Subtle House's Cookbook

Note: If making the pasta to add to something else, such as soup, omit the salt and the butter/oil.

Ingredients

0.5 cup pastina, orzo, or other extremely small pasta
1.75 cup water or 2 cups Imagine vegetable broth

seasonings for pasta cooked in broth:
- 1 generous pinch dried tarragon
- 8 shakes dried thyme
- 8 shakes dried dill
- 1 tsp ginger puree

optional, if the person being cooked for isn't too queasy:
- 1 Tbsp Earth Balance

Equipment

Four-cup Pyrex (wide-mouth glass) measuring cup
Microwave

Instructions

1. Heat the liquid. Put the liquid in the measuring cup and microwave it on high until it bubbles, 2–3 minutes depending on how cold it was initially.

2. Cook the pasta. Pour the pasta into the hot liquid.

For broth:
Add seasonings. Stir briefly. Microwave at 70% power (press the "power level" button until it shows 7, then enter the cooking time) until the liquid is all absorbed, about 10–12 minutes.

For water:
Add six grinds of salt. Stir briefly. Microwave at 50% power (press the "power level" button until it shows 5, then enter the cooking time) until the liquid is all absorbed, about 10–12 minutes.

The liquid will foam a lot while cooking; if it threatens to boil over, pause the microwave until it ebbs.

3. Eat the pasta. If desired, add butter. Eat while very hot.