Fasta Pasta

Fasta Pasta,
originally uploaded by Rexfree_99.

Kitchen update:
Looks like the cabinets won't be going in until the week of the 18th.

In the meantime, my microwave cooking continues, this week with the arrival of the Fasta Pasta contraption.
I used it with Orecchiette which took 15 minutes in the microwave. The texture was fine, and the pesto was good, but I neglected to prepare the potatoes and stringbeans in my hurry to try the FP, so there was a lack for me.
Anyway, in a pinch I guess it would do. That was one cup dry pasta, without the potatoes and stringbeans, it made just enough for a hearty serving for me along with a very good salad.
I do think that any microwaveable dish would work for the pasta, esp. if you aren't making spaghetti or any long pasta. As you can see, in this microwave, the container barely fits.
One nifty part is the drain in the lid which you put on after cooking...I was able to pour off the water in seconds...right into a big basin so I didn't have to traipse across the living room with a hot hot container.