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CLOSED Giveaway – KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment for Homemade Pasta

Homemade Mac & Cheese Pasta Noodles

This giveaway is now closed. The winner, randomly chosen through Random.org, of the KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment is…. Leah from the blog “So, How’s it Taste?” Congrats Leah! I’m excited to have another blogger to share in the fun of homemade pasta!

(If you weren’t the lucky winner, just an FYI that Amazon has the KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment on sale right now at a pretty decent discount.)

Awhile back, I wrote about my first efforts at making homemade rigatoni pasta. I was pretty proud of my kitchen accomplishment and have since made several different types of noodles using my KitchenAid Mixer Pasta Extruder Attachment.

Making homemade pasta is one of those “magic” kitchen moments to me. It is amazing how with a couple of simple ingredients (flour, eggs, salt, water) you can create something so useful and so delicious! Last week on the Simple Bites blog, I wrote a post about making homemade pasta without using a pasta maker. You absolutely can make homemade pasta without a fancy attachment, but using a pasta press makes creating homemade pasta an absolute breeze.

I am beyond excited to share that the generous folks over at KitchenAid would like to send one lucky Dine & Dish a reader a KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment (ARV $189.00)! Now, one of you can join in on all the pasta making fun! The KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment is made for the KitchenAid mixer and has 6 interchangeable pasta plates, so you can make: fresh spaghetti, bucatini, rigatoni, fusilli, small macaroni and large macaroni.

To be entered in the giveaway drawing for the KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment, simply leave a comment on this post telling me what your absolute favorite pasta dish is.

For additional entries, do one or all of the following and leave a separate comment for each completed item. Each comment includes one entry, so make sure to leave separate comments for everything you have done!

All entries must be received by Midnight CST on Monday, April 4th. On April 5th, I will use Random Number Generator to select the winner and will make the announcement. Good luck and thanks for entering!

Disclosure: KitchenAid is providing the KitchenAid Pasta Extruder Attachment (ARV $189.00) to one lucky Dine & Dish reader. All opinions expressed within this post are my own.

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  8. Jenn Kram says

    My favorite pasta dish is my Mom’s homemade spaghetti sauce. It’s so yummy over rotini pasta. Wish I lived closer to her. 🙂

  29. Orghlaith says

    My favorite pasta is spaghetti. I love it plain, with oil and garlic, with sauces, cold, hot. I could eat it every day. My hips prove it.

  32. susan says

    I still own my small pasta maker from the 80’s. I may have used it twice! I vow to make pasta more than twice if I get this attachment!

  34. Pam says

    Ok, I just tweeted on twitter that I entered the #giveaway for a @KitchenAidUSA Pasta Attachment! Now, pick me 🙂

  37. Rachel says

    Lobster ravioli for sure!!! With a light cream sauce it’s the best. I attempted making homemade pasta a few weeks ago and really enjoyed myself. You can taste the difference.

  47. Kristie says

    My friend’s mom in high school used to make homemade ravioli’s. They were amazing. She passed away after we graduated and I never got her recipe. I did get the recipe for the sauce though!

  54. Brooke says

    I am a homemade Chicken Alfredo on Angel Hair type of girl. My favorite pasta shape is Campanelle. So pretty!

  68. Brittney Lyskoski says

    My favorite pasta dish would definitely have to be chicken fettucini alfredo! I love the creamy sauce with the thin noodles and seasoned chicken! It’s the best 🙂

  70. Laura says

    I am assuming rice noodles don’t count. In which case…. Noodles, not spaghetti but noodles like a rigatoni or penne, with a meat and mushroom sauce. Lots of mushrooms.

  74. Bren says

    It’s so hard to choose just one, but I do love the one I had tonight…whole wheat sesame noodles with lots of stir fried veggies!!

  75. Liesal says

    Just plain spaghetti with red sauce. So good I could live off of it every day for the rest of my life.

  86. A Canadian Foodie says

    Is this for the US readers only? If so, I have a daughter in the US 🙂 My favourite pasta dish is my last post: Turkey and Sundried Tomato Stuffed Jumbo Shells. YUM!
    🙂
    Valerie

  95. Francesca says

    Spaghetti with lemon –
    Saute one clove of garlic cut in 2 (or less) on med low heat till lightly golden, then remove. Grate zest of one lemon into evoo and then squeeze juice of the lemon into evoo. Let cook over medium a few minutes (this sauce cooks while pasta is cooking), then add some chopped parsley just before tossing the pasta in the evoo. Salt, pepper, yum.

