A friend made this dish for both our families for dinner last year and since then I’ve made it lots. The thing I remember about dinner that night was that my friend wasn’t caught up in the kitchen preparing dinner for the 9 of us- she was hanging out with us almost the whole night. Despite this, dinner was so delicious. This was a recipe I had to have! This super fast pasta is no stress at all to make and it’s the sort of food that brings people together as they munch down on these comfort carbs. A great recipe for inexpensive catering, and probably only a ‘sometimes’ dinner, but very, very yummy! Serves 6.

• 300g bacon or ham, sliced into thin strips
• half a bag of mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1 leek or 1 small onion or 6 chopped spring onions
• 300ml cream or sour cream
• 500g packet of pasta such as spirals or penne
• salt and pepper
• handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped (if you have it)

1. Put water on to boil in a pot large enough to cook the pasta.
2. In the meantime, cook onions, mushrooms and bacon on high heat in a wok. Add cream and simmer on low heat until pasta is cooked.
3. Drain cooked pasta and add to the wok. Toss the sauce and pasta together, season with salt and pepper and throw in the parsley. Enjoy!