Glutino Gluten Free Duo Mushroom Penne

Wegman's continues to feature a great selection of gluten free products. While shopping in the frozen food section we found Glutino's Gluten Free Duo Mushroom Penne. We were hoping it would satisfy our ever present craving for celiac safe pasta and our need for convenience.

So for lunch one cold, rainy afternoon we removed the plastic and popped the penne into the microwave and heated for 4 minutes. I think we may have stirred it in between. What emerged was a scorching hot meal that took a while to cool down before we could even attempt to eat it without suffering from third degree mouth burn.

Our first observation was the pleasant vapor of steamed mushrooms. We could definitely tell that this was a mushroom dish we were about to consume. I would say that's not such a bad thing!

Even better was that the penne did indeed taste like mushroom, had a mild creamy sauce and the pasta was decent. It did soften more than I like- certainly there was no al dente here, but it didn't transform to a mushy glue either. The duo-mushroom wasn't half bad! It was definitely a satisfying and not too overpowering meal. It's more like a gourmet frozen meal I would say. Next time I will probably add a handful of fresh chopped parsley to enhance the flavor.
Rob really liked this one and gave it a large number of stars in the approval rating department.
Mostly I was a fan of the mainly natural ingredient list- though this one will definitely be in the low-carb club.

Ingredients:
Rice pasta (ground brown rice, rice bran, water), mushroom broth (water, baked mushrooms, natural flavorings, potato flour, unsalted butter [cream, flavorings], dry whey), mushrooms (portobello, white), pasteurized milk (homogenized milk), onions, corn starch, canola oil, sea salt, natural flavor (maltodextrin, lipolyzed cream), garlic, guar gum, spices.

This product contains milk ingredients. May contain traces of eggs, soy, fish and sesame seeds.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: about 1 1/4 cup (300 g)
Servings per container: 1
Calories: 380
Calories from fat: 50
Total fat: 6 g
Sat fat: 1.5 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 5 mg
Sodium: 720 mg
Total carb: 73 g
Dietary fiber: 5 g
Sugars: 1 g
Protein: 8 g