Pasta; it goes with everything,

I would like to continue to write about bread for another week or two, but my wise and learned wife let me know that I would be the only one reading after a while. So on to another very easy and healthy thing for your family, pasta.  Pasta is so simple that if you have never made if before you should try.  The recipe for pasta is about 3 cups of flour to about a cup of liquid.  I tend to use about a ¼ cup milk or cream and the rest eggs.  Now, if you want to add some color, grate up a carrot and throw it in.  It will not change the flavor but will add color.  Now take your flour and your liquid and mix it either by hand or in a mixer until it comes together.  Take the dough and toss it on the counter and kneed it until it feels like play dough and is well mixed.  Now I am sure there must be a French or Italian word for “feels like play dough” but I will stick with that. Take the dough and cover it with plastic wrap and set it on the counter for 30 minutes.  Really 30 minutes; the gluten needs time to relax so go check your Farmville farm and let the dog in.  I have watched many videos of people trying to make the pasta without waiting and see that every time they roll it out it springs back, that means “let it rest”.   Now that the dough has relaxed, you can make it into pasta.  If you have a pasta machine, start feeding the dough through.  Stay on the large setting until the dough comes together better then turn down the size a little at a time.  If you do not have a pasta machine roll the dough out on a counter, then just cut it with a pizza cutter.  Now the best part, cook it for about 3 minutes and it is done.   One batch of pasta goes a long way and it tastes so much better when it’s fresh.