  108. Carole says

    I’d have to say Fettuccine Alfredo! So bad but so good! And I liked YOU on Facebook and Kitchen Aid, too. Pick me, pick me!

  130. Intisar says

    I love, love, love ALFREDO! of any kind, chicken, shrimp, cajun, you name it and I will love it! Add so veggies or sun dried tomatoes and it is even better!

  134. Melanie says

    Ever since your rigatoni post we’ve been thinking about getting one of these attachments. My favorite pasta dish is macaroni and cheese. But any pasta will do.

  140. Sarah R says

    What an awesome giveaway! It’s so hard to pick just one favorite pasta dish. I love them all! But anything with fresh noodles wins out any day.

  157. Ott, A says

    I just bought the kitchen aid pasta roller/cutter and have been making lots of different pastas. Here is a recipe I created myself using tomatoes from our garden that I dehydrated into little flakes last summer. http://ht.ly/4ozr6

  164. Soma says

    my goodness gracious! this looks so good. I saw this in your flickr account and the pasta coming out of the machine looks so sensuous:-)

  166. Nivedita says

    I love pasta in any form… but i should say that my fav is mac and cheese with all additions 🙂

  172. Mama__B says

    My favourite pasta dish is the one my mother used to make for Christmas. She’d simmer her sauce, often with a pork hock in it, for up to 5 days. On Christmas day she’d add Italian sausage, kielbasa, pepperoni and meatballs and let it simmer for several hours more. It was dark and acidic and rich… Wonderful!

  175. Mikki says

    i really love macaroni cheese and taglietelle carbonara like it’s made in france with lardons, cream and an egg yolk on top. sure its not traditional but its really tasty!

  180. Wendy W. says

    Hands down, penne a la vodka with spicy Italian sausage, zucchini and red bell peppers … *drool*

  202. mumsie says

    This is impossible! I have many, many favorite pasta dishes; it’s my go to meal of choice & there’s always something available, in either frig or pantry, to use for sauce. Pasta with olive oil and garlic is my favorite when I need a super easy, fast & /or comforting dish. Lasagna with butternut squash is a new discovery that I can’t get enough of. Linguini with white clam sauce is my favorite because my husband made it for me during our courtship. I keep pesto in the freezer for another favorite pasta meal – I could go on and on but my mac and cheese is getting cold.

  208. Tracy says

    I love many pasta dishes, but one favorite is a simple linguine with artichokes, garlic, olives and tomato.

  209. Gina B says

    Love any and all pasta… favorite would be butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sauce…. yum!

  217. foodwanderings says

    OMG what a great giveaway, I only fantasize about. As recently as this past weekend, in between much yard clean up, I whizzed together the simplest most delicious pesto pasta.Always wanted to make pasta from scratch. Would love to win this one!! Liked both and tweeting the giveaway!!

  219. Mama Mia says

    My favorite pasta is homemade rigatoni with rabe and chicken….from Rino’s Place in East Boston, MA. Nothing better…anywhere!

  227. GourmetJuicebox says

    Great giveaway! This attachment would be great! My favorite pasta dish is risotto style shells with a mix of pesto, sliced cherry tomatoes, and extra parmesan cheese.

  228. Jenne says

    I love Spaghetti with mushrooms. Make the sauce from scratch that comes from Florence, Italy passed on for generations.

  230. Patti says

    One favorite: Baked linguine with fresh cream clam sauce! We would have more favorites with a KitchenAid USA Pasta Attachment!

  232. DeconstructingTheHome says

    I love every type of pasta. I make a mean lasagna or fresh pesto. But the only pasta I really crave is spaghetti with butter and Parmesan. With my pasta maker I’ll make whole grain noodles with the garlic built in.

  235. Pam Hopper says

    my absolute favorite pasta is thin spaghetti with pesto, cream, diced tomatoes & roasted corn topped with parmesan!

  239. Jenna says

    I have so many favorites! I have to go with baked spaghetti as my all time favorite something about the cream of mushroom soup really gives it that extra bump to fantastic! 🙂

  242. Jena-Marie says

    I have to choose one? Shrimp Scampi Pasta is on my mind so that’s what I’m choosing as my favorite today!

