So, I LOVE Noodles & Company's Pasta Fresca. If you haven't tried it I suggest you do, I even found this blog where it is one of their favorite recipes. :)
But, I've been trying to be good, and not eat out. Because of this I went on a journey to find the recipe to make it myself. Lo and behold, food.com came to my rescue.
But, I've been trying to be good, and not eat out. Because of this I went on a journey to find the recipe to make it myself. Lo and behold, food.com came to my rescue.
I started looking over the ingredients, thinking that it should be pretty easy; Olive Oil, Onion, Salt, Roma Tomato, Farfalle Pasta. Then I came across on ingredient that I don't have in my house. Sweet White Wine. For someone who has never stepped foot in a liquor store, I have some questions. First off, this recipe, for FOUR servings calls for only 1/4 cup of sweet white wine; so, that means if I'm making it for just myself, or even for the two of us that means, I would only need...
Pull out my handy conversion chart...
1 tablespoon (tbsp) =
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3 teaspoons (tsp)
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1/16 cup =
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1 tablespoon
|
1/8 cup =
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2 tablespoons
|
1/6 cup =
|
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
|
1/4 cup =
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4 tablespoons
|
1/3 cup =
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5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
|
3/8 cup =
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6 tablespoons
|
1/2 cup =
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8 tablespoons
|
2/3 cup =
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10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
|
3/4 cup =
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12 tablespoons
|
1 cup =
|
48 teaspoons
|
1 cup =
|
16 tablespoons
|
8 fluid ounces (fl oz) =
|
1 cup
|
1 pint (pt) =
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2 cups
|
1 quart (qt) =
|
2 pints
|
4 cups =
|
1 quart
|
1 gallon (gal) =
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4 quarts
|
16 ounces (oz) =
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1 pound (lb)
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1 milliliter (ml) =
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1 cubic centimeter (cc)
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1 inch (in) =
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2.54 centimeters (cm)
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Source: United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).
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At the most, 1/8 of a cup of white wine.
White wine really isn't something you ask your neighbor for, so my first dilemma is the fact that I have to go buy an entire bottle. Next dilemma, what am I going to do with the rest of the bottle? Does it go to waste? Will it taste any different if I don’t use the wine? Not sure.
This whole thing was proving to be too much work. I just really wanted Pasta Fresca, and maybe one of these days I will actually attempt to cook it. I’ll just have to start searching for recipes that call for white wine so I can make sure that I make good use of the bottle I am going to have to purchase. My suggestion, make smaller bottles, for people like me who can’t justify buying a whole bottle of wine for 1/8 of a cup.
Needless to say, I ended up sending my husband to pick up some Noodles.
And it was delicious.
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