Basic Pasta Recipe

Putting this in a safe place for my hubby! ;)

1 1/2C Bob's Semolina Flour (guess where we got the recipe?)
1/2 tsp salt, optional
2 eggs or 3 egg whites, beaten
2 TBSP Water
2 TBSP Olive Oil

Combine Semolina Flour and salt.  Add beaten eggs (or egg whites), water and oil.  Mix to make a stiff dough.  Knead 10 minutes or until dough is elastic.  Wrap dough in a towel or place in a plastic bag and let rest 20 minutes.  On a lightly floured surface, roll out to desired thickness and cut as desired.  Bring large pot of water containing 1/2 tsp oil to a boil.  Add pasta and cook until tender.  When making lasagna, no need to boil noodles.  Add directly to your recipe.  Serve with your favorite sauce or pesto or toss with olive oil or butter, pepper and Parmesan cheese.

** Note from package:  Many People prefer making pasta using 50% Semolina & 50% Unbleached White Flour. **

Cooking Dry beans, Pinto

These are my favorite instructions and I am posting them here because I hate having to look for them all the time!  :)

Preparations:

• Sort and rinse beans
• bring 1 lb of beans to a boil for 2 minutes with 8 C of water
• cover & soak for at least 1 hour
• Drain & Rinse beans

Cooking:

• add 6 C water to beans and simmer for at least 2 hours
• during this time you can add flavoring

Moving on to Refried Beans:

• at this point if I haven't seasoned already I season now
• I don't have a recipe to share right now, we are working on a low sodium solution for my hubby who just found out he has HIGH blood pressure.  :(  one of my easy favorite is 1/2 can of enchilada sauce (I am working on figuring out how to make my own!)
• so you can blend them at this point with an immersion blender, or put is small batches in the blender.  I like to leave out a little so there is some chunkiness to the beans.
• I don't re-fry them, or add any lard or shortening,  if it is too runny we will simmer it until it thickens up.