More Pasta
Pasta appears to have become more and more popular during the past few years. Most pasta recipes require a minimal amount of time and, from the point of view that they take little or no meat, may be considered healthy (if care is taken with the amount of cream and cheese used). If you do have some extra time, however, making fresh pasta is both fun and rewarding. Fresh pasta cooks very quickly (in 3-5 minutes), even after being frozen (and fortunately it freezes well). The hand-cranked machines are less than $50 and produce a wonderful product as well as an afternoon of entertainment.
Each of the sauce recipes below list a number of servings. A serving is assumed to be approximately 11/2 cups of pasta cooked al dente. Linguine or fettucine work well in each of these recipes, but experiment with the many varieties of pasta available.
