Kitchen

[Moonlady]

I don't have this one, but I've had the Nordic Ware one for a long time, and like it. 

The fact is, we don't need as much water to cook pasta as we've been led to believe.  Another method I use even more frequently is a skillet large enough to accommodate spaghetti laid flat in the pan. I add anywhere from 2-3 cups of water only, and very little salt. It cooks quickly. I remove the pasta with tongs to one of the dishes my husband and I will use, discard what's left of the water, then heat up whatever sauce I'll be using in that same pan. Often, I'll even do a quick Alfredo sauce in the pan. Then I add the spaghetti back to the pan, stir, and it's done. It all goes so quickly, now, and works for serving more people. I just add more water, but never remotely as much as I did using the old big pot method. 

My days of filling a large vessel with water, bringing it to the stove, waiting for it to boil, carting it back, steaming, to the sink, etc. are over lol.

[Pook]

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@Moonlady wrote:

I don't have this one, but I've had the Nordic Ware one for a long time, and like it. 

The fact is, we don't need as much water to cook pasta as we've been led to believe.  Another method I use even more frequently is a skillet large enough to accommodate spaghetti laid flat in the pan. I add anywhere from 2-3 cups of water only, and very little salt. It cooks quickly. I remove the pasta with tongs to one of the dishes my husband and I will use, discard what's left of the water, then heat up whatever sauce I'll be using in that same pan. Often, I'll even do a quick Alfredo sauce in the pan. Then I add the spaghetti back to the pan, stir, and it's done. It all goes so quickly, now, and works for serving more people. I just add more water, but never remotely as much as I did using the old big pot method. 

My days of filling a large vessel with water, bringing it to the stove, waiting for it to boil, carting it back, steaming, to the sink, etc. are over lol.

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That's what I do!  I got the idea from an easy mac and cheese recipe  I made from a recipe  I found online.  In case anyone is interesed in it - just use equal measurements of canned milk, macaroni and shredded cheese.  Cook pasta (just cover with  enough water to cover pasta in big low fryer type pan and when water all absorbed add canned milk then mix in shredded cheese.  Can be baked after that also.

[Moonlady]

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@Pook wrote:

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@Moonlady wrote:

I don't have this one, but I've had the Nordic Ware one for a long time, and like it. 

The fact is, we don't need as much water to cook pasta as we've been led to believe.  Another method I use even more frequently is a skillet large enough to accommodate spaghetti laid flat in the pan. I add anywhere from 2-3 cups of water only, and very little salt. It cooks quickly. I remove the pasta with tongs to one of the dishes my husband and I will use, discard what's left of the water, then heat up whatever sauce I'll be using in that same pan. Often, I'll even do a quick Alfredo sauce in the pan. Then I add the spaghetti back to the pan, stir, and it's done. It all goes so quickly, now, and works for serving more people. I just add more water, but never remotely as much as I did using the old big pot method. 

My days of filling a large vessel with water, bringing it to the stove, waiting for it to boil, carting it back, steaming, to the sink, etc. are over lol.

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That's what I do!  I got the idea from an easy mac and cheese recipe  I made from a recipe  I found online.  In case anyone is interesed in it - just use equal measurements of canned milk, macaroni and shredded cheese.  Cook pasta (just cover with  enough water to cover pasta in big low fryer type pan and when water all absorbed add canned milk then mix in shredded cheese.  Can be baked after that also.

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@Pook Yes, that's the idea! You've made a mac and cheese, controlling the ingredient amounts to make it in one pan. I also do "buttered noodle" side dish using bouillon, and don't even have any water left over since it gets absorbed. It's amazing what you can make in one frying pan!