An easy vegetarian dish, this creamy Tuscan Butter Bean pasta comes together in under 30 minutes. Butter beans are roasted for 15 minutes and then combined into a sauce made with cream, sundried tomato pesto, parmesan, garlic, chilli flakes, vegetable broth and herbs. We top it off by mixing in Rigatoni pasta for a one-pot vegetarian meal! Yeeeah! Serves 4 I…
Easy Pasta Recipes
How to Make Lasagne (and sauce) from Scratch
This homemade lasagne recipe is kid-friendly and easy to follow. It features layers of mince, lasagne sheets, and cheese sauce made from scratch. Pre-cooking lasagne sheets is optional, and for added flavor, variations like creamed spinach or mushrooms are suggested. Cooking time includes baking followed by grilling for a crispy top.
Easy Tuna Pasta Salad
An easy Tuna Pasta Salad made with medium shell noodles, peas, corn, celery, mayonnaise and creamy Greek yoghurt. It is a side dish or main meal that the whole family can enjoy! This tuna salad is absolutely scrumptious! It has the vital combination of flavours, colours and textures. I love how in every bite you get a little…
Easy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
An easy and tasty chicken bake making the perfect family meal. Made with chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken and basic pantry ingredients, this recipe can be made ahead of time and is perfect for freezing. It is a super creamy, super cheesy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake!
20-Minute Creamy Tomato & Bacon Pasta
In December we did a camping trip around South Africa and the intention with meals was to keep them SUPER simple, trying to use the least amount of pots and dishes as possible! Anyway, this 5-ingredient, 20-minute recipe was one I made up on the way with a few basic supplies. I think they were…
Tomato and Basil Chickpea Pasta
It’s not everyday that I come across a really easy recipe with simple ingredients that doesn’t require a lot of editing from me. And sometimes I think I come across them – on paper they appear promising only to be let down by the flavour in the end. And that is why I am SO…
Macaroni Cheese
A delightfully easy Macaroni Cheese recipe that you can whip up with basic pantry and fridge staples, with the option of adding extra tasty ingredients to maximise on flavour. The cheese sauce is the heart of this Macaroni Cheese recipe and if you have never made a cheese sauce before, never fear because I have…
Spicy Romesco Pasta
Introducing this delightful vegan pasta recipe with all sorts of twisty, tangy, heavenly flavours. Say hello to ~ Spicy Romesco Pasta. What I love about this recipe is the part where it says, “throw all sauce ingredients into the blender”. It has a magical ring to it and you know the evening is off to…
Easy Vegetarian Lasagne
As part of my family’s effort to eat less meat, I have been trying out all sorts of vegetarian and vegan meals. Not the easiest project however! Trying to make meals that are vegetarian / vegan which are also kid-friendly sends a bead or two of sweat down my forehead, far too regularly. It is…
Bacon & Basil Pesto Pasta
Try and say Bacon & Basil Pesto Pasta fast 3 times. That’s your basic brain workout for today. Now try and say it backwards. That’s your advanced brain workout for the day. It’s a pleasure. This recipe is again a 5-ingredient recipe. I am LOVING cooking with just 5-ingredients (okay we’re not counting, salt, pepper…
20-Minute Creamy Smoked Salmon and Lemon Pasta
This you guys. This is your best friend in a recipe format. It is a creamy pasta full of smoked salmon, lemon (juice and zest), fresh Dill, cream and creme fraiche (I did say it was a creamy pasta!!), a dash of Chilli (which just adds flavour) and then a little salt and pepper. Let’s…
Easy Cheesy Lasagne
Lasagne, kind of like a pizza dough, always used to scare me. Not to eat it, but to make it. The length of the process! I mean you have to make mince AND cheese sauce AND then layer it. At least an hour and a half in the kitchen, right? So I avoided making it…
