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