Today’s This Week’s Cravings theme is EGG RECIPES (including eggless “eggs”); May is National Egg Month and I’m sharing my newest obsession: Quinoa Egg Noodles. Quinoa noodles are basically the entire reason I wanted a pasta maker at home. And, thanks to the lovely and talented Stand Mixer Attachment Fairies at KitchenAid, I finally got one! But, more on that later. Quinoa noodles are so awesome, because, like most kids, mine are addicted to noodles. They would eat them for every meal of the day if I let them. And, since I’m a vegetarian (though the kids are still undecided), we usually end up having “beef” or chickpeas on top of our noodles. But really, the kids like theirs best with just butter and Parmesan cheese. Putting any sauce on the noodles diminishes their noodliciousness, in their humble opinions. So the absolutely AWESOME thing about quinoa noodles is that the noodles themselves are a complete protein! How cool is that?
Oh! And I didn’t forget to tell you about the KitchenAid Attachment Fairies. My wonderful friends at KitchenAid sent me a Grain Mill Attachment AND a Pasta Press Attachment for my KitchenAid Stand Mixer. And guess what else? They might just send attachments to you, too! See my KitchenAid Attachment Review and Giveaway Post for details on how you can win these lovely accessories for yourself so you can make homemade quinoa pasta, too, and give yourself a great Post-Mother’s Day gift. You know, since the hubster and kids forgot to get you the attachments of your dreams.
Ingredients
1 egg1/2 teaspoon sea salt1/2 – 1 cup quinoa flour (ground from 1/2 cup quinoa)Instructions
Gently beat the egg and salt together. Add 1/4 cup flour. Mix well, then add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time until dough is well formed.
Roll into walnut shell-sized dough balls and place in pasta press. I pressed mine into rigatoni. Use slicer about every 2 inches.
Boil 1 quart of water. Add 1-2 tablespoons of salt to water.
Add pasta to boiling water.
Boil 5 to 8 minutes. Drain.
Stir in butter and Parmesan cheese. Top with oregano or basil and serve.
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Recipe adapted from Homemade Quinoa Pasta.
The Results
Wowza! This was incredibly simple and delicious. My husband and I LOVED this pasta. The kids liked it at first, but got a little sick of the grainy texture, I think. Next time, I think I’ll try half quinoa and half whole wheat white flour.
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Kristi is a former newspaper reporter and editor who is now a vegetarian mom, married to a meat-eating dad and parenting two undecided kids. Join the family on our journey creating whole foods recipes to suit our blended-eater lifestyle. 
These look awesome, Kristi! I gotta put that attachment on my wish list. My birthday is coming up. Do you think if I print a pic out really big with arrows and put it on the front of the fridge my family will get the hint?
If not, I think will have to make the dough into a yummy ravioli with a pumpkin-kale-pinenut filling. Mmmm…
I'd like to think that would work with your family. But with my "doesn't do subtle" husband, it might not. Go enter the giveaway! Maybe you'll win it.
And that pumpkin-kale-pinenut filling sounds delicious. And, best part, no way my husband would eat it. Mine! All mine!