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30 Comfort Food Pastas You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less

Dinner inspiration, right this way

By Sarah Stiefvater
| Oct. 27, 2016
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30 Comfort Food Pastas You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less
Half Baked Harvest

It’s officially jacket weather, and that can only mean one thing: You hereby have our permission to stay inside and eat as much warm, comforting pasta as you damn well please. Here are a bunch of 30-minute recipes (30, to be exact) to get you started.

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Cacio e Pepe

Try the Italian classic at home. It’s easy, we promise. 

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Half Baked Harvest
2/30

Heirloom Tomato Basil Chicken Parmesan Bolognese

When peak tomato season is over, canned works just as well.

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Salami, Artichoke and Ricotta Pasta Salad

Yep, fall pasta salads exist. And they’re glorious.

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pasta7
Spicy Southern Kitchen
4/30

Italian Sausage Rigatoni with Spicy Cream Sauce

Add a few extra shakes of red pepper for more kick.

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Julia's Album
5/30

Mozzarella Sun-Dried Tomato Tortellini

These little cheese-filled pockets are your date for the evening.

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Avocado and Black Bean Pasta Salad

Psst, adding protein makes these spirals a complete meal.

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Kitchen Nostalgia
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Romano Chicken with Lemon Garlic Pasta

Whip it up faster than it takes to order a pizza.

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Erin McDowell
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Spaghetti with Avocado Sauce

Tomato sauce? Yawn.

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Chelsea's Messy Apron
9/30

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

This dish is about to get a prime slot in your dinner rotation.

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Erin McDowell
10/30

Lemon and Spinach Orzotto

When you can’t decide between pasta and rice.

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Damn Delicious
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Cajun Shrimp with Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce

Oooh, this’ll keep you warm on a cold night. 

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Zoodles with Tomato Sauce and Mozzarella

OK, it’s not actually pasta, but these little zucchini spirals are so indulgent, it will feel like cheat day.

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Yellow Bliss Road
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Creamy Four-Cheese Spaghetti

Savor every gooey, decadent bite.

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Cooktoria
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Potato Gnocchi with Mushrooms and Feta

Yep. You really can make gnocchi in under 30 minutes. 

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Wine and Glue
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One-Pot Southwestern Alfredo Pasta

Bet it’s really warm in Arizona right about now…

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Erin McDowell
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Spaghetti with Peas

We’d like some more, peas.

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Half Baked Harvest
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Butternut Squash Goat Cheese Pasta

Forget the turkey. We’re eating this on Thanksgiving.

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Whole Nourishment
18/30

Orecchiette with Asparagus, Ricotta and Lemon

Aww, we love these cute little ears. 

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Chelsea's Messy Apron
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Autumn Crunch Pasta Salad

Make sure to save some orecchiette for an amazing lunch the next day.

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Three Olives Branch
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Sun-Dried Tomato and Walnut Linguine with Parmesan Cream Sauce

Hint: Eat it by candlelight.

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Damn Delicious
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Lemon Chicken Piccata

Who says this dish has to take over an hour?

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Five Heart Home
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Skillet Lasagna

Just as good as the oven-baked stuff, in half the time.

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Will Cook For Smiles
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Ravioli with Seafood, Spinach and Mushrooms in Garlic Cream Sauce

You might need a mint (or three) after eating this one. But it’s worth it.

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The Recipe Rebel
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Chicken Chow Mein

Takeout, shmakeout.

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Savory Nothings
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Stove-Top Turkey Tetrazzini

The best way to use Thanksgiving leftovers.

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Chelsea's Messy Apron
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Beef and Broccoli Ramen

Those little instant packets should be ashamed of themselves.

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Joyful Healthy Eats
27/30

Butternut Squash Alfredo Pasta

Here it is, guys: Fall in a bowl.

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Cooking and Beer
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Pesto Pasta with Garlic Butter and Shrimp

That’s it, we’re putting garlic butter on everything from now on.

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Pinch of Yum
29/30

Spicy Sausage Rigatoni

We dare you not to have seconds. (And thirds.)

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Damn Delicious
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Spaghetti Carbonara

If you need us, we’ll be facedown in this bowl for the rest of the winter.

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