Recipes — Pasta

Sometimes all you feel like is a bowl of noodles. This is my go too speedy noodle dish and I adore it simple because as the title says they’re speedy but also delicious. I personally love udon noodles especially in a ramen but of course you can always substitute the udon noodles for rice especially if you prefer a gluten free option. I saw this original recipe on Marions Kitchen and had to make it with some tweaks along the way.

Ingredients:

500g mince pork

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Cooking Time: 1hour

Servings: 6 people 

Another meatless Monday dish that really doesn't have to be made on a Monday at all. I had a big tin of tuna in the pantry with a bunch of random other pantry staples I wanted to use up like spaghetti, panko breadcrumbs and some herbs in the fridge that had seen better days. So I decided to wing this pasta and see how it turned out, and it turned out amazing alright. 

Ingredients:

If its one pasta shape that I love it is these large pasta shells, purely because it is basically like a mini bowl that has all this sauce scooped right into it… This pasta is so quick and easy to make but also has an amazing punch in flavour.

Ingredients:

500g pasta large shells

200g bacon - diced 

1/2 cup finely diced celery

6 shallots/green onions - sliced on and angle

200g button mushrooms - sliced

4 cloves of garlic - crushed

2tbsp ground smoked...

What better food than seafood. I know a lot of people can be intimidated by cooking seafood but it really isn’t all too hard if you keep the basics easy. This seafood pasta was super easy but boy is this delicious.

Ingredients:

500g spaghetti

1 large brown onion

3 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 long red chilli, deseeded and finely diced

1 lemon, juice and rind

500g marinara mix

500g clams, thoroughly washed

100g salted butter

1/2 cup roughly chopped parsley

10g chives, finely diced

The region my husbands is from is called Bari in Italy and it is known for their ear shaped pasta called orecchiette, where nonna's sit in the lane ways selling their handmade version to the locals. This pasta is commonly made with sausage and broccoli, but the garlic lover Arab in me got thinking... what if I could make some sort of creamy garlicy broccoli  sauce to fold those gorgeous little ears in and I totally did. I roasted a whole garlic bulb and blanched a couple of broccoli's before blending them together in a somewhat pesto inspired...