Pasta for Ordinary Tuesdays

The pasta is already in the cupboard. Dinner is closer than you think.

Tired of reaching for the same jar of sauce every time you cook pasta? There is a whole world of satisfying dinners waiting beyond it, and you do not need expensive ingredients, complicated techniques or hours in the kitchen to discover them.

Pasta for Ordinary Tuesdays brings together 100 practical recipes designed for real evenings, ordinary supermarkets and the ingredients you are likely to have at home.

From simple garlic and tomato sauces to creamy vegetable coatings, comforting cheese combinations and fresh herb dressings, Nina Carvell shows how to make everyday pasta more varied and enjoyable. Discover satisfying dinners built around vegetables, beans, lentils, tinned fish, chicken and other familiar ingredients.

Inside, you will find quick fifteen- and twenty-minute meals, one-pan favourites, oven-baked pasta, cupboard-backup dinners and sauces you can prepare ahead for another day.

Every recipe includes clear measurements, straightforward methods, sensible substitutions and practical storage guidance.

One hundred recipes. Everyday ingredients. A different answer to the question of what's for dinner.

Because an ordinary Tuesday deserves a good pasta dinner too.

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