  249. jenn says

    I think my favorite pasta dish is pappardelle with a ragu made of braised wild boar and short ribs. so so delicious!!

  255. Kathy says

    Tweeted from @kathycancook, also – I love my KA it’s one of my favorite pieces of kitchen equipment, and is totally in a tie with my KA food processor. Apparently I’ve got an excess of brand loyalty. Who knew?

  257. Megan says

    Great giveaway! I actually have been saving up for one of these attachments. I love all the posts you have put up about making homemade pasta! My favorite pasta dish is a homemade feta, spinach, and spicy tomato sauce over penne. I devour the whole thing!

  267. Melanie Lentini says

    Where to begin….One of my all time favorites is Pappardelle with Bolognese sauce. I love making this wide pasta….all cut by hand, no two pieces being exactly the same. The way that this pasta hugs the bolognese sauce is a perfect marriage. Time consuming, but if you enjoy cooking the reward of seeing the smiles on your guests face make it all worth while. Although..my Kitchen Aid mixer feel very lonely lately….I think he needs a companion. lol

  269. Toni says

    My favorite pasta dish would have to be a simple browned butter and garlic over fresh pasta. So good! Thanks!

  272. Melanie Lentini says

    Another perfect pasta dish is a nice orrechiette with a wild mushroom sauce….smothered onions, and black pepper. Add a tablespoon or two of butter to the final dish right before serving and ….viola! Porcini and cremini seem to work well together, but use whatever looks fresh. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

  279. Elose says

    I wish I had a favorite pasta recipe…I can’t abide commercial pasta and have been saving for an attachment for my beloved Kitchen aid. Itistruly my most loved appliance.

  282. Lindsey says

    yay! I just got a KitchenAid mixer! I’m in loooove with it….this would be an amazing addition to it! Thanks!

  285. Kelly says

    I love a good shrimp scampi. The spiciness and the garlic are a perfect combination with some fettuccine and shrimp.

  293. Sonya says

    I love the spicy shrimp linguine with bacon that I make. It is super delicious and really rich so in small doses. 🙂

  299. Morgan says

    I make this awesome pasta salad with chopped spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, lots of feta cheese and a olive oil/balsamic/agave nectar/salt & pepper dressing. It’s best with rotini pasta!

  304. Janelle says

    My husband and I have a pasta roller and will make pasta every once in a while. Our favorite has been home-made manicotti. with a fresh chunky tomato sauce. yummm!

  309. Jessie says

    My favorite pasta dish is what we call Prosciutto Pasta, and is a simple dish with pasta, sauteed prosciutto, tomatoes, and cream. Delicious!

  310. Tanya says

    How do you pick just one pasta dish???? If I had to choose, I would have to say mushroom ravoli with alfredo sauce.

  311. amy (fearless homemaker) says

    as a huge fan of anything spicy, my favorite pasta dish might have to be freshly-made angel hair with an arrabiata sauce. although a close second would be homemade tortellini tossed with cremini mushrooms + a white wine/thyme sauce. who am i kidding – i love pasta in any form!

  317. Melanie Lentini says

    Goat cheese and roasted red pepper ravioli. Who can deny this dish? I’m realizing that all of the pasta dishes that I make, require the pasta to be made by hand…..too bad I didn’t have a nice Kitchen Aid Past Mixer Extruder…:-) I could create even more homemade dishes.

  319. Melanie Lentini says

    I “liked” Dine and Dish on Facebook……although I should have done it after the giveaway. My friends are foodies like me.

  321. Erika says

    Anything on top of fettucine noodles is a winner to me. Alfredo sauce, some parm chicken, anything!

  325. Judy says

    Hot buttered noodles…I can only imagine how wonderful they would be if I had just made the noodles with my noodle extruder!

  331. Michele says

    Great Giveaway! You want me to chose only one pasta dish??? LOL Impossible, I’m Italian and I live and breathe pasta. Carbornara is definitely one of my favs!

  341. Rosalyn Nguyen says

    My favorite pasta dish is ravioli! As much as I enjoy the versatility of various fillings from cheeses to mushrooms, I really enjoy the surprise. So my favorite dish is really surprise ravioli!

  346. Mitzi Kelly says

    My favorite pasta dish is Spaghetti Carbonara. I’ve loved it since first eating it in Italy years ago. What could be better than a creamy pasta dish with pancetta. Now I am hungry.

