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November 8th, 2010 | caitlin | Categories: The Dish, Uncategorized
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In my gluten eating life I had never once tried making lasagna. So it made perfect sense to try it in my Gluten Free/Dairy Free life.

Why?

Because I’m here for your entertainment. You’re welcome.

So this is how it went down:

1. Buy GF lasagna noodles.

2. Google what to do.

3. Send Husband to buy the ingredients.

4. Fail

The whole time I was attempting this culinary feat, all I could do was sing the Adam Lambert song Whataya Want From Me.

Pausing for a moment so you can judge my musical choice.

Let’s talk noodles:

Timkyada Pasta Joy Ready Lasagne Rice Noodles were the ones I chose. I’ve had many different Timkayada rice noodles before and I like them. These however, didn’t like me. The package was clear on what to do and we paid attention – we were almost clinical about it. And here’s what happened:

Yup, a clump of shredded noodles. But I figured I could hide under this mess under the meat sauce so I wasn’t too concerned. I must say, that aside from the impossibility of them turning out as whole strips, they actually tasted good. Not to heavy not too starchy and not crunchy.

Meat Sauce:

Out of a can added vegetable and meat. Nothing new or fancy here. If you want homemade pasta sauce recipes, why would you bother to look read this website?

Cheese:

We went with an assortment of Lactose Free Gluten Free cheese. Nothing special just the stuff you find in every grocery store. But here is where it went a little wrong – we ran out. So we resorted to GF/LF cheese slices. And why are they two different colours you ask? Because for some unknown reason they have both cheddar and American cheese here. It looks almost the same, it sure tastes exactly the same, but it’s not the same. Turns out that we had two different packages in the fridge and ended up with a mosaic top. We decided to embrace it and take joy in the art we had created!

The end result:

The most random, concoction of cheese, meat, sauce and noodles. I really should have just made pasta and thrown sauce on it because there was nothing lasagna-esq about it when we were done! Husband, the good man he is said it was amazing. He also has to live with me, so unless there is a life threatening situation, he knows better than to tell me that anything tastes less than awesome. Bless him and our marriage.

And with that, I leave you with insight from Mr. Lambert:

Just don’t give up, I’m working it out, please don’t give in, I won’t let to let you down. Give me a second to breath, just keep coming around. Whataya want from me.

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5 Comments to “For Your Entertainment”

  1. Megan
    November 8th, 2010 at 2:08 pm


    The key to GF lasagna is to dry off the noodles after they’re cooked. Yes, really. Set up an assembly line in your kitchen: one person is responsible for putting down a layer of paper towels, another person is responsible for placing the noodles on the paper towels, and a third is responsible for drying the tops of the noodles with another paper towel.

    This is the only way to make it work. Sorry if this wasn’t the answer you were looking for.

  2. caitlin
    November 8th, 2010 at 8:38 pm


    Thanks Megan. I would have never thought about doing that. I’m going to try it next time and I’ll let you know how it goes.

  3. Joce
    November 10th, 2010 at 8:33 pm


    We don’t actually cook our noodles first! (and by we, I mean my husband as I haven’t attempted lasagne solo yet). We use Rizopia- rice noodles, oven-ready which we get at Superstore. He informs me that he “waters down the spag sauce, which cooks the noodles in the oven”. Whatever he does it works. And tastes great! Can send you the recipe if you want to try round 2 :)

  4. caitlin
    November 10th, 2010 at 8:36 pm


    That sounds kind of genius and it sounds like a lot less work. I’d love the recipe for the next try.

  5. Jen
    December 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 pm


    Oh this is hilarious, sorry for your troubles but the post is so funny! I have never in my life made lasagna and don’t know if I ever will :) Love your blog!

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