Posts Tagged ‘pasta’

Slow Cooked Beef Brisket

As requested by guests, here’s my beef brisket recipe :-) It goes well with pasta or rice, and a side of vegetables like microwaved green beans. Photo pending! Ingredients (Makes approx 12-15 servings) Directions

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Cheesy Pasta Bake with Mince Beef

Man do I love a good pasta bake. This one was easy and tasty :) And has the hubby seal of approval! Oh, and as is the norm with my dishes, it’s totally awesome as leftovers the next day. Ingredients (Makes approx 5 servings) 1L water 300g pasta (spirals or penne or similar, not spaghetti, […]

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Homemade Pesto Pasta with Fresh Vegetables

My garden’s been going nuts lately (good thing!), and I found myself needing to prune a whole lot of herbs. Aside from mint, which I made into tea, I had shallots, garlic chives and sweet basil to use up. So I thought… hmm… time to try making homemade pesto! This recipe has similarities to another […]

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Pesto Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby […]

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Spiral Pasta with Meatballs in Red Wine, Garlic & Tomato Sauce

I made this easy recipe when having some friends over on holidays. I was really flattered when one of them asked for the recipe, especially as he’s a bit of a fussy eater (we love him anyway :-P). Ingredients… (makes 3 servings) * Spiral Pasta (enough for 3) * Garlic (pre-minced) * Parsley to season […]

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