Udon even know..

I've always wanted to make my own pasta but I don't have a pasta machine nor do I have the best kitchen. But, the pasta few days were really fun since we got to make it from scratch! Not only that, but we also made vegetable pasta. You know the boxed noodles with green and red pasta? We made that.

First, we put the flour in a bowl and made a well and put the eggs, oil, and water in the middle.

Then we kneaded the dough into a ball until it was no longer sticky and hid it under a bowl so that the air wouldn't make the dough hard while it sits.

Here comes the broccoli pasta! I blanched some broccoli, strained it, and then put it in a few layers of cheesecloth and squeezed all of the liquid out. We put the broccoli into a food processor with flour, eggs, and oil until it made this green dough:

Back to the regular dough, we rolled it out and then folded it into a rectangle and then rolled it out again. Then we put it through the pasta machine at least 7 times, each time changing the setting so that the dough kept getting thinner. Then we ran it through to slice it into fettuccine.  

And we also made marinara sauce and pesto sauce to make these delicious dishes!

Tip of the day: If you're starting to cook a lot of dishes in one shot and you think you'll need a pot of boiling water for a few purposes, fill up a big stock pot with water at the start of your cooking. Work on other things while it gets to a boil, and then use that pot to get water for smaller pots of boiling water so you don't have to constantly wait for your water to boil. This really came in handy on Friday when I was scrambling in the kitchen (thanks, FDR traffic), and I needed to blanch some green beans and corn but didn't want to wait for the water to keep boiling for each time. So, when I got home, I put up a huge pot of water, and started cutting the root vegetables, and then took a smaller pot to scoop up some boiling water to use for the string beans and then another one for corn. It was a real time saver!