Category: Pasta and Noodles
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Pasta with cauliflower, walnuts and feta
I used to make this pasta a lot. I was reminded to revisit it after many years because I had a couple packets of Girolomoni wholemeal spelt pasta in pantry. That is the thing about this dish, you need the heft of a good quality wholemeal pasta, to stand up to robust flavors of the…
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Vegetable Ragu: A Frugal Italian Delight
This vegetable ragu is known as fake sauce (sugo finto) and is a great example of cuisina povera or the frugal food of Italy. In this vegetarian ragu sauce, meat is replaced with vegetables. The flavor is layered into the sauce with a slow cooked soffritto of onions, carrots and celery, which is deglazed with…
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Vegetarian Bolognese: Lentil Ragu Recipe You’ll Love
In general I’m not a fan of vegetarian bolognese style pasta sauces. There are so many fantastic authentically vegetarian pasta sauces… why would you bother? However, Sydney was in the midst of a dreary midwinter slump, it was gloomy and cold outside and this slow cooked lentil ragu seemed like just thing to banish the…
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Marcella Hazan’s Essential Tomato Sauce Recipe
This tomato sauce with onion and butter is from Marcella Hazan is astonishingly simple and delicious. It’s been posted a million times on various food blogs and raved about countless times, but that’s no reason not to do so again. I’ve made this sauce many times over the years, it reminds me of the spaghetti…
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Asian green salad with tofu, noodles and sesame sprinkle
Just a quick post today because it’s the first day of spring and I wanted to celebrate by eating some asparagus. I was thinking of making pasta primavera but most recipes use cream and I didn’t want to buy some cream, use a small amount and have the rest waste away in the refrigerator, only…
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Japanese rice bowl: Scrambled eggs with cabbage/pumpkin cooked with soy sauce
I grew up with a fairly traditional meat and three veg meal which was often plated up individually in the kitchen by my mum. This rice bowl served with some kind protein and vegetable sides has long been my version of the traditional meat and three veg meal. Unlike my mum, I almost never plate…
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Easy Vegetarian Singapore Noodles Recipe
My son could eat pasta four or five times a week but I have a limited tolerance for pasta as a main food group. There are times in the summer where it makes a perfect dinner with a big salad but, most times, I find pasta as a meal, incomplete and unsatisfying. However, Asian-style noodles…
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Udon Miso Soup with Pumpkin and Mushrooms
Who doesn’t like a good noodle soup? There is something so completely satisfying about this meal in a bowl. You don’t have to muck around with bread or anything else – you get your carbohydrates veggies and a bit of protein, all in one bowl. This udon soup is a proper meal with everything you…
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Barbecued Tofu Steaks with Sesame Noodles and Pickle
Got a pesky vegetarian or, god forbid, a vegan coming to one of your meat lovers Christmas barbecues and you don’t know what to cook for them? This marinated tofu is the answer. While you could just let your vegetarian guests eat salad, it is nice to offer them a bit of cooked protein so…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 