Easy Pasta Recipes

Pasta is our love language around here so it should come as no surprise we have a solid round-up of 25 of our very favorite Easy Pasta Recipes. Even non-cooks will be able to master these simple dishes.

These 5-Ingredient Easy Peanut Noodles are SO easy, and oh-so good. Thick spaghetti noodles are smothered in a hoisin-based peanut sauce, and tossed with a medley of cabbage and carrots for a delicious meal that comes together in minutes. 

This Creamy Sausage Pasta with Sweet Potato is the perfect fall pasta dish. It’s salty, sweet, and only has FIVE ingredients  Plus, it comes together in under 30 minutes.

Ravioli with Brown Butter takes simple store-bought ravioli and transforms it into a stunning dish perfect for a special occasion. This is packed with creamy sausage and ricotta-stuffed ravioli, an intoxicatingly nutty brown butter sauce, fried sage leaves, sweet roasted delicata squash, and crunchy walnuts. It’s the perfect fall meal. 

If you have linguine, lemons, butter, and parmesan cheese in your pantry, then you can whip up Pasta Limone in 20 minutes or less. This creamy lemon-infused pasta is bursting with bright lemon flavor and a luxurious butter sauce. Serve with a big green salad, some green veggies, and this dinner is complete. 

This Baked Cauliflower Gnocchi Recipe is easily the simplest dinner you’ll make all year. Cauliflower gnocchi is roasted alongside sun-dried tomato chicken sausage until super crispy and golden brown. When everything comes out of the oven, it’s drizzle with a little bit of store-bought pesto and sprinkled with parmesan. It’s the perfect healthy, delicious dinner that takes virtually no effort to prepare. 

Our version of a Chili Mac Recipe has all of the cheesy, pasta comfort of the original, with much less fat and calories thanks to some healthier swap outs. We use whole-wheat pasta, ground turkey breast, and just enough 2% sharp cheddar cheese to retain that super cheesy factor without going overboard. 

If you could close your eyes and dream of a summer pasta on a plate, it would be this Lemon Brown Butter Pasta with Zucchini. We take perfect little ears (literally translated) of orecchiette and toss them in a lemon-infused brown butter sauce, plenty of garlic, parmesan, and then toss it with sautéed asparagus and zucchini. For a little extra indulgence, we tear apart a big ball of burrata cheese and scatter it on top. It’s the perfect combination of nutty, salty, creamy, and delicious! 

 If you’re into pasta that’s ever-so-lightly coated in a garlicky, spicy, slightly creamy, and totally cheese sauce (And did I mention it’s packed with veggies?), then you will be very into our Cavatelli and Broccoli. This super easy minimal-ingredient pasta is perfect for busy weeknights, and is also a great way to get your kiddos to eat their veggies. 

This Spicy Bucatini Recipe is our ode to the end of summer. We cook cherry tomatoes and spicy fresno chilies in nutty brown butter, and then toss it with chewy bucatini noodles, toasted almonds, fresh thyme, and plenty of garlic. A little bit of salty, starchy pasta water and parmesan cheese finish off this irresistibly spicy, nutty summer-to-fall pasta. 

Pasta with Fennel and Sausage is spicy, sweet, creamy, and only six ingredients! Thanks to its minimal ingredient list and easy prep, this pasta is quick to throw together for a date-night in, or even a busy weeknight dinner.

This Shrimp Alfredo (5 Ingredients!) is THE BEST Alfredo you’ll ever taste. It’s a cinch to make, takes under 30 minutes and tastes even better than anything you’ll find at a restaurant. All you need is fettuccine noodles, heavy cream, good parmesan cheese, shrimp, and a little bit of butter! 

If you’re looking for a cozy winter pasta that won’t weigh you down, a way to impress loved ones, or a simple date-night in dish to make together, look no further than our Rigatoni Vodka. This classic creamy tomato-based pasta is kicked up a notch with the addition of salty Italian sausage and hearty spinach for an extra dose of veggies. From start to finish, it takes about 30 minutes to throw together, so don’t feel like you need to wait for a special occasion to whip up this cozy classic. 

Our Lemon Brown Butter Gnocchi looks like a million bucks, but only needs six ingredients and about 35 minutes of your time. We roast frozen cauliflower gnocchi with broccoli until crispy and brown and then toss it all in a lemon-infused brown butter. Garnish with plenty of grated parmesan cheese, serve with a big salad, and call it dinner. 

Twirly noodles tossed in a five-minute kale pesto, tender chicken meatballs, and plenty of nutty parmesan are the makings of our new favorite throw-it-together weeknight meal – Kale Pesto Pasta. 

Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Roasted Veggies (5-Ingredients!) is such an easy, delicious dish that utilizes some of summer’s best gifts. Roast the veggies, cook the pasta, and then toss everything together and serve. 

Silky-smooth noodles twirled in a rich, creamy (but cream-less) sauce, nutty pecorino cheese, and bits of salty bacon, our Bucatini Carbonara is the ultimate in Italian comfort food and arguably, the simplest.  Our version amps up the amount of both cheese and bacon, adds in a little bit of garlic, and swaps out classic spaghetti for thick bucatini noodles.

This Baked Ravioli Lasagna is a simplified version of lasagna, but better! It’s quick-cooking, easy to throw together, and perfectly comforting. Make ahead and enjoy later! 

Rather simple and admittedly un-fancy, our Italian Sausage and Peppers Pasta doesn’t have to be the most sophisticated gal on the block because what it IS, is delicious, quick-cooking and made with easy-to-find inexpensive  ingredients.

Chicken Ragu is a lighter take on a traditional bolognese and echos the same fundamentals with plenty of veggies and a tomato-based sauce but we use fresh cherry tomatoes, a bright white wine for a punch of acid and tangy goat cheese to make sure you finish this meal still light on your toes.

Our Roasted Red Pepper pasta combines toothsome cavatappi noodles, smoky roasted red peppers and tangy goat-cheese for a vibrant, flavorful dinner that can’t be beat.

Our ultra creamy, extra cheesy Broccoli Cheddar Pasta is everyone’s favorite indulgent cold weather soup morphed into a luscious mac and cheese everyone will swoon over.

With two different types of tomatoes as a base, a garlicky wine and feta-infused sauce and a plethora of fresh dill and parsley peppered throughout twirls angel hair noodles, our Mediterranean Pasta is the best way to sprint into spring.

With just five ingredients Pasta Aglio e Olio is a shining star in the simple pasta realm. Each garlic and parmesan packed bite is a step closer to aldente pasta heaven!

The title of this recipe is quite fitting considering all but one ingredient (two if we count pasta water and salt) are listed in its namesake. Brown Butter Miso Pasta is dressed up as its best self with a mind-numbingly easy preparation and an end result that’s creamy and full of flavor.

This Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta is creamy, cheesy, and SO delicious. And bonus? It has a hint of protein thanks to an addition of tangy cottage cheese. Packed with roasted butternut squash and just a touch of cream, this is an easy dinner you’ll come back to time and time again this fall!