Pasta Dinner Recipes

Pesto Pasta Salad with asparagus, peas, spinach and chicken is great as a side dish or as a light main dish.

Layers of lasagna noodles, cheese, sour cream, black beans, corn, shredded chicken, and green chile enchilada sauce come together for a delicious dinner. Green Chile Chicken Lasagna is similar to an enchilada casserole in taste but resembles a lasagna because of the pasta!

Short ribs braised with mushrooms and red wine until they're falling apart tender. Serve the sauce with pappardelle pasta for a rich and decadent cold-weather dinner.

Ziti Pasta Bake

30-minute Italian sausage and peppers pasta loaded with fresh bell peppers, onion, and savory sausage. This is a quick and easy dinner idea inspired by traditional sausage and peppers recipes and is full of fresh flavor.

The layers of roasted vegetables, marinara sauce, and cheese in this Vegetable Lasagna are absolute perfection! This healthy comfort food recipe is a vegetarian spin on the popular lasagna recipe. Serve with garlic bread and let your tastebuds enjoy this ultimate comfort food!

This creamy mushroom pasta takes only 30 minutes – it’s a great weekday dinner idea.

Can you use beet greens in the kitchen? Yes! So, instead of tossing those beet greens learn how a few simple ingredients turn them into a delicious beet tops pesto that’s perfect with pasta.

This fettuccine Alfredo is better than restaurant versions and only takes 15 minutes to make. Rich, creamy and so delicious!

This rich and cheesy spinach lasagna has fresh summer herbs and layers of spinach, cheese, and white sauce. It’s a cozy dinner that takes less than an hour to get on the table.

Pesto Chicken Pasta with tomatoes and mozzarella.

Baked pasta with pockets of melted cheese inside with an easy-to-make tomato sauce with sausage (no chopping!). This hearty pasta recipe is easy to prep, can be made ahead, and makes for a cozy and comforting dinner.

This chicken broccoli Alfredo is a 30-minute dinner that you only need a handful of ingredients to make. Finely chopped broccoli is cooked in the Alfredo sauce so the whole dish is infused with broccoli flavor. It's a creamy and comforting pasta dinner.

Bucatini all'Amatriciana is a quick 20-minute dinner that's so easy to make!

Tender chicken, corn, cherry tomatoes, and pasta all tossed together in a smoky chipotle cream sauce.

Take a browse through 46 easy pasta recipes and find some new favorites to try. There’s a little bit of everything – plenty of cheesy options, ones with chicken and some with shrimp and all kinds of recipes that use different pasta shapes.