Quick, Easy, and Delicious Pasta Recipes Ideal for Weeknight Dinners

Here's a 30-minute vegetarian pasta dinner you'll want to make on the regular. It's packed with vegetables but tastes like comfort.

While the penne cooks in its own pot, sauté juicy cherry tomatoes with garlic and then steam the salmon right in the same pan. The result is a fresh and flavorful seafood pasta dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes. 

A one-pot meatball and pasta dinner in just 35 minutes? Sign us up! These easy pork meatballs come together fast; once you've formed them, they'll cook in chicken broth along with the orzo.

Any night can be a pasta bake dinner night with this cozy recipe! There's cheese sauce, bacon, and vegetables in this crowd-pleasing recipe. Best of all, it takes just 45 minutes to prepare.

What's not to like about a dairy-free take on carbonara that creates a luscious sauce from egg yolk, eggs, Parmesan, and that magical ingredient, pasta water? This lighter take on a pasta classic is on the table in just 30 minutes.

You can stop searching: You've finally found the ultimate macaroni and cheese recipe. A simple cream sauce blends with three kinds of cheese—sharp cheddar, Parmesan, and American cheese for unparalleled creaminess.

Upgrade store-bought cheese ravioli with this tasty combination of roasted eggplant, cherry tomatoes, capers, and shallots which make a luscious sauce for this easy vegetarian pasta dinner.

Penne is dressed to impress with canned salmon, broccoli rabe, a good dose of garlic, and plenty of Pecorino Romano in this boldly flavored weeknight dinner.

Orechiette is one of our test kitchen's favorite pastas because the little "ears" hold sauce so well. In this 35-minute minute pasta dinner, the orecchiette holds crumbled Italian sausage and chopped jarred roasted peppers with a crunchy Parmesan-almond frico and a healthy side order of arugula.

Super simple, this penne dish is also a real crowd-pleaser: tender steamed broccoli florets are brightened with lemon, garlic, and plenty of Parmesan. Mix things up by adding a little shredded roast chicken or crisped bacon if you like.

For this easy and different shrimp linguine we use Thai green curry paste and light coconut milk to create a creamy but dairy-free sauce that's finished with lime juice and cilantro.

Perfect for Meatless Monday—or any day at all—this quick and easy vegetarian spaghetti dish will become one of your go-to dinners.

How can you possibly improve cheesy pasta? With bacon, of course.

The rich crunch of pistachios and butter-crisped breadcrumbs stands in for bacon in this vegetarian twist on spaghetti carbonara.

This boldly flavored one-pot pasta dinner starts on the stove top and finishes under the broiler to achieve a toasty topping.

A heartier, fusilli-based riff on the classic Greek soup avgolemono, this easy one-pan chicken pasta dish gets its bright, fresh flavors from lemon and dill.

Perk up your pesto game by switching up the herbs and nuts you use! Cilantro and almonds are a perfect pair, especially when tossed with pasta, sweet roasted carrots, and salty feta.

This quick, fresh take on traditional pasta puttanesca is based on fresh, juicy tomatoes that marinate in olive oil with capers, garlic, and green olives.

Almost as good as a direct flight to the Mediterranean, this quick pasta dinner is painted in bold strokes of anchovy, preserved lemon, garlic, parsley, and Parmesan.