Pasta recipes please

justiyah, Dec 22, 5:42am
Hello.What are your fav pasta recipes. Im looking for new ideas and recipes please.

wildflower, Dec 22, 5:49am
I'm trying the Food in a Minute Southwest Pasta recipe for xmas.Can't tell you won't it tastes like yet but looks good:)I'm sure it'll be on their website.

245sam, Dec 22, 6:01am
justiyah, try doing a search here on the Recipes MB using pasta as the Keyword and Last year as the Date posted option.

Here's one of our favourites which is one of many that you'll find by doing a search.

Alison Holst's TOMATO AND GARLIC PASTA SALAD
Dressing:
1 cup (250g) bottled or canned Garlic Pasta sauce
¼-½ cup olive oil
1 tbsp wine vinegar
1 tsp each of sugar and ground cumin
½ tsp each of salt and crumbled dried oregano

Mix all the ingredients in a food processor, or shake together in a screw-topped jar.

250g tortellini, spirals or other pasta shapes
2 spring onions, white and green parts thinly sliced
any or all of the following:-
2 tbsp finely chopped parsley; 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced; ¼-½ unpeeled, thin-skinned cucumber, cubed; drained whole kernel corn

Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling, lightly salted water, with a tablespoon of added oil, then drain it thoroughly. Take care not to under-cook or over-cook the pasta.
Stir about three-quarters of the dressing gently into the hot, drained pasta and leave to stand for at least 15 minutes (“I find it convenient to put the pasta and dressing in an unpunctured oven bag to mix and store it.” – A. Holst)
Refrigerate the salad until required for serving, then just before serving stir in the spring onions and any of the optional extra parsley and vegetables. Add a little of the remaining dressing if the salad needs it. :-))

connor2003, Dec 22, 7:24am
I make this quite a bit and freeze what I don't eat.

Tuna Bake
Serves 4.

2c short pasta; 425g can tuna; 1 jar Pasta Bake; 1c grated cheese

Cook pasta. Mix pasta add drained tuna and pasta bake in an ovenproof dish.Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 20 minutes.