Spaghetti bolognese was one of the very first proper recipes I cooked, when living away from home for the first time. A firm British favourite food for a reason; everyone seems to have their own fail-safe version. This is mine – slow cooker spag bol …
These easy slow cooker meatballs UK style are a typical example of an Italian dish adopted and much loved by the British. One day, they tasted the best I’ve ever made them, so I quickly recorded exactly what I put in before I forgot. The …
It’s a very popular pizza topping, but you can make other things with pepperoni, too. Such as this quick pepperoni pasta sauce recipe, based very roughly on Pepperonata (though that is vegetarian, and doesn’t contain the pepperoni). Pepperoni and pasta – why not? This pepperoni …
This recipe came about when I had half a carton of leftover crème fraîche. Hence, meatballs with creme fraiche sauce. I hate waste and love experimenting with food, so I added it. The result? A deliciously creamy sauce – with no curdling whatsoever. To ring …
This creamy chicken and bacon pasta bake recipe is based on a dish I ate when dining out and loved – with a few tweaks. I hadn’t paired rosemary with any meat but lamb before, and otherwise had only really used it with roast potatoes. As …
You can make this recipe as it is, or see the last instruction to make a tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake recipe. (Some might say the latter tastes slightly better, but it depends how much time you have.) The former makes a quick, healthy and …
Convert veggie-sceptics with this meat-free red lentil ragu recipe. It tastes just like a bolognese pasta sauce. I invented this many years ago, in my single days, when I used to make a batch to freeze for weeknights. This red lentil bolognese recipe is easy, cheap, …
This pasta with bacon and cheese recipe is so quick to prepare that you can make the sauce while the pasta simmers. It’s really tasty and only has a few simple ingredients. I prefer this to carbonara, or a pasta bake with bacon, both of which …