Yes coke is quite interesting as an ingrediant. There is this Mexican thing I used to do in the slow cooker. Slab of Pork, Coke, Chillies, Cumin, Orange juice (or whatever fruit juice you have), Oregana, Garlic - really whatever you have lying around.
All cooks down and is amazing.
I make my pasta but would only bother with the filled ones because you can make a better filling.
Making lasagne sheets, spaghetti etc is a huge waste of time.
Fresh pasta is a different product than dried and NOT superior.
I make:
Bread - often using it to use up things like yoghurt which...
Burgers are easy just some good quality mince and NEVER add breadcrumbs or eggs.
It's just the seasoning. I love onion and garlic powder (not the salts). Onion powder is a suberb thing.
The other tip with burgers is to construct them without masing the beef up. Basically take a pack of mince...