Depending on what kind of pasta dish is being made you can also:
Use hot (120°F) water from the tap instead of cold.
Use the Alton Brown method, where you put the pasta in the pot first, then add just enough water to cover (plus a little extra, like you would for rice), and heat from cold, stirring to keep the pasta from sticking. This reduces the total time from start to “pasta done”, and you don’t drain off the starchy water, so you get a creamier sauce (I use this regularly for Kraft Mac&Cheese)
2.5. Do that partially, where you still use a bunch of water, but add your pasta when it’s half way to boiling. In either case, the pasta will be done cooking when the water boils (or like 1 minute after)
Use a pressure cooker. It takes longer to boil, less time to cook, and you include your sauce with the pasta, so it’s just one thing to clean
Put the pasta in the kettle (before turning it on)
Start the water boiling earlier, like when you start browning your meat (or vegan “meat”) of making a quick sauce, to take the water boiling off the critical path.
Use fresh pasta, which cooks in 2 minutes instead of 8
Depending on what kind of pasta dish is being made you can also:
Use hot (120°F) water from the tap instead of cold.
Use the Alton Brown method, where you put the pasta in the pot first, then add just enough water to cover (plus a little extra, like you would for rice), and heat from cold, stirring to keep the pasta from sticking. This reduces the total time from start to “pasta done”, and you don’t drain off the starchy water, so you get a creamier sauce (I use this regularly for Kraft Mac&Cheese) 2.5. Do that partially, where you still use a bunch of water, but add your pasta when it’s half way to boiling. In either case, the pasta will be done cooking when the water boils (or like 1 minute after)
Use a pressure cooker. It takes longer to boil, less time to cook, and you include your sauce with the pasta, so it’s just one thing to clean
Put the pasta in the kettle (before turning it on)
Start the water boiling earlier, like when you start browning your meat (or vegan “meat”) of making a quick sauce, to take the water boiling off the critical path.
Use fresh pasta, which cooks in 2 minutes instead of 8
Does putting the pasta in the kettle gunk it up? They’re a bit hard to clean and I wouldn’t want starchy water in my tea.
I don’t know, but it would depend greatly on your kettle design.