard) will eat Tinkyada whole grain brown rice pasta. The taste is very similar to regular white pasta, without the overly hearty, grainy texture of whole wheat pasta, and yet it has the whole grain with all the health benefits of that.

And the true test: my kids eat Tinkyada pasta at home and don't even notice a difference from what they get at restaurants or friends' houses!

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All their oils are expeller pressed and use no hexane or other chemicals to extract the oils. Most health food stores and even larger grocery chains with health sections will carry some Hain products.