Gluten Free Salad Recipes

Sensational salad recipes are usually gluten free, and mostly you don't have to change a salad recipe very much to make it gluten free. Some of the common sources of gluten in salad recipes are croutons, little chunks of bread fried or toasted in olive oil and put into salads. Pasta is another source of gluten in salads, as often pasta added to salads is not gluten free. Our gluten free salad recipes below involves using gluten free pasta to make a gluten free pasta salad recipe that is also delicious, and modelled on our perfect pasta salad recipe. Enjoy this pasta salad recipe that is also part of the sensational salads collection of gluten free salad recipes.

Gluten Free Salad Recipe - Perfect Pasta Salad

The ingredients for this salad recipe are:

1/2 pound small gluten free dried pasta (we like shells or penne)

3 stalks of celery, diced

1/2 red or Spanish onion, finely diced

2 x cans of tuna packed in water or oil, your choice

1/2 cup mayo or yogurt (unsweetened)

1 cup cooked frozen peas, beans, and carrots

Salt and pepper to taste

sprinkle of ground chillies to taste (if desired)

Perfect Gluten Free Pasta Salad Recipe - Method

Cook your favorite gluten free pasta in boiling water until cooked to your liking. We find gluten free pasta can benefit from additional cooking to gluten packed ordinary pasta. Cook frozen vegetables as directed by producer. Combine pasta and vegetables in bowl with tuna, celery, onion, and mix well. Add the Mayo or yoghurt, adding more if required to keep salad moist. Sprinkle over salt and pepper to your taste. Taste this frequently and add ingredients as you think they are needed. Remember, it isn't one of the perfect pasta gluten free salad recipes if the pasta salad is dry!

Gluten Free Salad Recipes

Note that the use of yogurt will make the gluten free perfect pasta salad no longer a dairy free recipe. If you go with mayonnaise however, the gluten free recipe will be still good. We also suggest that if you are going to use yogurt, and wish to still have this be one of our gluten free salad recipes, take notice of gelatine content of the yogurt, if any. We hope that you find this as delicious as we do. Gluten free salad recipes are part of natures goodness! We hope that you enjoy our gluten free salad recipes.