Forever wondering what to make for dinner tonight? These delicious, easy pasta dishes are what we’re making right now.
In my endless quest to hack weeknight dinner, I’ve waxed poetic about our favorite easy sheet pan dinner recipes and the easy dinner recipes kids love.
We’ve shared dinner recipes so easy a teenager can make them along with a whole bunch of the very best Tex Mex recipes that we love making for dinner.
When it comes to quick and simple dinner ideas, nothing is easier than making pasta on a weeknight, but these easy pasta dishes are anything but boring.
From chicken to beef to mushrooms, these 7 easy pasta dishes are what to make for dinner tonigh!
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Nora Rusev
Chicken Asparagus Pasta Recipe
Our incredibly easy to make chicken asparagus pasta is a simple and delicious weeknight dinner the whole family will enjoy! Boasting a flavorful creamy lemon garlic parmesan sauce and crisp yet tender asparagus, it’s a perfect dish for spring and early summer nights. This is the kind of pasta dish that’s a breeze to make, but also feels elevated to serve on a weeknight.
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Erin S.
Creamy Mushroom Pasta Recipe
Our creamy mushroom pasta recipe is one of my absolute favorite pasta dishes! A luscious and creamy mushroom sauce is tossed with the pasta of your choice – my preference is linguine. It’s ready in just minutes and perfect for busy weeknights! This one is also great to warm up the leftovers for lunch the next day. Try it!
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Nora Rušev
Beef Mushroom Rigatoni Recipe
Our simple and hearty beef mushroom rigatoni is a make-ahead comfort food dinner that will easily serve a crowd. It freezes beautifully, and is incredibly filling plus meal prepping it in advance is a breeze. Make a gigantic batch of this chunky, sauce then freeze it in portions, ready to thaw out to roll out delicious dinners whenever you’re ready to eat on a weeknight.
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Cyd Converse
Lemon Chicken Linguine Recipe
Easy and delicious lemon chicken linguine is a simple and delicious way to serve your family an easy dinner everyone will love. Featuring a rich, creamy sauce infused with fresh lemons, this lemon chicken linguine recipe makes the perfect, easy dinner any night of the week. At the end of the day this is a simple meal guaranteed to become a family favorite.
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Cyd Converse
Creamy White Lasagna Recipe
A super easy, creamy lasagna recipe made with a delicious homemade Alfredo sauce that’s ready in an hour? It’s a big claim, which is why you have to give this white lasagna recipe a try! Made with butter, cream cheese, garlic salt, grated cheeses and seasonings, this Alfredo sauce is rich and delicious, and you don’t even have to make a roux!
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Cyd Converse
Chicken Riggies Recipe
Chicken riggies is a beloved Italian-American pasta dish with a spicy tomato cream sauce that the whole family will love! With roots in Utica, New York, chicken riggies is a pasta dish with a rich, creamy tomato sauce that has become a hugely popular. Bursting with flavor from pickled cherry peppers, chicken riggies makes one seriously delicious dinner any night of the week.
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Erin S.
Chicken Pot Pie Noodles Recipe
Our chicken pot pie noodles recipe is totally life changing! Those are big words but this recipe lives up to the hype. A fun twist on classic chicken pot pie using noodles, this recipe comes together in just minutes so it is perfect for quick weeknight meals. This noodle version still has the classic creamy sauce with chicken, peas and carrots.
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