Pasta…you are back in my life!

Jaxjacky

I’m in love with fresh pasta and yes, I can taste the difference!

Me too Jax. My daughter makes her own and it’s to die for 😋

teabagwoman. Which veg stock powder do you buy? Does anyone use orzo? In soups? Worth buying??

Very quick pasta recipe and dgd’s favourite meal. Heat some crème fraiche with a little vegetable stock powder and frozen peas. Add flaked cooked salmon, I do it in the microwave, and serve over pasta. I generally add cooked broccoli to up her veg intake but she won’t let me add anything else.

Retread, thank you for your post- boursin + pasta sounds great ( unlike my auto correct's suggestion of bougainvillea)

Sous Chef sell Pici NotAGran55 - though it's pricey.
I confess to using Bucatini if I want something like a fat Spaghetti.
Waitrose Bucatini is quite good in my opinion.

I like to have lots of different pastas to choose from as I think some shapes/types are better with some sauces than others.

We had a huge pasta dish repertoire when the children were young and still eat it often one way or another.

Witzend

We just had a dinner I copied from an M&S ready meal my (fussy!) mother liked years ago - pasta, salmon and broccoli in some sort of white sauce. I perked up my own version (I use a tin of salmon, flaked and a lot of broccoli) with a good splash of white wine, plus some grated cheese in the sauce.
It’s very tasty.

I used to make that (but I'm sure I'm not your mother 🤔)
However, DH hates pasta so I rarely cook it now, although I was thinking of making spaghetti bolognese tomorrow (potatoes for DH).

I really like tomato/pesto based sauces with pasta, prob do this once a week, no meat added but sometimes serve with fish, salmon is a favourite.Quick, easy and tasty.

We have pasta every couple of weeks. I do fusili with tuna, mayo, sweetcorn, black pepper and hard boiled eggs and fresh parsley. I do lasagne from scratch which we all love. Macaroni with bacon, onions and spinach in cheese sauce is another fave.

I never choose pasta when we eat out as I still see it as a cheap meal and not really a treat.

This is a delicious easy sauce recipe. Oven roast all sauce ingredients shown in pic (I also add fresh basil) until cheese is melted and tomatoes soft, when ready stir into a sauce. Boil pasta as usual when sauce ingredients are nearly ready - I tend to use spaghetti - and stir through. Add parmesan. Yummy!

Of course you can tell the difference Jaxjacky and gnocchi are the same. homemade gnocchi is nothing like the little bullets you buy in the supermarket.

Prawn linguine usually once a week with a glass of vino.

I’m in love with fresh pasta and yes, I can taste the difference!

Pici Cacio e pepe is food of the gods.

Pici is difficult to find, but worth the wait.

We have a quick pasta dish that we always make when in our caravan -

Cooked pasta (we like tagliatelle), steamed / microwaved leeks, sautéed mushrooms, handful of peas. Mix all up with a tub of Marscapone cheese and then sprinkle with black olives.

My husband came from an Italian family, so life without pasta doesn't exist in my kitchen.

I eat pasta once a week. It doesn’t seem to affect my weight.

Tuna pasta bake for us tonight- haven't made it in years. All store cupboard ingredients apart from the garlic bread I bought to go with it!

We just had a dinner I copied from an M&S ready meal my (fussy!) mother liked years ago - pasta, salmon and broccoli in some sort of white sauce. I perked up my own version (I use a tin of salmon, flaked and a lot of broccoli) with a good splash of white wine, plus some grated cheese in the sauce.
It’s very tasty.