Pasta dish

This cheat's lasagne recipe makes quick work of creating this family favourite. Packed with flavour and ready in just over an hour, this dish is perfect for enjoying an Italian classic in a snap

There is no pre-cooking of pasta for this one-pot wonder recipe! Enjoy homemade chicken meatballs cooked in a spicy arrabiata sauce, paired with risoni pasta and grilled until cheesy and golden

Ditalini (a small, tubular pasta) is the star of this tasty pumpkin and chickpea pasta bake recipe. Served with haloumi and seed topping, this dish is simple yet sophisticated cooking at its best

This Italian-style braised beef recipe is comfort food at its best. Pair this rich ragu with tender penne pasta for a winning family meal that's perfect served on chilly nights

It's easier than you think to make homemade tortellini thanks to this delicious recipe. Toss through an irresistibly creamy bacon sauce for a winning pasta dish the whole family will love

Pork sausages are the key to creating this easy penne pasta recipe. Simple yet satisfying, this speedy dish is the perfect weeknight meal for feeding the family. Try serving with parmesan and salad

If you're looking for your next vegetarian dinner winner, here it is. This spinach and broad bean cannelloni recipe is packed with all those delicious Italian flavours and plenty of veges

Switch up a family favourite with this creamy salmon and spinach lasagne recipe. Serve hot from the oven for a filling, delicious weeknight meal that's just a little bit fancy

Pasta goes light and lovely with this delicious crab spaghetti recipe. Spiked with chilli, lime and garlic, this zingy dish packs in plenty of flavour without relying on heavy sauces

It doesn't get much better than lasagne when you're craving comfort food. This recipe combines rich bolognese sauce with spinach and ricotta to create a hearty, cheesy dish the whole family will love

Add an economical protein hit to your next pasta dish with this delicious spaghetti recipe that's ready in just 25 minutes

Get creative with the humble Brussels sprout! In this recipe, tender roasted sprouts are stirred through creamy tagliatelle alfredo to create a comforting meal that's perfect served on chilly nights

'Pangrattato' means breadcrumbs in Italian, and these certainly star in this tasty tuna pasta recipe. Serve as a quick, flavour-packed weeknight meal that can be on the table in just 30 minutes

It's time to break out your best Lady and the Tramp impression! This tasty recipe pairs delicious cheese-stuffed beef meatballs with spaghetti and tomato and basil sauce. Delish!

This tuna pasta salad recipe is perfect for lunchboxes, picnics or feeding the family. Simple, delicious and speedy, this side dish is sure to become a favourite

This lemon and walnut pasta recipe is one of Nici Wickes' go-to dishes when she's in a hurry to eat. Super tasty and served with a simple salad it makes a complete meal

Pasta bianco translates to white pasta, and this recipe sees heavy tomato sauce vetoed in favour of chicken sausages, thyme, parmesan and pappardelle to create a simple yet delicious dish

This quick and tasty pasta bake recipe is perfect when you need a comforting family meal in a snap. Fill with ham, spinach and creamy ricotta and serve alongside a fresh green salad

At only $4.20 per serve, this wonderfully comforting ricotta and salami lasagne recipe is perfect for the whole family to enjoy for a delicious weeknight meal

By using cauliflower instead of pasta, this wonderfully comforting gluten free ‘mac’ and cheese recipe is the perfect way to increase your 5+ a day intake while enjoying a delicious lower-carb meal

This prawn ravioli recipe is so delicate, yet comforting paired with a lemongrass and ginger broth. Serve for a delicious weeknight meal or impressive dinner party main

Rotisserie chicken is the key to getting this char-grilled courgette and chicken pasta recipe on the table in just 25 minutes. Serve for an easy, delicious weeknight meal

An Italian favourite gets a vegetarian twist with this delicious lasagne recipe. Combining pesto and hearty red lentils, the dish is perfect served for a comforting family meal

This potato gnocchi with bacon and sage butter recipe creates a perfectly simple yet sophisticated dish. You'll really taste the difference after making your own gnocchi

You'll really taste the difference in this slow-cooked Italian meatballs recipe. Served with a rich tomato sauce over pasta, this is spaghetti and meatballs like nonna used to make

This incredibly delicious spaghetti with capsicum pesto recipe is perfect served for an easy and comforting weeknight family meal. The homemade capsicum pesto really sets this dish apart

It's easier than you think to make gnocchi from scratch! Pair this kumara gnocchi with a quick tomato sauce for a delicious, kid-friendly recipe the whole family will love

Need a filling family meal in a hurry? This simple recipe requires just a handful of ingredients to create a hearty gnocchi bake with spinach and ricotta. Serve with garlic bread

This chicken with bacon and thyme sauce on spaghetti recipe proves that delicious dinners don't have to be a chore to prepare. You can have this pasta dish on the table in less than an hour

Filled with exceptional flavour, this tasty warm chicken, edamame and orzo salad recipe with pesto dressing creates the perfect midweek meal. Watch the video and see how to create it yourself

