24 Easy Pasta Meals You’ll Have on the Table in 30 Minutes
Weeknight dinners don’t have to be stressful or time-consuming. These 24 easy pasta meals can be on the table in just 30 minutes, delivering big flavor with minimal effort. From hearty one-pot dishes to fresh, veggie-packed recipes, each meal is designed to satisfy the whole family fast. Get ready to simplify dinner while still enjoying comforting, delicious pasta every night of the week!
Instant Pot Goulash
This Instant Pot Goulash is a delightful blend of meat, pasta, tomato sauce, and cheese. It has a cook time of 6 minutes in the Instant Pot, and will satisfy your family’s cravings without needing to slave away over the stove!
Creamy Beef and Shells in the Instant Pot
This Creamy Beef and Shells in the Instant Pot is a perfect 20 minute dinner. The pasta is cooked in a tomato and cream sauce that mixes deliciously with the beef in the recipe! It is thickened up with parmesan cheese and ready to serve so quickly. You’re going to love it!
Pistachio Pasta
One-Pot Creamy Pistachio Pasta is ready in under 30 minutes! Blend pistachios into a vibrant green sauce for a unique weeknight meal.
Arrabiata Pasta with Shrimp
Pasta Arrabiata is a traditional Italian spicy tomato-based sauce pasta made with garlic, tomatoes and chili peppers, try it with shrimp!
Shrimp Scampi in the Instant Pot
The ever elegant restaurant entree that you love to order just became so much easier to make at home! This recipe for Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi cooks in– get this– 3 minutes! This is a one pot meal that you’ll love to serve up, either for a quick meal for yourself or to impress at a dinner party!
Creamy Pesto Pasta (Instant Pot or Stovetop)
This Instant Pot Pesto Pasta is a quick and easy way to cook your noodles and add even more flavor to your dinner! The pesto cooks with cream to make a Creamy Pesto Pasta that is delightful! Keep reading for instructions on how to make it.
Baked Enchilada Pasta
There’s something totally magical about perfectly tender pasta blanketed in a zesty enchilada sauce, melted bubbling cheese, and colorful veggies that make it super delicious as well as super nutritious!
Olive Garden Chicken Pasta Recipe
You might not have all you can eat Olive Garden breadsticks and salads in your home, but you can have this amazing Olive Garden Chicken Pasta recipe. Onion, garlic, and Italian seasonings mixed with rich and smooth creamy cheese cover penne noodles with perfectly tender chicken on top. Mmm Mmm delicious!
Broccoli Pasta
This cheesy, creamy, easy Broccoli Pasta is a delicious dinner recipe packed full of vegetables that can be on your table fast. What more can you ask for?
Creamy Chicken Pasta
On your table in just 30 minutes – this Creamy Chicken Pasta is a winner every time! Packed full of fall flavors like red wine, mushrooms and thyme, it’s a perfect Saturday night dinner – that you will love to have in your lunchbox come Monday. And sure to become your new favorite pasta dish!
Marry Me Chicken Pasta
Pasta is so flavorful it’s sure to elicit a marriage proposal! This creamy, delicious pasta is easy to make and gets rave reviews every time. Whip it up for a quick weeknight meal or a fancy date night!
Lemon Ricotta Pasta
This Creamy Lemon Ricotta Pasta comes together in just one pot and 25 minutes. It beautifully blends the flavors of lemon, ricotta, pistachios, basil, and pasta.
Chorizo and Shredded Leek Pasta
Chorizo and leek pasta, a recipe with a Spanish vibe that features the glorious Spanish sausage, finely shredded leeks and sherry vinegar. Cooking this dish takes around 30 minutes (including the preparation) making it a superb midweek dinner.
Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta in the Instant Pot
If you want a 20 minute meal complete with pasta, shrimp, and a delicious (slightly spicy) sauce, this is the recipe for you! Bang Bang Shrimp is a popular appetizer at a classic chain restaurant. This meal takes the best flavors of that dish, but brings it up a notch by adding pasta and cooking it quickly in the Instant Pot.
Brown Butter Gnocchi with Sage and Walnuts
This brown butter gnocchi with sage and walnuts is the perfect 30 minute dinner! It comes together quickly, and the browned butter adds a depth and richness to the dish. Top it with some parmesan and mwah…. perfection.
Marry Me Chicken Tortellini
Creamy, flavorful Marry Me Chicken Tortellini is an easy yet show-stopping recipe to cook up for those you love! Chicken, tortellini, sun dried tomatoes and cream come together for a dish everyone will adore. This viral TikTok dish is famous for a reason, and you’ll be whipping it up in no time!
Italian Sausage Pasta
Italian Sausage Pasta recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes for a quick, hearty meal. A creamy sausage red sauce with spinach coats penne pasta for a delicious recipe ready for weeknights!
30 Minute Thai Peanut Noodles
This Thai Peanut Noodles recipe is fantastic for a quick and delicious better-than-takeout meal. The noodles are cooked in a rich and delicious Peanut Sauce. The recipe comes together, start to finish, in under 30 minutes.
The Best Vodka Sauce Recipe in the Instant Pot
This recipe is the Best Vodka Sauce out there! This recipe is made in the Instant Pot, so it takes only a few minutes and zero effort to throw together. And it is 100% delicious. You can make this recipe with Pappardelle Noodles or penne!
Sopita (Shell and Cheese Soup) from Mexico
This Shells and Cheese Soup is a popular and simple soup recipe made using shell pasta, tomato sauce, and chicken broth. It is affordable, versatile, and so easy to make!
Instant Pot Pizza Pasta Bake
Pizza + Pasta = The Ultimate Dinner Heaven! This Pizza Pasta Bake can be made in your Instant Pot and will be ready to enjoy in under 15 minutes!
Cacio e Pepe
A classic Roman dish, Bucatani Cacio e Pepe is a cheesy pasta covered in creamy sauce that you’ll want to make again and again!
Garlic Shrimp Alfredo Bake
This garlic shrimp alfredo bake is a family-pleasing pasta dinner that comes together in practically no time! It’s so easy and only takes a few minutes on the stovetop before it goes right into the oven to finish cooking. This cheesy shrimp pasta casserole is about to be your family’s new favorite recipe!
Creamy Lobster Pasta
This restaurant-quality creamy lobster pasta is made with real lobster and silky blush cream sauce, but ready in under 30 minutes, making it ideal for date night, special occasions and entertaining.
