Food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland

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Recipes

20 pasta favourites

Pasta is the perfect base for all kinds of proteins, vegetables and sauces - and a firm family favourite in all its forms.

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Roasted vegetable pasta

A delicious pasta dish packed with a range of roasted vegetables! A tasty veggie meal for the whole family.

Spaghetti with spinach and lemon crème fraiche sauce

Add some zest to your spaghetti with this tasty and nutritious spinach and lemon crème fraiche sauce.

Pasta with salmon and peas

This quick and easy dinner recipe is also healthy and delicious, what more could you want from a meal! This recipe is also great for other types of fish such as mackerel or even prawns.

Neven Maguire's turkey, rocket and pine nut pasta

This is a quick, easy and delicious way of using leftover turkey meat

Pasta Siciliana

This Italian favourite makes a great family meal.

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Food Safety

From storing food safely to preparing and cooking food

Read Food hypersensitivity explained

Food allergy, food intolerance and coeliac disease are the most common forms of food hypersensitivity.

Read Food poisoning: causes, symptoms and treatment

Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating food or drinks contaminated with harmful bacteria or toxins.

Read 'Best before' and 'Use by' dates

What's the difference? Treat Best Before as a guideline and Use By as a deadline