Get out the elbow grease for making your own pasta! Store-bought pastas are generally enriched with a variety of minerals and vitamins. However, if you want your baby to have only fresh pasta with no additives, making it yourself is the way to go.

• Mix the flour and salt together and put the flour in a pile on a clean surface. Use your fingers to make a well in the middle of the flour pile.

• Crack the eggs into the well and mix with a fork, gradually pulling in flour from the well. When your dough begins to come together, knead for 10–12 minutes, or until you have a smooth dough. Add a teaspoon of water only if necessary — almost none should be needed.

• Flour your work surface and roll out the dough until it becomes a nearly transparent sheet. Flip and reflour the surface as necessary.

• Slice into strands if making spaghetti and cut into squares if using for ravioli or other shaped pasta.

• To cook, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook for 4–5 minutes, or until pasta floats to the top of the pot (much shorter cooking time than store-bought pasta).