  348. Stephanie W. says

    Simple as it is my favorite pasta dish is Alfredo with any kind of fresh pasta. I find myself always in search of the perfect sauce not too heavy, not too oily, and with good flavor and it is amazingly hard to find(and the fresh pasta just makes it that much better)!

  355. Whitney Schmale says

    How wonderful!! Dave and I have been talking that I need to get one of these after reading your post. This sounds like so much fun.
    I’d have to say my faovrite is farfalle pasta with chicken, bacon, and peas.
    The boys however would say MAC and CHEESE!!! 🙂
    Thanks for this chance Kristen!

  364. TAMMY says

    I don’t think I’ve ever met a pasta dish I didn’t like, but I guess if I have to narrow it down, it’s a tie between lasagna and lasagna ravioli.

  370. Betty says

    My favorite is one of my one that I make all the time. I’ve never used fresh pasta in it and would love to give it a try. Brown hamburger, drain, add it to cooked macaroni (elbow, penne, shells). Add a jar of tomato sauce (I make my own each summer) and any veggies you might like (corn seems to be the favorite around here, but my tomato sauce has zucchini, carrots, peppers, etc.). Heat through and there you have it. When I was working out of town and my husband was at home, I would make a huge pot of this and he would live off it for a week. He was always happy to see me come home to cook something else – he doesn’t cook!

  380. Shannon C says

    My favorite pasta dish is lasagna. I used to request every year for my birthday dinner growing up.

  388. Cassandra says

    I love chicken picatta over angel hair, with lots of capers, lemon and artichoke hearts!

  389. food-4tots says

    KitchenAid pasta extruder attachment is always in my wish list. After reading your post, I can envisage my magic moment in the kitchen. My favourite pasta dish is broccoli and bowtie.

  392. Melanie Lentini says

    I learned how to make potato gnocchi in Italy with an 80 year old woman who taught me the old school way…no measuring, no machines….just feeling and seeing the texture. The most amazing gnocchi I have ever had and still make. They are extremely light, and the fresh tomato sauce gets in all of the tiny crevasses. I am making myself hungry trying to win this attachment.

  395. Melanie Lentini says

    My childrens favorite ….(by far) is a fresh linguini with aglio e olio. Fresh garlic, olive oil…..crushed red pepper and a bit of basil. It makes the whole house smell scrumptious and it is a quick weeknight meal….and easy to make for some unexpected company.

  397. Michelle DT says

    Nothing better than making and eating homemade ravioli with my two nieces!

    Great giveaway!

  406. jessa says

    I can’t resist homemade mac and cheese with lots of cheeses some bacon and some chicken. Terrible for you!

  410. Sarita says

    I also liked Dine and Dish on Facebook!
    I have been wanting one of these forever – it’s been on the top of my bday and christmas lists for years now!

  418. Christa says

    I miss ravioli and tortellini (since I went gluten-free, and haven’t gotten around to making them by hand).

  428. Karolyn Kostlivy says

    How does one decide on her favorite pasta dish; I would have to say it is my Chicken canelonni courtesy of Eat Shrink and be Merry authors Janet and Greta Podleski.

    Would love to win this attachement 😉

  439. Meagan says

    I loooooove pasta dishes, but my favorite is cheese stuffed tortellini with homemade marinara!

  451. Kim B. says

    Stuffed Rigatonis!! Yes, I stuff each & every rigatoni with jack cheese, TOTALLY makes a difference 🙂

  454. Vicki says

    I just bought my first Kitchen Aid, so this would be totally cool to have. My favorite pasta is mushroom ravioli with a sage & browned butter sauce.

  456. Alison Moore Smith says

    I used to have one of these attachments. Great fun.

    My favorite pasta recipe has to be a low-fat chicken alfredo type dish I make only using a blender. No cooking. Yum.

  473. Stephanie S. says

    It may be unoriginal but my favorite pasta dish would have to be homemade macaroni and cheese.

  479. Stephanie says

    I love all kinds of pasta, but one of my favorites is gnocchi with butternut squash in a sage & butter sauce. It’s easy and quick to make but full of flavor.

  480. Gregory Parker says

    My fave to make is a 3 cheese ( fontina, parm, marscopne) lobster Mac and cheese

  483. Jaime Williams says

    My favorite pasta dish is spaghetti carbonara. I’ve tried it a few different ways, but using rigatoni and pancetta makes it amazing!

