Farm near Jēkabpils makes vegetable pasta at home

Katrīna Jaunslaviete-Kipure, a farm owner in the Jēkabpils area of Latvia, produces vegetable pasta, meaning pasta made with vegetables, at her countryside home. She has been doing it for four years. The idea grew out of a familiar problem: many children gladly eat pasta but refuse vegetables.

From a family problem to production

Children often accept only a few vegetables. Carrots may be fine while broccoli is refused. Beetroot is accepted only in soup, and peppers only if they are yellow and cut into strips. Katrīna decided to combine what children like to eat with what they often reject, so she added vegetables to pasta.

Fresh and dried pasta

At her home she makes both fresh and dried vegetable pasta. A barn next to the house hosts masterclasses, where participants can roll out their own pasta. According to the source, records for the longest spaghetti have also been broken in these sessions.

The story shows how an idea that began with an everyday question about children's eating habits has grown into food production and hands-on classes, where people take part in cooking themselves.