Pasta recipes

Sweet and sour chicken stir fry

Sweet and sour chicken stir fry You really don’t need a packet sauce to make a deliciously tasty stir fry. This recipes is so scrumptious – part stir-fry, part chow-mein, part sweet & sour chicken – it’s fresh, tasty and simple to prepare using ingredients you probably have lying around […]

Swedish meatballs

Swish Swedish meatballs This recipe is from Homemade Happiness. In case you can’t tell, I love cooking with mince. It’s versatile, affordable and is usually made from a flavoursome cut of meat. I’ve already given you the Best Spaghetti & Meatballs in Everyday Delicious, so now for my next trick: […]

The best spaghetti and meatballs

The best spaghetti and meatballs ever This recipe is from my second bestselling cookbook, Everyday Delicious. Loads of people have told me they’re the best they’ve ever had – including those they’d had from restaurants! So, I can vouch that they’re rather delicious, and worth a go. The alcohol in […]

Chicken & pumpkin lasagne

Chicken & pumpkin lasagne This is a recipe out of my bestselling cookbook, Homemade Happiness. It’s a superb meal that positively bursts with flavour – with tender chicken (free-range is best) in a rich tomato sauce, creamy pumpkin and lashings of glorious cheesy white sauce. Serves 8 Prep time – […]

Summery steak spaghetti

Summery seared steak spaghetti Serves: 4-5 Prep time: 15 minutes This tasty little number is ideal as a lunch by itself, or dinner served with garlic bread (see tips below for a recipe) and a fresh green salad. It’s different – and a nice way of serving steak elegantly (well, […]

Creamy chicken & basil macaroni cheese

Chicken & basil macaroni cheese This is a nice little twist on a classic macaroni; I’ve added chicken for extra grunt and Parmesan, basil and garlic for a lovely Italian vibe. Sneaking in loads of spinach and peas, it’s a complete meal in a dish! If your budget permits, I […]

Lamb & rosemary cannelloni

Lamb & Rosemary Cannelloni Serves: 4-6 Prep time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes While cannelloni takes a little more effort than just spooning sauce on cooked pasta, I think there’s something really nice about the whole process of making it, and it comes out of the oven looking rather […]

Beef shin ragu

Beef shin ragù Amazing. Easy. Inexpensive. This recipe will make you look really, really good when you serve it. ‘Ragu’ more or less refers to a slow-cooked meaty sauce (Bolognese is a type of ragu). This beef shin (or beef cheek) version is a sensationally tasty dish, as the cut is […]

Spaghetti and meatballs

I love Spaghetti and meatballs!  This recipe is simple to make and it’s a great balanced meal jammed with flavour that everyone will love. I use pork mince as well as beef mince for an extra boost of flavour, but you don’t have to. I freeze the two unused portions […]