Rice & Pasta Dishes Reviews

I apologise if this recipe, or something quite similar, has already been posted. I haven't looked through the 150+ posts to check. This is how I cook my paella from a recipe I found online. Ingredients 300g long grain rice 1l hot chicken or fish stock (this can be made by adding stock cubes to boiling water and ...  Read the complete review

I've just joined Dooyoo but I'm going to write a few of my own recipes when I get the time. I'm a student so I always look for relatively cheap recipes that still provide a good balance of protein, carbs and vegetables. I really love making paella because for something so simple, it always turns out delicious. Plus I find that you can ...  Read the complete review

A couple of year ago a friend and I booked a self catering cottage in the Cotswolds. We just wanted a quiet few days away as we both had leave but did not want to spend half of it travelling and waiting in airports. We were quite isolated so on the first day went to stock up. She said that as it was cold she would get the ...  Read the complete review

I've had this recipe for so long that I can't actually remember where it came from. It was a firm family favourite in our house when we were growing up and one that featured regularly on our dinner table. I now make it at least once a fortnight as it's quick, easy, uses only a handful of ingredients and is fairly economical if you shop ...  Read the complete review

We eat quite a bit of pasta in our house and one of my favourite pasta dishes is pasta salad. Some may think it's a bit boring but I love it. We make more than one but that is only because people like different things. I find it is best if you use fusilli (I just like this pasta best) and if you use the tri coloured one then ...  Read the complete review

I started at University in September and moving out of my parents home meant that I had to start learning to cook. Living off a measly student loan also meant that I have to budget. This recipe is easy and best of all it's very cheap. The quantities given are for one serving but it can be easily adapted to feed more ...  Read the complete review

Since moving in with my vegetarian cousin, I've opted to cut down on meat dishes, mainly out of respect. Although, she doesn't appear to mind if I have meat in the fridge, or cook it in the house, I figured that because her reasons are that of animal protection, it would be insensitive to just be bringing it into the house all the time. ...  Read the complete review

Rice is great with sauce based dishes. I love a good curry and the more sauce to mop up the rice the better. However after trying to kick start a healthier approach recently and cutting a few calorific items from my diet I found rice to be too bland and it fell out of favour. I was determined not to slip and so started experimenting ...  Read the complete review

This could be classed as a meat recipe or a pasta recipe. However, the only way to serve these meatballs is with pasta, so I have classed it as a pasta dish. I love food, love cooking, and especially love rich Italian food. I think these meatballs are a real crowd pleaser. This recipe should feed 4 ...  Read the complete review

This isn't Jambalaya in the strictest sense, but it's quick, easy, filling and very, very tasty. This is for 4 people. ***Ingredients*** 1 tbsp olive oil 2 chopped chicken breasts 1 diced onion 2 crushed garlic cloves 75g sliced chorizo 1 tbsp cajun seasoning 250g long grain ...  Read the complete review

I have very recently discovered this myself and it is definitely my new favourite dish. The sauce is extremely light and not 'soupy' if that makes sense. Be careful with your lemon, too big and the lemon juice & zest will overpower the dish. Also, with the sundried tomatoes, I'd advise chopping up about 5 or 6 as again, they ...  Read the complete review

It is not a secret that, as a student, money is tight and pasta & tomato sauce is something you love because its cheap but hate because it gets boring very, very quickly. Having been a student for 2 years now I know my way around all kinds of pasta dishes and can prepare dinner for two people for 80pence. The typical Tesco Value ...  Read the complete review

Had this little baby served up for me at a friend's house recently and couldn't believe how tasty it was! A very interesting change to a normal lasagne and for all those out there who have yet to try haggis this would be a perfect way to experience it, mixed in a fairly common dish so as not to alarm you! Ingredients (serves ...  Read the complete review

In our house, it seems to have come to a point where all of our 'cooking' is in fact simply adding meat to a stir-in sauce from a jar. I'll be honest, I hardly ever cook, purely because I don't believe I can. Recently, I came across a recipe for a lasagna that seemed really easy, and boasted to be the best you'll ever taste. Now, I was ...  Read the complete review

All too often, pasta bakes seem to be drowned in rich meat and tomato concoctions, and laced with creamy sauces. This simple version is so much lighter, and still, full of flavour. Olive Oil and Butter for frying 4 rashers of Bacon, sliced 1 Red Pepper, sliced into thin strips 1 Yellow Pepper, sliced into thin ...  Read the complete review

I used to be a really awful cook, I'm 23, and until I left University, I never really cooked at all. Before University, I was a total mummys girl, and attempted to cook but never really got anywhere. While I was at Uni, I never really bothered. I was always busy doing this and that for my degree, various societies, and obviously, getting ...  Read the complete review

At this time of year, gardeners green houses are overgrown with tomatoes and there are only so many salads that can be eaten (especially in a cold August like this!) Thus I turned a bag full of ripe tomatoes into a tasty pasta sauce..... 500g-1kg tomatoes (ripe/overipe/split) 3-4 onions (red or white) 3-4 cloves of ...  Read the complete review

You can make this wonderfully fragrant sauce for pasta in less time than it takes for the water to boil and the pasta to cook so it's the perfect emergency meal. We're being encouraged to eat more fish and this makes a great change from battered, grilled or poached. The other brilliant thing is that you can have the ...  Read the complete review

You sometimes read that making a good risotto is really hard, but I disagree with this statement. Ok, it might not be like the "real" risotto you would get when visiting Italy but in the end does it matter if it tastes great? This is a recipe that I make on regular basis for me and my girlfriend, and we both love ...  Read the complete review

Having been a student for a grand total of 6 years (3 year BA + 1 year MSc + 2 years law school), I learned how to be creative with my rice and pasta! Bibimbap was one of my favorite things to make, as it included all the essential food groups - protein in the egg + all the goodness of fresh veggies + the rice. The only fussy-ish ...  Read the complete review