Pasta and Noodle Recipes & Ideas

I think we can all agree — there are few things more wonderful in this life than a giant bowl of pasta for dinner.

Make now, eat later.

Satisfying recipes that are extra portable.

If you're not making pasta in your Instant Pot, it's time to get started.

From a bright-pink beet pesto pasta to a creamy Alfredo, here are 11 ways to dress your pasta sans the red sauce.

Time to add frozen tortellini to this week's shopping list.

Here's how I round out pasta night.

Yes, it can be done!

Classic comfort food at its very best.

This is our go-to weeknight dinner.

It's basically grown-up mac and cheese and we're good with that.

It's giving Panera soup vibes, only it's way better.

The crunchy cheese cracker topping took it over the top.

It’s called “superior” for a reason!

Trust us: This is best (and easiest!) thing you'll cook in your Instant Pot this year.

It's so cozy.

They cook in less than 10 minutes!

The white wine sauce is everything.

It cooks in less than 30 minutes.

It never fails me.

Only three ingredients!

It's time to gild the lily.

You'll be making the brown butter dressing on repeat this fall.

It’s like a warm hug.

You've never seen gnocchi like this before.

This light skillet pasta is bursting with lemony flavor.

The Kitchn editors swear by the baked ziti.

It's what comfort food dreams are made of.

It adds a little spicy crunch.

Everything is done in the same skillet in this recipe — easy cooking and easy cleanup.

Raise you hand if you agree that every night should be pasta night.

The rice-like pasta is a weeknight superhero.

You don’t even need to make a sauce!

Want to make pasta, but lack the motivation to do all that mixing and kneading by hand? No problem. If you have a food processor, you can have a batch of pasta dough ready in about two minutes flat. The fast-working action of the food processor blade mixes those eggs into the flour faster than your fingers ever could — and gives the dough a good kneading at the same time. The resulting dough is soft and supple.

Of course Ina has the smartest way to make lasagna ahead!

This creamy, comforting dish is calling your name.

No, it's not feta.

Pro tip: Add extra-creamy burrata as soon as it comes out of the oven.

We’re pretty sure that noodles are comfort food just about wherever you go in the world, and China is no exception. This northern Chinese dish is properly called tian tian chao mian, and its combination of stir-fried vegetables, savory ground pork, and chewy flat noodles is as satisfying as it comes – not to mention quick and easy!The recipe comes from an excellent feature on Chinese stir-fry from a recent issue of Saveur Magazine.

It’s been a very good chanterelle mushroom season here in the Bay Area this year. I’ve been on many forays with my mushroom club, and I’ve gone to secret collecting spots in the forest with friends. I have been dry sautéeing and drying my chanterelle hauls, and making things like this risotto recipe. The other night, I threw together this easy pasta dish.Orecchiete with Chanterelle, Sage, Walnuts, & Brown ButterIngredients2 cups of orecchiete 1 tbsp.

It's waaay better than baked mac and cheese.

Yes, it is really that quick.

Cue the cheese pulls!

It's famous for a reason.

Even people who think they don't like beets will fall in love with this vibrant pesto.

This rich, creamy pasta sauce was the result of an experiment. We wanted to make a creamy, mushroom-y pasta topping with no cream. We’re trying to watch our diet a little better, and while we were eating pasta there was no need to indulge in cream, right? Instead, the bulk of this sauce is white wine, broth, and mushrooms. We don’t use a lot of wild mushrooms – they are expensive, and just a few will do here to give flavor. The result?

When brown butter is involved you know you're in for a treat.

It features four types of cheese and a buttery breadcrumb topping.

It's the perfect combo of sweet, savory, and toasty.

It's inspired by KFC, so you know it's gotta be good.

Try this simple (yet flavor-packed!) pasta dinner ASAP.

If you asked me 10 years ago after feasting at a trattoria in Florence on fiocchetti alle pere con salsa di taleggio e asparagi that one day I would be able to replicate the experience, I would have laughed in your face. Back then the only thing I knew how to make was frozen pizza. But time has a way of changing us, and that trip to Florence changed me too. Here I am 10 years later, recreating that meal of a lifetime.

Still looking for a Mardi Gras recipe to celebrate the season? Try this creamy crawfish pasta that comes together in a breeze. I just so happened to have some crawfish squirreled away in my freezer; this was a sensational way to use it. Instead of heavy cream, I used half & half and added tomato paste and white wine to make a creamy pasta sauce. I threw an over-the-top crawfish boil for my fiance’s birthday party last year.

It’s the mash-up of my dreams.

The sauce is silky, creamy, and tangy.

Pepperoni pizza meets pasta bake.

It’s nutty, savory, and highly slurpable.

Don't head to your next potluck without it.

Like your favorite casserole — just much, much faster.

Forget bringing a pot of water to a boil and roast everything in the oven instead.

Put this one on repeat.

Swap out the noodles for spaghetti squash and win dinner tonight.

Spaghetti alla Carbonara: When it’s good, it can make your eyes roll back in your head with pleasure. It lurks there, beckoning, batting its eyelashes on Italian menus. When you don’t order it, you usually end up wishing you had. This pasta dish seems easy to make at home, requiring only few ingredients like bacon, eggs, and pasta.

It’s packed with veggies and couldn't be easier.

Look beyond dusty Italian seasoning.

It's impossibly creamy.