Recent Posts Tagged With 'pasta'

• Spinach and Chilli Pasta

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 15:39 in chilli, pasta, garlic, parmesan, spinach, yoghurt, pine nuts

  This is a recipe that I just knocked up from a few ingredients we had in the cupboards today. It was quite tasty and ready in about 15 minutes, which is pretty good at the end of a long day at work.First of all, take some fancy pasta - something lik...

• Stilton, Leek and Bacon Pasta

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 15:12 in pasta, bacon, leeks, stilton

  This is what I knocked up for dinner this evening, a nice hearty, cheesy and rich pasta meal. We had leeks, bacon and stilton in the fridge left over from some other recipes from the weekend, and so this is what I decided to cook. Not too bad for a...

• Courgette and Home Made Pesto Pasta (done in the Magimix 4200)

  Posted on Monday August 4th, 2008 at 14:51 in pasta, pesto, courgette, zuchini, magimix 4200

  We have just got back from a weekend of festivaling at the Big Chill, we had an amazing time, with not enough sleep, plenty of booze, sun, music, comedy and partying. The highlight of the weekend for me was definitely seeing the Mighty Boosh, and al...

• Butternut Squash Ravioli

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 15:08 in pasta, butternut squash, ravioli

  For this recipe, you are going to need a very sharp knife, so get sharpening. I use a steel like the one below. If you use one of these, then hold the blade at 45 degrees to the steel, and pull gently along from one end of the blade to the other. ...

• How to Make Pasta

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 13:42 in pasta

  I posted a while ago about my lucky find of a bargain £5 pasta making machine in a local charity shop, and how the pasta making turned into something of a disaster. I have been a bit busy since then what with finding a new job, going away at the we...

• How Not to Make Pasta

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 15:49 in pasta

  Today at lunch time I had to go out to the bank. On the way back, I walked past a charity shop and spotted in the window this Imperia pasta machine, unused and in the box, sparkling like brand new.I had to go in and have a look and when I saw the pr...

• Roasted Pepper, Tomato and Aubergine Pasta Sauce

  Posted on Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 13:42 in Sauce, pasta

  I had picked up some aubergines and peppers at a market today, not locally as we only have Tesco near us. It was one of those special offers where they sell any bowl of fruit or veg for £1, and I can't resist a bargain. So I then had to find somet...

• Spicy Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

  Posted on Friday March 28th, 2008 at 16:09 in meat, pasta, meatballs

  Mama Mia! That's a spicy meatball! As they say in the old Alka Seltzer advert! It's hard to cook meatballs without saying that, or without saying 'Bada-bing, bada-boom' in a Noo York Italian accent. Or maybe that is just me. Have a look at the v...

• Broccoli and Blue Cheese Pasta

  Posted on Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at 14:53 in Sauce, vegetarian, pasta

  This is a recipe that my lovely girlfriend cooked for me today, and very tasty it was too. She had never made a cheese sauce before so I had to explain over the phone how to make a quick and easy cheese sauce. The two simple rules to making a perfe...