Pasta and Noodle Recipes & Ideas

The combination of juicy chicken thighs and perfectly al dente orzo is a beautiful thing. Add fragrant Moroccan spices, bright lemon, briny olives, and fresh parsley to the equation, though, and you’ve got a truly delicious dinner. And as a bonus, this flavorful meal cooks up in one pan in about 35 minutes. Now that’s what we call a weeknight win!

Keep these recipes on hand when time is tight.

When the name of the game is big-batch dinners that feed all the hungry mouths around the table without breaking the bank, these are the pasta recipes that deliver every single time. You might even find yourself with some leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch. They come together with everyday panty and freezer aisle ingredients, the promise of easy cooking, and a deeply satisfying dinner. Anytime a one-pot pasta rolls into the weekly meal plan, you can count it as a win.

There are times when nothing other than a decadent, extra-creamy bowl of pasta will do. Maybe it’s a special occasion, or maybe it’s just a Monday. Whatever the case, these 10 recipes deliver — they’re rich, comforting, and oh-so-satisfying. Bolster a tub of good ricotta with lots of lemon zest and Parm and the result is a quick cream sauce that’s sure to be a new favorite.

Now that spring is finally here, we’re setting our sights on lighter fare. But that doesn’t mean we’re saying goodbye to comforting pasta dishes! This orzo with shrimp and peas perfectly toes the line between winter and spring, and it cooks in one skillet in under 30 minutes. What’s not to love? A quick note: This isn’t a one-pot meal where everything cooks together at the same time.

When you think “breakfast for dinner,” what comes to mind? Maybe pancakes? A frittata to use up scraps of veggies in your fridge? How about an everything bagel with cream cheese — in pasta form? Yeah, you read that right! This everything bagel pasta is a totally new twist on breakfast for dinner. It’s unique and surprising, yet familiar and comforting all at the same time. Serve it the next time you’ve got a hankering for bagels at 7 p.m.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. When you hear the words “pasta salad,” what comes to mind? If it’s a sad, flavorless bowl of mayo-dressed noodles, know that this recipe is far from that. In fact, this is the antithesis of that pasta salad.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Now that Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, I’ve started to dip into my arsenal of summer recipes faster than I can dig my white pants out of storage. The first dish on my list? Pasta salad. Cue this pesto chicken pasta salad from Creme de la Crumb. First things first: Boil boxed pasta. Simple enough, right?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. My idea of meal prepping is making a giant vat of pasta salad and eating nothing else for a week straight. It’s the kind of dish that only gets better with time and requires nothing more than popping a perfect portion out of the fridge. Ah, the simple joys of cooking for one.

Pasta e fagioli translates to “pasta and beans,” but that doesn’t even begin to describe all the flavorful elements of this humble, comforting dish. Tender pinto beans cook all day, resulting in a rich and creamy broth, and vibrant tomatoes, pancetta, and herbs are added to round out the sophisticated Italian meal. Here, we use the slow cooker to pull this soup together, making it a hands-off dinner you can eat tonight and enjoy all week.

This 30-minute dinner will be a new weeknight favorite.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. A rule of thumb when cooking with wine is to only use wine that you would drink on its own — which is why I am pouring myself a tall glass of Pinot Grigio while I make this chicken pasta with creamy white wine Parmesan sauce tonight.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this insanely photogenic lasagna? This is not your average lasagna. This is a use-up-all-the-veggies-in-your-fridge lasagna. This is a your-friend-just-had-a-baby-and-you’re-cooking-dinner lasagna. This is a make-it-for-the-Instagram-likes lasagna.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. If you’ve been following the Delicious Links column for any period of time, you probably guessed the secret ingredient already. (Here’s a hint: We’re certifiably obsessed.

If your weeknight pasta routine has become, well, routine, consider adding this flavorful shrimp dish to the roster. Inspired by Bonefish Grill’s cult-favorite Bang Bang shrimp — beloved for its creamy, sweet, and spicy chili sauce — this recipe is cheaper than dining out, better for you than takeout, and simple enough for even the busiest of nights. While Bonefish Grill’s Bang Bang Shrimp is obsession-worthy, it’s definitely more of a special-occasion dish.

