Pasta
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The ultimate budget-friendly recipe collection
50 affordable recipes to keep you eating well for less through autumn and beyond.
End-of-summer spaghetti with tomatoes
My favourite version of my mum’s spaghetti was always at the end of summer, with the sweetest cherry tomatoes that were almost bursting from the sun’s warmth.
- < 30 mins
- Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Bruschetta pasta, heavy on the breadcrumbs
Here's one for those "all I can manage is to throw a heft of dried pasta in some boiling water" moments. It's light and bright and perfect for hot nights. My only caveat: basil. So, so much fresh basil. Plus room temperature tomatoes so the juices are ready to flow. And please make your own breadcrumbs with a knob of leftover sourdough; the difference it makes to this (and any) dish is significant.
- < 30 mins
- Katrina Meynink
Roast cauliflower bolognese
I'm a fan of cauliflower bolognese. A groupie. I'd follow it around on tour and buy the shirt. Yes, the dish has strayed a long way from its origins but the flavour, texture and enjoyment are full and immediate. Everyone it was fed to, including other peoples' children, neighbours and my own intense critics, demolished it.
- 1-2 hrs
- Katrina Meynink
Keftedakia me hilopites (Greek meatballs)
Meatballs with pasta sounds robust but, at its heart, this is a nourishing, still quite light dish of chicken meatballs and classic Greek egg noodles (hilopites), the lemon and basil giving it the most divinely fragrant lift. I love dishes like this, which can be eaten either hot or cold. Pair it with some good bread and a mixed-leaf salad or wilted greens. A handful or two of frozen peas would be a great addition; just toss them in before the dish goes into the oven.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Karen Martini
Dan Lepard's spinach rosemary macaroni cheese recipe
Loaded with cheese, spinach and creamy white sauce, this is the perfect side dish for slow-cooked meats.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Dan Lepard
Italian-Australian spaghetti bolognese recipe
Few dishes give us so much bang for our buck, as the richly meaty sauce combines with the acidity of the tomato, the sweetness of the vegetable soffrito, the slippery pasta and the snowfall of grated cheese. This makes a lot of sauce, so set some aside to freeze for another meal.
- 2 hrs +
- Jill Dupleix
Hetty McKinnon's spinach and walnut pesto pasta
This pasta dish is fresh and surprisingly herbaceous, even though it contains no herbs at all. Frozen spinach is the magic ingredient, providing earthy flavour while delivering a healthy dose of green power. Frozen spinach also turns out to be a fantastic and economical way to make pesto all year round. A small handful of walnuts adds richness and body to the irresistible pasta sauce while lemon zest and juice injects life and brightness into this crowd-pleasing dish.
- < 30 mins
- Hetty McKinnon
RecipeTin Eats x Good Food: Torta di rigatoni (upright pasta pie)
Bolognese stuffed into giant rigatoni, topped with bubbling cheese. This dinner party show-stopper is fun to make and even more delicious to eat.
- 1-2 hrs
- RecipeTin Eats
Crumbed chicken with herb and garlic butter pasta
You might have had schnitzel with garlic butter, but have you had it with pasta, too?
- < 30 mins
- Jessica Brook