pasta

spaghetti with cauliflower and olives

Once upon a time I made this amazing broccoli pasta dish which used orecchiette, broccoli and breadcrumbs. I loved it, and if I remember correctly, one other person loved it too. Everyone else not so much. From that point on this culinary masterpiece was…

Continue Reading

June 24, 2018

roast vegetable pasta with feta

When I can’t be bothered cooking, I always suggest we have tomato pasta. More often than not everyone will say OK, but on the occasion when the response is: do we have to?, my next suggestion is usually roast vegetable pasta. And no one ever says…

Continue Reading

April 15, 2017

Tomato Pasta

Pasta with tomato sauce is a staple. It’s one of those things everyone should know how to make because it’s quick, simple and uses 5 ingredients (6 if you count the parmesan cheese you need for serving). It takes as long to make as boiling a pot…

Continue Reading

January 21, 2017

Pasta e fagioli

We have our own names for pasta e fagioli: bean and pasta soup or vegetable-less minestrone. The latter comes from a time when a bowl of minestrone would be greeted with groans – there were just too many vegetables on display in the one bowl! Some…

Continue Reading

July 2, 2016

Eggplant Capsicum Pasta

Pasta has always been a staple, so trying the eggplant and capsicum pasta recipe was a no-brainer. However, there was a time there when the only thing a certain person would eat was tomato pasta, so we ate it twice a week to satisfy…

Continue Reading

May 28, 2016