Pasta Recipes: The 9 Best Ones!
Pasta Recipes…Because pasta dishes are good, easy, popular, and budget-friendly too! How to make pasta interesting? From tomato sauce spaghetti or creamy fettuccini to fabulous lasagna and ravioli, we can’t ever have enough pasta recipes!
Pasta Recipes…Because pasta dishes are good, easy, popular, and budget-friendly too! How to make pasta interesting? From tomato sauce spaghetti or creamy fettuccini to fabulous lasagna and ravioli, we can’t ever have enough pasta recipes!
Are you the kind of person that could eat pasta almost every day?! ha! ha! So am I!!
I just love pasta! ( just as much as I love desserts! ) And I mean, any kind of pasta. Stuffed pasta, au gratin, tomato sauce, or creamy, I love them all!
But how to make pasta interesting?
Even though I like plain olive oil pasta with capers and lemon zest, I love adding a bit more to them! Chicken, shrimp, scallops, salmon, pulled pork… possibilities are endless! The more you add on pasta, the better! 😉
Let’s have a look at some of my favorite ones. The pasta recipes my family and friends keep asking for… and the ones on my Pasta Wish List! Recipes that I will make soon… very soon! ha! ha!
I suggest you save this because I’m sure you’ll want to come back to these awesome recipes!!
Ready? So let’s dive into our amazing pasta recipes!
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Let Start!
I have to start with this one because it’s, by far, the one I make the more often. I serve these giant stuffed shells as an entree or a main dish. And I also bring it to potlucks or even serve it as part of a buffet.
This recipe is made with ground beef, but I sometimes do it with chicken or pork, and you could easily turn it into a vegetarian recipe too!
Pasta Recipes #1 Giant Stuffed Shells
Ingredients:
-24 giant shells, fully cooked and
drained
-1 pound ground beef
-1 cup frozen spinach, thawed
-1/2 cup diced onions
-1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
-1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
-1 tsp minced garlic
-Salt and pepper
-2 cups tomato sauce
-1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
-1 cup grated cheddar cheese
-green onions slices and chopped fresh basil to garnish
Instructions:
-Preheat oven to 400F
-In a large skillet, brown beef, onions, and green
bell pepper for about 5 minutes or until the meat
is no longer pink.
-Add spinach, garlic, salt & pepper, and cook for a
few more minutes.
-Add parmesan cheese and let cool.
-Fill each shell with meat mixture, and place it
into an 8×13-inch mold.
-Pour a spoonful of tomato sauce on each shell.
-Sprinkle cheddar and mozzarella on top of each
shell. ( At this step, you can cover and refrigerate
until serving time.)
-Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until cheese is melted
-Garnish with green onion slices and chopped fresh basil
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Pasta Recipes #2 Shrimp & Leeks Creamy Linguini
One of my favorite recipes! I created that recipe once to use a big bunch of leeks that I had… and it turned out to be one of my favorite recipes ever! I used giant shrimps this time, so I added only 2 to each plate, but you could use any size.
Shrimp and leeks creamy linguine
Ingredients
- 1 box linguine
- 18 large shrimps or 12 giant ones
- 2 tbsp garlic butter, divided
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- ½ cup white wine
- 2 cups sliced leeks
- ½ pound thickly sliced mushrooms
- ½ pound lightly cooked snow peas
- 1½ cup chicken broth
- 1 to 1½ cup Country style 15% cream
- 1½ tsp minced garlic
- salt & pepper
- 2 slices fully cooked bacon cut into dices
Instructions
- Cook linguine according to package instructions. Drain and keep warm
- Heat half of the butter and oil over medium-high heat in a skillet. Grill shrimps for a few minutes until they are pink and golden, turning halfway. Put aside and keep warm.
- Heat the remaining garlic butter and oil using the same pan, and cook leeks and mushrooms for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add garlic and continue cooking for a few minutes until mushrooms are golden brown.
- Add bacon and cook for a minute.
- Pour in the wine and continue cooking over medium-high heat until almost all the wine has evaporated.
- Add chicken broth and cream. Salt & pepper. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat.
- Pour in the linguine and heat well.
- Spread linguine into six plates and top with shrimp.
- Garnish with fresh or dried parsley
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Let’s Share!
I like to discover new recipes, and I love to share them!
I can spend hours on Pinterest on in my cookbooks looking at recipes 😊
So, it’s now time to talk about the best pasta recipes I have tried lately.
