Our Favourite Pasta Recipes To Ever Grace Delish's Cooking Pages

The easiest and breeziest meal to whip up after a long day? Pasta. We're talking everything from Creamy Prawn Linguine to One-Pot Sausage Pasta and Roasted Asparagus Carbonara — easy-to-make and downright delicious! Pair your favourite pasta type up with some protein, whether that's chicken pieces, lentils or eggs, or load it up with some filling veggies like courgette, spinach or broccoli. Either way, you're pretty much onto a winning weeknight dinner. Keep reading for 78 of our favourite pasta recipes.

This one-pot sausage pasta dish is deliciously rich and indulgent - and only leaves you one pan to wash up! Feel free to use another type of sausage if you prefer.

Get the One-Pot Sausage Pasta recipe.

This mac couldn't be more classic.

Get the Three Cheese Mac & Cheese recipe.

What makes carbonara even better? Roasted asparagus.

Get the Roasted Asparagus Carbonara recipe.

Name a dish more perfect than Chicken Alfredo. We'll wait. But seriously, when we're craving carbs, nothing else will do. This version is made extra appealing with the addition of crispy bacon, plus a some broccoli to make it a complete meal. We'd eat this every night if we could.

Get the Bacon Broccoli Chicken Alfredo recipe.

When it's cold outside, creamy pastas are the only thing that'll do.

Get the Baked Creamy Garlic Rigatoni recipe.

Waiting for a big pot of water to boil is the worst. (We kinda believe that watching it actually makes it take longer.) In this baked pasta, there is no boiling. The tortellini magically bakes in the bolognese until it's perfectly cooked! Oh, you'll have your doubts for sure (as we did once). The sauce seems too thick and meaty, the tortellini too cold — but trust us, it works.

Get the Bolognese Baked Tortellini recipe.

This salad is the epitome of summer in a bowl.

Get the Bruschetta Pasta Salad recipe.

You're going to be making this satisfying prawn pasta all summer long.

Get the Bruschetta Prawn Pasta recipe.

Cacio e pepe literally translates to “cheese and pepper,” and while those are the prominent flavours here, this dish is SO much more. It’s transformative. And what makes it so perfect? Its simplicity.

Get the Cacio e Pepe recipe.

Go ca-prazay!

Get the Caprese Chicken Pasta recipe.

This cheesy pasta is the best way to veg out.

Get the Cauliflower & Broccoli Carbonara recipe.

Penne tossed with creamy alfredo sauce, chicken, and (a lot) of mozzarella — need we say more?

Get the Chicken Alfredo Bake recipe.

When you're looking for something comforting and carb-y, nothing fits the bill like a good carbonara. This version adds a bit of protein by way of sautéed chicken breasts, making it the perfect quick and easy weeknight dinner.

Get the Chicken Carbonara recipe.

There's nothing worse than a pasta salad with mushy pasta. Learn how to cook pasta (it's trickier than you think!) and get your fusilli perfectly al dente.

Get the Chicken Pasta Salad recipe.

Mac and cheese remains one of our favourite meals no matter how old we get. This chilli mac changes things up a bit and makes this a heftier meal that's very shareable. Make it in the dead of winter to awaken your soul and grab a spoon to dig in!

Get the Chilli Mac & Cheese recipe.

Baked ziti is one of those classic Italian pastas that we have to order whenever we see it. But perfecting ziti at home is actually easy—all it takes is a good meat sauce. This is our favourite.

Get the Easy Baked Ziti recipe.

The perfect lasagne recipe you've been looking for.

Get the Classic Lasagne recipe.

This ultra-creamy and cheesy spaghetti can be yours in just 15 minutes.

Get the Creamy Three-Cheese Spaghetti recipe.

Fettuccine Alfredo is one of the most basic and delicious pasta recipes EVER—and it couldn't be easier to make! Our recipe is a little untraditional (there's double cream) but it's just as easy to whip up as the rest. In fact, it's so easy you can memorise it! Some butter, cheese, and cream is all you need to make this luscious sauce. (Well, plus some pasta water, but that doesn't really count. 😉)

Get the Fettuccine Alfredo recipe.

Anchovies are totally optional in this recipe. The garlic, however, is not!

Get the Garlicky Spaghetti recipe.

If, like us, you're ideal weekday night is a gigantic bowl of pasta in front of the TV, then you're onto a winner, my friend. Meet: our creamiest, most garlicky, luxurious vegetarian pasta recipe.

Get the Garlic Butter Mushroom Pasta recipe.

Not a big fan of spice? Feel free to reduce the amount of poblanos to 2 or 3, supplementing with roasted green bell pepper instead if you like!

Get the Green Spaghetti recipe.

Grilled courgette and aubergine make this pasta into a hearty meal.

Get the Grilled Vegetable Rigatoni recipe.

Pesto is great for a quick meal, but the jarred version never quite seems to retain the vibrant green colour and aroma of freshly blitzed, homemade pesto. Traditional pesto usually uses basil, pine nuts and heaps of Parmesan, so we've tried to make our version a little bit healthier, incorporating pumpkin seeds, kale and avocado instead (sorry to the Italians reading this!)

Get the Healthy Pesto Pasta recipe.

This is our new Italian dreamboat.

Get the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe.

In our opinion, pasta salad is a summer must

Get the Italian Pasta Salad recipe.

This pasta tastes like spring!