  488. Rose Mary says

    I like D&D on Facebook. I love my lasagna recipe and save it for a special holiday during the year. Wow, the thought of it is making me hungry!

  490. Rose Mary says

    I like KitchenAid on Facebook. One of my favorite dishes is from the Martha Stewart Show, Grandma Maroni’s Meatballs and Sauce. The meatballs are the best. I used my own sauce recipe.

  503. Elle says

    My favorite is penne with olive oil, garlic, sun dried tomatoes and toasted pine nuts –

  506. Karen says

    I just adore classic spaghetti and meatballs but there’s no such thing as bad pasta as far as I’m concerned!

  508. Emily says

    Spaghetti with fresh, live, clams….cooked with garlic and fresh parsely and topped with freshly grated Peccorino Romano…..yum!

  509. Erin--Salsa Mama says

    My absolute favorite pasta dish is good old traditional angel hair with a simple tomato, basil and garlic topped with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Mmmmm….

  518. Janet says

    favorite pasta – that’s hard! How about “Zolyak Ziti” – ziti with ground meat and sausage with a spicy marinara sauce?

  519. camille says

    I love a wide, flat noodle – pappardelle gets my heart racing – but the sauce, that’s so hard to choose! I love meat sauce, but my fat legs would like to inform you that I also love cream sauces, and then I also make a pretty badass pesto, so there’s that…

  525. Lynda Clark says

    My all time favorite and Go-To company pasta dish is home made fettucine with classic Alfredo sauce.

  527. Sharon says

    My favorite pasta dish is fettucine alfredo. Made with really good ingredients and fresh pasta, it’s hard to beat! This is a wonderful giveaway–thanks so much!!

  531. Liz says

    My favorite pasta dish is rigatoni with sausage and spinach. I honestly love any kind of pasta, but especially with a spicy tomato sauce with fennel seed. Yum!

  535. Cara says

    I tasted spaghetti carbonara for the first time when a friend’s mom made it for me in France. Now I make it at home for my own family.

  541. Food on the Table says

    Picking a favorite pasta is like picking a favorite child! It’s a close call on this one, but I’d go with any kind of vegetable lasagna. Dibs on the crispy corner slices!

  543. Lorna says

    My absolute favorite is plain homemade pasta with a little olive oil and butter. Maybe some freshly grated Romano or Asiago. Oh, and maybe some sun-dried tomatoes with sauteed onions and garlic. Some fresh asparagus never hurt. Or kale or spinach or anything green. And chicken. Oh heck, I’ll eat any homemade pasta any way you fix it!

  563. Rachel Ely says

    My favorite has to be penne with italian sausage and peas in a tomatoe-cream & basil sauce. Nummers!

  564. Tammy Fischer says

    I LOVE Kitchen Aid!!! My whole kitchen is full of Kitchen Aid appliances. I even have kitchen aid cooking utensils, and measuring spoons.

    I also really enjoy your blog. You give great tips, and have wonderful recipe ideas.

    I love making Shrimp Scampi, but we make this absolutely fabulous pesto pasta dish that’s just wonderful!!!

  565. Melanie Lentini says

    Another is the infamous linguini with clam sauce. Red and/or white. Both are staples in my book. Although my boyfriend (a foodie like me) makes the most intense white version. The aroma from the garlic and he only uses the freshest clams…lots of them.

  566. Rachel Baker says

    My husband’s grandmother makes a dish fondly termed by the family as “chicken and noodles”. You put mashed potatoes on your plate, top with corn, and then add homemade pasta doused in gravy, with fried chicken served along side it. Yum!

  571. Becky says

    I have been making a wonderful baked Macaroni and Cheese (fontina) from a great cookbook (one of my first cook books), The Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas.

  572. Mary Jane says

    My very favorite pasta dish is a simply Pasta Vodka. Served with salad and crusty Italian bread! Wonderful!!

  581. Jennifer says

    My favorite pasta dish is Johnny Marzhetti – I think it’s the name that’s the best.

  587. Cynthia says

    My favorite favorite pasta dish is one I dont even have a name for. It uses spaghetti, chunky flaked white fish, plain yogurt, and a homemade tomato pasta sauce. It turns out so creamy and delicious!

  590. Amy Kempf says

    One of my favorite pasta dishes is the Paresan Chicken Pasta dish at Ruby Tuesdays. Wish I had the recipes or a remake of it. It is wonderful!

