Pasta bake

Drawing on her Greek-Cypriot heritage, food writer Georgina Hayden makes her favourite traditional recipes faster and more family-friendly.

A speedy take on pasta bake, this cheesy sauce works with any short shape.

Perfect for a casual meal with friends, or to make ahead and eat next week, these dishes are guaranteed crowd pleasers.

Recruit sausages as meatballs for this rich, comforting and easy dinner.

What’s red, white and delicious all over? This pasta bake, where you get to choose your own vegie adventure.

Take your pasta to flavour town with this bold combination of sriracha hot sauce, ginger and cherry tomatoes.

A bubbling dish of cheesy chicken cannelloni with a sparky tomato salad scattered on top. You know you want it.

A quick supermarket deli aisle raid, two minutes of prep, throw the ingredients in the dish, then let it do its thing in the oven. Done.

A touch of vodka brings depth to this glorious chicken pasta one-pot wonder.

These recipes disregard the step of “add pasta to a pot of boiling water” and instead go straight to the sauce.