Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle / Lifestyle

15-minute meal: Pasta with red onions & balsamic vinegar

NZME. regionals
15 Aug, 2014 06:00 PMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Photo / Thinkstock

Photo / Thinkstock

Pasta with red onions & balsamic vinegar

Serves 4

• 300g dried pasta shapes
• 2 small-medium red onions, thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp each: olive oil, balsamic vinegar, capers, rinsed and drained
• 4 tbsp each: sultanas, pine nuts
• 2 cups baby spinach leaves

1. Cook pasta according to packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan and saute onions until very soft.

2. Stir in vinegar, capers, sultanas and nuts. Cook for 1 minute.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

3. Stir in spinach with a little pasta cooking water. Serve over drained pasta.

Discover more

Jan Bilton: Endless ways with cracker of a nut

09 Jul 06:00 PM

Jan Bilton: A toast to roasts with deer friends

16 Jul 06:00 PM

Jan Bilton: Cultivate a zest for citrus

22 Jul 06:00 PM

Jan Bilton: For the love of food and fairness (+recipes)

07 Aug 06:00 PM
Save
    Share this article

Latest from Lifestyle

Premium
Lifestyle

How to get the best from citrus trees in your garden this winter

17 Apr 04:00 PM
Premium
OpinionGareth Carter

Gareth Carter: Grow some green fences

10 Apr 05:00 PM
Premium
OpinionGareth Carter

Gareth Carter: Time to plant tulips

03 Apr 04:00 PM

Sponsored

Endangered bird gets another chance

21 Apr 02:30 AM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Lifestyle

Premium
Premium
How to get the best from citrus trees in your garden this winter
Lifestyle

How to get the best from citrus trees in your garden this winter

Citrus trees planted now use cool, moist soil to establish strong roots.

17 Apr 04:00 PM
Premium
Premium
Gareth Carter: Grow some green fences
OpinionGareth Carter

Gareth Carter: Grow some green fences

10 Apr 05:00 PM
Premium
Premium
Gareth Carter: Time to plant tulips
OpinionGareth Carter

Gareth Carter: Time to plant tulips

03 Apr 04:00 PM


Endangered bird gets another chance
Sponsored

Endangered bird gets another chance

21 Apr 02:30 AM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • NZME Digital Performance Marketing
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2026 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP