This chorizo, cherry tomato and rosemary risotto is an easy one pot meal. The oven does a good chunk of the work so you can focus on the rice. This is an easily made one pot meal and I’ve added rosemary to give it a different character from other risottos. The oven does a lot…
Pasta, rice and noodles
Roasted cherry tomato pasta
Tomatoes, oil, pasta are all that’s needed to make this roasted cherry tomato pasta and it needs just two minutes preparation. Yet the flavour is immense! Work had been crazy for weeks. The pressure was on, my hours were long, my inbox just seemed to get bigger and bigger regardless of what I did. I…
Bacon, spinach, mushroom and pesto pasta
This bacon, mushroom and pesto pasta takes 22 minutes from start to finish. It has fresh spinach, basil and parmesan and can easily be made vegetarian. This bacon, mushroom and pesto pasta combination dates back to my student days. In my final year I shared a flat that had a tiny kitchen. Although it was…
Seafood and coconut soupy noodles
These seafood and coconut soupy noodles are quick to make and seriously satisfying. The lemon grass, Thai fish sauce, ginger, garlic and chilli give great flavour, while the coconut calms it all a little. The prawns, squid and mussels bring their great texture and imbibe the flavour of the soup. A few weeks ago I…
Three mushroom pasta
Back in November we joined with our NCT friends to celebrate all our little ones turning one. Someone knew of a cheap to hire, local hall and we all turned up complete with toys for a great “play in”. We wanted to keep it easy and so another friend ordered pizza and pasta from a…