5 Quick and Easy Pasta Recipes

For those days that you just want to whip up a quick healthy meal, these recipes are great. Easy and tasty, you will have a delicious pasta in minutes. Make a quick leafy salad with vinaigrette dressing, to compliment your main dish, that's all you will need for a healthy meal. I make these pasta dishes when I am home alone, and too lazy to cook an elaborate meal for myself, or when I am rushing and want to cook a quick meal. I just boil pasta, add my Ingredients and my dish is done. These are no fuss pasta recipes, that are sure to delight your taste buds.

Ingredients

• 500g Dry Pasta, for this recipe, I like spaghetti, but any pasta is fine
• 1 tbsp Olive oil
• 8 Garlic cloves chopped
• 1 Tomato chopped
• 1 cup Black pitted or stuffed olives
• 2 tbsp Fresh oregano or I tsp Dry oregano
• Salt and crushed pepper to taste

Method

• Cook pasta as per directions on packet.
• Heat a pan,
• Add olive oil and garlic, cook for one minute,
• Then add tomato, olives, oregano, salt and pepper
• Cook for five minutes.
• When pasta is done, drain and toss with the cooked ingredients.

To compliment this dish , serve with a simple leafy salad, tossed with vinaigrette dressing.

Ingredients

• 500g Fettuccine pasta
• 2 Tomatoes chopped
• 5 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Can tuna chunks in water
• 6 Garlic cloves chopped
• Half a cup of fresh basil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Cook pasta as per directions on packet.
• Heat a pan
• Add olive oil and garlic, cook for one minute,
• Then add tuna, salt and pepper, cook for three minutes.
• When pasta is done, drain and toss with cooked ingredients and fresh basil leaves.

To compliment this dish serve with simple tomato salad topped with vinaigrette dressing.

Ingredients

• 500g Penne pasta
• 5 Tomatoes chopped
• 1 Large green capsicum, chopped
• 1 Onion chopped
• 6 Garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• 1 Cup water
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Cook pasta as per directions.
• Heat a pan,
• Add olive oil
• Add garlic, onions, tomatoes, capsicums and water
• Cook for 10 minutes or until vegetables are soft
• Add herbs, salt and pepper
• Turn off heat
• Toss in the cooked penne pasta

ingredients

• 500g Pasta of your choice
• 8 Garlic cloves chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
• 5 tbsp olive oil Salt and crushed pepper to taste

Method

• Cook pasta as per directions
• Heat a pan
• Add olive oil
• Add garlic, cook until the garlic is done but not brown about one minute.
• Turn off heat, add herbs, salt and pepper, mix well.
• When pasta is cooked, drain and toss with herbs.

To serve, plate pasta and sprinkle a little olive oil on it, compliment this dish with a simple fresh salad.

Ingredients

• 500g Fettuccine or pasta of your choice
• 2 cups sliced fresh button mushrooms
• 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 250 g of fresh cream or double cream
• half a cup of water
• 3 tbsp of fresh herbs of your choice or 1 tbsp of dried mix herbs
• Salt and crushed pepper to taste

Method

• Cook pasta, as per packet instructions .
• Heat a pan
• Add olive oil
• Add garlic and onions cook for one minute
• Add mushrooms cook until mushrooms are done
• Add water, cream, herbs ,salt and pepper Simmer for 10 minutes
• When pasta is done, drain and toss with mushroom sauce

Serve with toasted garlic bread and fresh salad of your choice.