{"id":131,"date":"2026-09-27T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-09-27T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:24:00","slug":"weeknight-pasta-in-twenty-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/2026\/09\/27\/weeknight-pasta-in-twenty-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknight Pasta: A Simple Pepper and Bacon Recipe in Twenty Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some recipes earn a permanent place in the weekly rotation because they&#8217;re quick, cheap and loved by everyone at the table. This is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients (serves two)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>200 g spaghetti<\/li>\n\n<li>100 g bacon, chopped<\/li>\n\n<li>1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper<\/li>\n\n<li>40 g hard cheese, finely grated<\/li>\n\n<li>A splash of the pasta cooking water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cook the pasta in well-salted water. Meanwhile, fry the bacon until crisp and add the pepper for the last thirty seconds so it becomes fragrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drain the pasta, keeping a cup of the water. Toss the spaghetti with the bacon, then add the cheese and a little water, stirring quickly until glossy. Serve straight away with extra pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a vegetarian version, swap the bacon for saut\u00e9ed mushrooms and a knob of butter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few pantry staples and one pan are all you need for a comforting dinner on busy evenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63,69,90],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-pasta","tag-recipes","tag-weeknight-dinners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.unitedtheme.com\/newspulse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}