Pasta recipes

Quick Italian pasta tossed with steamed broccoli, carrots, celery, and three-cheese blend. Fresh tomatoes and herbs make this healthy 15-minute vegetarian dinner satisfying and flavorful.

Slow cooker rosemary chicken with tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic served over pasta. A set-it-and-forget-it Italian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Quick creamy basil pesto pasta topped with pan-fried chicken breast, ready in under 30 minutes. Homemade pesto blended with cream coats every strand for a rich, herbaceous weeknight dinner for two.

Latin-inspired pasta salad with a blended feta-cilantro-lime dressing, diced ham, colorful bell peppers, jicama, and olives. Bright, crunchy, and totally make-ahead friendly.

Pasta primavera salad with tri-color rotini, broccoli, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and red onion tossed in peppercorn ranch dressing. A colorful, make-ahead cold pasta salad for potlucks.

Vegetarian mostaccioli tossed in a slow-simmered crushed tomato sauce with Burgundy wine, walnuts, shallots, and fresh basil, then broiled under a blanket of bubbly mozzarella.

Pasta alla carbonara made with fettuccine, bacon, onion, eggs, and Parmesan in a silky sauce built from egg yolk and rendered bacon fat. An Italian-American weeknight classic ready in about 40 minutes.

Pasta with pumpkin and Italian sausage in a creamy sage-spiked sauce. A rich, autumn-leaning weeknight dinner that treats canned pumpkin like the flavor workhorse it is.

Alfredo pasta with heavy cream, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and Pecorino Romano finished with a dash of nutmeg. A rich, authentic Italian cream sauce with just 5 ingredients.

Plump shrimp tossed with pasta in a curry-tomato sauce spiked with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and a splash of orange liqueur. A Caribbean-meets-Asian fusion dinner ready in 45 minutes.

Consistently exceptional and easy fresh pasta dough recipe. This makes especially great homemade linguine or ravioli either cut by hand or using a manual pasta machine.

Easy roasted vegetable pasta sauce with oven-roasted red peppers, onions, and garlic folded into jarred spaghetti sauce with sauteed mushrooms and fresh basil. A semi-homemade upgrade.

Chinese sesame noodles tossed in a tahini sauce with soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili paste, ginger, and sesame oil. Served with steamed peas and ready in 25 minutes.

Fettuccine with walnut sauce made from sauteed garlic, onions, sour cream, and Parmesan. A rich, creamy pasta dinner ready in 20 minutes. Microwave-friendly sauce method.

Peppery Portuguese-style pasta with a chunky vegetable sauce of tomatoes, leeks, carrots, and French beans spiked with hot chili sauce over spaghetti.

Vegetarian tomato soup with vermicelli pasta, carrots, celery, and basil in a rich stock. A hearty one-pot soup that comes together in 40 minutes.