Pastas

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 is fresh and delicious – and an excellent way to use up zucchini!

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.

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.

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 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.

The best of summer vegetables come together in this Bean, Corn, Tomato Pasta - add chile for a bit of kick, if you like!

Broccoli Olive Pasta is easy, quick, and delicious.

This quick and easy pasta is a tasty way to eat your veggies... and get some essential fatty acids.

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.

Cooking cauliflower with garlic, a bit of red pepper, olives, and capers makes for a savory, irresistible pasta dish.

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.

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.

This is my go-to dish for a quick, crowd-pleasing, nutritious one-dish dinner during the colder months. It doubles easily.

Gorgonzola Pasta is done in the time it takes to cook the pasta.

Use the young shoots of garlic--a.k.a. green garlic--to make a flavorful spring "pesto" sauce.

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.

Egg noodles are easier to make than you may think. See how with this easy recipe for homemade egg noodles.

This simple macaroni and cheese and easy to make, creamy, and delicious. It also has a bunch of ideas for quick variations.

Olive Caper Sardine Pasta is a quick, delicious pasta that you can make from things you very likely have sitting in the cupboard.

Quick and easy, this recipe for Pasta With Greens is a delicious, nutritious way to eat your vegetables.

Potato gnocchi are an easy, fun, and delicious dinner. See how easy they are to make from scratch with this recipe.

This quick ragu is a simplified but still delicious version of the classic Bolognese pasta sauce.

This recipe is a simplified version of the classic tomato meat pasta sauce so many Americans think of simply as "tomato sauce."

A simple pasta dish with sweet red peppers and salty sardines.

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.

Sausage and broccoli becomes a quick and nutritious dinner.

Pasta, a basic tomato sauce, mozzarella, and a bit of Parmesan cheese are layered into the easiest and loveliest of lasagnas.

Layers of fresh pasta, sautéed spinach, fresh ricotta, and salty Parmesan make this easy, delicious Spinach Lasagna irresistible.

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.

Try making homemade tortellini stuffed with Swiss chard and ricotta cheese.

This easy Tomato Chickpea Pasta lets you have dinner ready in less than 30 minutes.

This simple recipe for Tomato Tuna Pasta is a great quick weeknight dinner.

Walnut Cream is pretty much just walnuts and cream and is delicious on pasta.

Make delicious use of seasonal zucchini and/or summer squash with this easy and tasty pasta dish.

Eggplant Pasta Casserole brings the flavors of classic Pasta Norma into an easy baked dish.

No Cook Tomato Pasta is as easy as chopping tomatoes and boiling water!

Caprese Pasta takes the triad of Caprese salad – tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella – and puts the to work with some pasta.

This beef with noodles and chili sauce is a quick one-dish dinner. It is wonderfully flexible, so switch out the beef for pork or chicken and play with the vegetables, too.

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.

Tuna Olive Caper Pasta is a quick, delicious pasta that you can make from things you very likely have sitting in the cupboard.

This easy, nutritious, one-dish dinner bakes packaged gnocchi, greens, and ricotta until crispy and brown.