Kitchen Pasta Maker CucinaPro 177 - In the house!

It's here!  My new kitchen pasta maker, the CucinaPro 177 CucinaPro Pasta Fresh, arrived last week.  Please do not let my lack of instantaneous posting make you think I was not excited or did not appreciate the arrival.  The real problem was that I was refinishing the hardwood floors in my kitchen and dining room and pantry; that made it a little difficult to get elbow-deep into making fresh pasta.  Soon, though, soon.  My floors have cured and we are ready to get things back in order.  As soon as my kitchen furniture is restored, I'll be trying out my new kitchen pasta maker, and I'll be bright back here to let you all know what I think and review this kitchen pasta maker!

For the time being, my initial impressions are that the CucinaPro 177 Pasta Fresh Pasta Machine is sturdy and seemingly well-built.  As many people said on the CucinaPro pasta maker reviews on Amazon, I actually was a bit surprised by the weight and construction of this kitchen pasta maker, considering that I bought for only about $30.  As we all know, these days 30 buck usually gets you a piece of flimsy plastic, but that is certainly not the case with this pasta maker.  Solid, weighty stainless- steel construction has me thinking this kitchen pasta maker will be a stable, handy small appliance for quite some time to come!

Kitchen Pasta Maker Fun - Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog, where we strive to have lots of fun with kitchen pasta makers!  ...Or maybe just a bit of fun, with some great-tasting results ;)

Let me explain a little about this blog.  In order to do that, let me explain just a little about myself.

I'm a lot of things - a mom of 4 and a wife and all the things that implies, small-time farmer into self sufficiency, amateur cook, amateur baker, chicken raiser, web content writer, work-at-home-mom.....

Of these, probably one of the biggest things that occupies my time, whether actively or just in thought, is putting good, fresh, healthy, reliable, trustworthy food on the table.  Yes, that takes up a lot of time and energy, but it's a labor of love.  We truly love to increase the self-sufficiency of our home. 

More and more, I find myself moving towards more scratch baking and cooking.  With a little added effort, making things from scratch recipes with simple ingredients rather than from boxed and bagged mixes laden with preservatives (or worse), I can feed my family cheaper, healthier, more wholesome foods.

Out of this labor of love has been most recently born an interest in kitchen pasta makers, making fresh pasta (a dietary staple in our home), and all the tools, recipes, tips, and tricks that go along with that.  As it turns out, there are many other people out there interested in living in similar fashion, or just plain looking for better-tasting pasta options.  And so, I've decided to share what I'm learning along the way. 

And so, borne of that is this blog dedicated to the kitchen pasta maker and all its complements and potential.  I hope you'll continue to come back and to share your stories, resources, tips, and more.