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If you love pasta, you will love this recipe round-up! Take a browse through 20+ easy pasta recipes and find some new favorites to try.
There’s a little bit of everything in this pasta recipe round-up. Plenty of cheesy options, ones with chicken and some with shrimp, and all kinds of recipes that use different pasta shapes.
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Creamy Garlic Pasta
This creamy garlic pasta is a quick 20ish-minute dinner that’s rich and decadent. Add a salad or veg on the side to dress it up or enjoy it straight from the pan. Either way works!
Garlic Pasta Recipe
Cajun Shrimp Pasta
This Cajun shrimp pasta is a quick 20-minute dinner and perfect for busy weeknights.
Cajun Pasta Recipe
Zucchini Orzo with Chickpeas
This zucchini orzo is a quick 20-minute pasta recipe! It’s loaded with fresh herbs, zucchini, and a short-cut sauce. It’s perfect for those nights when you want something fast and easy.
Zucchini and Chickpea Orzo Recipe
Dinner for One: Easy Pasta with Olive Oil & Garlic
This olive oil and garlic pasta (or aglio e olio as it’s known in Italy) is my go-to dinner when I’m on my own. All it takes is a few simple ingredients and about 15 minutes to pull it together! This recipe serves one, but you can easily scale it up if you want a few more servings.
Olive Oil and Garlic Pasta Recipe
Creamy Mushroom Pasta
This rich and creamy mushroom pasta takes about 30 minutes to make – it’s easy enough for weeknight dinners but totally “guest-worthy,” too!
Mushroom Pasta Recipe
30 Minute One Pan Beef Penne
This is a hearty beef and pasta dinner that is ready in about 30 minutes and uses just one pan for easy clean-up!
Creamy Gruyere Spaghetti for Two
This easy spaghetti recipe with a creamy gruyere sauce is the perfect comfort food dinner for two.
Gruyere Pasta Recipe
Fresh Tomato Sauce
When tomatoes are in season this simple tomato sauce will put them to good use. It’s cooked just long enough to develop a richness without losing that summer-fresh flavor of the tomatoes.
Fresh Tomato Pasta Recipe
Shrimp Penne with Vodka Sauce
This shrimp penne with vodka sauce is an easy-to-make dinner for two.
Shrimp Penne Vodka Recipe
Baked Penne with Meatballs
This baked penne is so easy! Everything, including the pasta, cooks in one pan for the easiest baked pasta. Combine everything in the pan, pop it in the oven, and not long after, you have the best comfort food dinner that’s cozy, hearty, and satisfying.
Baked Penne Recipe
15-Minute Mediterranean Pasta
It doesn’t get any easier than this Mediterranean-inspired pasta. With just a few simple pantry ingredients, a couple of fresh ingredients, and 15 minutes this easy dinner is ready to serve.
Mediterranean Pasta Recipe
Bucatini all’Amatriciana
This is a quick and easy pasta dish for two with simple ingredients and a little kick of heat from some crushed red pepper flakes. Bring the pasta water to a boil while you prep the ingredients for the sauce and, once you add the pasta to cook, the sauce comes together by the time the pasta is tender.
Bucatini all’Amatriciana Recipe
Baked Feta Pasta
Baked feta pasta is a quick pasta recipe with a few simple ingredients. Feta cheese and tomatoes bake in the oven and then are mixed to create a pasta sauce. Add cooked pasta and herbs, and you get an easy dinner that is full of fresh flavors.
Baked Feta Pasta Recipe
Creamy Pesto Sauce
You only need a handful of simple ingredients for this creamy pesto sauce, and it’s ready in about 20 minutes. It’s perfect for a quick dinner when you’re craving pasta.
Creamy Pesto Pasta Recipe
Truffle Mushroom Pasta
This truffle mushroom pasta looks and sounds fancy but it’s an easy pasta dish that takes about 30 minutes to make. The pasta is coated in a creamy truffle cheese sauce and tossed with meaty mushrooms. It feels fancy but is so low maintence to make.
