Good morning, how are you? I wanted to bring you our series sharing Food Holidays: October, 21st: National Pasta Month. My niece Lily and my nephew Jason will love learning its National Pasta Month because this is pretty much all they eat. How about you. Do you eat a lot of Pasta as well?
In our home we also eat a fair amount of Pasta. Including Spaghetti. Macaroni and Cheese to Chicken and Noodles and other dishes as well. How about you what do you make with Pasta and why? To celebrate this Holiday I think Charlie and I will make Homemade Lasagna. Would you like to have dinner with Charlie and I as David is working this evening. As Charlie and I prepare to go out of town tomorrow.
Few dishes provide the comfortable feeling of a plate of rigatoni and sauce, a bowl of mac and cheese, or a thick slab of lasagne. Pasta has been a core food for millennia, and with a bit of research you can find endless recipes that feature our doughy friend. Plus, not only does pasta fill you up, it also has lots of nutrients to keep you healthy and energized — which is why long-distance runners eat lots of it before a big run. So it makes sense for us to celebrate this extremely versatile, useful and tasty food throughout National Pasta Month this October.
NATIONAL PASTA MONTH ACTIVITIES
- Lets have a Pasta Potluck Party. Invite your foodie friends together and get creative! Challenge your friends to bring their very best pasta dish, or to add a pasta element to their favorite non-pasta dish.
- Don’t forget you can go global. From the Indian Kheer Vermicelli Pudding to Polish Peroghi Dumplings to the Egyptian street dish Koshari, there’s a global wealth of Non-Italian and Non-East Asian recipes that you can research, cook and serve to your loved ones.
- Try Pasta for dessert October is also National Dessert Month, so it’s time to try a sweet version of Pasta. Cook up a Kugel, or Chocolate-stuffed Shells, or Honey-sweetened Sicilian Pasta Crisps.
5 PASTA FACTS
- In traditional Italian cuisine, Pasta is usually slightly undercooked and firm, or al dente, which means “to the tooth.”
- Did you know Pasta is actually OK for your dog or cat to eat in small amounts, as long as your pet isn’t allergic to Wheat.
- Italy classifies its Flour into three different types: 1, 0, or 00, with type 00 being the most fine, and thus best for Pasta.
- Most Pasta is made from Durham Flour, and can be kept uncooked for more than a year.
- According to the International Pasta Organization, more than 600 different shapes of Pasta are produced globally.
WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL PASTA MONTH
- New research shows that people who eat Pasta generally have better diets than those who don’t. Mainly because they eat more necessary Nutrients and less Sugar. Plus, Pasta is Cholesterol Free and Low in Sodium!
- Pasta is a complex Carbohydrate, making it a great source of sustained Energy for both your brain and body for the entire day. Enriched Pastas also offer important energizing Nutrients like Folic Acid, Iron, and several B Vitamins.
- If you’ve got water, a pot, and a stove, you’re three-quarters of the way to a Sauce-ready Pasta Entree. Pasta makes it easy to feed a crowd, or a hungry family.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
