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Iftar Quick Wins

Pasta dishes you can cook between Maghrib and sahour. Each recipe is on the table within 25 minutes from a cold pan — designed for Ramadan evenings when energy is precious.

14 recipes ≤ 25 min total

25 min · serves 4

Classic Tomato & Basil Macaroni

The recipe that taught most of us to cook. Tinned tomatoes simmered with garlic and olive oil, finished with torn basil, and tossed through Cibo di Italia Macaroni. Twenty minutes, one pan, and dinner on the family table.

20 min · serves 4

One-Pan Garlic Fusilli with Greens

A back-pocket recipe for the nights you cannot face a pile of washing up. Everything cooks in one pan — pasta, greens, garlic and a glug of olive oil — and the fusilli twists hold onto the silky starchy sauce that forms as it cooks.

25 min · serves 4

Weeknight Conchiglie with Peas & Mint

Cibo di Italia Conchiglie Rigate are little ridged shells designed to catch peas, soft cheese and herbs. This is a 25-minute dinner that feels much more grown-up than the time it takes. Bright, green, comforting.

15 min · serves 4

15-Minute Tomato Penne Rigate

The fastest honest pasta dinner you can put on the table. While the kettle boils, you make the sauce. By the time the penne is al dente, dinner is done. Designed for the Tuesday night where you got home five minutes ago.

25 min · serves 4

Roasted Red Pepper Macaroni

A silky red pepper sauce for the macaroni nights when tomato feels too sharp. It is sweet, mellow, and easy for the whole table, with just enough cheese to make the sauce cling.

17 min · serves 4

Lemon & Herb Whole Wheat Fusilli

A light, clean-tasting pasta that finishes in 20 minutes. Whole wheat fusilli holds its bite against a lemony herb dressing and salty parmesan. Bright, satisfying, and perfect for the hotter months.

22 min · serves 4

Light Pesto Penne

A lightened-up pesto that swaps half the oil for hot pasta water, so it clings to the ridges without weighing dinner down. Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate is the right shape to catch every fleck of basil and pine nut.

22 min · serves 3

Gluten-Free Fusilli Corn & Avocado Salad

A gluten-free pasta salad that eats like lunch, not a side dish. Charred corn, avocado, lime and coriander give the fusilli freshness and enough body to pack for later.

25 min · serves 4

Harissa Tomato Fusilli with Chickpeas

A quick tomato fusilli with enough warmth to wake up a weeknight bowl. Chickpeas make it filling, harissa brings gentle heat, and the twists catch the sauce so every forkful feels complete.

24 min · serves 3

Gluten-Free Penne with Roasted Pepper Sauce

A smooth roasted pepper sauce that wraps around gluten-free penne without weighing it down. The sauce is blended, the pasta stays al dente, and the bowl lands bright and comforting.

25 min · serves 4

Suhoor Lemon Tuna Fusilli Salad

Suhoor needs to keep you going through a long fast — this pasta salad does exactly that. Cibo di Italia Fusilli tossed with tinned tuna, briny olives, crisp cucumber and a bright lemon dressing is full of slow-release carbs and protein. Make it the night before and it is ready in seconds when the alarm goes off before fajr.

25 min · serves 3

High-Protein Chickpea Pasta with Tomato & Basil

Simple does not mean low-effort — a 20-minute tomato sauce made with real tomatoes and plenty of basil is one of the best things you can put on pasta. Cibo di Italia Gluten-Free Penne Rigate brings 16g of protein per 100g to the bowl before the sauce even hits, making this one of the most satisfying plates on the table.

25 min · serves 3

Gluten-Free Fusilli Primavera

A bowlful of bright colours and clean flavours — courgette, peas, asparagus and a lemon-parmesan finish that ties everything together without a drop of cream. Cibo di Italia Gluten-Free Fusilli spirals hold the light olive oil sauce in every groove, making each bite as flavourful as the last.

20 min · serves 4

Lemon & Pea Fresh Penne

A 20-minute dinner that feels lighter than it is. Peas and ricotta make a sauce that coats without heaviness, lemon zest keeps everything bright, and the whole dish comes together while the pasta is still boiling. Cibo di Italia Classic Penne Rigate grips the creamy sauce in its ridges so the flavour is there in every single bite.