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Brown Rice
10.01 cup : 1 cup
Serve sauce over rice instead of pasta
10.0
pasta substitutes
11 substitutes · avg score 8.5 · Dried wheat flour noodles in hundreds of shapes — spaghetti, penne, fusilli, macaroni, and more. The foundation of Italian home cooking; boil until al dente then sauce.
quick swaps (averaged across uses)
02
Couscous
10.01 cup : 1 cup
Small pasta shape, cooks in 5 minutes
10.0
03
Macaroni
10.02 cup : 4 cup
Any short pasta shape works; same cook time and sauce-holding ability, purely a shape preference
10.0
04
Rice Noodles
10.01 oz : 1 oz
Not GF; closest texture match
10.0
05
Spaghetti
10.01 oz : 1 oz
Same dough, different shape; use for any long-noodle pasta dish with similar texture and cook time
10.0
06
Noodles
10.01 oz : 1 oz
Egg noodles are softer and richer; great in casseroles, soups, and stroganoff
10.0