Any really good pasta recipes you know of??? That are EASY.?

Answer 1

Here is a quick and very easy one for a hot day

Cook your pasta, cut up some green peppers, tomatos and things you may like. Mix in Italian dressing and chill in fridge.
It is very easy and quick.

Answer 2

Basic pasta recipe:

Cook noodles. It's important that you don't cook the noodles all the way through in the water. When you think they're close to done, take a piece of pasta out and bite it or cut it in half. You will see a white starch line down the middle of the pasta. Dump it into the colander then. The residual heat from the pasta and steam will cook it the rest of the way and it will be perfect. If you don't do this, it will be overcooked and mushy. Another trick if you miss the starchline point is to immediately spray the pasta with cold water once it's drained in the colander. Cooling it stops the cooking process. But then it's cold, so unless you're making pasta salad, you'll need to warm it up again when you sauce it.

Stuff to go on the noodles

1 type of fat (oil, butter, bacon grease, margarine, etc.)
1-3 types of other flavoring agents (herbs, spices, vinegar, lemon juice, olives, Parmesan, feta or other cheeses, bacon, garlic, onion, nuts, etc.)
salt and pepper
1 or more vegetables cut up and cooked lightly
some meat or seafood (totally optional)

Get a big mixing bowl, giving the pasta plenty of room, and toss your ingredients thoroughly. Or you can use a pot that's big enough, and just heat your oil and ingredients in the bottom of it, then add the noodles on top and mix up.

Here is the secret to using herbs and spices:
They have to be heated to get the best flavor out of them. If you just dump them in dry they will not taste like anything. Heat your oil or fat in the skillet and put your herbs and spices in that for 30 seconds to a minute while the oil is warm (but not so hot it will burn them automatically) Then use that oil for the pasta.

Onion and garlic also taste better when they have been cooked and browned in oil a little (called caramelization).

This is how to make pasta and it works no matter what ingredients you have.

Answer 3

well anything is easy if you know how to cook. otherwise, everything might be hard, no matter how much we make it easy for you. so I'm assuming that you somehow know the basics of cooking like sauteing, frying, boiling and baking.

Pasta Alfredo:

1. simply saute 1 head crushed garlic and 1 whole chopped onion. add 1 can of tuna flakes (about 315 g in oil, drained). set aside.

2. make the basic white sauce: melt 1/2 cup butter. add 2 tablespoons flour, stirring all the time. add a carton of all purpose cream (250 g). add 1 chicken bullion cube, dash of pepper, oregano and 1/4 tsp basil. stir all the time until slightly thick.

3. mix white sauce and sauteed tuna mixture. set aside.

4. cook pasta according to package direction.

5. you have choices on how to finish this:
a. pour tuna sauce on top of pasta on a single serve plate,
generously top with grated parmesan cheese and chopped
parsley.
b. put pasta on a large serving dish. put sauce on a separate
dish and other toppings on smaller dishes, all with serving
spoons/forks/pasta tongs.
c. mix pasta with tuna sauce. put in a baking dish. top with
mozzarella or quickmelt cheese and bake for 20-30 minutes
at 350 F.
d. mix pasta with tuna sauce. put in a baking dish. top with
crumbled potato chips and bake for 20 minutes.

bon appetit!

Answer 4

Easy pasta dishes.

Cook your pasta seperate and put to the side for all of them. Use a sautee pan on high heat to cook all these recipes. All servings are one big serving

1: Lemon chicken

Heat pan with some oil until pan is very hot
Dip 3 or 4 chicken breast strips in flour and put into oil. cook 2 minutes on each side
Add three slices of lemon, 1 diced roma tomato or 1/2 regular tomato, 1 cup of chicken broth, 1/2 bouillion cube or 1/2 tsp salt, pepper to taste, 3 TBSP of butter and a pinch of Tyme and brocolli if you want it
Cook until reduced to a molassas texture .
Toss in Pasta

2: Garlic tomato and Basil
In a blender blend 3 cloves of garlic, 2 TBSP of Sun dried tomatoes, about 20 fresh basil leaves

Heat some oil in a pan
Add mixture
Cook for 2 minutes
Add 1/2 cup of chicken broth and 1 tbsp of butter.
Cook for two more minutes
Toss in pasta

3: Chicken and muchroom

Saute floured chicken in oil
Add handful of sliced mushrooms
Add 2 TBSP of butter, 3TBSP of red tomato sauce, 3 TBSP of cream, a pinch of garlic, a pinch of basil, Cook until thick and creamy. At the end add a few drops of balsamic vinegar

4: Alfredo
Heat the pan add 2 cups of heavy cream, 1 cup of chicken stock, 1/2 bouillion cube, pinch of pepper and a pinch of Parsley (optional)
Cook until thick and creamy (about 10 minutes)
Toss in pasta

Answer 5

Pasta with olive oil & garlic. Infuse the olive oil with chopped garlic and toss with pasta. I like adding some sauteed veggies too.

Answer 6

yes puttanesca cook some onion don't brown them a tin of peeled tomatoes olives capers and anchovy use olive oil that's all very tasty and quick you can put a clove of garlic with it whole discard after you finished making the sauce

Answer 7

go to allrecipes.com
bake ziti is really good!