Pasta

Pasta is an incredibly diverse food. There are so many different pasta shapes, different things the pasta is made from, and different sauces you can top the pasta with. The combinations are endless, but there are a few classics, which fit into larger categories. For example, bolognese is a meat sauce, the classic "spaghetti sauce" is a red sauce, and alfredo is a cream sauce.

When you're making pasta sauce, you can do it using almost anything you have. As many or as few ingredients as you desire can go into a sauce. Thats the great part of pasta- if all you have is butter, or olive oil, and some spices, you can make a sauce. (You can actually just put olive oil or butter on the pasta and eat that.) if you have carrots, celery, sausage, bacon, grana padano, garlic, onions, roasted red peppers, red wine, balsamic vinegar, and tomatoes, you can make a sauce from that. You don't need to go out and buy tons of extravagant ingredients- that is, of course, unless you want to. 

Another awesome thing about pasta is that you can make it however you like it. If you like penne with red sauce, go ahead and make that. If you like a fresh tagliatelle with cream sauce and lemon zest, you can do that too. It all comes down to what you want to eat, and what ingredients you have.

Throughout the next few weeks, ill show you how to make different pasta sauces. Ill show you a basic cream sauce, a red sauce, and a meat sauce. Enjoy!