269 pasta elbow macaroni recipes

Layered chili mac and cheese with homemade cheddar sauce, seasoned ground beef, and a crunchy cornflake crumb topping. Baked until bubbly and golden, this casserole feeds a family of six.

Hearty vegetable soup with pot barley, macaroni, cabbage, potatoes, mixed vegetables, and your choice of chicken, beef, or ham. One pot, serves 8, uses up the fridge.

Five-cheese baked macaroni with cheddar, Monterey Jack, Gruyere, Parmesan, and goat cheese, plus prosciutto and fresh herbs. Make-ahead grown-up mac and cheese.

Creamy green chile mac and cheese made with ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella, heavy cream, jalapeno, and green chile sauce. Stovetop, no baking needed.

Vegan mac and cheese with butternut squash, tahini, miso, nutritional yeast, and mustard blended into a creamy dairy-free sauce, baked with breadcrumbs. Plant-based comfort food.

A succulent and scrumptious dish made with juicy tomatoes, zucchini and chickpeas.

A scrumptious dish made with potatoes, gruyere cheese and juicy apples.

Chicken breasts poached in herbed broth with leeks, carrots, red pepper, and elbow macaroni, finished with fresh thyme and Parmesan. A nourishing, light soup.

Pastitsio with layered macaroni, seasoned ground beef in tomato-wine sauce, and creamy bechamel topped with kefalotiri cheese. A traditional Greek baked pasta casserole.

Great northern bean minestrone with carrots, zucchini, cabbage, tomatoes, and elbow macaroni in a basil-oregano broth. Hearty, thick, and full of vegetables.

Spicy Italian sausage mac and cheese with mushrooms, hot peppers, and two cheeses baked until bubbly. Hearty one-dish comfort food with oregano, basil, and garlic in creamy sauce.

Garbanzo soup with chickpeas, elbow macaroni, and dried mint in a savory beef broth. Topped with Parmesan and parsley for a hearty one-pot meal ready in 45 minutes.

Mock ravioli casserole: layers of butterfly pasta, a meaty tomato sauce, and a herby spinach-egg-parmesan filling. All the flavor of ravioli without rolling a single sheet of dough.

Cold pasta salad with wine-poached chicken, capers, lemon, and red peppers in a bright olive oil vinaigrette. A Sicilian-inspired piccata twist on classic pasta salad.

Mac and cheese meets soufflé in this puffy baked dish studded with sliced franks. Dijon mustard and sharp cheddar give it grown-up flavor kids still love.

Add some smoky bacon and juicy chicken into your mac and cheese to make this already-delicious dish even more flavorful.