Pasta Arrabiata

I’m still loving my new cook book ‘Pinch of Nom’ and slowly trying out all the recipes. The most recent being Arrabiata. Mr Hyde isn’t too fond of chilli so I was nervous as to how hot it would be!

Perfect pasta

I like to take part in meat free Monday so this dish was ideal and so easy to make. When I worked out what produce I used it’s a really cheap dish too, even better when I use home grown chilli and garlic.

• 1 red chilli pepper, deseeded
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tdp dried basil
• Salt and pepper
• 320g pasta
• Fresh basil to serve

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• Dice the pepper and put in pan with low calories spray add garlic and chilli flakes and cook for a couple of minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato puree and dried herbs, season with salt and pepper. Stir frequently for around 10 mins.
• Cook pasta according to instructions, once cooked drain and add to the sauce.
• Serve with fresh basil

Pulled Pork Loaded Fries

Following my post cherry cola pulled pork which made a huge amount of pork I was looking to use the pork in another meal and came up with this, it was delicious. 😋

Loaded fries

I cooked the fries then put a layer of them on baking paper followed by a layer of mozzarella then pulled pork, more fries, more pork and smothered in cheddar cheese popped back in the oven for 5 mins then served. 🍽🍟

Cherry Cola Pulled Pork

I recently came across ‘pinch of Nom, everyday light’ book, not that I need any more cook books but that’s another story! There were so many recipes I wanted to try as soon as possible but this one was the first.

Pulled Pork

A slow cooker recipe always sounds good to me for a meal ready after a long day walking in the hills or a busy day at the allotment. It’s always nice to use some of our own produce in the recipe too, although this one was only our garlic and onions. It makes a large amount too, enough for a couple of meals and some in the freezer for a lazy meal at a later date 🙂

The recipe can be found here