Feed Me Fast - The Filling Station (Mead Vice)

  Pasta In this issue, I'm going to talk about pasta. When I talk with people about quick meals, we always end up discussing the fact that people like pasta, but don't know what to do different with it. They simply boil up the pasta, dump a cheese or tomato sauce on it, and may even top with grated cheese, and that's it. There are loads of different pasta dishes you can make, some quick, some not so quick. You have so many varieties of pasta to choose from, different ways to sauce and dress pasta. You can have pasta in salads, as a salad, in soups, in stir fry's, with cheese or vegetables, there are so many different variations. Let's start with the pasta itself. Pasta is basically noodles, made from an unleavened dough (usually made from durum wheat flour) mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets, strips or shapes, of which are then cooked in boiling water. You can get dried or fresh pasta, or you could even have

Mega Fast Meals Modern living, especially in this economic climate, means that finding the time to cook a meal, or just a bite to eat, can prove to be quite difficult. With a little bit of planning, or just thinking ahead, it isn't as difficult or time-consuming as it seems. The two main points to observe are, firstly, after a heavy day, you don't have the energy, or the inclination to prep and cook a meal. Especially if you live alone. Secondly, every-time you look in the cupboards or fridge, there seems to be nothing there. Ok, its Friday night, you've just finished work, and after a quick shower and change of clothes, your out on the town. A meal in the pub, or a side trip to the chip shop is always on the cards. But on a Tuesday night, in the middle of the week, not going anywhere, and skint, it's a micro meal and crap tv. Unless you decide to make a few small changes. Microwave meals, as stated on the nutrition label that is on the packaging,