These delicious dishes make good use of versatile pastaand theyre ready in 30 minutes or less.

Plus it’s easy to whip up while your pasta water is coming to a boil.

Macaroni Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing

Give classic pasta salad a fresher, more flavorful spin.

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Jason Donnelly

Lemon-Garlic Pasta with Salmon

Wondering what to do with leftover salmon?

Turn it into another weeknight-friendly dinner with this lemony garlic pasta.

Pesto Shrimp Pasta

Using a packaged pesto sauce mix is a flavorful time-saver in this shrimp pasta.

Herbed Lemon Orzo

Jason Donnelly

Penne with Tuna & Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Need a quick dish that’s flavorful and colorful?

This penne pasta dinner-for-two combines leeks, baby spinach, tuna and sun-dried tomatoes.

Spicy Jalapeno-Shrimp Pasta

Fresh jalapenos give this shrimp pasta a kick of heat.

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Use as many or as few as you want!

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Overhead view of a cast iron skillet of Chicken & Spinach Skillet Pasta with Lemon & Parmesan recipe

Photographer: Jen Causey

Easy Pea & Spinach Carbonara

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Italian Penne with Tuna

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