  591. Amy Kempf says

    Liked Kitchen Aid on FB. I have an old kitchen aid mixer that I love! It’s got to be at least 20 years old. It was my mothers and it got passed on to me. Works great!

  592. Michelle B says

    My ultimate favorite pasta dish is a good cheesy/meaty lasagna.

    BTW…this would go perfect with my new stand mixer I got for graduation and my birthday!

  594. Virginia J. says

    Love love love pasta! My favorite would have to be homemade pasta with grilled shrimp and a creamy pesto sauce! SO good:)

  595. Lindsay C says

    My absolute favorite pasta dish would have to be my dad’s signature pasta which we call ziti-corbelli (The woman who originally made it for him had the last name corbelli). It’s a penne pasta dish with garlic, spicy cherry peppers, shrimp, olive oil and parmesan cheese. We’ve done all kinds of variations on it, but the cherry peppers are always the star. They bring this delicious spicy zesty heat. Everyone we’ve ever made it for (and we’ve made it for MANY) have loved it! I would love to make the dish with fresh, homemade pasta. That’d be a completely original variation.

  600. Kim Lund` says

    My favorite pasta dish is homemade chicken noodle soup which i make with home made noodle which is my grandmothers recipe.

  602. Tatiyana says

    It’s really hard to pick just one dish, but I love love L-O-V-E lasagna with extra cheese and lots of veggies! Yum! Oooh, or a spicy sausage pasta dish with some spinach, olive oil, and garlic! Or….you get the point:)

  610. Amanda says

    Angel hair pasta tossed with fresh tomatoes, basil, parmesan cheese, and salt/pepper. yummy.

  632. Mary says

    My absolute favorite to make is pasta (any shape) with olive oil ( the good stuff), roasted veggies and shaved parmesan cheese (also the good stuff.)

  633. Leslie says

    New fave we had for dinner tonight: lemony kale pasta (made with strozzapretti) inspired by Annie’s Eats. So perfect for spring! We had it with lemon garlic chicken. Yumm!

  646. Juli Gregg says

    I would LOVE to have a pasta attachment! Been wanting to try homemade pasta for some time now.

  651. Jill P. says

    I love the pop of sweet green peas mixed with fettuccine, alfredo, grilled chicken and button mushrooms. Delish!

  654. Jackie says

    We Love Angel hair with a little olive oil and fresh tomatoes and Parmesan cheese! 🙂

  655. Ronda C. says

    Fettuccine alfredo is my favorite. I didn’t even know they made that attachment. Very excited about this.

  656. Amy says

    I LOVE gnocci! I really wish I could learn how to make it. My SIL makes it and it’s so good!

  657. Steve @ HPD says

    Doesn’t have a name … but when I lived in Korea, you could get this strange pasta dish served in a baggie from sidewalk vendors. Very tender over-sized macaroni noodles soaked in this crazy hot garlicky sauce. Was sort of Sriracha-like, but this was about ten years before Sriracha hit the shelves. Anyway, they’d cook up huge penitentiary-sized cauldrons of the stuff, and when you ordered it, the cook would put a baggie on his hand, reach into the pot and grab a handful of noodles, then turn the bag inside-out and hand you a bag o’ goodness which you’d eat with chop sticks as you walked away. I don’t miss a lot about living in Korea, but the sidewalk carts are on the list.

  659. Amy says

    I like the whole wheat pasta and any kind with pesto on it. Looking forward to summer, so I can make my own.

  662. Chantal says

    I don’t know if I have any one in particular, but I do love pasta with olive pesto and toasted pine nuts. Delicious!

  663. Lara says

    My favorite pasta recipe is the one where I finally got my 8 year old to eat something green! Together we shopped and made what he affectionately calls “Basil Pesto Pasta”. I think he has developed a slight addiction. Using the food processor, we blend walnuts, basil, olive oil, garlic, parmesan-reggiano, salt and pepper and toss with wheat pasta. He loves it so much that I have to keep it in the fridge for quick fixin’. I knew that he wouldn’t go for the traditional chick-peas so we used walnuts. This kid doesn’t even eat a hamburger so when he loved this simple recipe, I was thrilled! Pasta is the greatest, most versatile dish. You can throw in anything and make a terrific dinner. I would love to teach them how to make fresh pasta.

