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Many years ago, when our boys were little, our Swedish au pair made the most delicious lasagne. She has become vegetarian since but here's her recipes for the best lasagne I've ever tasted. It is made with alternating layers of rich meat and white sauces.

The tomato-based spaghetti neapolitan is a lovely light dish that can form the basis of a variety of meat or fish pasta sauces. Try pasta milanese if you like a buttery version of this with ham and mushrooms added.

The colorful pasta with salami and peppers is light without much of a sauce. It is a feast for the eyes and can be made without the salami for vegetarians.

A spicy variation on this would be the spicy bacon pasta.

One of the easiest and most popular is pasta with alfredo sauce and can be made in the time it takes to make a sandwich.

Add a few more ingredients to the alfredo, and you'll have the ever-popular pasta carbonara , or the vegetarian mushroom carbonara , wonderful with a little truffle oil drizzled on top.

I love pesto. Instead of just having it stirred into pasta, my younger son helped me make up the delicious chicken pesto , which is tasty and simple to prepare.

For a meal that you can prepare ahead, for a picnic or party, try the tuna pasta salad which is very simple to prepare, and the grapes add a refreshing taste.

Also served cold is the delicious ramen noodle salad , made here with seafood, but non-fish lovers can easily substitute the seafood with chicken, shredded pork or white mushrooms.

For pasta sauce with a twist, try pasta alla vodka. Click here if you are interested in the competing claims as to the origins of this unusual dish.

My personal favorite is spaghetti vongole with clams which is great if fresh clams are accessible to you, or good-quality tinned clams will also suffice.

Also along the lines of fish, everyone seems to like the creamy salmon and prawns pasta . You can vary this and try it with chicken or mushroom.

My younger son who likes spicy food loves pasta arrabiata . You can try adding bits of crispy bacon to it if you prefer meat in your food.

Last but not least, and hopefully not needing any introduction, is spaghetti bolognaise . Once you've tried this recipe, you'll wonder why you ever put up with the pre-made sauces that don't taste quite the same.


More tried and tested pasta recipes:

Beef noodles
Beef stroganoff
Creamy pesto tagliatelli
Duck crispy noodles
Fusilli fungi
Macaroni salad
Pasta with crab
Salmon with creamy pesto

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