Pasta, Pasta, Pasta

Homemade pasta is something I have wanted to make for a long time and finally had the opportunity to do so. I actually made the dough, meatballs and sauce on Sunday and then rolled out and cooked the pasta (and reheated the sauce and meatballs) on Monday. It made for a very easy and incredibly delicious week-day meal. Andy naturally took on the duty of rolling out and cutting the pasta, while I prepped the rest of the meal. This is a great date night dinner, interactive and not too challenging -- but I will warn you it's not the lightest of meals. I paired it with freshly steamed broccoli which added some nutrition and color to the plate and we washed it all down with Yellow Tail Cab (one of my favorite cheap red wines).

The pasta recipe for Easy Egg Noodles came from Cookie Magazine and the Meatballs + Sauce recipe came from Giada De Laurentiis -- the recipe calls for ground turkey, I happened to have a meat/turkey combo on hand and it worked out just fine.

Oh, and the leftovers were AMAZING! The best buttered egg noodles I've ever had! All you need is a little butter, salt and pepper. After two days of pasta I am definitely looking forward to some lighter meals. Anyone have any suggestions?