Truffle Mushroom Pasta Recipe
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta – Quick & Easy!
This garlic butter shrimp pasta feels fancy-ish but is so easy to make. It’s a great special occasion meal but easy enough for a weeknight dinner, too.
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta Recipe
Spinach Parsley Pesto
This Parsley Pesto is a quick and easy sauce that is full of fresh flavors. Spinach adds a healthy kick, and pine nuts and Asiago cheese add delicious flavor and texture. Toss it with hot pasta for an easy meal, or use it as a spread for sandwiches, toast, or bagels. It’s also delicious with grilled meat or as a sauce for vegetables.
Parsley Pesto Recipe
One-Pan Baked Tortellini
This baked tortellini makes good use of simple pantry ingredients and serves four with bread or a salad on the side.
Baked Tortellini Recipe
15-Minute Tomato Pasta
This no-cook tomato sauce takes just minutes to make. Almonds give it a creamy texture (with no cream added!) and the tomatoes, herbs, and cheese is a delicious combination. In the time it takes to cook the pasta the sauce is ready to go.
Easy Tomato Pasta Recipe
Pasta with Steak and Spinach
This steak pasta with spinach is an easy dinner recipe that can be served warm, at room temperature or cold. Tender steak tossed with a mustard and balsamic dressing is a delicious dinner full of flavor.
Steak Pasta Recipe
Spaghetti Carbonara
You only need a few simple ingredients to make the best spaghetti carbonara. Plus, it’s ready in less than 30 minutes! When you’re craving pasta, this is a wonderfully comforting recipe to make.
Carbonara Recipe
Balsamic Mushroom Pasta
Mushrooms in a creamy balsamic sauce tossed with fettuccine pasta. It’s easy to make and so delicious!
Balsamic Mushroom Pasta Recipe
Easy Stuffed Shells
Jumbo pasta shells are stuffed with three different kinds of cheese, baked in marinara sauce, and topped with even more melty mozzarella. It’s a classic comfort food dinner that’s easy to make.
Cheese Stuffed Shells Recipe
Fettuccine Alfredo
Ribbons of tender pasta coated in a simple cheese sauce. This fettuccine Alfredo takes just 15 minutes fromstart to finish.
Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe
Ravioli with Asparagus and Mushrooms
Cheese ravioli, asparagus, and mushrooms tossed together in a lightly buttery lemon sauce. Thanks to store-bought ravioli, It takes only 20 minutes to make, which is perfect for those busy weeknights.
Ravioli with Asparagus and Mushrooms Recipe
Lemon Ricotta Pasta
Lemon Ricotta Pasta is a quick 20-minute pasta recipe! Creamy ricotta combined with Parmesan, herbs, and lemon makes a really delicious sauce.
20 Minute Ricotta Pasta Recipe
I hope you’ve found some new delicious recipes to try!
Happy Cooking,
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Post updated from the archives. First published in September 2017.
Will it be rude if I drool?!! What a delicious round-up, don’t know where to start first! Thanks for including my Mushroom Prosciutto Fettuccini 🙂
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Bring on the pasta!! Pasta is always my go-to for pleasing the entire family. Thanks for including my Cauliflower Scampi. Sharing!
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So many delicious pasta recipes, yum!!! Thank you for including my Tagliatelle with black truffle sauce! 😊❤️
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I am a huge pasta lover so it’s always good to find some new pasta recipes. I found here quite a few I would like to try! Thanks for including mine as well!
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Thanks so much for including my recipe! I love the little write-up you did for it. 🙂
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I love that happy plate of pasta! 🙂
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Adore all of these recipes! Thanks for including my cheesy broccoli pasta!
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This is a SUPER tasty round-up! Can’t wait to dig into some of these 🙂 Thanks for including my winter pesto recipe.
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Looks like that they would all smell amazing! Love pasta🤗
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