Pasta

If we were to round up an all-star team of summer's greatest produce, it'd look a little something like ratatouille: Eggplant and zucchini. Peppers and tomatoes. The gang's all here!

Think of this weeknight-friendly pasta recipe as a lighter take on the classic Italian ragù that features cherry tomatoes, a red chile for some heat, and tons of fresh basil.

This spicy, sweet, and punchy pasta salad is perfect for a hot summer picnic when you need your dishes perfect at room (ahem, air) temperature.

Buttery, garlicky, irresistible shrimp scampi—but make it pasta.

Store-bought tortellini are the kind of weeknight hack we can get behind—especially when they're tossed with plenty of garlicky brown butter and toasty walnuts.

This dish is a perfect choice for those blustery but bright early spring days: It's comforting from the simple-but-flavorful broth and bright from the crunchy fresh topping.

Mushrooms take the place of the traditional cured pork in this super-satisfying vegetarian carbonara recipe.

Finally: an easy, cheesy, vegetarian(!) lasagna recipe that doesn't require you to dirty every pot and pan in your kitchen.

Full-on explosive flavor in under an hour.

Our creamy stovetop mac and cheese is about as easy as opening a box—and a whooooole lot more delicious.

It doesn’t take a lot of ingredients (or a lot of money) to make a classic Bolognese recipe. What it does take, though, is patience!

The key to a soup with fully developed savory flavor starts with the soffritto—a mix of slowly cooked aromatic vegetables.

No, this isn’t some kind of joke, and you don’t have to be a vegetarian to love what’s going on here.

An herb-laced riff on aglio e olio, quick and easy.

Almost as easy as opening a can of the store-bought stuff, and one hundred times more delicious.

Pantry pasta at its best.

The ultimate dinner-to-desk lunch dish.

This back-pocket pasta can be made with ingredients you have on hand in under 15 minutes.

The assignment: A satisfying, creamy, crave-worthy baked pasta that would still be delicious without (most of) the cheese. Nailed it!

A super simple red sauce lets the shellfish shine—say that 5 times fast.