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Healthy pasta recipes

There are fewer than 500 calories in a serving of these lighter pasta recipes. Try macaroni cheese made with a vegan butternut squash and sage sauce or a green pasta sauce made with houmous.

Explore our vegetarian pasta recipes if you’re looking for something meat free and indulgent.

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Tomato pasta recipes

Pasta pomodoro

Pasta pomodoro is the original – and best – tomato pasta. This recipe is quick and easy but uses a few tricks to really amp up the flavour.

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Italian pasta recipes

Classic pasta puttanesca

One of the most famous classic pasta dishes of all time, pasta puttanesca includes anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and tomatoes.

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Recipes with tinned beans

Cacio e pepe is one of those classic pasta dishes that combines just a couple of ingredients but results in a meal that's so much greater than the sum of its parts. Here, we've added creamy butter beans for extra fibre and goodness.

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Gnocchi recipes

Caramelised fennel gnocchi

Slowly caramelising fennel in the same way you would onions renders it sweet and tender – an easy yet tasty topping for shop-bought gnocchi.

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Weekly pasta recipes

Mixed seafood conchiglioni

This pasta brings all the flavours of moules marinières, with none of the fuss. Give it a go tonight for a 20-minute winner.

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Courgette recipes

Summer courgettes with malloreddus, parmesan and oregano

This courgette recipe combines the seasonal veg with Sardinian malloreddus pasta, parmesan and oregano for a filling summer dinner.

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Weekly pasta recipes

Brothy tortelloni with beans

Cooking filled pasta in a garlic and chilli-spiked broth with creamy beans and robust cavolo nero is seriously satisfying for a-15 minute meal.

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Easy orzo recipes

Pea green orzotto

This beautiful, bright green orzo has the fresh flavours of sweet peas, fragrant basil and a wonderful oozy texture thanks to the mozzarella. It’s spring in a bowl!

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30-minute meal recipes

Walnut and four-herb pesto pasta

Use our fabulous, freeze-ahead green sauce to make this delicious walnut pesto pasta. A great quick pasta recipe to have up your sleeve.

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Spaghetti recipes

Anchovy spaghetti with chilli, garlic and pangrattato

Chef Jun Tanaka takes French soupe de poisson and reimagines it as a pasta sauce for anchovy spaghetti – with outrageously good results.

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Sardine recipes

Sardine linguine

Stir up the flavours of southern Italy in this easy sardine linguine recipe. Add saffron, raisins and pangrattato for a quick midweek supper.

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Traybake recipes

Oven-roasted pasta puttanesca

Rustle up an easy midweek family dinner with our oven-roasted pasta puttanesca recipe. Just five minutes prep, then let the oven do the work.

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Chicken pasta recipes

Chicken meatball and orzo broth

This light chicken meatball and orzo broth serves as a hearty midweek meal while being much lower in fat than a classic meatball recipe.

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Budget pasta recipes

Tomato pasta salad

Angela Hartnett's summery tomato pasta salad requires just five ingredients (four excluding olive oil) so quality is key. Make it in just 20 minutes!

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Healthy pasta recipes

Crab linguine

Crab linguine always makes a luxurious but easy main to serve to guests on hot summer days. Make the pasta from scratch if you can – it's well worth it!