Creamy Boscaiola Pasta

Delicious comfort food. Pasta is a staple meal in our household. Some kind of version is always on the dinner rotate for the week. I have many different pasta recipes to tap into – this creamy boscaiola pasta is just one of them. Delicious Italian comfort food that is perfect all year round. Visit an…

Chicken Basil Pesto Pasta

Quick and easy… perfect! Sydney has been blessed with amazing weather despite the onset of winter. We have had cool nights but the days have been sunny and warm. Our plants in the backyard have also loved the weather we’ve been having. Our basil in particular has taken off and grown crazily. We have more…

Tomato Basil Penne with Chicken

Fresh is best. As a working mum and the chief cook in this household, I can say there are times I just don’t want to cook. It’s either too hot to cook, I’m tired after a long day, or just can’t be bothered. Ordering takeaways is the last thing I want to do. After all,…

Spicy Salami & Eggplant Penne

Warm, not spicy. I know, you’re thinking of course this meal is spicy. After all, it has spicy salami as the key ingredient. Well yes… it does have this. However, when combined with all the other ingredients, this pasta is definitely warm and not spicy. I made this and the family polished off every last…

Lasagne Soup

A spin on the traditional recipe. We’ve been experiencing some really cold nights during this winter here in Sydney. When it’s cold, what better way to warm up than with a hearty bowl of soup. I have a lot of different soup recipes up my sleeve but I was keen to try something a little…

Smoked Salmon Spaghetti

If you’re after a quick and easy family meal, this should be on your rotate. It’s one of my favourite pasta meals to make plus a great way to pack in some omega-3 into the diet. The kids love this when I make it but I think they’d love anything with pasta.

Penne alla Vodka

Love this dish – so simple to make yet packed with flavour, especially with the added vodka. As the alcohol in the vodka evaporates, it makes this meal suitable for the whole family.

Spinach & Ricotta Rotolo

Rotolo is a lesser known Italian pasta dish with this version being similar to the popular cannelloni. The filling is rolled up in pasta sheets, cut and placed into the pasta sauce then baked in the oven to get delicious crunchy bits.