Have you ever used refrigerated pasta? I just tried refrigerated pasta for the first time last weekend and I’m so happy for my new discovery! I think pasta is a great resource for quick cooking, it seems to me like you can add almost anything to pasta to create a quick meal. The only thing is, with how impatient I can be, sometimes when I’m in a rush I don’t even feel like waiting for the pasta to cook! That is why I love refrigerated pasta. While most normal dry pasta cooks in about 10-13 minutes, refrigerated pasta takes only about 2-3 minutes to cook! Amazing!…although it doesn’t do much to alleviate my annoyance of having to wait for the water to boil!…just make sure that whenever you do boil water for pasta that you put the lid on while you’re waiting (sounds like common sense, but I’m embarrassed to admit how long it took me to realize that that really does make it faster!)! I’ve used refrigerated linguine and fettuccine and there was a very big taste difference, much better than dried.

I also like refrigerated pasta because I feel that it tastes much better and has so much more taste than regular dried pasta. Again, probably another common sense statement because doesn’t everything fresh always taste better? The only obvious negative is that it’s more expensive than normal dried pasta. Right now when I’m only cooking for 2 it’s not a huge deal, but I might have to make the change back to dried pasta (and just deal with waiting the extra 10 minutes!) when we have a big family.

The only other concern I had with refrigerated pasta is that it wouldn’t last very long? But I was very happy to find out that it lasts in your fridge for a few weeks, and you can freeze it for a few months, and cooking it from frozen supposedly doesn’t add any time to the cooking time. Great.

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