Introducing Pasta Stars

I'm going to introduce pasta stars to the girls next. What I don't know is what kind of sauce to make to go with it? I heard some say to put butter for a little sauce and flavor, but what else? Should I make my own little tomato/pasta sauce with a little garlic for flavor? I need ideas from you ladies that have tried it already.

Thanks! ^_^

 

I do spiral pasta with my LOs and I use two wedges of the laughing cow swiss cheese, butter and a little bit of milk -- and presto we got macaroni and cheese! They both LOVE it!

 

My kids just like them with butter, even now at 4 and 2. Sometimes some grated cheese. You could also cook them in chicken broth to give them a different flavor.

 

I don't think I've ever done pasta stars but I have made pasta for my girls before and put a little bit of butter and a little bit of Parmesan cheese. I also mixed in some broccoli cut into little bits. They love it and I think it tastes pretty good too!

 

We do chicken broth a lot right now - they love to drink the 'juice' - and it's a nice way to introduce small cubes of cooked veggies, too. Butter, olive oil with a little garlic are both good. I didn't have a lot of luck with tomato sauce right away - I think because I never added sugar to soften the acid. Our babysitter adds about a teaspoon to a can of tomato sauce with finely chopped, sauteed onion in it and the boys lap it up.

 

What I've done is make up a veggie mix with tomatoe, butternut squash and some cheese and then add the pasta stars after that mixture was pureed, they seemed to like it.

 

my girls will only eat pasta if it has tomato sauce on it. weird. i usually toss a few other veggies in it as well - carrots, broccoli, onion, etc. & sometimes beef or chicken as well. more often than not though, they suck the sauce off of the pasta & leave the pasta on their tray. :laughing: