Pasta Dishes

20 flavour filled recipes for pasta salads & potato salads that all make terrific additions to summer barbecue dinners or with leftover cold cuts any time!

Homemade Bacon Ranch Salad Dressing. Easy to make as a low fat dressing too, using half fat mayo; plus ideas for Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad and Bacon Ranch Egg Salad.

Tomato Fennel Pasta Sauce, from the oven! Oven roasting the fennel, tomato and onion boosts their natural sweetness resulting in an incredibly flavourful, versatile pasta sauce.

Lemon Shrimp Pasta Salad. With a creamy, low fat, yogurt based dressing this shrimp pasta salad makes a sensible addition to your summer BBQ table or as a side dish at any time of the year.

Lemon Basil Fettuccine Puttanesca. A fresh and flavourful side dish or vegetarian lunch option. Delicious with sautéed or grilled shrimp or sliced grilled chicken too.

Fettuccine Alfredo. Using only 5 ingredients. Simple preparation and top quality ingredients ensure the best, creamiest and most flavourful Fettuccine Alfredo every time.

Low Fat Baked Panko Chicken Parmesan with roasted tomato jam. A fantastically flavourful, lower fat, baked version of Chicken Parmesan with the crunch of panko crumbs and the intense flavour of Roasted Tomato Jam.

Penne Pasta Salad with Shrimp Chili & Lime. A deliciously simple pasta salad that’s terrific to serve with cold cuts, grilled, chicken  or fish, or as an ideal BBQ side dish.

The best Bolognese sauce is not a tomato sauce, it is a deep richly flavoured beef sauce with very few ingredients & takes it’s time simmering to perfection.

Lemon Chicken Asparagus Spaghetti. A warm pasta dinner salad with bright flavours that’s quick cooking, nutritious and delicious. An ideal weekday family meal. Use whole wheat pasta if you like.