It’s been a tiring week here. I’ve had a stinking cold that I can’t seem to shake off. Parenting is bloody hard when you’re a bit under the weather isn’t it?
We all took to my bed with raisins and Peppa Pig on Monday afternoon. I’ve been finding raisins in every nook and cranny since. This can be filed under ‘the things they don’t tell you about parenting’ along with how to referee a battle to the death over the Bob the Builder hat and how to handle a toddler with an over-inflated sense of fashion.
Anyway, with the help of Night Nurse, I’m well on the mend finally. As soon as I felt well enough, I needed food, carbs are always a winner when you’re feeling under the weather aren’t they? This super simple, super quick supper was just what the doctor ordered.
I’ve been making this nifty little dish since first seeing it on Pinterest months ago. I think the original was via Martha Stewart but there’s a thousand versions around. Some with meat, some without. This is the basic version I use and add whatever I fancy to it. It’s great with some fried mushrooms and chorizo. I didn’t quite have the energy for that version. If you do want to try, just fry the chorizo and mushroom in the pan before adding all of the other ingredients and cook as normal.
The stock you use to make this will make a big difference. I’ve made it with homemade, defrosted chicken stock before which was really delicious. Any good quality stock will be fine though. I tend to use Marigold brand.
Get your favourite pan out and enjoy the simplest supper you’ll make all week.
One Pan Tomato Spaghetti
This delicious one pan tomato spaghetti recipe is perfect for a quick midweek family meal.
Ingredients
- 350 g Spaghetti
- 350 g Tomatoes chopped into chunks
- 1 Large onion sliced
- 4 Cloves of garlic peeled and sliced
- 1 Teaspoon on Herbs de Provence
- 1 Finely sliced red chilli
- 2 Good glugs of extra virgin olive oil
- A handful of fresh basil
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 Litre of stock I used Marigold powder
- 230 g of Black Olives
- Parmesan to serve
Instructions
- Put the spaghetti, tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs de Provence, chilli, olive oil, basil, salt and pepper and stock in a large saucepan.
- With the lid on, put it over a medium heat for about 13 minutes, until the pasta is just cooked.
- Add whatever other bits and bobs you fancy, I added olives this time.
- Top with plenty of parmesan.
What’s your go to quick, smart supper recipe? Which dish revives you from a horrible cold? What’s the strangest place you’ve ever found a raisin..?
Sarah x
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I’m definitely going to try this, this week! Hope you’re feeling better lovely xx
Absolutely gorgeous pics! & a recipe EVERY family with small kids needs! When Miss 6 was born a friend showed me how to safely cut a tomato with one hand… I thought it was genius!! This dish reminded me of it, but not ‘how’ to do it 🙁 Ohhhh, the useful things we just forget!!
I’m going to try this tonight, it looks so tasty & as I’m feeling blurgh, I want to cook something easy!!!
That is really clever, just bunging it in the pan. Looks lovely too
I love recipes where you can just chuck everything in, because sometimes, life gets in the way of the washing up! It definitely looks like something my family would enjoy #TastyTuesdays
I’ve only just heard of this type of one pot pasta dish. It sounds like something to definitely try as it does make such an easy meal. You could even just put everything in the pot except the stock earlier in the day so it would be even easier come dinner time.
Stunning pictures. What a fantastic way of rustling up a bowl of pasta, looks super tasty.
This is genius! Looks so easy and lovely photos xx
Oh wow, so, so vibrant and takes me straight back to when I lived in Rome after Uni-your photography never ceases to amaze me too-I adore your blog, thanks so much for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Oh Vicki that means such a lot, you’re so talented I really appreciate your kind words xxx
This is awesome. I’ve heard of one pot pasta but never tried (well apart from baked versions), so most certainly adding this to my list. I also like that this is something I could cook safely with the babes and they’d get a real sense of satisfaction out of making it!
This looks really good! Got to love a good one pot meal 🙂 #tastytuesdays x
One pot meals always a winner for us multi-tasking twin Mummas Kirsty!
Fab, fab, fab! Quick and easy with yummy carbs, what more could you ask for? Especially when ill! Pinning this one to come back to and cook very soon.
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Hope you enjoy Sophie 🙂
I made this yesterday for me, the kids and the babies, it went down a real treat 🙂 But next time I’ll use pasta shapes so the babies can pick them up a bit more easily 😉
Thanks for the fantastic one pot meal! I never thought of cooking pasta in just enough water. I will have to try this soon.
So up my street, simple, tasty and totally beautiful to boot, love this. Thanks so much for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
This looks lovely. I’ve often wondered if one pot pasta would taste a bit odd because the starchy water doesn’t get thrown away as normal, but your version looks great. I will have to try it.
I thought that too and yes it is a bit starchy, but I think the Italians keep some starchy water in the sauce normally anyway, it’s kind of starchy comforting if that makes sense?!