Pasta Recipes & Meal Ideas

Chicken noodle soup but much, much cuter.

This is so much better than a turkey sandwich.

When buttery garlic sauce meets briny green olives, the results are delicious.

Quick and comforting.

It's so much better than anything from a can.

This will be a serious upgrade to that sad desk lunch.

One bowl. All yours. No leftovers.

This is not your mama's tuna noodle casserole.

Become the farmers market MVP with this vibrant supper.

It's got all the cheesy goodness you crave at the end of a busy day.

It doesn't get much easier (or cheesier).

Add this to your weekly meal plan ASAP.

It's the perfect mash-up of tacos and mac and cheese.

They'll melt in your mouth.

Why haven't we been doing this all along?

Puddles of mozzarella in a meaty marinara tossed with tender rigatoni pasta.

A hands-off recipe to always keep in your back pocket.

So satisfying and so easy.

The lemon-tahini dressing pulls the whole dish together.

A one-pot dinner for when serious comfort is what you crave.

This vegetarian pasta dinner is loaded with mushrooms, garlic, and, of course, cheese.

Noodle mush, no more! Here’s how we make perfect rice noodles for dishes like pad thai, pho, and spring rolls, plus a few extra tips. Rice noodles are much more delicate and fragile than their wheat noodle counterparts. This actually makes them so easy to prepare that we hardly think of it as cooking. Place all your rice noodles in a deep mixing bowl, trying to snap as few of them as possible as you remove them from the package (always a challenge for us).

Don't try to be original — just make this four-ingredient recipe.

Stir-fries don’t have to mean just vegetables and rice — they can mean noodles, too! In fact, noodle stir-fries are one of my favorite weeknight comfort foods. Whether made with lo mein noodles or rice noodles, these stir-fries are quick to prepare, and serve as the perfect backdrop for everything from sliced chicken breast to tender bok choy.

If you simply can't say no to chicken Caesar salad, you're going to fall hard for this summery pasta salad.

Move over, lasagna. It's ziti time!

Beef pho feels like a restaurant staple, but it's not actually all that hard to make a quick homemade version.

An easy weeknight dinner for cold winter nights.

It brings together two favorite family dinners.

The kale and herb pesto is herby and bright.

There are plenty of make-ahead moments to keep things as easy as possible.

It's creamy, garlicky, and packed with zucchini and corn.

It's as vibrant as can be.

It's packed with all the best salad bar ingredients.

It's all about the cast iron skillet.

Yes, please.

Start your day swirling and twirling.

Yesterday, we promised you a recipe from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero! This recipe is a perfect example of the kind of effortless vegan cooking that the book is all about. It uses basic ingredients, comes together in a snap, and is so tasty we were stealing fork-fulls straight from the pan!

Straight up macaroni and cheese is seriously good all on its own, no matter how you make it. But this is also one of those magical dishes that only seems to get better as you start adding things in. Here are six of our favorite mix-ins. What are yours?1. Bacon – Yes, everything really is better with bacon.2. Roasted Butternut Squash – This works well with a sharp cheese to contrast the sweetness of the squash.3. Ham and Peas – A childhood classic.

This recipe reflects his Korean roots, his American upbringing, and the Chinese food he’s cooked professionally in San Francisco.

My husband likes nothing more than a good ragù. His perfect meal would involve something saucy, bright, and rich with a bit of meat, falling over a dish of toothsome pasta. A good ragù is nearly a religious experience for him. It expresses the ultimate goodness of the world, a place where people feed one another good food in love and honesty.

Proof that chicken and pasta really do go together.

If crowd-pleasing baked crab dip got together with creamy, cheesy pasta, you'd get this win-win of an appetizer-turned-dinner dish.

Calling all pesto-lovers!

The classic Roman pasta comes together in 30 minutes.

Only five ingredients go into the fresh-tasting basil tomato sauce that's tossed with penne pasta.

Our version of the Olive Garden favorite.

All hail creamy pasta!

Double boiler for the win!

The clever double-boiler technique guarantees a smooth, creamy sauce.

Rich, creamy, and, as The Pasta Queen says, "just gorgeous"!

The classic Italian pasta gets an upgrade with the addition of lemon zest and a healthy grind of black pepper.

I’m all for simplifying, so I was super curious to give this recipe a spin.

How to make cheesy-filled pasta even cheesier.

A fast and fancy dinner no matter the occasion.

In this upgraded version of her popular dish, she subs out regular spaghetti noodles for a super-fun pasta shape.

"Salmon & pasta just go together!"

A colorful side that feeds a crowd.

The healing power of spaghetti Napolitan.