Pasta/8 recipes

Mussels are cooked in a juicy yet tasty tomato-wine sauce along with sweet bell peppers, and served on a bed of pasta. A delicious yet wholesome meal.

Colorful rotini pasta salad tossed with tri-color bell peppers, scallions, black olives, and a bright lemon-olive oil dressing. Ready in 20 minutes, no cooking beyond boiling pasta.

Easy calzones made with crescent roll dough stuffed with Italian sausage, mushrooms, peppers, and melted mozzarella. These pizza pockets are family-friendly and ready in an hour.

Chunks of tomatoes and lots of Italian spices make this a real winner.

Penne tossed in a light béchamel cream sauce with flaked canned salmon, sweet peas, parsley, and parmesan. Pantry-friendly 30-minute weeknight dinner.

Parsley and Garlic with Olive Oil Over Pasta recipe

Fresh Roma tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, and garlic tossed with hot linguine in a no-cook caprese-style sauce. The easiest summer pasta you'll make all season, ready in 30 minutes.

Fresh steamer clams cooked in white wine with shallots and herbs, then tossed with linguine in a garlicky, reduced clam broth sauce. Light, briny, and naturally diabetic-friendly with just one tablespoon of olive oil.

Straw and hay pasta tosses green spinach fettuccine and yellow egg fettuccine with a no-cook raw tomato sauce, warmed garlic oil, red pepper flakes, and slivered fresh basil. A summer pasta you can pull together in 30 minutes.

Pasta primavera with zucchini, yellow squash, and bell peppers in a quick tomato-basil sauce over fresh linguine. An Italian vegetable pasta ready in 30 minutes.

A simple but delicious dish that's perfect to make when you don't have a lot of time to prepare dinner.

Quick pasta with stir-fried mushrooms and zucchini tossed in melted white cheese and topped with Parmesan. A light, low-fat vegetarian pasta for two.

Penne with Provencal eggplant, slow-caramelized sweet peppers, garlic, and fresh basil in a lemony Italian-herb dressing. A meatless pasta bowl built on long, gentle cooking.

One-skillet baked pasta with crispy bacon, garlic, tomato sauce, and a golden oregano-breadcrumb topping. A weeknight casserole that skips the layering and goes straight to dinner.

Bay scallops with pasta shells in a fresh tomato cream sauce made with white wine, shallots, basil, and reduced heavy cream. An elegant 45-minute seafood pasta dinner.

Salmon lemon penne pairs grilled salmon and roasted red peppers with a bright lemon Alfredo sauce over penne. A weeknight pasta that eats like restaurant food.