With National Pasta Day just around the corner, we’ve put together a selection of our all time favourite recipes.

Using everyone’s favourite carb, these dishes are ready in just 30 minutes

Quick and tasty meals made with trusty cupboard ingredients

Need midweek meal inspiration? These recipes have a little something for everyone, and are ready in 60 minutes or less

The humble tinned tomato always brings its A-game to the kitchen, whether you’re knocking up an easy sofa supper or making meatballs worth a marriage proposal

For anyone considering tweaking pasta alla carbonara –a work of art as fine as the Trevi Fountain–the answer is always: non c’è modo ! Or is it, asks Tom Parker Bowles