• Date Night Wins: Italian Ragu Recipe

    A masterpiece made easy to wow your date, mates or even the family. This wholesome dish displays hours of gastronomical hardship when in reality the preparation is minimal, giving you ample time to make moves on your hot date.   Preparation time: 30 minutes   Cooking time: 3 hours...
  • Comfort Food – Chicken Pasta Bake

    I can’t promise that it’ll be as good as you mum’s, but this dish is a true winter warmer, perfect for this cold snap.  Ingredients: This recipe makes four servings. 200g pasta 500ml milk 2 rashers bacon 2 carrots 2 tbsp flour 25ml water 2 eggs 10g butter 2...
  • Temporary Home: Rome and Sicily

    With the primary intention to tick some goals off the bucket list, I could not have been more thrilled when I found out that our annual 12 day family holiday would be taking place in Italy – one of my favourite European countries. Two holidays in one was definitely...
  • Pasta, Hello Dear Friend

    Crawling to the Fresher’s week finish line, a hangover on the horizon and Fresher’s flu not far behind it; the thought of a big meal is enough to wake the chunder dragon. However, it’s now time to stop classifying pasta and cheese as a ‘proper dinner’ and start driving...
  • The Gigs That Made February

    Not much seems to happen in February. As part of the student calendar, it’s sort of a non-month that flies by so quickly that we’ve barely recovered from January exams before we have to wake up, smell the pancakes and ready ourselves for March deadlines. However, living in Nottingham...
  • Delicious Dinner – Smoked Mackerel

    Ingredients: 1 fresh mackerel fillet (or smoked mackerel) 2 cloves of garlic 2 stock cubes (I used vegetable ones) 250g passata 2 large tomatoes Oregano Splash of red wine (optional) 1/2 tbsp tomato purée Salt Pepper Olive oil Recipe For the pasta: 1. Heat some oil in a saucepan...
  • Creamy Vegan Avocado Pasta Recipe

    Obsessed with avocados? Impact Food has plenty of new ways for you to enjoy them, try out this deliciously healthy and fulfilling vegan meal! Ingredients – 3 handfuls of spinach 2 avocados 1 cup of soy yoghurt 3 to 8 cloves of garlic 1 onion 1 Pack of spaghetti...