Get the Lemon Asparagus Chicken Pasta recipe.

The key to acing this dish is to cook the asparagus until its tips are crispy and stalks slightly blistered. The slight char will add a whole other dimension to the enticing flavour of this vegetable.

Get the Lemon, Garlic And Asparagus Pasta recipe.

This is the perfect spring dish. It's fresh and light, and it instantly had us in love. If you can't find bucatini, use any long pasta like spaghetti or linguine!

Get the Lemon Ricotta Pasta recipe.

It's a cheesy Tex-Mex dream.

Get the Mexican Chicken Pasta recipe.

Oh, chicken alfredo: It's the classic pasta we just can't seem to get enough of. Of course there are tons of jarred pasta sauces you can buy, but making alfredo from-scratch is actually so easy.

Get the One Pot Chicken Alfredo recipe.

The less dishes to wash, the better.

Get the One Pot Spaghetti Bolognese recipe.

Orecchiette, literally translating to "little ears" in Italian, is a crazy underrated and under-utilised pasta in the home kitchen. The tiny little indentations catch so much sauce! Here, the sauce is similar to that of cacio e pepe. You just need butter, pasta water, pepper, and cheese. Toasting the pepper in butter is key, folks. DO NOT skip it.

Get the Orecchiette With Broccoli Rabe recipe.

When it comes to pasta we want something simple and fast. Pasta Pomodoro is a step above from Spaghetti and Meatballs and highlights the freshness of tomatoes — pomodoro means 'tomato' in Italian.

Get the Pasta Pomodoro recipe.

Tomato paste has a more concentrated flavour, and texture-wise, it makes for a smoother, almost velvety sauce. To make sure that each piece of pasta is coated, we like to stir the pasta directly into the sauce while it's still in the pan before adding the last bit of Parmesan.

Get the Penne alla Vodka recipe.

Fettuccine alfredo is one of life's greatest comfort foods. It's creamy, cheesy, carb-y, and super super flavourful. We especially love this version because the prawn adds lots of extra flavour and some lean protein to boot! Make sure to avoid the common mistakes listed below and you'll master this dish in no time.

Get the Prawn Fettuccine Alfredo recipe.

Make your favourite silky carbonara pasta even more addictive by adding seafood.

Get the Prawn Spaghetti Carbonara recipe.

Pasta puttanesca might have a slightly scandalous history, but we love it all the same. With an extremely fragrant sauce, this pasta is to die for. Bursting with flavour and so easy to prepare, you'll be craving this pasta every week.

Get the Pasta Puttanesca recipe.

Italian night is better when your two favourite pastas combine.

Get the Ravioli Lasagne recipe.

This is not your ordinary weeknight pasta. What it is: a date night pasta. The perfect spaghetti recipe to show someone you fancy. Our seafood of choice is scallops and prawns, but this would work with really any kind you want, like clams, mussels, lobster, or crab.

Get the Seafood Spaghetti recipe.

A nice creamy Alfredo with zero effort!

Get the Slow Cooker Chicken Alfredo recipe.

Homemade macaroni and cheese is a process. You need to make a cheese sauce while also cooking pasta in another pot. And you'll almost definitely feel the need to make a buttery topping and bake it (even though it was already perfectly cheesy and saucy already). The amount of dishes is insane.

Get the Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese recipe.

Spaghetti and meatballs = the ultimate comfort food. It's already no-fuss, but throwing everything into a slow cooker makes it even better and easier!

Get the Slow Cooker Spaghetti Meatballs recipe.

Smoked salmon pasta sounds really fancy, but the truth is, it's the easiest and fastest pasta we've ever made. It comes together in just under 30 minutes making it the perfect dish to whip up on a weeknight, but still good enough to impress your guests.

Get the Smoked Salmon Pasta recipe.

With a spicy kick, this carbonara proves you don't even need the classic bacon addition.

Get the Spicy Carbonara Spaghetti recipe.

This meaty spaghetti in a cream sauce is the whole package for an easy dinner.

Get the Spaghetti with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Sausage, and Spinach recipe.

When we first found out "stuffed rigatoni" was a popular search term, we were stumped. Why not just buy ravioli? But we tested the method anyways and were shocked to find out that we're HUGE FANS. Stuffed rigatoni is way different than ravs or tortellini, and it's worth it...a thousand times over. There's something about the thickness of the pasta, the way the ridges soak up the sauce, and the fact that the lemony ricotta-parm mixture bursts a little with each bite.

Get the Stuffed Rigatoni recipe.

The simplest homemade spaghetti sauce, ever.

Get the Tomato Butter Spaghetti recipe.

Most of you might think you know how to make a tuna pasta bake, but to make a GOOD one, it's more than just bunging all your ingredients into a dish a la uni student days. Our pasta bake takes a little bit more time, but is worth the effort.

Get the Tuna Pasta Bake recipe.

Vegetable spaghetti is the perfect way to use up leftover veggies. Use whatever you have on hand, don't feel married to these specific ones. They are just a good starting point.

Get the Vegetable Spaghetti recipe.

Wanna pack this baked ziti with even MORE veggies? Try throwing in some chopped red peppers, sliced courgette, or swap the spinach for kale! Just because it's carb-y and cheesy doesn't mean it has to be totally unhealthy.

Get the Vegetarian Baked Ziti recipe.

White cheddar is here to blow your mind.

Get the Cheddar Carbonara recipe.