Quick and easy dinner party pasta recipes

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Superfast Summer Sauce for ?

Superfast Summer Sauce for ?

It's hot, you're hungry, you don't want to spend more than a few minutes at the stove. You have a main dish in mind. Try this. I use this quick…

Amos Miller
Aug 2011
Professional
6 votes
5719 views
Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

We know it’s a mouthful but we’re talking real Italian comfort food here.…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Oct 2010
Professional
6 votes
13298 views
crab ravioli with grilled lobster in saffron cream sauce

crab ravioli with grilled lobster in saffron cream sauce

For a luscious meal that can be made in 1/2 hour, this recipe has always been a sure thing.

Seduction Meals
Sep 2008
Intermediate
2 votes
19240 views
Cajun Chicken Linguine Alfredo

Cajun Chicken Linguine Alfredo

A bit spicy, a bit creamy, this decadent pasta brings a classic Chicken Alfredo to a whole new level. It’s bursting with flavor and spice thanks to…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Oct 2011
Professional
1 vote
4606 views
Bow Tie Pasta (Farfalle) with Tomatoes & Broccoli

Bow Tie Pasta (Farfalle) with Tomatoes & Broccoli

Based on a recipe from Barilla Pasta, this is a quick and delicious vegetarian meal, or a side to poultry,…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2013
Professional
1 vote
3143 views
Pasta Shells in white sauce with sausage, mushrooms and peas!

Pasta Shells in white sauce with sausage, mushrooms and peas!

I'm a big fan of Italian food and Pasta tops my list! I had this packet of shell pasta and wanted to make…

Manju Nair
Jul 2010
Intermediate
2 votes
9489 views
Gino's Noodle Dough

Gino's Noodle Dough

Noodles, in many forms, have been a staple food in many parts of the world for centuries. China, Japan, Italy all take credit for creating the…

J. Gino Genovesi
Jul 2013
Professional
2 votes
6734 views
Elegant Shrimp Scampi Pasta Lightened Up

Elegant Shrimp Scampi Pasta Lightened Up

For a romantic dinner, try this superb shrimp, sauteed in a buttery, garlic and lemon wine sauce. It doesn’t…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Feb 2012
Professional
3 votes
8013 views
Homemade Hearty Garlic Meat Sauce (Lasagna Meat Sauce)

Homemade Hearty Garlic Meat Sauce (Lasagna Meat Sauce)

Homemade tomato meat sauce in just under an hour (plus 15 min prep time). I like to use this sauce in my…

For the Love of Italian Cooking
Apr 2013
Advanced
1 vote
5366 views
Lasagna

Lasagna

Very easy to make. Can be done with or without ground beef!

Sofia Reino
Mar 2010
Advanced
2 votes
4445 views
Rattlesnake Penne Pasta.... Why is it called that?

Rattlesnake Penne Pasta.... Why is it called that?

Well, Rattlesnake Penne Pasta doesn't really have rattlesnake meat in it. It's just a name, but then you all…

Nick Roche
May 2010
Advanced
3 votes
6041 views
Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Our good friend Linda Hansen saved this top recipe from the SF Chronicle in 2004 and it has become one of her…

John Spottiswood
Apr 2011
Advanced
10 votes
7837 views
Penne Alfredo with Italian Sausage and Zucchini

Penne Alfredo with Italian Sausage and Zucchini

I had this dish at a local diner and loved it. So I recreated it at home it's an easy tasty dish. It looks…

Denise Sherin
May 2015
Advanced
2 votes
7436 views
Salmon Alfredo with Farfalle, Sweet Peppers and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Salmon Alfredo with Farfalle, Sweet Peppers and Sun Dried Tomatoes

A healthy pasta dish.

Chef Chuck
Jan 2013
Professional
1 vote
6966 views
Lasagna Shrimp Florentine

Lasagna Shrimp Florentine

Shrimp, Spinach, Ricotta in a Lasagna all surrounded in a delicate tomato and white wine sauce.

Claudia lamascolo
Mar 2010
Professional
2 votes
2452 views