Healthy Pasta Recipes

What's not to love about a big bowl of pasta! Indulge in this comfort favorite with these healthy pasta recipes. Enjoy pasta with chicken, shrimp, and meatballs covered in your favorite sauce, or a nice side of pasta salad with this selection of easy meals.

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Tuna Casserole

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Break out a family favorite: tuna casserole. The traditional comfort food is great for serving large groups. In our tuna casserole recipe, we cut the sauce with chicken broth, but there's enough milk to make this casserole feel indulgent.

Turmeric-Ginger Chicken Soup

If you need to get dinner on the table fast but you're tight on time, you can make this restorative, immunity-boosting soup with store-bought broth and rotisserie chicken.

Corn Chowder with Zucchini and Orzo

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This hearty fresh corn soup doesn't take long to make and it can be your main course.

Lemony Pesto Chicken Soup

Brighten your winter with this bright, lively soup that tastes like spring. It comes together in a flash, especially if you use store-bought broth, rotisserie chicken, and pesto.

Italian Chicken Minestrone

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This chicken soup is loaded with kale, zucchini, chickpeas and carrots for a hearty meal.

Salmon Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce

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Finish off salmon leftovers with this easy-to-prepare pasta dish which gets its spice from crushed red pepper flakes.
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From creamy, cheesy sauces to classics like spaghetti and meatballs, your whole family will devour these pasta dinners.
Our Favorite Spinach Pasta Recipes Will Help You Add More Greens to Your Weeknight Dinners
Much as we love a spinach salad, we firmly believe that the best vehicle for spinach is pasta. The green leaves wilt down and heat up in mere minutes, providing bright color, a smooth texture, and an abundance of nutrients that will truly level up your pasta game.  How does spinach improve your dish's nutritional value? It's an extremely nutrient-dense ingredient, meaning it's low in calories but high in beneficial nutrients, including iron, calcium, zinc, and vitamins A, C, K, and B9 (otherwise known as folate). And if all that isn't enough to make you see that spinach is a powerhouse, don't forget that this leafy green vegetable provides tons of fiber and antioxidants, too. Spinach is also an accessible ingredient—it's available frozen, fresh, and canned—so you can always keep some on hand. And you can easily use it in one of our spinach pasta recipes for dinner tonight.
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Mediterranean Pasta with Artichokes, Olives, and Tomatoes

Vibrant, bold flavors await in this healthier pasta dish inspired by the unmistakable tastes of the Mediterranean.

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Pasta with Chicken and Peas

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This is an especially quick and easy meal when using leftover Roasted Chicken with Lemon Sauce.

Shrimp-and-Basil Glass-Noodle Stir-Fry

Each ingredient gets its turn in the wok in this easy shrimp stir-fry one-pan meal: shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, snap peas, eggs, and glass noodles (which are gluten-free!). Added just before serving, fresh basil leaves become slightly wilted from the heat, adding wonderful aroma and bright flavor.

Macaroni with Beef

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This quick meal will give the whole family a satisfying meal.

Roasted-Vegetable Couscous Bowl

Yes, you can cook couscous in the oven! It's added to the sheet pan after the chickpeas, cauliflower, and carrots spiced with ras el hanout have roasted for a spell. Feta, cilantro, and a squeeze of lemon help bring all the flavors together.

Pasta e Fagioli

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Our version of pasta and cannellini beans is thick, like a stew. To thin it, use a little extra broth.

Saffron Chicken Noodle Soup

A pinch of saffron adds a vegetal, almost tomatoey taste to this rustic chicken soup made with leeks, celery, and carrots.
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Minestrone with Fresh Herbs

Our Minestrone has an array of vegetables, including tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, and cranberry beans; additional color comes from red and green pasta shells.

Kale, White Bean, and Sweet Potato Soup

For a vegetarian version of this soup, substitute Homemade Vegetable Stock for the chicken stock.

Healthier Meat Lasagna

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Transform lasagna with meat sauce from a guilty pleasure into a wholesome meal. Small swap-ins can make a mighty difference: Whole-wheat noodles, low-fat cottage cheese, and lean ground sirloin create a light and delicious baked pasta. A topping of melted mozzarella and Parmesan keeps this dish feeling indulgent.

Spinach with Orzo and Feta

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The classic combination of spinach and feta cheese pair well with orzo (rice-shaped pasta).

Roasted Acorn Squash Pasta with Kale and Almonds

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The mix of pasta, garlic, olive oil and squash is classic but here we throw in kale and toasted almonds on top for healthy, more complex flavor.

Asian Turkey-Noodle Soup

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This Asian noodle soup lets you take advantage of leftover Roast Turkey with Sage in an inventive and healthy way.

Pappardelle with Osso Buco Sauce

Pappardelle, from an Italian verb meaning "to gobble up," is an apt name for a sturdy pasta that fills out a hearty veal stew.

Inside-Out Pork Dumplings

Inspired by take-out pork wontons, this dish is packed with fiber and vitamins for a healthier weeknight option.

Moroccan Chicken Stew with Sweet Potatoes

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Cinnamon and ginger complement the sweet potatoes in this simple but exotic-tasting chicken stew that makes a hearty dinner. Fluffy couscous absorbs the aromatic sauce.

Pasta and Broccoli Salad

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Cooking the pasta and the broccoli together makes this easy salad even simpler.

Mushroom Pasta with Ricotta

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This simple pasta highlights the great taste of affordable button mushrooms.

Vegan Vegetable Soup

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Turn a bounty of garden vegetables into a healthy soup that's dairy-free and easy to make and stash away for the cooler months ahead.

Linguine with Toasted Almonds, Parsley, and Lemon

Whole-wheat pasta and toasted almonds give this dish a rustic, hearty texture and a delicious, savory flavor.

Prosciutto Carbonara with Spinach

This lighter carbonara makes a quick comfort food meal during warmer weather. Prosciutto takes the place of traditional guanciale, and stirring in a handful of nutritious baby spinach makes it a commendable choice for a weeknight dinner. 
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Penne with Tuna and Red Onion

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The combination of tuna, anchovies, capers, garlic, and parsley is traditional in Mediterranean cooking, particularly in southern France.

Miso Salmon with Asparagus and Carrots

A couple spoonfuls of miso deliver big flavor to steamed salmon, asparagus, and carrots in this healthy weeknight supper. The fish and vegetables are served on a bed of gingery, lemony couscous.

Gnocchi with Summer Vegetables

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A few minutes in a skillet transforms ripe tomatoes and zucchini into a fresh sauce for gnocchi.

Cold Peanut Noodles

This vegan dish is an excellent combo of whole grains and plant-based protein while garlic, ginger, and soy sauce add flavor and a topping of bok choy and carrots provide a serving of vegetables.
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