pasta recipes
Try one of our easy and delicious pasta recipes whenever you're looking for an easy, satisfying dish.















Pasta Tips
Use your Noodle
- Match the pasta with the sauce—a hearty sauce, like meat sauce, pairs well with sturdy pasta, like ziti or penne. A delicate pasta, like angel hair, is best for a less-heavy sauce like what is used in our Shrimp Pasta Formaggio.
- Remember to use a large pot filled with plenty of water when cooking pasta. Not only will the pasta be less likely to stick together but the pasta will also cook more evenly.
- So many shapes and sizes! Our Pasta Glossary will remove the mystery from the many varieties of pastas now available.
- For perfectly cooked pasta, test it by tasting the pasta a minute or two before the low end of the recommended cooking time. The pasta should be slightly chewy, not mushy.
- Each pasta shape cooks differently and yields a different volume. Our Pasta Measuring Chart will help you plan the right amount needed for your recipe.
- When preparing a hot pasta dish, don’t rinse the drained pasta. The starch left on the hot pasta will help the sauce to stick. When using cooked pasta to prepare a cold pasta recipe, such as a pasta salad, rinse the cooked pasta to cool it quickly and help prevent it from sticking together.
- For a fun kid-friendly dish, substitute 2 cups wagon wheel pasta for the elbow macaroni in Down Home Macaroni & Cheese.
All about Sauce
- Jazz up a jar of pasta sauce with the addition of PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese. Our satisfying Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta with Beans) is delicious!
- Save some of the starchy water from the drained cooked pasta and use it to thin out your pasta sauce, if needed.
- Double the sauce for Spaghetti with Zesty Bolognese, and freeze half to have on hand for preparing a last-minute supper another night.
Tips and Twists
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