finally, something i cooked A while back I came across this recipe for "absorption pasta". I really liked the thought of not boiling a big pot of water. Turns out my flea market fry pan and the lid of a pot i got for free on freecycle sort of fit together and work well for this sort of thing.. Simmering the pasta in chicken broth makes it so yummy and delicious, although I have to admit that the smell of chicken broth makes me think Campbell's chicken noodle soup. I sliced up some summer squash and grated some carrots from my csa farm box and had a delicious bowl of this for dinner: