This might just be my new favourite pasta dish of the season. It’s so quick and easy and the flavours are amazing.
RED LENTIL PASTA WITH PESTO, SUN DRIED TOMATOES AND PUMPKIN
I have to share this with you because I’m obsessed with red lentil pasta at the moment. It’s super filling, has great flavour and is a dream with this simple sauce. Even if you’re not gluten free it makes a nice change and is an easy way for adding more protein t vegetarian pasta dishes. It’s just an all round win.
CAULIFLOWER MAC ‘N’ CHEESE WITH ROASTED CAULIFLOWER
Comfort food. But full of goodness too. This creamy cheesey mac n cheese is full of cauliflower, both in the cauliflower based ‘bechamel’ and in the crispy roasted bits peeking out the top. it’s a good one.
VEGETARIAN LASAGNE WITH EGGPLANT RAGU AND CAULIFLOWER SAUCE
This lasagne is packed full of vegetables, I’ve literally stuffed in as many as I could. The ragu is made of vegetables, most of the pasta layers are actually vegetables. The bechamel sauce is actually vegetables. All the vegetables. You can feel really high and mighty about this one.
CREAMY PUMPKIN AND PARMESAN PASTA WITH CRISPY SAGE
This pasta is sort of like a healthy pumpkiny version of mac n cheese. The pumpkin pasta sauce has that silky quality and coats every mouthful with savoury sweet goodness. But there’s a secret ingredient in here that makes this so good.
ROASTED EGGPLANT RAGU PENNE
I’m having a love affair with pasta at the moment. Pasta with rich comforting sauces. Sauces full of things that are good for you. Like this one, it’s got tonnes of flavour, is full of vegetables and the sauce can be used in lots of different ways.
TWICE COOKED MEATBALLS IN SPICY GOCHUJANG SUGO
Yeah, you read that right. That word is definitely not Italian is it? But sugo is. Gochujang is a a spicy fermented bean paste from Korea. And it’s pungent sweet and spicy notes give a totally new and really interesting twist to traditional spaghetti and meatballs. I know it sounds like weird fusion cooking but it’s full of flavour and defines ‘winter warmer’.
SPAGHETTI WITH ROMESCO SAUCE AND BUFFALO MOZZARELLA
A simple and satisfying dinner that can be changed up to suit whatever you’re craving. The sauce is punchy and delicious. Full of flavour from roasting the veg and the texture means it coats the pasta beautifully.
SLOW ROASTED TOMATO PASTA
Healthy meals shouldn’t be difficult and sometimes you need a simple pasta dish up your sleeve. And this one is a winner. Plus it’s perfect for summer as that’s when these ingredients are at their tastiest. The key to this pasta is quality produce, you need ripe flavoursome tomatoes, fragrant basil and good quality oil and balsamic.
CREAMY CAULIFLOWER RISOTTO
If you put risotto in the too hard basket then this one will show you that risotto isn’t as difficult as you think it is. This risotto is amazing, it’s velvety and creamy, without the cream and full of crispy crunchy texture to boot. This recipe makes for a simple and impressive dinner, I promise it’s not just ‘wet rice’.