Pastas
Asparagus Pasta With Ricotta and Parmesan
This Asparagus Pasta can be made with rotini, penne, or large pieces of lasagna noodles layered in the ricotta and Parmesan cheese. It's a fresh, delicious spring pasta dinner.
Zucchini Mint Pesto
Zucchini Mint Pesto is fresh and delicious – and an excellent way to use up zucchini!
Spaghetti Carbonara
Spaghetti Carbonara is often made with cream in the U.S., but the authentic Italian version gets its saucy texture just from eggs and Parmesan – with a bit of bacon thrown in for good measure.
Fresh Tomato Sauce
This tomato sauce is made with fresh, ripe tomatoes - a great way to use a bumper crop or farmers market haul of perfectly ripe tomatoes.
Kale Tomato Pasta
This one-dish meal of kale laden pasta with some tomato paste to add acidity and sweetness all at once is easy and delicious.
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Roasted red peppers and a bit of garlic and olive oil are quickly turned into a stellar, simple pasta sauce perked up with a bit of lemon.
Bean, Corn, Tomato Pasta
The best of summer vegetables come together in this Bean, Corn, Tomato Pasta - add chile for a bit of kick, if you like!
Brussels Sprouts Pasta
Nutty Brussels sprouts, rich eggs, and flavorful pecorino cheese make a quick and delicious (not to mention healthful) pasta sauce that's ready in the time it takes to boil water and cook pasta.
Broccoli Olive Pasta
Broccoli Olive Pasta is easy, quick, and delicious.
Broccoli Walnut Pasta
This quick and easy pasta is a tasty way to eat your veggies... and get some essential fatty acids.
Cauliflower Pasta
Cooking cauliflower with garlic, a bit of red pepper, olives, and capers makes for a savory, irresistible pasta dish.
Creamy Spinach Pasta
A teeny bit indulgent with a splash of cream and cheese, but with plenty of spinach to keep you eating your veggies, this pasta bake is an easy one-dish weeknight meal.
Fennel Pasta
You can pull together this quick, yummy Fennel Pasta with little notice and minimal effort. The bit of chile warmed me right up and the browned garlic helped bring out the sweetness at the heart of fennel.
Ground Lamb Pasta
This Ground Lamb Pasta is based on the tiny Turkish lamb-stuffed dumplings called "manti." It is far easier and less time consuming, and fabulously delicious.
Gorgonzola Pasta
Gorgonzola Pasta is done in the time it takes to cook the pasta.
Gnocchi With Greens & Ricotta
This is my go-to dish for a quick, crowd-pleasing, nutritious one-dish dinner during the colder months. It doubles easily.
Green Garlic Pesto
Use the young shoots of garlic--a.k.a. green garlic--to make a flavorful spring "pesto" sauce.
Olive Caper Sardine Pasta
Olive Caper Sardine Pasta is a quick, delicious pasta that you can make from things you very likely have sitting in the cupboard.
Homemade Egg Noodles
Egg noodles are easier to make than you may think. See how with this easy recipe for homemade egg noodles.
How to Make Macaroni & Cheese
This simple macaroni and cheese and easy to make, creamy, and delicious. It also has a bunch of ideas for quick variations.
Roasted Red Pepper and Sardine Pasta
A simple pasta dish with sweet red peppers and salty sardines.
Quick Ragu Pasta Sauce
This quick ragu is a simplified but still delicious version of the classic Bolognese pasta sauce.
Spinach Lasagna
Layers of fresh pasta, sautéed spinach, fresh ricotta, and salty Parmesan make this easy, delicious Spinach Lasagna irresistible.
Quick Tomato Ragu Pasta Sauce
This recipe is a simplified version of the classic tomato meat pasta sauce so many Americans think of simply as "tomato sauce."
Spinach Pistachio Pasta
A teeny bit indulgent with a splash of cream and cheese, but with plenty of spinach to keep you eating your veggies, and pistachios for something just a bit different, this pasta bake is an easy one-dish weeknight meal.
Simple Tomato Mozzarella Lasagna
Pasta, a basic tomato sauce, mozzarella, and a bit of Parmesan cheese are layered into the easiest and loveliest of lasagnas.
Sausage Broccoli Pasta
Sausage and broccoli becomes a quick and nutritious dinner.
Pasta With Greens
Quick and easy, this recipe for Pasta With Greens is a delicious, nutritious way to eat your vegetables.
Tomato Chickpea Pasta
This easy Tomato Chickpea Pasta lets you have dinner ready in less than 30 minutes.
Swiss Chard Ricotta Tortellini
Try making homemade tortellini stuffed with Swiss chard and ricotta cheese.
Potato Gnocchi
Potato gnocchi are an easy, fun, and delicious dinner. See how easy they are to make from scratch with this recipe.
Parsley Walnut Pesto
Parsley Walnut Pesto is a perfect fall and winter remedy to pesto withdrawal. Toss it with pasta, spread it on bread, use as a sauce for chicken, or dip veggies into it.
Tomato Tuna Pasta
This simple recipe for Tomato Tuna Pasta is a great quick weeknight dinner.
Roasted Red Bell Pepper Pasta
This easy pasta dish is a tasty way to enjoy the silky sweetness of roasted red bell peppers. Roast the peppers just for this dish or use any leftover roasted red peppers you may be lucky enough to have.
Baked Gnocchi With Bacon and Ricotta
This easy, nutritious, one-dish dinner bakes packaged gnocchi, greens, and ricotta until crispy and brown.
No Cook Tomato Pasta
No Cook Tomato Pasta is as easy as chopping tomatoes and boiling water!
Caprese Pasta
Caprese Pasta takes the triad of Caprese salad – tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella – and puts the to work with some pasta.
Walnut Cream Pasta Sauce
Walnut Cream is pretty much just walnuts and cream and is delicious on pasta.
Zucchini Pasta
Make delicious use of seasonal zucchini and/or summer squash with this easy and tasty pasta dish.
These pasta dishes are warming, easy, delicious, and make use of produce that is more or less available through winter.
Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Sweet potatoes make these plump orange dumplings a bit sweet and full of antioxidants.
Tuna Olive Caper Pasta
Tuna Olive Caper Pasta is a quick, delicious pasta that you can make from things you very likely have sitting in the cupboard.