National Noodle Month

Love noodles? You're not alone. As one of the preferred "comfort foods", noodles even have their own month and March is it! So in celebration of National Noodle Month, here are a few Noodle Facts from the ilovepasta.org:

1. Egg noodles contain eggs; almost all other dry pasta shapes do not. By federal law, a noodle must contain 5.5 percent egg solids by weight to be called a noodle.

2. As a comfort food, noodles can be soothing when we have a cold, a broken heart, burst bubble or winter-time blues. In her book Comfort Food, author Sue Kreitzman includes pasta among her highest-rated, three-star comfort foods.

3. A half-cup serving of cooked noodles contains just one gram of fat, 106 calories, five milligrams of sodium, and important nutrients including B-vitamins, iron, and protein.

To read all their facts and even work your noddle a little in a noodle quiz check out http://www.ilovepasta.org/pdf/NatlNoodleMnthMarch.pdf.

But noodles aren't just for eating. Check out these craft ideas for your noodles:
http://crafts.kaboose.com/colored-noodles.html

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Do you have a favorite noodle recipe or a noodle craft you love doing with your children? Pull it out this month and celebrate National Noodle Month with us.