Pasta in 45 minutes

This is one of those dishes that is reason to never walk down the frozen food section again. Home made pasta from start to finish in 45 minutes Max! The sauce was a spin off of a simple pomodoro sauce with the addition of a few extra things that happened to be in the kitchen. My cooking also leans on the factor of what is in my kitchen at the time. Not having much to some people can seem to be frustrating, because you feel like you need a lot to make something great. However fewer ingredients and the time to put them together properly can be just the boundaries you need to make something great. Mushrooms can add a great flavor to pasta dishes therefore starting off by sauteing them to release the flavor with the onions and garlic at the beginning is a good start. Then continuing with the typical ingredients to make your base sauce, tomato paste, salt & pepper, oregano, bay leaf, thyme and water you already have a great start. The last addition was a half glass of wine that just so happened to be in the kitchen already opened. Typically I don't like to open wine just to cook with it, unless I bought a small bottle, or it will be included with the meal. However left over wine from the day or days before should never be dumped out. It simply can be added to most any dish.

Break down of time frame:

- Start Dough

- let sit, then

- start sauce, get simmering. Stirring occasionally

- Start pot of water boiling

- then dough is ready

- roll out and cut into pasta noodles

- Hang out rack

- Water starts boiling

- Salt and oil, then drop pasta

- minutes later, add some pasta water to sauce and stir

- then add noodles, let simmer for another minute or two turning pasta into sauce

- plate and done!