You’ve likely stopped in the pasta sauce aisle a million times to grab a jar of marinara, but I’m guessing you skipped over the Alfredo sauce section. Well, I’m here to tell you to go back and grab a jar. It’s the secret to this creamy Italian chicken flecked with sweet sun-dried tomatoes and wilted spinach, which comes together easily in the slow cooker and begs to be served over pasta.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. We’ve been sharing a downright plethora of corn recipes recently. There’s this ingenious corn-bathed-in-butter trick, luxurious Instant Pot milk and honey corn on the cob, fresh and simple corn casserole, black bean corn salsa, creamy corn mac and cheese, and more. So why all the corn? ‘Tis the season, people!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Don’t you love it when melty cheese fights back? We can thank this phenomenon for the mass appeal of pizza, mozzarella sticks, baked ziti, chicken Parm, and now this one-skillet baked ziti-chicken Parm hybrid from The Cookie Rookie.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Tieghan Gerard, the Colorado-based author behind the Half Baked Harvest website and cookbook, says she started preparing meals for her family when she was an annoyed-but-industrious 15-year-old who couldn’t understand why it took her dad so long to fix dinner.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The one and only time I ever attempted to make risotto was such a complete fail (Ina, I’m so sorry that I disgraced your recipe) that I wished I had stuck to making orzo instead, which is way easier to pull off.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Hello, 15-minute creamy garlic pasta: GET IN MY BELLY, PLEASE. I kid you not when I say that my stomach is audibly growling right now whilst I behold this sight for starving eyes. The spaghetti, perfectly interlaced, sauced, peppered, and herbed, is legitimately singing a siren song to me.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. We are here to help you stage a mini rebellion against the fact that tomorrow is officially the very last day of summer. Here’s what we’re gonna do: Make this dreamy one-pot pasta filled with summery farmers market produce, pair it with a glass of wine, and eat dinner outside.

Most pasta dinner recipes begin with bringing a pot of salted water to boil. Here’s your permission to skip that step. Instead, you’ll combine orzo, tomato sauce, baby spinach, and two kinds of cheese in a baking dish and toss it in the oven for 40 minutes. Yes, that’s really it. It’s so simple, you hardly need a recipe, which is a good thing because it’s so comforting and creamy that you’ll likely make it again and again.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Macaroni and cheese is my ultimate comfort food. I don’t think there has ever been a moment in my life when I did not want macaroni and cheese. I love almost all varieties, from the orange kind that comes in a cardboard box to the fancy restaurant macaroni with white truffles and artisanal breadcrumbs.

Chewy noodles, tender chicken, and crisp veggies are tossed together in this easy 20-minute chow mein.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Slow cookers are like magic: Put a bunch of raw ingredients into a pot, close it, and when you come back a few hours later, the pot is full of food. It’s like a grown-up version of Mary Poppins’ magic carpet bag.

With just five minutes of prep, it's perfect for when you want a slow cooker dinner *fast.*

Around the World in 30 Soups: This month we’re collaborating with chefs, cookbook authors, and our own Kitchn crew to share a globetrotting adventure in soups from countries and cuisines around the world. Today’s stop: Vietnam. When it comes to Vietnamese food at home, there is no one we look to as much as Andrea Nguyen. Here she shares a simply ingenious recipe for pressure cooker pho that is both practical and satisfying. We’re so thrilled to be able to reprint this recipe.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. If anything can make people run to a table, it’s bacon cheeseburger pasta. Kids will love it. College students will love it. Adults will love it, too, because when a bacon cheeseburger and a bowl of macaroni and cheese fall in love and have a baby, you wind up with one of the most decadent, delicious comfort foods imaginable.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Brussels sprouts were the bogeyman of vegetables when I was a kid. They had a reputation for being the worst of the worst, and were capable of making whole classrooms of children gag in performative disgust if you just said the word “Brussels sprouts.” Depending on the recipe, that reaction makes sense.

At Kitchn, our editors develop and debut brand-new recipes on the site every single week. But at home, we also have our own tried-and-true dishes that we make over and over again — because quite simply? We love them. And we decided to start sharing some of our absolute favorites with you. Here’s a peek into what we’re cooking and eating in our own kitchens. Show me a dish with caramelized sweet potatoes, and my heart begins to beat a little faster.

This satisfying soba noodle bowl is packed with savory miso-butter mushrooms, crisp-tender edamame, and a jammy egg.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. When I was a kid, I thought having jars of capers and sun-dried tomatoes in the kitchen was the height of fanciness. I never quite got over that, so I still feel a little frisson of “I’m so fancy!” whenever I open my refrigerator and see them sitting there.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Pesto is like an algebraic equation comprised of the following variables: leafy greens (x), nuts (y), and cheese (z). Some sort of fat is a constant, necessary for the whole formula to come together. Combine the variables in various proportions to solve for P (pesto).

