Cheesy Macaroni Pasta Bake

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This Cheesy Macaroni Pasta Bake for a weeknight dinner! Made with my classic homemade pasta sauce, this is the perfect comfort food!

Cheesy Macaroni Pasta Bake with fork

Let’s talk dinner, shall we? We get it. You need it quick and fast. Let’s not forget that we need it to taste good. In walks pasta bakes! My kids LOVE them! We tend to eat a lot of pasta around here considering we are an Italian-American home. 

Sometimes I just need to change it up a little. I use my go-to homemade classic pasta sauce (which can be made ahead of time and even frozen) add my noodles, cheese and baked! Simple and easy without giving up a delicious home cooked meal!

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Cheesy Spinach Orzo

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This Cheesy Spinach Orzo is an easy 20 minute meal! Made with fresh spinach, onions and garlic this tasty pasta is also loaded with freshly grated cheese!

If you are growing spinach in your gardens, then first I am jealous because we didn’t get to plant any, and second it would go perfect on this dish!

We love adding spinach to our pasta dishes! It’s a vegetable that is pretty versatile and adds depth to the pasta!

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Classic Homemade Pasta Sauce (Italian Ragù)

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This Classic Homemade Pasta Sauce or Italian Ragù is an easy meat based sauce packed full of flavor! Top it over any pasta noodle for an easy dinner recipe!

 

Classic Homemade Pasta Sauce in pot

You know what I love about pasta? It’s cheap and easy to make! This classic pasta sauce is exactly what you need! This is our family’s go to sauce. We pour it over all types of pasta noodles and even serve it over rice as well!

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Mushroom Pasta

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This Mushroom Pasta is one quick and easy vegetarian dinner. You’ll make it a few times a week! Made with a few simple ingredients!

Mushroom Pasta in white bowl

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Pasta is the ultimate comfort food around our house! It’s also about the easiest thing that you can cook.

Even my kids know how to make a simple plate of pasta. They typically just want a sauce with tomato, butter and cheese but I tend to want to take it a step further. The kids also like just olive oil and cheese. Simple ingredients but the flavors are so good!

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Pancetta Mushroom Fettuccine

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This Pancetta Mushroom Fettuccine can make an easy weeknight dinner, or a date night dinner. It comes together quickly, but feels fancy!

Pancetta and Mushroom in white bowls

I’m going to lay it out to you. I will never be one of those people who give up pasta. Just can’t do it!

There are way too many pasta dishes to try! What I will say is that everything should happen in moderation.

With my husband being Italian, he literally could eat pasta twice a day and while we almost used to eat it every single night, we decided we needed to back off a little.

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