Cooking Tip

Cooking Whole Wheat Pasta

The trick to cooking whole-wheat pasta is to cook it for the full time recommended.

• Unlike many conventional types of pasta, which need to be pulled off the fire minutes before the directions suggest, whole-wheat pasta needs to be fully cooked before you drain it. And the stubby pasta shapes benefit from staying in the water for one minute after you've removed the pan from the stove. Then drain immediately.

See also:
Perfect Pasta
Pasta Salad Pointers
Healthy Pasta Salad Recipe Collection