Pasta e Fagioli

This is a great pasta dish because it basically covers all the bases so it's super-healthy (and relatively fast to make). There's your veg: onion, carrots, potato, and spinach (though I've done it without spinach). There's your protein: pasta, kidney beans and parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano is best). It sounds TOO healthy, but it tastes great! Even my six-year-old will eat it.

Oh yes, and you don't have to make it with shell pasta as the recipe suggests - I've used fusilli and rotini.