Pasta!

We got a pasta maker as a wedding gift, but it has rarely been used. Inspired by the Stubblefields and the Stegalius, Carter and I gave it another try yesterday. Carter is strong enough to turn the crank all by himself, so he was able to actually help unassisted.

We made two pounds of whole wheat pasta. Half of which isn't pictured because we had it for dinner last night, simply tossed with a little butter, garlic and fresh parmesan (which was tasty, and allowed us to really taste the whole wheat yumminess)! Here's the stuff we saved for another night.

And, as part of my ongoing quest to create food in colors infrequently found in nature, we made some blue and purple pasta for Carter.

Thanks to a tip from Stubbie, instead of leaving the stuff to dry overnight all over the kitchen (which was my main reason for discontinuing fresh pasta-making), we bagged it in single-serving portions and tossed it in the freezer.