My parents picked a great day to come to lab – it was homemade pasta day!! We each were assigned two recipes and got to work.
Kelsey and I were assigned Austro/Hungarian Style Drop Noodles. Here’s the recipe. It was super simple, but I have to say they weren’t my favorite:
Gnocchi
Ravioli
These beautiful hands belong to my friend Shameka!
WW and AP flour noodles (the WW were way better!)
The AP were a little too mushy. I would probably prefer dry pasta to this recipe – it was a lot of work for not the highest quality product.
K and I were also assigned to a Four Cheese Sauce Recipe (with cream = not low-cal!)
My taste testing included a sample of each kind of pasta: 3-cheese, gnocchi, a matzo ball, raw noodle dough. Plus a ravoili and more noodles. I sampled more than you see here – 5 more pieces?
My parents had a lot of fun in lab (although they left for a good 2 hours while we cooked and came back for the taste test). My dad said the lab was more pleasurable than he was expecting. Guess he is used to seeing chemical reactions and gross tomato sauce being evaluated 😉
Kelsey could be part of the family!
I found this cute inchworm on my desk!!!!! He was just squirmin’ along!
The carb fun continued after lab to Great Harvest!!! I left my camera in the car, but Matt was able to let us sample a handful of things: Ambrosia bread, Savannah bar, turtle bar. When we got home no one wanted lunch!!
After some downtime (my mom now loves The Office!) we did get a little hungry in the 2:00 hour. I made us salads!
Greens, Annie’s Woodstock, tomatoes, carrot, green pepper, 1/3 cup beans, leftover blue cheese slaw, peanuts.
With a few crackers!
And a 7-Up
That was over an hour ago, but I’m feeling my stomach start to rumble again! I might need some yogurt soon. Dinner isn’t until 8pm.
Our weather is horrible and we haven’t gotten in a walk. Dad (who is as much of a weather nerd as I am – we discuss it constantly) says there should be a break in rain from 4-5pm when we could go walking. I hope so – I have couch fever!
Tonight is hor d’oeuvres at Karen’s and then dinner at Mama Ricotta’s (again! Karen booked it for our company last Friday when she liked it so much).
News
Diana just posted a lovely recap of last night’s party!
And FINALLY you can insert images into Gmail emails!!!!!!
See y’all late tonight.
Maureen says
The gnocchi looks so cool! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun, and it was nice of your school/professor to let your parents observe.
Lisa D says
MMM, homemade pasta!! Your fam is so cute, and you are right Kelsey could def pass as a member!
Lisa says
What’s this ambrosia bread of which you speak? I’m heading over to B&B to check it out!
Jennifer says
I check the weather constantly too- def a weather nerd here.
Sara says
Homemade pasta sounds fun! I bet your parents had a great time at class with you.
Kailey (SnackFace) says
Oh gosh I love gnocchi! Homemade pasta is such a delight. Well, maybe it’s not “light.” Lovely salads today. Have a great evening with the fam!
Amanda @ Fake Ginger says
That class always looks like so much fun. The salad looks delish!
EatingRD says
I love making homemade pasta, especially with the kitchenaid mixer attachments. I’ve posted a few times about it, and I like the fresh stuff much better than dried. It almost has a ‘spongy’ texture? Although the best pasta dough recipes have quite a bit of egg yolk! That looked like a lot of fun in lab; have fun with your parents! I think my mom may be come visiting in september 🙂 miss the family
-kristen
Beadie @ What I Ate Yesterday says
I have always wanted to make homemade pasta.
That little inch worm is super cute!
Nicole says
Yum. Look at all that pasta. That looks like a delightful class.
Shannon (The Daily Balance) says
love gnocchi – looks so good!
LOVE that salad — great mix-ins!
Have a good night 😉
Angie says
Kath – thanks for sharing. It brings back so many memories for me from my food lab classes 10 years ago! Yours looks more fun than I remember! Have a great night with your family.
Bec says
Thats so fun that your parents came to lab, glad they had fun testing the pasta! My sister and I spend a lot of time this morning catching up on the office rather then studying… oops
VeggieGirl says
Yum to the homemade goodies!!
Yuck to the inchworm.
zestycook says
love the goodies Kath!
Kerri says
So many pastas! I want to know how to make spinach pasta.
Leah @ Simply Fabulous says
Those salads look amazing!! So yummy.
Sarah (lovINmytummy) says
Glad Cliff and Norm are having fun with you and that you fed them Hugh Jass salads! I also converted my parents to Office fans, though they still struggle to get the “that’s what she said” jokes.
K says
Your labs always look so fun! Glad your parents had a great time 🙂
I tried to convert my mom to The Office but she doesn’t have the patience to watch tv!
Run Sarah says
Wow, that homemade pasta looks great. Glad your parents had a good time!
Heather says
What a fun lab!!! I’m sure your parents enjoyed this one!
Again, what a great looking salad. I’ve started adding peanuts to my salad after seeing them on yours and just love the combo!
Meaghen says
WOW. I had no idea that food lab was that long!!! Crazy. That’s nice that your parents had fun!!
That salad looks delish!
WendyF says
That salad looks soooo good, I am making one just like that when I get home. Don’t get me wrong I like Thai food but not for every meal :-). Your pasta also looked great. You just gave me some first meals home ideas.
Casey says
I think it’s awesome your parents came to class!!!
Meg says
What a fun day! So cool that your parents went to class with you!
Utz says
the reason the AP flour noodles didn’t work is because you have to use semolina flour from durum wheat, the higher protein content makes it really strong in structure
Diana says
Ooh…a pasta day! How fun! That’s so cool your parents were able to go to one of your classes. Thanks for the link-love. 🙂 D
Alison says
What exactly is the class for? Do you measure the nutrition of each item? Or is it to learn how to cook different things?
melissa (fitnessnyc) says
Look at you with your Bethenny lingo. Get your beauty sleep, I hope you awake to sunny skies for the hike!
Kath says
Lisa ,
It’s a Great Harvest bread with fruit and icing. Yum!
Alison ,
Everything from ingredients to sensory analysis to new products. This lab was learning about the different ways to make pasta (one of the more fun ones!) but last week was more chemistry with leaveners and measuring volumes. It’s all just to get to know food science.
K
Michelle Hisae says
How fun! You got to make your own pasta?! Whole wheat flour adds that nuttiness that just can’t be beat.
Kristan Anne says
The pasta making looked so fun! Really cool that your parents could join you.