Cuisine

Hot smoked salmon pasta
hot smoked salmon makes a delicious addition to pasta

Trout and broccoli pasta
This cheesy bake makes a quick, healthy meal. To up the veg count, you can add other greens such as courgettes and peas

Trout and broccoli pasta
This cheesy bake makes a quick, healthy meal. To up the veg count, you can add other greens such as courgettes and peas

Pasta with chestnut mushrooms and Grana Padano cream
A speedy dish combining cheese, cream and mushrooms to great effect

Orzo salad with lemon and herb dressing
This rice-shaped pasta keeps its texture well, so you can take it on a picnic and it will still look as good as it tastes

Linguine with rocket and cashew pesto
Only buy good-quality Italian pasta, preferably made with egg, and boil in lots of salted water. Pasta needs salt while it’s cooking for maximum flavour

Raymond's tagliatelle, pesto and pine nuts
Fresh or dried pasta works equally well here but remember to adjust the cooking times – dried will take 8-10 minutes whereas fresh takes 1-3, depending on its quality

Tortelli Piacentini
This simple delicious dish makes a perfect Italian supper

Minute-poached salmon and gorgonzola rigatoni
If you don’t like salmon, this works equally well with another oily fish or chicken

Minestrone
Good for zinc and also a source of B6, iron and magnesium