Pasta recipes

Mediterranean beef stir fry tossing thin-sliced round steak with broccoli, yellow squash, and cherry tomatoes in zesty Italian dressing, served over fettuccine with parmesan. A 30-minute weeknight skillet dinner.

Fettuccine with broccoli, carrots, and Canadian bacon in a light Dijon-Parmesan cream sauce. A lower-calorie weeknight pasta with vegetables cooked right in the pasta water.

Garlic chicken Provencal soup with golden-browned chicken breasts simmered in plum tomatoes and white wine, loaded with Italian vegetables and pasta. Served in shallow bowls with Parmesan.

Paneed veal fried golden in seasoned bread crumbs served over fettuccine in a rich Parmesan cream sauce with cayenne. A Cajun-Italian restaurant classic made at home.

Plump shrimp in a from-scratch tomato-basil sauce with mushrooms, served over fettuccine with tender asparagus and Parmesan. A light, veggie-loaded Italian dinner ready in 35 minutes.

Authentic Italian Beef Manicotti recipe that everyone loves. Pasta shells stuffed with beef and cheese lovingly surrounded by a rich homemade sauce.

A scrumptious dish that's perfect after a long, hard day at work. Leftovers freeze well which can make it the perfect lunch too!

This is a quick and easy recipe, I have made it several times, always very great, a good keeper.

Copycat Olive Garden Shrimp Cristoforo: shrimp sauteed in a homemade basil, garlic, and parmesan compound butter, then tossed with linguine. A restaurant-style shrimp pasta that comes together fast once the butter is made.

Chicken and egg noodles baked in a velvety lemon-nutmeg cream sauce topped with Parmesan and paprika. German-style comfort food that's golden, bubbly, and irresistible.

Greek lamb shanks with orzo: lamb roasted with garlic slivers, oregano, cinnamon, and tomatoes, then finished over orzo that cooks in the pan juices. One-pan Mediterranean Sunday supper.

Kotopoulo Giouvetsi is a Greek one-pan roasted chicken with orzo baked in tomatoes, brandy, bell peppers, and cumin. The orzo cooks in the pan juices for deep flavor.

Noodles and cabbage: a rustic Italian Alpine-style baked casserole layering fettuccine with savoy cabbage, potatoes, melted soft cheese, and brown butter perfumed with sage. Vegetarian comfort food from the mountains.

Penette in padella toasts dry pasta in olive oil, flambes with brandy, then cooks risotto-style in vegetable stock with dried mushroom cream. A one-pan Italian technique that builds deep, nutty pasta flavor.

Quick and easy pasta with peas in a super-fast tomato sauce.

Garlic spaghetti with olive oil, fresh parsley, and Parmesan. A classic aglio e olio done simply with pasta water for a silky, garlicky sauce in under 20 minutes.