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what's your families favourite pasta dish??

Legacy_user
Legacy_user Posts: 0 Newbie
in Old style MoneySaving
Hi, i was just wondering what is your fave pasta dish?

I do the usual bolognaise ,meatballs ,lasagne with beef or turkey mince but that's it.

I would love some more cheap and quick ideas for a family of five.

Nothing spicy though as kids won't eat it

Thanks a lot in advance for any ideas
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  • freyasmum
    freyasmum Posts: 20,601 Forumite
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    Macaroni with a lump of warm bread straight from the oven?

    Use a good strong cheese and you won't need to use loads :)
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Hi there

    salami/choritzo pasta bake...discovered by doing one of the "throw it in and see what happens moments":rotfl: great for using up odds n sods and really tasty..and as salami is strong flavoured you don't need much at all ;)
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  • nessquic80
    nessquic80 Posts: 328 Forumite
    my fave is pesto, add fried mushrooms and its lush!!!
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  • fiscalfreckles
    fiscalfreckles Posts: 2,398 Forumite
    Fry off chopped bacon, onions & peppers in olive oil with some crushed garlic. Add a tin of tomatoes & black pepper and simmer until slightly reduced. you can add mushrooms too, but I only do that if the kids aren't having any! Also nice with a bit of chili powder for some extra kick...

    Nice with any sort of pasta.
  • grreatsite2
    grreatsite2 Posts: 55 Forumite
    A bit similar to the above, I have just a little olive oil, fried streaky bacon and a tim of toms and it is really nice and so easy. Also, fried onions, chicken soup and sweetcorn, with or without a little chilli sauce is nice as well. Must do some this week!
  • kunekune
    kunekune Posts: 1,909 Forumite
    Carbonara: cook spaghetti and then toss with egg yolk, cream, parmesan cheese and some crispy bacon. We put some peas in the pasta water.
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  • robnye
    robnye Posts: 5,411 Forumite
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    add a packet of hotdogs (chopped into 4) and normal tomato pasta sauce....
    chopped up bacon
    smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... ;) :cool:
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,675 Forumite
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    my dd, hm tomato sauce, dh carbonara (with cream!) ds anything meaty, they all quite like pasta bake (pasta, cheese sauce, plus whatever else is handy!)
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  • Paulie'sGirl
    Paulie'sGirl Posts: 923 Forumite
    Pasta and broccoli bake:

    Cook pasta shapes and broccoli. Make a cheese sauce, add grainy mustard and dried oregano. Mix the sauce round the pasta and broccoli and bake for 15-20 at about 200.

    Scrummy! Also cheap and meatless
  • sillyvixen
    sillyvixen Posts: 3,642 Forumite
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    freyasmum wrote: »
    Macaroni with a lump of warm bread straight from the oven?

    Use a good strong cheese and you won't need to use loads :)

    yum my favorate, i also like it with mushrooms or cherry tomatoes in!!
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