Pasta

Thick, chewy udon noodles—either fresh or frozen—make a delightfully quick-cooking base for tender vegetables and a sambal-spiked sauce.

Humble ingredients—eggs, pasta, cheese, and pork—combine to create glossy, glorious spaghetti carbonara that’s just as good at dinner as at 2 a.m.

Inspired by French onion soup, this pasta is deeply savory, relying on umami-rich miso to deliver flavor fast.

Cumin-inflected noodles of Northern China inspired this weeknight pasta with ground lamb and store-bought noodles.

This easy garlicky cream sauce comes together faster than your pasta takes to cook.

This foolproof stovetop mac and cheese levels up with the inclusion of miso paste for a silky sauce that is bursting with umami-rich cheesiness.

Need an excuse to use up some preserved lemons? Let this simple lemony, buttery, and shrimpy pasta prove once again just how delicious and versatile they can be.

This easy 5-ingredient pasta uses Vegemite to achieve phenomenally rich and savory flavor, with plenty of aged cheddar along for the ride as well.

With its creamy Parmesan béchamel and tangy pancetta-enriched marinara sauce, this baked ziti recipe is one of our favorite uses for a casserole dish.

Your favorite TikTok pasta, now spiced to perfection.

This (almost) no-cook pasta is an ardent love letter to summer’s ripest tomatoes (and your box grater). 

This golden pasta inspired by the zesty, spicy flavors of Mexican street corn is luxuriously creamy—but doesn’t have a drop of cream.

Lean on the oven for a hands-off approach to Sicilian-style caponata goodness.

With lots of crunchy green beans, caramelized lemon, toasted nuts, and creamy cheese, this is somewhere between a great pasta and a delicious salad.

Free yourself from the notion that lasagna is a weekend-only affair! This version is lighter, brighter, and faster than the baked casserole you’re used to.

Chunks of meltingly tender pork, charred tomatillos, and spicy peppers star in this New Mexican–inspired take on ragú.

Two-ingredient homemade pasta (no machine required!) meets a buttery yet fresh tomato sauce finished with a drop of umami-rich fish sauce.

Crispy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside rice cakes play well as a pasta substitute in this comforting vegetarian one-skillet meal.

Let your summer eggplant and basil shine in this classic Sicilian pasta.

This homemade mac and cheese is our Platonic ideal: It is deeply cheesy and creamy and has a crunchy crust. Plus, it doubles easily for a crowd.