Well, this story has got to be told, and since my Dad doesn’t read my blog (but my sisters do, so don’t say anything) I think it’s safe to come out and say it…
My dad and stepmom bought us a super nice pasta maker and I haven’t even opened the box.
This is how it began. Way back a year ago when we were moving here I had grand plans to make my own bread, pasta, and other junk. I just didn’t have a pasta maker. My dad and stepmom said they were going to buy me a super nice one for my birthday, which is April 4, if anyone is going to write it on their calendars…
I digress. 
My birthday came and went with no pasta maker in sight. That’s okay, I wasn’t banking on it. Nothing like having no faith in your parents to follow through, right? I get a call not too long after my birthday from my stepmom, asking if I got the maker. Nope. She checks, the order never went through! She said she’s determined to find it. And then I hear nothing more.
Right around June, we switched up our diet to a Paleo/Primal thing and I ditched the pasta. I’ve seriously made pasta, um, once since then.
Then I remembered that they were going to get us the machine. “You better tell them not to bother about it,” Brandon warned me. Yeah, yeah, I would do it. I didn’t. I get a call in July from an excited stepmom telling me that they found the pasta maker and it’s on its way! Yaaaay.
I got it and it has sat in the garage since then. I lied to him and said I used it and made delicious pasta. Bad bad daughter.
What prompted this post? Well, today my dad calls me and let’s me know they’re sending me a pasta attachment for my Kitchenaid. I couldn’t say no. I’ve dug my grave and now I have to lie in it!
Um… anyone have any good gluten-free pasta recipes?
you should try making gluten free pasta!!!
Hahaha, you sound like me with things my father buys me. I got an atlas pasta maker for my birthday from my husband with every intention of making some homemade pasta like I used to. Yup its sitting in the garage as well. Oh well one day maybe.
I don’t have any good recipes but Pinterest would, I’m sure
LMAO! That’s awful! I don’t know any recipes, but there is a shop at the PX here that sells it, and apparently it’s really good.
That is HYSTERICAL! I took a pasta class shortly before deciding to give up most grains and am glad I didn’t buy all the attachments that would now waste away! The grave certainly is dug though!
I’m telling!!! Can’t you make rice pasta?
http://simplygluten-free.com/blog/2011/01/gluten-free-fresh-pasta.html