Apart from cooking noodles and egg, I have never cooked before. Thus this is really my first attempt at cooking. I just realized that it takes around 15 minutes to cook pasta (I choose penne because its texture and shape are more friendly to my braces). I didn't know it at first and proceeded with making the sauce first. When the pasta was done the sauce was already cooled and had to be reheated. Half onto eating I discovered that the pasta was still hard and starchy, indication that I didn't properly stir the pasta as to get even heat for all. Nevertheless I love the sliced cheddar cheese which melted on the hot just-cooked pasta.