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Kids’ Favourites

Pasta dishes tested on real children. Generous on familiar flavours (cheese, tomato, gentle herbs), light on heat and assertive spice.

14 recipes

55 min · serves 4

Baked Whole Wheat Pasta with Tomato & Mozzarella

A wholesome weekend bake — whole wheat penne stays meaningfully toothsome under bubbling mozzarella and a basil-flecked tomato sauce. Deeper flavour, more fibre, the same satisfaction.

50 min · serves 4

Cheesy Conchiglie Casserole

Big ridged shells turn into little cheese pockets in this family-pleaser. Cibo di Italia Conchiglie Rigate are baked in a creamy tomato sauce with three cheeses melting into every shell. Friday-night comfort, no debate.

50 min · serves 4

Gluten-Free Penne Rigate Bake

A bake the whole family eats — no one asks which range it is. Cibo di Italia Gluten-Free Penne Rigate stands up beautifully under tomato sauce and melted mozzarella. A real bake, not a compromise.

45 min · serves 4

Sausage Ragu Fusilli

A weeknight ragu built from sausages, not minced beef — so it comes together in 40 minutes instead of three hours. The fennel-fragrant sauce gets caught in every twist of Cibo di Italia Fusilli for a properly hearty bowl.

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.

40 min · serves 4

Mac & Cheese with Crispy Topping

The mac and cheese that ends the debate. Cibo di Italia Macaroni in a sharp cheddar sauce, finished with a buttered breadcrumb crust that shatters under your spoon. Hands down the most-requested kids' dinner in our recipe testing.

35 min · serves 4

Loaded Conchiglie with Sausage & Spinach

Fennel-flecked beef sausage, wilted spinach and a glossy tomato sauce all caught inside Cibo di Italia Conchiglie Rigate shells. A hearty bowl that feeds a hungry table after a long day.

40 min · serves 4

Pasta in Creamy Tomato Sauce

Halfway between a quick tomato pasta and an indulgent bake — a velvety, blush-pink sauce that coats every ridge of Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate. Forty minutes start to finish, and a guaranteed second-helping dinner.

50 min · serves 4

Three-Cheese Baked Macaroni

A weekend bake that disappears in minutes. Cibo di Italia Macaroni gets folded into a glossy béchamel, layered with three cheeses, and finished under the grill until the top crackles. Pure comfort food, no shortcuts, no apologies.

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

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.

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

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.

30 min · serves 4

Creamy Mushroom Penne

A weeknight Dubai dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes. Mushrooms get golden in a hot pan, then a splash of cream and a handful of parmesan turn the pan sauce silky. The ridges on Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate grab every drop.

Baked Whole Wheat Pasta with Tomato & Mozzarella

Cheesy Conchiglie Casserole

Gluten-Free Penne Rigate Bake

Sausage Ragu Fusilli

Light Pesto Penne

Mac & Cheese with Crispy Topping

Loaded Conchiglie with Sausage & Spinach

Pasta in Creamy Tomato Sauce

Three-Cheese Baked Macaroni

15-Minute Tomato Penne Rigate

Weeknight Conchiglie with Peas & Mint

One-Pan Garlic Fusilli with Greens

Classic Tomato & Basil Macaroni

Creamy Mushroom Penne

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