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Originally Posted by urs

It's been a bit eye opening, cooking from scratch - it's much easier to *not* really think about just how much sugar/fat is in something when you buy it pre-packaged.

OHHH ain't THAT the truth!

And yanno, I haven't yet figured out how to cut the fat from my recipes without also sacrificing the texture and taste. It doesn't bother me so much when it's something that's highly nutritious, like nuts or cheese or whole milk yogurt, but when it's butter, well, I do feel guilty.

By the same token, if a recipe calls for sour cream and I substitute yogurt or yogurt cheese, I feel all virtuous, lol...

I will find my Gram's noodle recipe if you like, Ursy, but truth to tell I haven't made them in so long that you probably know it better than I do... I remember one egg, and half a shell of milk, and what, two cups flour to start with? But what about salt? Surely it needs at least a quarter teaspoon...

I am sooo excited to tell you that I just ordered a pasta machine! It's a relatively cheap one but even cheap machines flatten that dough very nicely. It should save my wrists a LOT and then Gryph can have noodles often enough that I won't forget the recipe again.

So have you tried making seasoned noodles? I routinely make seasoned tortillas (and I leave the salt completely out of them), so I wonder if it would work well to add garlic, pepper, Italian seasoning to noodle dough.

Also, have you experiemented with making flavored noodles, especially chocolate? Someone was joking about fudge lasagna and .....................

....................oh my that Butterscotch Sauce would be soooo good with fudge lasagna! *big eyes*

..............anyhow, I want to experiment and see if I can come up with something good. I'm thinking ricotta and yogurt cheese, fudge sauce... maybe fruit...

If it worked, it'd be a GREAT potluck dish!