Pasta recipes

Hearty vegetable fettuccine loaded with potatoes, turnips, and tomatoes simmered in fresh herbs. This fuel-packed vegan pasta dish is a satisfying one-pot meal that's built for hungry appetites.

Chicken breasts baked under a homemade ratatouille of eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, bell peppers, and tomatoes with fresh oregano. Serve over pasta or rice.

Layered confetti macaroni casserole with whole wheat pasta, cottage cheese, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, and tomatoes. No-boil casserole, healthy weeknight dinner.

A smooth, from-scratch tomato sauce simmered with garlic, green pepper, thyme, and basil, pureed silky and ladled over spaghetti. Freezes beautifully for busy weeknights ahead.

Whole Wheat Penne with Kale, Beans, Tomato, and Garlic Chips recipe

Florentine spaghetti bake layers Italian sausage marinara, cooked spaghetti, a spinach-cottage cheese ricotta-style filling, and mozzarella for a baked Italian-American pasta casserole.

Stuffed chicken breasts with melty Swiss and creamy ricotta, finished in a brandy-spiked pan sauce over spinach fettuccine. Restaurant-style plating from a single skillet.

Create-a-casserole: a customizable baked pasta with your choice of meat, tomato sauce, and cheese. A flexible pantry dinner that uses up leftover cooked beef or chicken in 30 minutes of oven time.

Greek pastitsio layers tender pasta with a cinnamon-and-allspice spiced beef sauce under a creamy feta-and-parmesan bechamel. The Mediterranean baked pasta that eats like a warmly spiced Greek lasagna.

Chunky marinara sauce loaded with zucchini, mushrooms, celery, and red onion sauteed in balsamic vinegar. A no-oil vegetable-packed pasta sauce simmered in 40 minutes.

Penne arrabbiata with a vodka cream sauce: tomatoes, red pepper flakes, garlic, and vodka simmered with heavy cream and tossed with penne and Parmesan.

Note: red wine broth can be used in place of chicken

Spaghettini alla carrettiera with a spicy tomato-vodka cream sauce made from fresh tomatoes, garlic, dried chili, and heavy cream. A fiery Italian pasta that's silky smooth.

Always loved manicotti stuffed with seasoned ground beef, mozzarella, and a soft bread filling, then slow-baked in a from-scratch tomato-mushroom sauce. The Italian-American Sunday-dinner classic that needs no pre-cooking of the shells.

Gulf-style shrimp and crab spaghetti simmered in a rich tomato sauce with chili powder, basil, butter, and garlic. Whole crabs in the sauce make this a messy, hands-on feast.

Lyons spaghetti is a baked beef and macaroni casserole layered with tomatoes, fresh mushrooms, green peppers, and American cheese. Old-school church potluck food, the kind that feeds a crowd without fuss.