  664. Laurie says

    My favorite pasta (and dish) is oriechette with flash sauteed garlic, then pulled off the heat and tossed with a “salad” made of salted diced tomatoes, thinly sliced red onions, chiffonade basil, and gorgonzola cheese. MMMM.

  669. Darrin says

    I’m quite happy with any sort mac and cheese. My favorite is to add lots and lot and lots and lots of minced garlic and cut up bacon. YUM!

  670. aletheia says

    what pasta do i not love? my favorite is probably pappardelle with pancetta, peas, and some good parmesan.

  674. Emily says

    I love pasta. My favorite depends on what kind of mood I’m in, but my go to is rigatoni with butter and a little red sauce with grated parmesan cheese.

  675. Melanie Lentini says

    Past al forno. A delicious baked pasta with ricotta, red sauce and ziti. baked and served almost like lasagna. Delicious and simple.

  676. Melanie Lentini says

    Pastitsa. I lovely Greek pasta dish that I recently learned how to make. Although my boyfriend tells me that I need this special Greek pasta to make it. Its almost like a large bucatini. It is a time consuming dish, but defiantly worth the effort. Layers of pasta, meat, tomato sauce, topped with a bechemel sauce and cheese. LOVE IT!

  685. Susie says

    I liked this on Facebook and Twittered it on my Twitter page. My favorite dish is always Spaghetti and Meatballs. I have to buy the noodles because I don’t have an attachment for my Kitchen Aid Mixer.

  686. J says

    my favorite pasta dish would have to be seafood pasta, pasta with alfredo sauce shrimp, crawfish, oysters and other deliciousness

  687. miyabi robot says

    I like the whole wheat pasta and any kind with pesto on it. Looking forward to summer, so I can make my own. :D:D

  694. Sarah E. says

    My favorite to date (which is always changing) is Chicken & Pepper Pasta Bake. I absolutely love that. I’m also a sucker for traditional spaghetti. 🙂

  698. Erin H says

    Angel hair pasta with alfredo sauce is my absolute favorite.. I know it’s typically with fettucine, but I’m weird and don’t really care for fettucine noodles 🙂

  701. Mindy says

    I absolutely love my husbands fettucine alfredo! And I would love to help him make it with fresh pasta! 😉

  704. Melanie Lentini says

    I made a fettucini alfredo with lobster meat in it. It was to die for. So creamy. I did cut the amount of pecorino roman in it though. That can be overpowering with the lobster.

  707. Melanie Lentini says

    Orzo pasta salad. It has roasted zucchini, eggplant, asparagus, feta cheese, olive oil and lemon juice. Tons of lemon juice. Excellent for a cookout or summer lunch

  708. Melanie Lentini says

    stuffed shells with spinach and ricotta , baked with a béchamel sauce. Nice fall meal.

  710. Sue1788 says

    My family’s favourite pasta is Shrimp with Penne in a creme tomato sauce. YUMMY!

    Thanks for this giveaway.

  711. Melanie Lentini says

    Great lunch for the kids…….pasta with tuna and peas. Great warm or cold.

  716. Erin Dedrickson says

    I’m a little intimidated at the thought of making homemade pasta but I’m willing to give it a try! Between that & my new garden, I have all sorts of new projects! 😉

  717. Erin Dedrickson says

    I “liked” you on FB too! Not just for the entry, but because I really do “like”, no LOVE, your blog!!

  720. Kristina says

    Wow! I have long wanted the extruder attachment. I have the pasta rollers and the meat grinder and sausage stuffer and…ok you can see I love my attachments. Favorite pasta? Buccatini all’ Amatriciana.

  721. Dawn (KitchenTravels) says

    Favorite pasta dish? It’s a tie between my mom’s rigatoni w/ homemade meatballs & sauce and an amazing angel hair pasta with avocado cream sauce. Sadly, my mom lives in another state, and the Sf restaurant that used to serve the angel hair pasta has changed owners/chefs and no longer serves it!

  727. kerry owens says

    I have a recipe for Kick’n Chick’n pasta, chicken, veggies, and rotel! adds the kick to this pasta & chicken dish I really can eat any kind of pasta! it is my favorite go to meal!

  731. Anne says

    Especially with fresh pasta, I like to keep it simple….linguine, chives, lemon, parmesan….oh my!

  734. Julia says

    The dish I love to bring to barbecues is Oriental Coleslaw made with Ramen noodles. My kids love it!