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. People often express skepticism at the idea of cooking pasta in an Instant Pot, and I understand the concern. Putting pasta in an Instant Pot sounds like a quick shortcut to mushy pasta, but I’ve tried it several times and have been pleasantly surprised.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. A lot of recipes that feature herbs as a primary flavor will tell you to use fresh ones, and it’s very hard to beat the fresh flavors of just-picked herbs. But convenience counts when it comes to cooking, and it’s not always possible to use heirloom Italian basil hand-picked from Ina Garten’s kitchen garden.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Spring is here, and it’s time to get our dinners with the program — slow down on the stews, the casseroles, and the roasts, and pick up on the bright colors and big greens of the season. Starting with this creamy olive and arugula pesto pasta that comes together quickly so you can maximize those long hours of daylight before stepping into the kitchen.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. The first thought that ran through my head when I saw the title of this recipe was What on earth is taco spaghetti? And that thought was quickly followed by Can it possibly be good? Do I dare to try it? Taco spaghetti sounds like something a person might make on a dare, or when confronted with a truly astonishing case of the munchies.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. This chicken lasagna from Little Broken offers a savory, vegetable-heavy take on a classic. It’s not too hard or time-consuming to make, either.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Getting an Instant Pot made it a lot easier for me to stick to my resolution of bringing lunch with me to work more often. Instant Pots make meal prep a breeze, and I can stock a whole refrigerator in one weekend afternoon.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. A pack of tortellini or ravioli from the grocery store is one of my favorite things to keep in the refrigerator. I love to cook them in chicken broth, or just toss them in butter and eat them plain.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along as we post our favorites. Skip takeout tonight and pull out your Instant Pot, because these spicy honey-garlic noodles are about to blow your mind. The short-but-sweet prep time for this sweet-and-spicy dish is only about 30 minutes total, and you’ll have leftovers for days after.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. This French onion sausage pasta is as rich and creamy as you could want on a cold winter day, and it’s also a convenient, one-pot meal that cooks in less than half an hour. Ready to dig in?

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Olive Garden’s Asiago garlic Alfredo sauce is a cult favorite that has been luring guests through the restaurant’s doors for years. It’s so rich and creamy that it stands out even on the Olive Garden menu, where just about everything you see is a mind-boggling feat of cheese and cream.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Baked ravioli is a next-level casserole for anyone who loves cheese and carbs. We’ve all seen cheese-stuffed pasta, and pasta baked in cheese, but this is cheese-stuffed pasta that’s been baked into a cheesy spinach-and-artichoke casserole. It’s galaxy-brain stuff.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Pesto is one of those rare, iconic dishes that’s made with just a handful of simple ingredients but is way more than the sum of its parts.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. A bowl of steaming-hot French onion soup is one of the most luxurious, comforting things you can eat. If you love French onion soup (and who doesn’t?), you’re definitely going to want to try this French onion pasta.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I’m such a purist about macaroni and cheese that I don’t even like calling it “mac and cheese.” The abbreviation just feels wrong, like shouting, “Hi, Liz!” at the Queen of England.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. I used to avoid cooking squash, because it seemed like way too much work to cut into one. One time I bought four little kabocha squashes, and I left them sitting on the table so long everybody genuinely forgot they weren’t a centerpiece — even me!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. After Thanksgiving and the whole general holiday eating period around it, I can practically hear my body screaming, “Vegetables! Give me vegetables!

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Several years ago a newlywed Prince William asked Giada de Laurentiis how to make better lasagna, because he said he kept trying to make it for wife Kate Middleton, but his lasagna never turned out correctly.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Pasta is probably my favorite thing to cook for dinner. I like to stand and fuss over the sauce, and I especially love when the recipe says to adjust seasonings “to taste,” because that means I basically have carte blanche to eat my whole dinner standing over the pan, before it ever gets to the table.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Although we’ve been experiencing an oppressive heatwave for over a month straight, for some strange reason I’m craving pasta.

Kitchn’s Delicious Links column highlights recipes we’re excited about from the bloggers we love. Follow along every weekday as we post our favorites. Ever since I got the chance to chat with Ali Maffucci, the zoodle-loving founder of Inspiralized, I’ve been racking my brain for zucchini’s next big break. There must be at least one mind-blowingly revolutionary use for summer squash that we just haven’t discovered yet, right? Right?

When your starch, protein, and veggie all cook together in one skillet, there’s no excuse not to make dinner — no matter how tired you are or how badly you want to order takeout. Take this gnocchi with sausage and kale, for instance: It all cooks in one skillet and can be on your table in 30 minutes. What are you waiting for? Now, for the record, just because this dish has kale in it doesn’t mean it’s totally virtuous.

Quick, easy, delicious dinners: We all want them, we all need them. There are so many recipes online that promise to deliver on all three of these things, and fail to actually do so. Let me convince you why this one-pot creamy chicken lemon pasta from Spoonful of Flavor will not fail you. Go ahead and pick up the short list of ingredients for this recipe at the grocery store tonight. It’s quick and easy: This is a true one-pot recipe.