Ready in 30 minutes. That’s all the time you need to whip up these quick and easy pasta dishes. Many of these recipes can be made in just one pot or one pan, plus a few take as little as 15 minutes to cook. These are the fuss-free, quick pasta recipes to turn to for easy dinners when you’re short on time, or just can’t be bothered to cook. And none of them rely on store-bought pasta sauce, either.
We have simple pasta recipes for classics such as spaghetti and meatballs and linguine with pesto, plus an elegant chicken pasta and an easy pasta recipe for cauliflower mac and cheese.
Raid the pantry to make our speedy Venetian dish with an anchovy and onion sauce. Or if there’s rocket kicking around in the fridge, turn it into a speedy chilli, rocket and linguine pasta dish. Eat your greens in the orecchiette with cavolo nero recipe or penne with broccoli and pancetta pangrattato, and get fishy with our recipes with tuna, smoked trout or shellfish. As for the classics, our speedy recipes for spaghetti and meatballs and pasta alla carbonara are guaranteed crowd-pleasers.
Here are our favourite pasta dishes that are quick, easy recipes. Just don’t forget the parmesan cheese.