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    Pasta Recipes

    Everyone loves a big bowl of pasta on their dinner table. Here you’ll find favorite main course pasta recipes like Spicy Creamy Shrimp Pasta and Pasta with Short Ribs and Capers, which includes a fantastic recipe for Rustic Marinara.

    You’ll find creamy mac and cheese side recipes like Mexican Mac and Cheese with Tomato Sauce and Ina Garten’s Gruyere Mac and Cheese = yum!

    We love summer pasta salad recipes like this one for The Best Pasta Salad Recipe …Ever. It’s made with cheese tortellini!

    And the most popular pasta salad recipe on my site for Pioneer Woman’s Best Macaroni Salad.

    Meaty Flavorful Pastas

    These recipes are popular any night, but may I suggest Sunday? A pasta dinner on a Sunday night is such a cozy way to start the week. They’ll be sure to send you into the week with fuel and leftovers.

    • Chicken Fajita Pasta in a large skillet.
      Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta
    • Cowboy Spaghetti Recipe.
      Stove-Top Cowboy Spaghetti
    • Chicken bolognese served on a pasta plate topped with parmesan cheese.
      Quicker Chicken Spaghetti Bolognese
    • Pappardelle pasta with ham and peas in a lemon cream sauce.
      Pasta with Ham and Peas In A Parmesan Lemon Cream Sauce
    • Ricotta Pasta Sauce with Italian Sausage, cherry tomatoes over pappardelle pasta
      Italian Sausage Ricotta Pasta Sauce
    • Bucatini pasta tossed with rustic marinara sauce and braised short ribs. Topped with Parmesan cheese and capers
      Pasta with Short Ribs, Capers and Rustic Marinara Sauce
    • Fettuccini mio amore pasta in a white pasta bowl garnished with chives.
      Fettuccine Mio Amore Recipe (Lincoln Highway Pasta)
    • Chicken macaroni salad on a white plate.
      Creamy Tangy Chicken Macaroni Salad Recipe
    • Chicken spinach lasagna roll ups on a plate.
      Spinach Chicken Lasagna Roll Ups
    • Macaroni and Cheese with Chicken made in the instant pot pressure cooker.
      Instant Pot Chipotle Mac and Cheese with Chicken
    • Spicy fried shrimp over pasta.
      Creamy Spicy Shrimp Pasta Recipe
    • Hatch Chile Pasta with Spinach.
      Hatch Green Chile Pasta with Chicken and Green Chile Cream Sauce
    • A bowl of shrimp scallop pasta with orange cream sauce.
      Shrimp Scallop Pasta With Orange Cream Sauce
    • Green chile chicken lasagna served with a salad.
      Cheesy Creamy Green Chile Chicken Lasagna
    • Lamb ragu with pappardelle pasta.
      Lamb Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta

    Pot Luck Perfect Pasta Salads

    If no one brings pasta salad, can you even call it a proper cookout, picnic, bbq or office party? If you’re looking for a classic you can make over and over, or something unique and clever, you’ll find something you like here.

    • Amish Macaroni Salad garnished with chives.
      Lancaster County Amish Macaroni Salad
    • Pioneer Woman Macaroni Salad in a sunflower design bowl.
      Pioneer Woman’s Best Macaroni Salad Ever
    • Pasta salad with black beans and cherry tomatoes.
      Southwest Rotini Pasta Salad With Black Beans
    • Elbow Macaroni Summer Pasta Salad recipe with celery and hard boiled eggs
      Old Fashioned Classic Macaroni Salad, Perfectly Sweet, Creamy and Tangy
    • A bowl of Whole Foods Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad.
      Whole Foods Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad with Creamy Parmesan Sauce
    • Cheese tortellini pasta salad served in a blue bowl.
      Broccoli Cheese Tortellini Pasta Salad
    Shrimp and pasta dinner idea. With wild caught American shrimp. Creamy, spicy and succulent.

    viral recipe!

    Spicy Shrimp & Pasta

    This Creamy Spicy Shrimp Pasta is spaghetti made heavenly with a white wine, Parmesan cream sauce.

    Get the recipe →

    Macaroni and Cheese Recipes

    Who doesn’t love mac and cheese? No one – that’s who. This roundup includes some of our favorite recipes to keep you cozy year round.

    • Green Chile Mac and Cheese in a serving bowl.
      Cheesiest Green Chile Mac and Cheese
    • Macaroni Bechamel
      Bechamel Mac and Cheese Sauce
    • Macaroni and cheese with tomatoes served in a bowl.
      Ina Garten’s Gruyere Mac and Cheese with Tomatoes
    • A casserole dish filled with Mexican Macaroni and Cheese topped with sliced tomatoes
      Mexican Mac and Cheese with Tomato Sauce
    • A bowl of beer mac and cheese.
      Easy Stovetop Beer Mac and Cheese
    • Flemings steakhouse macaroni and cheese in a white bowl.
      Flemings Steakhouse Mac and Cheese
    • White cheddar mac and cheese in an orange bowl.
      Easiest Stovetop White Cheddar Cheese Mac and Cheese

    Hold The Meat Please – Meatless Pasta Dinners

    • Angel hair pasta with asparagus and lemon in a large fry pan.
      Angel Hair Pasta And Asparagus With Lemon Cream Sauce
    • Slow Roasted Cherry Tomatoes Pasta Sauce With Cream
    • Spaghetti Pasta Nests with Tomato Basil Sauce
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    Lea Ann Brown

    Why Trust My Recipes? I am a Culinary School Graduate and a lifelong student of home cooking. I hope to inspire you try to cook as often as you can. I’ve been cooking for 50 years, and my recipes are tried and true tested and tested and then tested again before published. To read more take a look at my About Page. 

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    I'm Lea Ann

    Welcome to my Colorado kitchen. If you're a fan of rustic homestyle cuisine, you've come to the right place. I'm a Culinary School Grad with a passion to inspire you to cook as often as you can. I offer reliable, approachable and easy to follow recipes. So grab that skillet and let's cook.

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    • Flemings steakhouse macaroni and cheese in a white bowl.
      Flemings Steakhouse Mac and Cheese

    • Layered Mexican Casserole in a 9 x 13 pyrex dish with ground beef and corn tortillas, garnished with tomatoes and cilantro
      Mexican Casserole with Ground Beef and Corn Tortillas

    • Beef Tagliata, thin sliced flank steak served over arugula and cherry tomatoes.
      Beef Tagliata (Italian Steak)

    • Fried corn tortilla quesadilla topped with a fried egg.
      Crispy Ham and Cheese Corn Tortilla Quesadillas

    • Spinach chicken mushroom skillet dinner.
      Chicken Mushroom and Spinach Skillet

    Popular Spring Pasta Recipes

    • Pappardelle pasta with ham and peas in a lemon cream sauce.
      Pasta with Ham and Peas In A Parmesan Lemon Cream Sauce

    • Chicken macaroni salad on a white plate.
      Creamy Tangy Chicken Macaroni Salad Recipe

    • Angel hair pasta with asparagus and lemon in a large fry pan.
      Angel Hair Pasta And Asparagus With Lemon Cream Sauce

    • A bowl of shrimp scallop pasta with orange cream sauce.
      Shrimp Scallop Pasta With Orange Cream Sauce

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