Main Course

Spaghetti aglio e olio with bacon and Hungarian sausage

When we cook pasta aglio e olio at home, we serve it either as a side dish or a main dish. If it’s meatless, it’s a side dish. But for a filling main dish, we like to add meat.

Cook time: 12

Servings: 2 people

Fettuccine aglio e olio with fresh mussels

It’s still the very basic and very easy pasta aglio e olio. Two additions, though. I added mussels. And to give the dish a deeper flavor, I cooked the fettuccine in mussel broth.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 3 people

Chinese five-spice beef stew

Browned beef is pressure-cooked with ginger, chilies, star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon bark, Sichuan peppercorns, soy sauce and rice wine in this beef stew recipe.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 6 people

Pork patty spring rolls

Ground pork seasoned with Vietnamese mixed fish sauce is formed into patties, pan fried, combined with salad greens and herbs, and wrapped in rice paper.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Three things about this recipe. First, it is possible to generously feed four people using a 180-gram (6.3 oz) can of tuna. Second, tofu is a great neutral-tasting ingredient that soaks up seasonings well. Third, you have to use good quality canned tuna.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people