It always amuses me how a whimsical name can turn a dish into child friendly feast. I have called this traffic light spaghetti purely because it features a red, amber and green vegetable but the entertainment factor for Ted saying it was spaghetti with traffic lights was too much to resist. You could use…
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Pasta bake
It’s been a while since I bought jars of sauce. I used to use them quite a bit when I worked full time but since becoming a more confident cook I’ve been less reliant on them. Possibly no longer having the incentive to save glass jars stopped me buying them. The cellar shelves were rammed…
Left over beef bolognaise
Using minced beef in pasta sauce is a staple dish for many of us – but there’s no need to limit yourself making minced beef dishes with packs of ready minced beef. I had two cooked flash fry steaks left over plus one cold lonely beef burger off the barbecue. Come supper time I chucked…
Blue cheese pasta bake
This blue cheese pasta bake is the result of a “fridge dive” using up ingredients in the fridge. Blue cheese pasta bake with butternut and broccoli I don’t know why pasta bakes have been under used in our house but I intend to change this. Generally do pasta straight with sauces or pesto, our favoured…
