| Making your own pasta is not difficult.
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| | 500 g (1 pound) of strong wholemeal
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| It's actually very easy.But you may
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| | flour* 275 ml (a bit over a cup) of
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| wonder why would you make your own pasta,
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| | water.This is what you do:First, put the
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| when you can buy it pre-packed, and ready
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| | flour in a large mixing bowl and make a
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| to cook?Well, one reason is that by
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| | well in the middle (like a volcano, sort
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| making your own, you eat fresh pasta.
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| | of thing).Then, pour in the water, and
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| There is a difference of taste and
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| | mix with a knife till the dough
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| texture between fresh pasta and
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| | binds.After that, you start mixing with
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| pre-packed pasta.But there is another
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| | your hands and knead it till all the
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| reason: if you make your own pasta, you
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| | flour is evenly incorporated into the
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| may want to use nutritius ingredients,
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| | dough.Move the dough to a kitchen bench,
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| ensuring that your pasta not only tastes
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| | and knead it for about 10 minutes, till
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| good, but it is also low in fat, and
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| | it becomes smooth and elastic.Next, put
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| generally good for you.For instance, you
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| | the dough into a plastic (zip lock) bag
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| may want to make your own low fat pasta
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| | and leave it there for about 30
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| with unrefined flour, ensuring that your
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| | minutes.Then, take a quarter of the dough
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| pasta is rich in fibre and B complex
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| | and roll it out by hand on a slightly
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| Vitamins.Finally, learning to make your
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| | floured surface. Roll it very thin. Leave
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| own basic pasta dough is the first skill
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| | it to rest and dry before using it.Freeze
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| towards preparing other (more advanced?)
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| | whatever you don't use. It will remain
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| types of pasta dishes like lasagna,
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| | good for up to 3 months.You will be able
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| raviolli, tortellini, and that type of
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| | to use this basic low fat pasta to make
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| thing.It's not such a difficult thing to
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| | many of my delicious recipes.Bon
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| do, and it can be a fun process.You see,
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| | apetite!Jeff, The Skinny Chef, has a
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| normally you make pasta with refined
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| | growing collection of delicious (and easy
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| wheat flour, eggs and salt.But if you
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| | to make)low fat recipes and healthy
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| want low fat pasta, you need to use water
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| | eating articles. The recipes come with
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| instead of eggs, and you have to give
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| | the amount of fat, calories, kilo joules
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| salt a miss.This recipe makes about 750 g
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| | and Weight Watchers' points that can be
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| of low fat pasta (about 1.5 pounds), and
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| | incorporated into a realistic weight loss
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| it takes about 50 minutes to make.To make
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| | plan. Visit his site at and lose weight
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| your own low fat basic pasta you need:*
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| | eating delicious food!
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