Recipe Collection
Pasta Dinners
Pasta-centered dinners from quick skillets to baked comfort food.
These dinner recipes are tagged with Pasta as a main ingredient in the FAFO discovery index. That keeps the collection useful for people starting with the ingredient they already know they want.
18 recipes
Baked Ziti
To make baked ziti, cook ziti pasta al dente, mix it with ricotta, mozzarella, and meat sauce, layer it in a baking dish, top with more cheese, and bake.
Beefy Baked Ravioli
Beefy Baked Ravioli layers ravioli, meat sauce, and cheese, then bakes until bubbling for an easy pasta casserole.
Beefy Tomato Macaroni
The entire appeal of beefy tomato macaroni is that the pasta never gets its own pot.
Bolognese Stuffed Shells
To make Bolognese Stuffed Shells, start with jumbo pasta shells, ground beef, and italian sausage.
Cajun Steak Alfredo with Homemade Parmesan Sauce
Cajun Steak Alfredo sears Cajun-seasoned sirloin, builds a from-scratch Parmesan cream sauce in the same pan, and tosses it with fettuccine.
Chicken Florentine Pasta
To make Chicken Florentine Pasta, start with penne pasta, boneless skinless chicken breasts, and baby spinach.
Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta
Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta combines seared chicken, pasta, garlic, and a creamy pan sauce for a rich skillet dinner.
Dan Dan Noodles
To make Dan Dan Noodles, cook the base ingredients in stages, bring the sauce together, and finish while the noodles still have some life in them.
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettuccine alfredo is made by tossing hot cooked pasta with butter, heavy cream, and freshly grated Parmesan until a silky sauce forms.
Garlic Butter Shrimp and Orzo
Quick weeknight dinners like garlic butter shrimp pasta come together in about 25 minutes using one skillet and a pot of boiling water.
Ground Beef Ramen Stir Fry
Ground Beef Ramen Stir Fry tosses browned beef and crisp vegetables with instant ramen noodles in a savory-sweet soy sauce -- ready in 25 minutes, no seasoning.
Baked Mac and Cheese with Panko Topping
Creamy baked mac and cheese with sharp cheddar, Gruyère and mozzarella under a crisp Parmesan-panko topping.
Baked Southern Mac and Cheese
Baked Southern mac and cheese with cheddar, Gruyère, Colby-Jack, sour cream and eggs for a rich, set casserole with a cheesy top.
Pad Thai
Pad Thai stir-fries rice noodles with protein, egg, tamarind sauce, peanuts, and lime for a balanced noodle dinner.
Shrimp Pad See Ew
Shrimp Pad See Ew stir-fries wide rice noodles with shrimp, Chinese broccoli, eggs, garlic, and savory soy sauce over high heat for caramelized edges.
Spicy Peanut Cabbage Noodles
To make Spicy Peanut Cabbage Noodles, cook the base ingredients in stages, bring the sauce together, and finish while the noodles still have some life.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Tuna noodle casserole is made by combining cooked egg noodles, drained canned tuna, a homemade or canned cream sauce, and vegetables, then baking it.
Vietnamese Pho
Pho is broth first, noodles second, everything else after that. The work goes into building a beef broth with roasted bones, charred onion and ginger, toasted…