Homemade Fat Free Pasta Recipes

HOMEMADE (FAT FREE) PASTA

Steps:

• Put the flour into the bowl of a food processor.
• Pulse while adding the egg substitute.
• This will produce a soft ball of dough.
• Turn out onto a floured towel or board and knead the dough into a single ball that is glossy and elastic.
• Put in plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes.
• FLOUR the rollers of a pasta machine.
• Cut the dough in quarters; flour all over and flatten.
• Put the first piece of dough through the largest opening on the pasta machine 3 times, folding the dough in half after each time through.
• Then put it through each successively smaller opening until it has gone through the smallest.
• Repeat this process for the remaining 3 pieces of dough.
• Put each of the thin pieces of dough through the wide cutters on machine.
• Hang and dry 10 minutes.

DELICIOUS LOW FAT ONE DISH PASTA DINNER

Steps:

• Cook pasta in boiling salted water for 1-2 minutes less than the package directions say (so it's still quite firm and little undercooked).
• Drain and return to the pan.
• Toss with about 2/3 of the can of spaghetti sauce.
• Set aside to cool.
• Meanwhile, mix together ricotta, cottage cheese, parmesan and pepper.
• Stir til smooth.
• Set aside.
• Next, saute the zucchini, onion, and garlic in the olive oil.
• Add oregano, basil, salt and water.
• Cook until water has evaporated and zucchini is tender-crisp.
• Make sure the onion doesn't burn.
• Set aside.
• Assemble as follows in a 2 quart casserole dish that you've sprayed with Pam.
• First, put in about 1/2 of the cooled pasta, pat down with the back of your spoon.
• Then spread out the ricotta cheese mixture.
• Next, make a layer with the zucchini mixture.
• Again, pat with the back of your spoon so the zucchini nestles into the ricotta.
• Sprinkle with about 1/2 of the reduced fat mozzarella.
• Then put in the rest of the pasta.
• Pour the remaining sauce over the top.
• Sprinkle the top with remaining mozzarella.
• bake at 350 for about 35 minutes.
• Let cool slightly before serving.