Posts Tagged ‘pasta’

10 Easy Layered Salads
Salads are awesome during summer! Tablespoon has a bunch of gorgeously fresh layered salads to take you through the hot months. Summertime is salad time, but don't worry -- salads don't have to be boring. Give yours personality plus by layering! We have lots of recipes to get you started. 1. Layered Chicken Pasta Salad First, check out my own layered salad that came together in just minutes.   Make Suddenly Salad and mix it with... Read More
Easy Cinnamon-Tomato Penne
Cinnamon is the secret weapon in this quick and easy pasta dish. Looking for a fun twist on classic pasta marinara? Try adding some cinnamon! It may sound a little surprising, but this Greek twist on the classic recipe is always a crowd pleaser at my house! Just add a hint of cinnamon, and sprinkle the pasta with feta, and this Easy Cinnamon-Tomato Penne recipe will be the rock star of your dinner table in no time. Feel free to serve... Read More
Suddenly Salad Shooters
Wanna be a seriously quick salad superstar? Try this easy pasta salad, serve it up in a super fun way, and go ahead and take a bow. Chances are you’ve been served a bland, boring pasta salad dish before. It’s probably been on the buffet at some sort of family reunion, along with a wiggly green gelatin mold and lukewarm burgers. It’s a shame, because pasta is an incredibly versatile and easy ingredient to use, and it pairs so well with v... Read More
How to Make Rainbow Pasta
If you think regular pasta is good, wait'll you see how to make rainbow pasta. It's positively magical! Pasta is ... pasta. Until you turn it every color of the rainbow! Check out our easy tutorial on how to make Rainbow Pasta. You'll want to invite everyone over for a rainbow pasta dinner!   Colorful Noodles Noodles start out pretty bland. But we're going to change all of that.   First, cook linguine or spaghetti n... Read More
10-Minute Creamy Basil Chicken Dinner
Five-ingredient, 10-minute dinner, anyone? We got your back. We got your fork. We got your chicken dinner mealtime magic right here. Ready to make dinner time the most enjoyable 10-minutes of your life? Oh, yes. Dinner in ten. Dinner with five. It's happening. Right now. In your kitchen. Get ready to amaze yourself. And your senses. And your sensibilities. And everything else that starts with an "s"…   Five basic ingredients. Th... Read More

Rigatoni Pasta Pie

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Rigatoni Pasta Pie
I know, right? Can you even begin to believe what you're looking at? Is it pasta? Is it a deep dish pizza pie? Is it ridiculous? Is it being summoned to your belly right about now? Yesyesyesyesyesyes. Before we go on, I'm telling you now, this wasn't my original idea. But when we saw it over on the Noble Pig, all of my lids flipped at once, I experienced blindness and heart murmurs, and strange utterances escaped my lips, along with tiny... Read More
Triple Pasta Mash-Up
I did the mash. I did the pasta mash! Get it? Oooooookay. So. It's happened to us all at one time or another. Or everysingleday. We get home from work, late, sweaty, and have to get dinner on the table like two hours ago. The kids are screaming. The husband is drunk. (I'm just kidding?) And you're about to seriously rat-a-tat-tat on the nearest innocent dust particle that drifts by. UNTIL NOW. Duh duh duuuuuuuh. Was that dramatic enoug... Read More
Penne-ettes: Mini Pasta Casseroles
A fun way to serve individual portions of this quick and easy penne-pasta dish! Who loves baked pasta??? (Ooooh – me, me!) For a twist on this classic favorite, I decided to forgo the huge serving pan and dish up this penne pasta in individual ramekins to make…Penne-ettes! Cute? Cute. Each is filled with a delicious and super-simple fire-roasted tomato and spinach and cheesy pasta. And then I topped each with some extra cheesy, cris... Read More
Colorful Rainbow Pasta
I think this definitely falls into the “kicking pasta up a notch” category… The rainbow recipes on Tablespoon continue today with this fun new one – Rainbow Pasta! Plain spaghetti was by far one of my favorite foods as a kiddo, especially being an uber picky eater. But I’m pretty sure our spaghetti never looked like THIS! In fact, if it had, I’m imagining my mom could have hidden all sorts of extra veggies and good stuff in... Read More
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Suddenly Salad Primavera
With a vegetable pasta salad as simple as this, your kitchen won't hold you hostage while summer passes by. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” Oh Ferris. So full of wisdom. I’m pretty sure that on “days off” like his, or the all-too-often crazy days when my calendar hardly leaves any time for cooking, a delicious 15-minute meal like this pasta primavera would be JUST t... Read More