Pasta recipes

This sauce has an intensely rich, woodsy flavor that works well on pasta, chicken, and pork.

Easy oven turkey meatballs baked then simmered in garden-style pasta sauce with carrots and mushrooms. A leaner take on spaghetti and meatballs that hides spinach right in the meatball.

Roasted vegetables give lasagna amazingly good flavor!

Fusilli with cauliflower: a 3-ingredient Italian pasta where florets simmer in olive oil until they break down into a silky sauce coating every spiral. Ready in 40 minutes.

I ALWAYS add tons of seasonal veggies!!! This one had snow peas, carrots, eggplant, and asian prickly zucchini!

Baked macaroni and cheese with a cheddar cream sauce, sauteed onion, sour cream and a Worcestershire kick, topped with seasoned bread crumbs. A homestyle mac and cheese ready in an hour.

Fettuccine layered with sharp cheddar and sautéed onions bakes in a creamy egg custard speckled with paprika for a simple two-serving pasta bake.

Easy baked mac and cheese with Monterey Jack and Colby cheese, evaporated milk, and beaten egg for a custardy set. No flour roux required for old-fashioned Southern-style baked macaroni.

Elbow macaroni baked in a creamy, tangy sour cream sauce with sharp cheddar—bubbly, golden, and deeply comforting.

This is a classic dish in Northern China, it's usually made with broad beans, potatoes, pork or beef chunks as you wish, and freshly made noodles. This is an easier version by using spaghetti, I also omit the meat to make it a meatless but still very tasty.

Three-cheese baked mac and cheese layered with longhorn, Swiss, and Parmesan in a creamy sauce topped with buttered crumbs. Bubbly, golden, and absolutely addictive.

Palak paneer is a classic North Indian curry with golden-fried paneer cubes simmered in a spiced spinach gravy built on garam masala, ginger, garlic, and tomatoes. Creamy, green, and deeply warming.

Fettuccine with red lentil sauce simmered with canned tomatoes, garlic, and a surprising pinch of cinnamon. A high-protein, plant-based pasta dinner ready in under an hour.

Baked macaroni and cheese with diced ham, sharp cheddar, and dry mustard in a creamy white sauce. A make-ahead freezer-friendly comfort dinner.

Susan's Turkey Soup: a hearty post-Thanksgiving soup made from the turkey carcass with yellow and green split peas, chickpeas, small pasta, and aromatic vegetables. Three legumes, one pot.

Creamy baked orzo simmered in chicken broth with briny kalamata olives and finished with fresh herbs. A Mediterranean-inspired side dish that's ready in 40 minutes.