The small jar of harissa in the fridge way past its recommended "once open, use within 6 weeks" was calling me.

Whoever invented tortellini in soup had their priorities right.

How can potato taste like a fluffly pillow?

It had to be done.

If you haven't heard of semolina flour pastas, it's time to be enlightened. No eggs are required, just old flour and water but it still gives a beautiful yellow dough.

Both the pasta dough and pesto sauce are super easy to make so you can impress with fairly minimal effort.

Now pass me the parmesan (or miso/nutritional yeast flakes...)

"What do you want for dinner next week?"
"Pasta."
"Surely not every day?"
"Why not."

And so the seven days of pasta began.

The little ears act as the perfect nook for the ragù sauce.

A testament to how good this is: I was too excited to sleep last night because I knew I was having this again for dinner the next day.

Little green parcels of joy.

Chilli - good
Prawn - goood
Linguine - gooood