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Fasta Pasta The Microwave Cooker | 
| Brand: Fasta Pasta
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $9.95
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Seller: The FineLife Style
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 5.6 x 3.5
MPN: 42769
Model: 42769
UPC: 094922774132
EAN: 0094922774132
ASIN: B000YT2XOI
Release Date: April 26, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Perfect al dente pasta everytime | | • | Saves time, energy and water | | • | No boil over | | • | Cooks evenly without sticking | | • | Made in USA |
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Product Description
Fasta Pasta Microwave Cooker
Cooking pasta the conventional way requires you to boil water, add your pasta, then frequently stirring and sampling to determine when it is done. Fasta Pasta eliminates this guesswork because it cooks perfect pasta every time!
Fasta Pasta is a revolutionary new microwaveable cooker that replaces large pots, colanders and stirring utensils. Simply measure, add water, microwave and serve perfect pasta in 15 minutes or less. You'll use less water and energy, and cook pasta faster. The secret to micro waving perfect pasta is precise quantities of pasta, water, and cooking it for the exact amount of time.
Fasta Pasta's lid has measuring holes on one end and a strainer on the opposite end. These measuring holes precisely measure serving sizes. Water level guides on the base help ensure the exact amount of water is added. Pasta noodles won't stick together or to the cooker because the continuous boiling action keeps the noodles in motion. Fasta Pasta's ledges and contours are designed to ensure even cooking and prevent microwave boil over.
Fasta Pasta is made of FDA approved microwave-safe polypropylene and is dishwasher friendly - so no pot scrubbing afterward!
Fasta Pasta perfectly cooks Al Dente textured spaghetti, fettuccini, linguini, macaroni, or lasagna noodles. A cooking chart, enclosed with every cooker, helps to quickly reference the cooking time for your favorite pasta.
Fasta Pasta is an inexpensive gift for friends who think they have everything, people who like to cook, and people who don't like to cook. It's great for use in the home, office, dormitory, and RV.
Cooks all types of pasta
Strainer and measure built-in the lid
Add water and cook in microwave
Dishwasher safe
Saves time and energy
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| Customer Reviews:
As Good As Advertised -- Cooks Pasta Perfectly July 26, 2008
George Miller
93 out of 96 found this review helpful
I've been boiling various pasta noodles, at least twice a week, for over 25 years. When I first saw the FASTA PASTA microwave cooker internet demo video, I was a bit skeptical but interested enough to purchase the product from Amazon.com. After using the product three times, I can honestly say that it not only cooks pasta very fast but better, with less mess and energy, than pot boiling the noodles. Just follow the simple instructions and you will have perfectly cooked pasta without having to check it while cooking for readiness. I wish that this product had been invented years ago. My ONLY minor negative comments: 1. FASTA PASTA can only cook up to four pasta servings at one time, which makes its use for a large group impracticle. 2. The water measurement lines are a bit difficult to see when water and pasta is added to the cooker. Adding color to these lines would make them easier to see.
Recommended September 11, 2008
Spyce
71 out of 74 found this review helpful
After looking at the Pasta n More reviews, which were average, I decided against getting that one, plus I didn't like those dorky looking handles, and I didn't want all those pieces. I saw this one and was swayed by the compact size, and it's actually made in the USA. The Fasta Pasta is slender enough to tuck on a pantry shelf or in a cabinet without sacrificing a lot of space, and it isn't flimsy.
The cooker holds enough pasta for 4 servings, which in most cases will be fine for me. I decided to make macaroni and cheese using 4 cups of water and 2 cups of elbow macaroni, which according to the pasta chart is 4 servings. I started the macaroni before I started making the cheese sauce, and the pasta was done before I finished the sauce! What a timesaver. The user guide suggests a cooking time of 10 minutes for macaroni and that's what I used. The pasta was al dente and just right for my baked macaroni and cheese. It says in the product description that you don't have to stir, but that's not the case. The pasta cooking chart instructions say to stir midway through the cooking time for hollow shaped pastas like macaroni and penne.
The cooker is easy to use and being able to strain and rinse the pasta in the same bowl is a plus. Just add the pasta to the bowl, and the appropriate amount of water, and pop it in the microwave. It doesn't get any easier than this. The bowl has markings on it to indicate the amount of water to be used for various pasta servings sizes which are included on the pasta cooking chart. The lid/strainer is only used when measuring pasta like spaghetti and when straining, and it has handles on it to assist with removing the bowl from the microwave and when straining. The lid should not be used while boiling the pasta as this causes the water to boil over. The user guide indicates that the Fasta Pasta is dishwasher safe.
The cooker comes with a user guide, which is just a single sheet of paper with step by step photo's, and a recipe guide that has a few recipes. I ordered the Fasta Pasta Cookbook with mine. Fasta Pasta Cookbook I'm not a fan of cooking in the microwave, but I will make an exception with the Fasta Pasta. This is a worthwhile product that performs as claimed and will get a lot of use in my kitchen!
A kitchen must have February 17, 2008
Great Cook (Santa Monica, California)
47 out of 50 found this review helpful
This is really a Kitchen must have.
I'm not a microwave cooker, but this works perfect if you follow the directions, and do not put the lid on while cooking in your microwave.
Only use the lid for taking out of the microwave, and draining.
I made wholewheat pasta , and it was perfect and did not stick.
Also egg noodles came out perfect.
I like to wash the starch off of my pasta, and with this I still can with out useing a collender.
Using this, I do not have to wait for the water to boil, nothing boils over on my stove, and there is not a callender to wash either. No mess at all.
I put this on the top shelf of my dishwasher, it washed with out a problem.
I bought mine from qvc, and it came with two, for more money then this, but still a good price..
Would buy again..
Two thumbs up. Great invention.
Rice and veggies, too March 11, 2009
C. G. King (Horse Country, VA USA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Yes, the pasta comes out perfectly and a tiresome task is now satisfying and easy, but this unit also works for rice and vegetables. 1/2 cup of Uncle Ben's and water to line 1, plus 15 minutes in my 900 watt microwave produced perfectly cooked rice--better in fact, than my electric rice cooker. Brown rice takes longer and benefits from a stir, but also works.
The leaflet that comes with the unit has recipes for potatoes and broccoli. I have tried the broccoli and again, was very pleased. About 1 cup of broccoli, water to line 1 and 12 minutes delivered perfectly steamed (and nicely green) broccoli. This is different from what the recipe leaflet says since that is for salad and I was making a dinner vegetable. The Fasta Pasta is a multitasker that would make Alton Brown proud.
The greatest advantage I've found to this product is that I can easily and quickly make perfect small servings. Using regular means, I tend to make too much, be it pasta or rice, because I feel I have to maximize the effort and time involved. Unfortunately, I either overeat or find the leftovers growing in the back of the fridge--neither are good options. Being able to quickly and painlessly make only a little is as much an advantage to my perpetual diet as the process is to simple meal preparation. This thing is great.
Simply amazing! March 3, 2008
J. Acosta (Miami, Florida United States)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
This product is truly amazing. It works exactly as described. Quicker than the "boiling pot" method if you add up the waiting for the water to boil in the pot plus the pasta cooking time. So far I have tried it for linguine and they came out wonderfully. I would recommend this to anyone.
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