Add a healthy dose of veges to your next pasta dish with this tasty fettucine recipe. Packed with corn, zucchini, bacon and ricotta, this 30-minute meal is the perfect weeknight family dinner

This delicious pasta salad recipe is a summer in a dish! Combining vibrant pesto, zucchini, chicken and bocconcini, this 25-minute meal is the perfect speedy summer salad

This comforting pork, kumara and sage pasta is wonderfully comforting and is perfect for the whole family to enjoy for a flavoursome midweek meal

This roast pumpkin and pesto pasta recipe creates a filling vegetarian dish that's perfect served for a healthy midweek family meal

This penne pasta with feta recipe creates the ultimate summer dish. Packed with fresh courgette and tomato, the light dish is perfect enjoyed al fresco, garnished with plenty of basil

Traditionally a staple peasant dish of northern Italy, polenta is now enjoyed worldwide. This creamy, soft polenta recipe with prawns and pesto is a delicious example of how to enjoy this dish

Romesco, a roasted pepper, almond and bread sauce, goes perfectly with penne pasta in this delicious recipe. Serve with a liberal sprinkling of parmesan for a quick, tasty family meal

This chicken with chorizo and tomato passata recipe is wonderfully comforting served with spaghetti. Whip up for a delicious, fuss-free midweek family meal

This beautifully flavoured ricotta and spinach gnocchi with arrabbiata sauce is the perfect low-carb family meal to serve this week. It's so delicious that you won't even miss those carbs!

This gnocchi recipe sees the tried and true combo of beetroot and goat's cheese come together to create a delicious vegetarian salad packed with vibrant flavours and colours

This easy spaghetti and meatballs recipe is a great option for a quick weeknight dinner – it makes six sausages into a delicious meal for six in just over half an hour

Super simple yet incredibly tasty, this fresh spaghetti pasta with roasted olives, chorizo and haloumi is the ideal recipe for a tasty midweek family meal

Whip up a flavour-packed meal in just 15 minutes with this delicious linguine recipe. You'll love the combination of zesty homemade rocket pesto, salty anchovies and spicy chilli

Stefania Ugolini, owner and chef of Auckland's Pasta & Cuore restaurant shares her sensational handmade potato gnocchi with bolognese sauce recipe

The texture of Nici Wickes' homemade pasta is silky and soft - perfect for being turned into lasagna, ravioli or flat silky ribbons of pappardelle, as in this simple recipe for how to make pasta

This Nici Wickes' pasta recipe features equal amounts of pasta and cabbage bound in an easy cheese sauce - making this dish an instant success. It’s rich and satisfying

Stuffing cannelloni can be a fiddly business. Instead, this Nici Wickes recipe uses sheets of store-bought fresh lasagne, rolling it around tasty fillings and baking it to cheesy, gooey gorgeousness

Maltagliati means “badly cut” in Italian and is the name given to the pasta scraps left over from making fresh pasta. Nici Wickes' recipe uses fresh lasagne sheets, cut into bite-sized pieces

This is no average gnocchi recipe - leafy silverbeet adds a welcome dose of veges to this traditionally potato-only dish, while the pea pesto brings even more green goodness to the table

This smoked salmon fettucine is a quick, easy and budget-friendly family meal that needs just 5 ingredients to take it from stove to dinner table

This chicken fettuccine is extremely popular at Ponsonby institution SPQR. It’s the perfect indulgence – the richness comes from the cream, mushroom and leek

This clever pasta recipe uses sausages to create a hearty Italian ragout that's paired perfectly with fusilli pasta, rosemary and plenty of parmesan cheese

This easy spinach and chicken cannelloni recipe features homemade tomato sauce, creamy ricotta and fresh lasagne to create a wonderfully fresh, delectably cheesy cannelloni

In this delicious pasta recipe, penne is topped with caponata - a Sicilian specialty of eggplant, tomato, green olives and capers. Finish this wonderful vegetarian dish with plenty of parmesan

This traditional spaghetti alla puttanesca recipe is fast and easy, like the women this dish was apparently named for

This chicken cannelloni recipe combines creamy ricotta, silky mashed pumpkin and earthy sage butter to create an easy yet flavourful weeknight meal

Want to jazz up your standard spaghetti bolognese? Look no further. This recipe actually uses the pasta to create crispy 'nests' to hold your tomatoey, hearty meatballs. This dinner is both fun, and delicious.

You'll love biting into these large pasta shells to reveal a salty and creamy broccoli, pea and tuna filling. The pasta shells are finished off with a rich, cheesy sauce to create the ultimate mid-week comfort food.

Jazz up your standard pasta bake by adding chunks of juicy chorizo sausage, creamy feta cheese, salty olives and grilled eggplant for maxium flavour and texture with every dreamy mouthful.

The addition of homemade, herb-loaded salsa verde and hot, oozy buffalo mozzarella cheese makes this pasta bake very special. The recipe calls for spinach and ricotta-stuffed agnolotti and fresh vegies, so every mouthful is a guaranteed flavour explosion.

