[HeyLaughingBoy]

Mix flour and water and sugar and in a day you'll have a culture of natural yeast going and you can keep replenishing it as needed. There are also a variety of baking powder/soda breads you can make.

I've been baking cakes since I was about 13 and I have never used anything other than AP flour. OK. I've used bread flour in a pinch, being super-careful to mix it very little because of the high protein content.

Pasta: roll it out thin and cut with a knife. It really doesn't take that much longer. I did it like this forever until I got a pasta roller/cutter.

Not trying to be contrarian, but I felt to point out that nothing here is a show stopper, it just takes a little creativity/experience.

[mattrp]

Thank you for adding these points. I did not know about the yeast - so thank you!