27 One-Pot Pasta Recipes for Lazy Nights
Some nights, you want to spend three hours cooking dinner from scratch. But on a busy weeknight? Yeah, not happening. So we have the perfect solution: one-pot pasta recipes. You basically throw everything together into the same pot and boil. Prego—dinner’s ready in no time, and you don’t have to deal with a zillion dirty dishes.
1. 15-Minute Pasta Limone
Don’t worry: You already have most of this stuff in your pantry.
2. Spaghetti and Meatballs
The meatballs are made in the same pot as the pasta. Bye, dirty dishes.
3. One-Pot Creamy Chicken Alfredo
The pasta’s starch naturally creates a creamy sauce. So creamy, in fact, that skim milk won't water it down at all.
4. Easy One-Pan Baked Ziti
A timeless classic that's always good to have in your back pocket. It'll be ready in an hour.
5. Skinny Pasta Primavera
Half pasta, half veggies and topped with creamy almond milk sauce.
6. Cheater's Skillet Lasagna with Corn and Cherry Tomatoes
Get all the cheesy goodness you're craving in just 35 minutes, no layering required.
12. Creamy Chicken Mushroom Florentine
Ready in just 30 minutes. Can we get a “hallelujah”?
13. One-Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta
Just think of this as a creamy alfredo, minus the heavy cream and cream cheese.
14. One-Pot Tomato Basil Pasta
The sauce and pasta cook together in the same pot. We'll see you in 20.
15. One-Pot Orecchiette Ragu
Eight ingredients. One hour. Lots of dino kale and Italian sausage.
16. Skillet Pasta with Summer Squash, Ricotta and Basil
You'll be the star of the barbecue when you set this on the patio table.
17. One-Pot Creamy French Onion Pasta Bake
Your favorite soup in rigatoni form, complete with heavy cream and Gruyère.
18. Easy One-Pot Lasagna
Forget burying ricotta under layers of pasta. We'll take a big dollop right on top.
19. Lemon Garlic Cream Ravioli with Shrimp and Asparagus
A carb, veggie and protein, all cooked together in 30. Ta-da.
20. Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake
In case you needed an excuse to show off your farmers market haul.
21. One-Pot Asparagus Mascarpone Pasta
A lemony gem with allllll the mascarpone and Pecorino. Our forks are ready.
23. Lemon, Basil, Asparagus and Sausage Pasta
Hello, spring. We'll meet you on the deck with a bottle of pinot grigio.
24. Sun-Dried Tomato Chickpea Pasta
It's vegetarian, but you could substitute chickpeas for chicken or salmon.
25. Buffalo Chicken Pasta
A cheesy casserole in just 30 minutes? The secret is frozen chicken fingers.
26. Pasta with Peas and Bacon
You can thank plain yogurt and lemon juice for the creamy sauce.
27. Beef and Bowtie Soup
The pasta cooks right in the broth, so you'll be at the table in 30 minutes or less.
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