pasta

Spinach & Red Pepper Penne

Serves 2

200g pasta

2tbsp cooking oil

1 onion

2 vegetable stock cubes

2tbsp tomato purée

1 red pepper

1 tin chopped tomato’s

2 large fistfuls of spinach

Salt

Pepper

Cook & drain pasta without shaking off excess water, set aside.

Fry onion in oil, add stock cubes & continue to fry for a minute. Add peppers & fry for a few minutes before stirring in tomato purée, then add chopped tomato’s. Simmer & reduce for 20-30mins.

Stir in pasta, mix well. Add spinach & cover to steam for 5mins. Stir in wilted spinach & serve.

Midnight Snack

Rocket topped Carrot & Pesto Pasta

100g pasta

1 small carrot, grated

1 small handful rocket

40g green pesto

2tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Cook & drain pasta, stir in pesto & carrot and heat gently for a few minutes. Top with rocket.

Second Leg Pasta

Fry up onion & peppers in olive oil, add defrosted freezer portion of tomato pasta, and mix well, slightly mashing the pasta for a pulled pork texture. Season with salt & pepper, and extra olive oil if needed.

Tomato & Green Pepper Pasta with Garlic Bread

Fast, simple, cost effective, and tasty!

Prep: 20mins, Cost: 47p per portion

Serves 4

400g pasta

1 jar creamy pasta sauce

1 green pepper

2 tomato’s

1tbsp flax seed

2 frozen garlic bread

Put the garlic bread in the oven, boil & drain pasta. Add chopped pepper to pasta & lightly steam for a few minutes. Add pasta sauce & heat gently. When the garlic bread is ready, transfer to serving bowls & top with chopped tomato & flax seed.

Penne & Pesto

Super quick, simple, cheap, and healthy!

Prep: 20mins, Cost: 35p per portion. I’m obsessed with this dish! And really quite excited that I found a 190g jar of pesto for just 90p at Tesco : )

(Single portion)

100g penne pasta

30g pesto

1 tomato

1tbsp olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Boil pasta & drain, add olive oil, salt, pepper, and pesto, mix well. Top with one chopped tomato & season with a bit more salt & pepper.