Beet Pasta

 It has been a long time since I posted on my blog and I have a lot of new things to share with you all. I was blessed with a Christmas gift from one of my clients, Kitchen-Aid Mixer, and I have been a busy bee! Ordered the pasta attachment and learned how to make my own pasta! 

Making raviolis & saving rest for noodles

Put dough through pasta roller & cutting up noodles by hand.

Noodles ready to cook!

Beet Pasta 🍝

Ingredients:

2 cups of organic white flour 

1 cup of pre-cooked pureed beets

2 brown organic eggs

1/4 cup of olive oil

1 teaspoon of pink salt 

Directions: 

1. Add the ingredients together in a mixer on the dough setting. Keep a little bit extra of the white flour on the side to help with rolling out the dough. Allow the mixer to knead the dough for about 5 minutes. Keep adding some of the extra flour to the dough until it doesn't stick to your hands.

2. Flour your wooden board with some more of the extra flour and separate the dough in 3 or 4 portions. Wrap in plastic or cover in a container and refrigerate for 30 minutes or freeze until needed. 

3. Remove a portion from the refrigerator and let sit for about 5 - 10 minutes before rolling it out with a rolling pin. One portion makes a good amount of noodles for 1 - 2 people. I have a kitchen-aid pasta roller attachment which makes the whole process a lot easier. Make sure to have some extra flour to keep the dough from sticking. 

4. Make sure to wrap in plastic the rest of the dough and place it in the freezer until you are ready to cook. Once you have you dough at the consistency and as flat as you want, you can cut up your pasta in noodles or raviolis. I have made both. I don't have the pasta cutter so I cut my pasta by hand. You can make your noodles has thick or thin as you want!

5. Boil the noodles or raviolis in water, a teaspoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Noodles should be ready in 10 minutes depending on how thick they are. Raviolis take about 10 minutes depending how big they are as well. 

Enjoy making your beet pasta!

Top Roast Recipe

I cook at home a lot and I tend to forget that there are many people who do not know who to cook from scratch. I had a client tell me about how she tried beef skirt (fajitas) and it was SO TOUGH to eat. I asked her how did she prepare the beef and I quickly realized she didn't know how to tenderize or marinade beef protein. So I made a quick and easy recipe you can work with without coming up with the combinations of herbs and spices! This recipe uses Ms Dash!

Easy Beef Marinade

• Ingredients:
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/8 cup of balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp of Ms Dash ( of your choice)

Top Roast Recipe

• Ingredients:
• 1 four to 5 lbs. top roast
• Easy Beef Marinade

Directions:

1. Place the roast in a container and add the marinade. Allow to sit in the fridge at least 4 - 8 hours, flipping it to make sure all the meat is covered in the marinade.

2. After it has sat over night, take it out of the fridge. Set the heat for the stove for 425 degrees. Place a medium sized pan on medium/high heat. Once the pan is ready, place the roast on the pan and cook each side for 5 to 7 minutes depending how thick your roast is.

3. Your oven should be heated and transport the roast in a pan and bake for 30 - 45 minutes. Meat will come out juicy and tender!