Curry Pasta Salad



Today in Perth it was hot, and not just any old kind of hot, but dry, West Australian, sucks-the-life-out-of-you sweltering heat. So I decided to make one of my favourite summer meals. It’s simple, quick and fresh. Perfect for lazy summer heat.

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion
  • 1 green capsicum
  • 1 red capsicum
  • 1 apple
  • 1/2 bunch celery
  • 1/4 cup sultanas
  • 500g pasta spirals
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2Tbsp. Keen’s curry powder
  • salt and pepper

Serves: 4
Cooking time: 15 mins

Rigatoni Sardi a Mari



Today I went to Melbourne’s Southbank to have lunch with my Aunt Pat. She’s pretty much one of the most inspiring people I know. We had her favourite cuisine for lunch, which is of course Italian.

We both had Rigatoni Sardi a Mari, which was quite adventurous for me, seeing as I never normally eat anchovies. But I found the meal to be surprisingly good with the perfect combination of flavours and textures. I look forward to adding it to my repertoire of quick dinners, and I hope you do too!

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup sultanas
  • 3 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 4 anchovy filets, minced
  • 1 tsp. fennel seeds
  • 6 Tbsp. minced parsley
  • 500g rigatoni
  • Salt
  • 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

Serves: 4
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Simple tomato pasta



Everyone has one of those dishes they can cook with their eyes closed, in 10 minutes, and know exactly what they’re going to get, right?
Well, this is mine. I’ve cooked it on more home-late-from-work nights than I care to remember, and even once for 20 people on an African safari. It’s simple, but comforting and a little bit healthy. What more can you ask for in 10 minutes?

Ingredients

  • 100g mushrooms
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 250g dried pasta
  • oil for frying
  • 400g tin crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 tsp Italian herbs
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • Salt and pepper

Serves: 2
Cooking time: 10 mins