8 budget-friendly pasta dishes that aren’t spaghetti bolognese

Forget your basic spaghetti bolognese. Here are some different pasta recipes which are easy on the bank account and high on the flavour scale.

No fancy ingredients here, no multi-step process – just quick and easy pasta meals made from things that may already sit in your pantry.

These recipes from delicious.com.au are both tasty and easy on the bank balance — and will be sure to get you through to pay day.

Penne all’arrabbiata

This traditional Italian recipe is the best way to use up those canned tomatoes.

Penne pasta at its best.

15-minute corn Alfredo

Use up that frozen corn with this super easy corn Alfredo recipe.

Orecchiette with walnut and pea pesto

Reinvent those frozen peas with this easy pesto recipe.

This walnut and pea pasta is easy to make.

Tomato vodka rigatoni

Make the most of your pantry staples with this legendary pasta sauce.

Cheese scraps pasta bake

No more wasting those random cheese remains at the back of the fridge. This pasta bake puts them to great use.

Try this spaghetti recipe twist.

Spaghetti arabiata with lemon and thyme pangrattato

As the silky pasta strands are coated in crunchy breadcrumbs, this dish is taken to the next level.

Cauliflower cheese pasta bake

Is there any more comforting than a cheesy, golden pasta bake? We sure don’t think so.

Silvia Colloca’s mushroom and silverbeet pasta bake

“If you’re organised you can make this dish ahead and simply reheat it in the oven.”

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Originally published as 8 budget-friendly pasta dishes that aren’t spaghetti bolognese