Pasta Recipes #3 Lemon & Ricotta Pasta with Arugula
A fabulous recipe from Olive & Mango
I am such a fan of lemon pasta; it always tastes so fresh. And lemon with Ricotta cheese is even better! 😊
Thank you, Joanne, for that great recipe. My husband and I really enjoy it! That’s why I’m happy to share it with my readers.
You will find this fabulous recipe right here → Lemon & Ricotta Pasta with Arugula.
She also has tons of other great recipes that I can’t wait to try 😉
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Pasta Recipes #4 Creamy Tuscan Sausage Gnocchi
I’m a big Gnocci fan; these are some of the best I have ever had! So creamy and flavorful… so yummy!!
It’s a very easy one-pot dish, combining everything we like in the same pot!
This recipe is from Salt & Lavender.
Thank you, Natasha, for this fantastic recipe! I really enjoy it and will make it again for sure!!
Get this fantastic recipe right here → Creamy Tuscan Sausage Gnocchi
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Pasta Recipe #5 Lasagna Al Pesto
If you like pesto, you will LOVE this recipe!! So, so good!!
This awesome recipe is by Kim from the Three Olives Branch
Thanks so much, Kim, for that lasagna recipe; I just love it!! ❤️
You will find this recipe right here → Lasagna Al Pesto
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My Pasta Wish List
Ha! Ha! of course, I have a Pasta Wish List! Don’t you have one too?
I like to list all the recipes I want to try. That way, I refer to that list when I’m out of inspiration and always know what to make! 😉
Let’s see what’s on that pasta list…
Pasta Recipes #6 Chicken Ranch Pasta Bake
That pasta bake looks so good and so easy to make. It seems like the perfect weeknight dinner!
This recipe is by Life in The Loft House.
And you will find it right here → Chicken Ranch Pasta Bake
Thank you, Holly, for your recipe! I can’t wait to try it!!
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Pasta Recipes #7 Easy Greek Fettuccine
That one is already on my meal planner for next week! I love Greek food so much; just imagine Greek Pasta! Wow!
It looks so full of flavors and so easy to make; I just can’t wait to try it!!
This recipe is from The Salty Marshmallow ( what a cute name! )
Thank you, Nichole, for that great recipe; I will let you know how much I love it as soon as I make it!
You will find that recipe right here → Easy Greek Fettuccine.
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Pasta Recipe #8 Creamy Seafood Lasagna
I know I will love this lasagna!! It looks so, so good!! And it seems like the secret ingredient here is white wine… 😉
This recipe is by Laura from the Kitchn.com
Thank you, Laura; I know I will love your Creamy lasagna recipe!! ❤️
You will find that creamy recipe right here → Creamy Seafood Lasagna
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Curiosity…
I am so curious about that recipe! I need to try it!… the thing is, even if I would love to, I can’t have pasta for breakfast! Ha! Ha! and there are only 7 dinners per week… hum… but I will find room for it on my meal planner, I’m sure! 😉
Pasta Recipes #9 The Best Mongolian Beef & Noodle Recipe
This recipe is from Spaceships and laser beams.
I just can’t wait to discover this fabulous mix of flavors!
You will find this amazing recipe right here → The Best Mongolian Beef & Noodle Recipe
Pasta Recipes: The 9 Best Ones!…Because 9 Is Not Enough!
Ha! Ha! You know me by now! It’s always so hard to stop! And I just discovered that fantastic Ravioli recipe; of course, I have to try it too!!
And Pasta Recipe #10! Italian Ravioli with Spinach, Artichokes, Capers, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
I love stuffed pasta, and these ravioli look like perfection to me! I just can’t wait to try them!
This perfect recipe is by Julia’s Album.
Thank you so much for that recipe! I know that my guests will be impressed! 😊
And you will find it right here → Italian Ravioli with Spinach, Artichokes, Capers, and Sun-dried Tomatoes.
Pasta Recipes: The 9 Best Ones!…
To Conclude
To me, Pasta are the Best! Most people like them, and you can serve pasta on any occasion; what more can we ask?
Is there something more versatile than pasta?
Not only are they very affordable and perfect for low-cost dinners, but they can also be part of a fancy dinner party!
🙂 Chicken, shrimp, ground beef, pesto, cheese… No matter how you make them or what you add to your pasta dishes, they will always please your family and friends!
As always, I would love to hear from you! 🖤 Please use the box below for any questions or to leave a comment… I love, love, love to read you!! 😊 Or even better, tell me about your favorite pasta recipe! What is the pasta dish that you make again and again? I just can’t wait to add it to my Pasta Wish List!!
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