If you’ve been following the Thrifty Gadget Guy for long you know he likes to eat. What you might not know is that on occasion he likes to try his hand at some cooking. The best part about cooking is finding the right gadget for the job whether it be the sharpest knife, the best cutting board or the easiest pasta maker.
Today we will look at the Nuvantee Pasta Maker. If you have ever tried your hand at making noodles you know it can be a bit tricky. There’s plenty of options to make it faster, easier and more efficient. You can spends hundreds of dollars on the KitchenAid auto roller and just a bit less for a fancy manual roller. Well the gadget guy isn’t trying to spend that kind of money on delicious homemade pasta.
The Nuvantee Pasta Maker comes in at about $36 and will provide you with all the noodles you desire. Once you’ve made your dough the Nuvantee really shines. Feed several ounces of dough through the flattener using the manual crank and thickness adjustment knob and you are ready to make noodles. The cutting attachment can cut from wide fettucine noodles right down to slim spaghetti noodles.
While the KitchenAid auto-roller is a great product if you have the already expensive stand-mixer at $200 it is not thrifty. You can buy a name brand manual pasta machine like the Marcato for $80 but is it worth more than twice the price?
Final decision….Buy the Nuvantee Pasta Maker. The functionality, ease of use and cleaning match the Marcato noodle for noodle. Find your favorite dough recipe and get to cooking. Until next time, Ciao!
The Thrifty Gadget Guy 