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'Simpler than boiling gallons of water': This microwave pasta cooker is nearly 40% off
This impressive kitchen tool heats up enough pasta for four in your microwave.
When you're ready to eat pasta, you want it ASAP. Instead, you have to wait a while for the water to boil, then toss in your pasta and wait for that to cook before you can actually dive in. Well, there's a handy time-saving solution. It's called the Fasta Pasta Microwave Pasta Cooker and it actually gives you perfectly cooked pasta straight from your microwave. Right now, you can grab this ingenious tool for $17, down from $28 — that's nearly 40% off.
This impressive tool heats up enough pasta for four in your microwave.
Why is it a good deal? 💰
You can't really put a price on convenience — and this gizmo helps you cut cooking and thinking time making dinner time a breeze. On top of that, at nearly 40% off, this is the biggest discount we've seen for this kitchen problem solver in over a year.
Why do I need this? 🧐
The Fasta Pasta Microwave Pasta Cooker will churn out perfectly cooked pasta in about 12 minutes — basically, the same amount of time it would take your water to start boiling.
It's also so easy to use: Just measure out your water, toss in your pasta, cook it and drain it, all within the container. That's it! You'll be eating pasta in a fraction of the usual time.
But...how? The Fasta Pasta has a specialized reservoir design that lets water easily circulate around your pasta, cooking it to perfection while you're off doing whatever you please (i.e. not sitting there waiting for a pot to boil).
Once you're done, just toss the whole thing in the dishwasher.
What reviewers say 💬
The Fasta Pasta Microwave Pasta Cooker has an army of 3,600 devoted fans who rave about how easy cooking pasta is with this gadget.
Pros 👍
"No more carrying around pots of boiling water to drain pasta!" a five-star fan said. "This is super to use and very efficient. No more trying to fit lasagna noodles in a pot too small. It is so much safer to pick up the box of cooked noodles. I bought one for an older friend who is getting older and not as strong as she used to be."
A fellow fan wrote: "I live by myself and it can be difficult to cook for one. This microwave pasta cooker is great! I have used it for a couple of months and it is so much simpler to use than boiling gallons of water and pasta the old-fashioned way.. This is much quicker and easier, especially for one or two people."
"I could not believe how great it was to not have hot steamy water boiling in your kitchen," another rave reviewer wrote. "Then to have to move the hot pot to drain it. I am disabled. Lifting and standing are very difficult for me. Using the lid to drain is awesome. I can do all of this by myself!"
Cons 👎
Some shoppers say this gadget has quirks.
"No complaints, except that the 'moat' around the periphery of the inside bottom necessitates digging spaghetti & such out of there," shared one shopper. "Not difficult but mildly annoying."
"I love how easy it is and didn't boil over and make a mess," another shopper wrote. "[I] only wish with pasta was a little bigger if making a big meal. But for 2 people it's perfect."
Whipping up a pasta dinner is as simple as dumping pasta and water in the Fasta Pasta, popping it in the microwave and going about your life until it's done.
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The reviews quoted above reflect the most recent versions at the time of publication.
