Pasta

Toss bouncy udon in a speedy creamy sauce reminiscent of an Italian favorite.

A quick sausage ragù with sweet-spicy gochujang and lots of butter. Excellent with handmade or store-bought noodles.

This bright and luscious dairy-free pasta relies on blended raw cashews for creaminess and a cooking method similar to risotto—in a fraction of the time.

This foolproof recipe for ricotta gnocchi turns out pillowy dumplings with a delicate chew. The lemon-cream butter sauce is just right for any occasion.

Refrigerated tortellini is the perfect weeknight-meets-fancy-dinner. Here, a simple sauce of browned butter, garlic, lemon, and dill makes the pasta shine.

Transform two favorite store-bought ingredients—cheese ravioli and crispy fried onions—into a rich and luscious skillet dinner with a crispy, savory top.

This robust main-course-worthy pasta salad balances buttery olives, bitter radicchio, and crunchy almonds with a bright, herbaceous dressing.

No funky, hard-to-pronounce ingredients in this versatile meat substitute, just lots of beets and chickpeas for texture and miso for a bit of umami.

This cozy pasta is a twist on a white Bolognese, with no tomatoes in sight. Swap in chicken legs if you prefer—rabbit tastes a lot like dark meat poultry.

Make this spicy rigatoni your new go-to Sunday sauce. The meaty sauce has a host of flavor enhancers not often found in traditional sugos. 

An Italian American favorite gets an Asian spin with chubby udon noodles and a dab of assertive Korean doenjang in the garlicky soy-butter sauce.

This creamy, dreamy vegetarian pasta bake is a cross between spinach ricotta ravioli and baked ziti. Make ahead and freeze it for months for dinner on demand.

Preserved lemon works its complex, briny magic in this unexpected, pantry-friendly, and speedy take on classic pasta al limone.

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.