🍝 3 Tips for Better Pasta

We love pasta in our family. It’s comfort food at its finest. Growing up, when we went to my grandparents’ house for Thanksgiving and Christmas, we didn’t have turkey or ham. We had pasta. And it was amazing! (Okay, we did at least have pumpkin pie 🥧. We aren’t that un-American 😉.)

So while my wife and I try to eat pretty healthy, pasta is always in the rotation. Through trial and error and learning from cooks smarter than me — like my grandfather — I’ve figured out a few tips for making better pasta.

#1 — Salt your pasta water. And then salt it some more.

When you cook pasta, the water should be as salty as the ocean. And trust me that takes a lot more salt than you think. But it’s a crucial step that ensures your pasta is flavored from the inside out. And just for my health-conscious grandmother reading this (she’s going to live to be 117 I swear), don’t worry so much about your salt intake either. Most of the salt you add will go down the drain with the water.

So how much salt do you add?

Honestly, I can’t tell you for sure because I don’t know how much water you’re cooking it in and what kind of salt you are using. So the best thing to do is to taste your water. Start with about 1 tablespoon of salt per quart of water. Then grab a spoon and try it…after…