Crispy Crumb-Topped Mac and Cheese Cups

You may not believe us, but we did end up finding a way to eat...

Healthier Mac and Cheese Recipe

Mac and cheese: the undisputed king of comfort food. Over the years, we've tested dozens...

Healthy Orecchiette With Broccoli Rabe Recipe

American chain restaurants are two-trick ponies when it comes to pasta. The first pasta they...

A Lean Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs Recipe

Traditional meatballs are made with a mixture of beef, pork, and veal. Turkey, lean and...

A Low-Calorie Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Alfredo di Lelio invented this iconic dish at his trattoria in Rome in 1914. Back...

Spicy Macaroni and Cheese With Jalapeños and Prosciutto Recipe

Ask Americans what they would eat for their last meal on earth, and most would...

Hearty Turkey Bolognese With Fettuccine Recipe

Before there was spaghetti and meatballs, before there was tomato sauce with ground beef and...

Mac and Cheese With Spinach, Ham, and Tomato Recipe

This isn't your grandma's mac and cheese! By introducing ham, spinach, and cherry tomatoes, we...

Ricotta and Cottage Cheese-Stuffed Spinach-Artichoke Manicotti Recipe

There are a thousand ways to stuff a piece of pasta—from three-cheese ravioli to a...

Low-Calorie Shrimp Fra Diavolo Recipe

Curiously enough, seafood-based pasta is usually the worst type of pasta on the menu. (Look...

The Best Classic Linguine With Clams Recipe

The inimitable combination of briny bivalve and slick noodle is one of our favorites in...

Loaded Alfredo Pasta With Chicken and Vegetables Recipe

Here's how restaurants make Alfredo: cream, butter, and cheese. We ditched the cream and made...

Vegetarian Butternut Squash Ravioli With Sage Brown Butter

It's a sad state of affairs when a meat-free pasta can swallow up 95 percent...

A Lighter Meatballs With Polenta Recipe

Spaghetti and meatballs are inevitably a high-calorie affair, but the meatballs aren't the problem—it's the...

Asian-Inspired Sesame Noodles With Chicken Recipe

Italians might cringe in horror to hear it, but the noodle originally comes from Asia....

Hearty Italian Meatball Soup Recipe

Order a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in Italy and you'll likely leave your waiter...

A Hearty, Lower-Calorie Bolognese Sauce Recipe

Call it meat sauce, call it ragù, call it whatever you want, but there's no...

A Buttery Red Pepper Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

Fettuccine Alfredo, in its purest form, is nothing more than pasta, butter, and Parmesan cheese....

Homemade 3-Cheese Ravioli With Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

"Four cheese" anything in the food world doesn't just mean four different types of cheese;...

Healthier Chicken Parmesan Recipe

This Italian-American staple normally suffers from a glut of oil, an excess of cheese, and...

This Is the Easiest, Cheapest Pasta Dish You Can Make at Home

Following a recipe can be a nerve-racking task, especially when it's hyper-involved. For example, one...

Comfort-Food-Level Baked Ziti Recipe

Long a staple of red-sauce loving Italian-American cooks, baked ziti is only a rung below...

Easy Baked Lasagna Rolls Recipe

The idea of building a multi-tiered, multi-component lasagna can be dizzying for most cooks. For...

Fettuccine Alfredo's Namesake Used the Pasta Dish to Cheer Up His Wife

Buttery fettuccine Alfredo is a pasta dish that's rather well known, and often happily eaten by...

The Best Store-Bought Pastas—According to Italian Chefs

Whether you're whipping up a tried-and-true cacio e pepe or making use of the bar...

The Simple Way To Cook Pasta Faster

Cooking dinner can be a pain. It can be even more of a pain when...

40 Best and Worst Pasta Sauces—Ranked!

Even though research done in Italy has shown that eating pasta isn't associated with a...

13 Healthy Legume & Grain Alternatives to Traditional Pasta

You might not have heard the term "pulse" before, but you're probably familiar with the...

40 Ultimate Pasta Tips to Stay Skinny

Even devout religious leaders can't avoid tabloid fat shaming. According to reports earlier this year,...

9 Best Pastas for Weight Loss

You don't have to give up your favorite carby dish in the name of weight...