This Rigatoni Pasta Bake is great for a family dinner or to enjoy with friends on any occasion. The perfect comfort meal.

NYT Cooking: Like a cross between baked ziti and sausage lasagna, this mozzarella-topped pasta is rich with ricotta and crushed tomatoes — and cooks entirely in one pan, including the pasta. The Italian sausage adds meaty depth to the sauce, but vegetarians can leave it out or use their favorite plant-based sausage instead.

NYT Cooking: Like a cross between baked ziti and sausage lasagna, this mozzarella-topped pasta is rich with ricotta and crushed tomatoes — and cooks entirely in one pan, including the pasta. The Italian sausage adds meaty depth to the sauce, but vegetarians can leave it out or use their favorite plant-based sausage instead.

If you love a luscious and moist chicken casserole, then this is the casserole recipe to choose. The condensed broccoli soup and sour cream add the creaminess you yearn for. Better yet, the easy recipe is ready to bake in just 30 minutes.

You’ve just found your new favorite ground beef recipe and, with only 23 minutes of hands-on time, it isn’t labor-intensive. If you find the total time (clocking in just under an hour and 20 minutes) to be just a tad too long for your already hectic weeknights, you don’t need to miss out. Casseroles are a fantastic make-ahead option for families who are constantly on the go, and this beefy version is no different. Prep it over the weekend and pop it in the freezer until the night before…

This lasagna-like ground beef casserole has wide egg noodles instead of lasagna noodles, so there’s no layering required. You simply add a jar of spaghetti sauce to the cooked ground beef, stir in the noodles and a creamy, cheesy spinach mixture, and bake.

This homemade lasagna recipe becomes weeknight lasagna (read: quicker than usual) since it involves layering a refrigerated ravioli recipe with cooked sausages and a simple tomato-chianti sauce.

In addition to being prepared in one pot, this easy weeknight dinner will also be on the table in under 30 minutes. Fresh veggies mixed with store-bought pasta sauce create a quick yet delicious meal the whole family will love.

5 Ingredient Baked Spinach and Mozzarella Ravioli Florentine is a cheesy, quick and delicious dinner that is better than carry out!

This sausage pasta recipe tastes a lot like pizza! In the mix alongside rotini pasta: turkey sausage, mushrooms, garlic, tomatoes, mozzarella, and crushed red pepper.

In Rome, fresh ricotta made from sheep's milk is more widely available than that made from cow's milk, but either will work in this recipe. An abundance of zucchini blossoms (fiori di zucche) made it easy for Kovel to use them as a topping, but if you can't find them, it's not a problem; they are an optional flourish here.

A classic pasta bake for busy weeknights, our Baked Ziti with Sausage is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. This easy, cheesy dish uses three cheeses – ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan – to create the perfect counterpart to our tomato-based meat sauce with ground sausage. And, trust us, it’s this homemade sausage meat sauce that really packs in the flavor. The addition of pancetta, or cured pork belly, makes this mid-week casserole a meat lover’s dream. If you haven’t used pancetta before, it’s…

Delicious and convenient, this baked-pasta dish is an irresistible all-in-one dinner. You can substitute a mild sausage, such as sweet Italian, for the spicy variety. If you can't find broccoli rabe, use regular broccoli and increase boiling time to 1 minute.

Orange juice and fennel give this quick supper bright, fresh flavor. Chop fennel as you would an onion, or omit it, if desired.

It is a priority during the busy holiday season to spend time with special people. But how many times have you said farewell to dinner guests or out-of-town company and realized you were so busy preparing a fabulous menu that you missed the visit altogether? This Italian Casserole, sent to us by Mrs. Harland J. Stone from Ocala, Florida, and published in the November, 1990, edition of Southern Living, is just what you will need for the chaotic days surrounding the holidays. You can assemble…