Pasta Project Parts 2 and 3: It’s About More than the Dangly Bits

I’m making turkey lasagna tonight.  We ended up with a little extra homemade sauce and not much room in our freezer for it, so the next logical step is, of course, to turn it into something yummy.  I have a confession, though…  I will be using boxed noodles. “What?” you say.  “You were off to

The Great Pasta Project: Attempt One

When making pasta, be sure to have plenty of booze on hand. For those who are wondering, being half Italian does not automatically confer pasta making skills upon you.  My first couple of tries at fresh homemade pasta resulted in thick lumps of chewy dough with sweet potato in the middle that I euphemistically called