The texture will be slightly different it will very likely have lost some of its bite, but that doesn't mean it isn't perfectly edible and it really would be a shame to waste it. Assuming you have looked after your pasta properly after cooking it, there is nothing wrong with reheating it the next day. Maybe what I regard as a leftover, other people regard as 'the thing that will be reheated tomorrow'.

But how many people really do that? Perhaps it's just a question of the name 'leftover'. The rule of thumb is a portion of roughly 100g of dried pasta per person. Yes, I know that you know that you are probably supposed to weigh out your pasta. How many times have you cooked too much pasta? Be honest now. Leftover pasta is not a mythical beast I know it truly exists. I can't help myself and I have seen those Tupperware containers of mysterious geometric shapes and amorphous gunk nestling at the back of fridges. My friends forget that I am not just the Dinner Doctor, that I am Rachel the Fridge Forager. There were some people who just wouldn't meet my eyes as they widened theirs in horror at the concept of leftover pasta.Д«ut the thing is, I know different. When I told friends that I was putting together a piece on leftover pasta, I was met with blank looks, some incredulity and not a small amount of shiftiness. T he leftover that dares not speak its name.

Spice on plain pasta