This recipe combines two of our favourite things - the flavours of cheesy, meaty pizza, and comforting macaroni pasta. This delicious fusion makes a brilliant family dinner for kids and adults alike.

Try something a little different and bake your pork and fennel ragu pasta dish in one pot to create a gourmet, flavour-packed pasta bake recipe the kids and adults will all love.

The winning combo of pumpkin and ricotta come together sensationally in this cheesy vegetarian lasagne. Seasoned with nutmeg and sage, this recipe is packed with subtle flavours your family will love

Whipping up a creamy chicken pasta is easy with this clever recipe. Using only 5 ingredients and ready in just 15 minutes, this pasta is super simple while still managing to impress

Dig into this mushroom stroganoff recipe for a delicious dinner.

This recipe makes enough to feed a crowd - halve or quarter the recipe for a family dinner. An Italian classic, this pumpkin and goat's cheese lasagne with rocket and pepita salad is healthy, fresh, and full of delicious ingredients that work perfectly together.

Tender lamb, al dente pasta and peppery rocket leaves make a fabulous pasta salad that is a meal in itself.

The combination of hot, oozy, cheesy pasta and a crunchy toasted bread topping makes this recipe from The Australian Women's Weekly's 'Food For The Soul' cookbook the ultimate comfort food.

This delicious pasta salad recipe is perfect for sharing! Whip up a batch of this mustardy bacon, corn and avocado filled creation for a tasty BBQ or potluck dish.

This comforting recipe truly highlights why cauliflower and cheese are a match made in heaven. Combined with prosciutto, mustard, parsley and lashings of cheddar and parmesan, this recipe is a winter winner

This fresh yet flavoursome tuna and chilli pasta is quick and easy to make, making this the perfect midweek family meal

A creamy rigatoni pasta dish with ricotta, pancetta and parmesan that is rich and completely satisfying

This vegetarian lasagne dish swaps mince for lots of chargrilled vegetables to create a comforting lasagne dish that's big enough to feed the whole family

Rich and creamy, this pesto pasta recipe is full of amazing Italian ingredients like sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts and parmesan to create a flavour-packed vegetarian pasta

This clever recipes gets its creamy texture from white beans and uses wholegrain pasta to create a healthy version of chicken penne. Tasty and easy, this recipe makes a perfect quick weeknight meal

The classic combination of pumpkin and ricotta is re-invented with this crispy pumpkin ravioli recipe. Serve with a fresh tomato salad for an Italian dinner with a twist

Nothing beats a creamy pasta for comfort food! Ready from start to finish in just 25 minutes, this creamy pasta recipe with bacon and parmesan makes for an easy and delicious dinner any night of the week

A classic bolognese sauce tastes great no matter how simple. Get that depth of flavour by cooking the sauce very gently until it's rich and fragrant. Serve with your favourite pasta and plenty of parmesan

Who doesn’t adore pasta? This creamy dish of wholesome whole-wheat linguine will definitely bring out your ‘inner Sophia Loren’. It is doused in a light, but decadent, creamy tomato sauce full of healthy baby spinach. You can easily serve it without chicken for a vegetarian alternative

You can't go wrong with a rich and creamy semolina that not only looks crave-worthy but also tastes it too!

A lighter take on creamy chicken carbonara; with bacon, mushrooms and shavings of parmesan

Pesto spaghetti gets the lighter treatment with the addition of zucchini ribbons. Sliced chicken breast and shavings of parmesan complete the picture

Beef and mushrooms are given a smoky, creamy hit with smoked paprika and sour cream for this classic pasta dish

Golden breadcrumbs and bacon top this deliciously cheesy pasta bake. Serve with a crisp seasonal salad alongside

A dish that is filled with different flavours of your favourite herbs, you can't go wrong with spaghetti bolognese

Serve up a family feast that’s so delicious, they won’t even notice how healthy it is!

A simple and scrumptious dish that can be made in minutes!

This chicken pasta salad with pesto recipe is a simple and scrumptious dish that can be made in minutes!

A simple and scrumptious dish that can be made in minutes!

This is a great summertime starter or light lunch. If whitebait is out of season and you can’t find any frozen, you could easily substitute it with your favourite seafood, e.g. prawns, crayfish or mussels.

An incredibly easy pasta bake that the kids will love.

This uncomplicated recipe is so incredibly full-flavoured. Kale has a more intense flavour than spinach and other greens, and is absolutely crammed full of iron, vitamins A and C and plenty of antioxidants – your body will love it! Paired with lemon and garlic, the purée adds a whopping load of nutrients to any pasta meal.

I just love this summer meal. It’s packed full of everything that’s flourishing in the garden right now. Served either hot or cold,it’s an easy meal to feed a crowd. The key is having the same volume of meatballs/veges/herbs as cooked pasta – and making sure you’ve cooked the pasta in well-salted water.