If you need to make a quick dish, the first thing that comes to mind is pasta!
But if you don’t have a couple of ingredients ready to mix with this speedy base, then you’ll end up with a boring dish that might have you reaching for an unhealthy snack instead.
But have no fear, as Plated With Style is here! We’ve rounded up 13 super fast pasta recipes, that requires ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen.
The ingredients are small and simple, to give you a fuss-free start to a fast and healthy meal.
We are starting with the easiest dish! There is nothing but pasta and flavor in this recipe, so as long as you have chili flakes, garlic cloves, olive oil, and lemon juice you can whip this dish up in the time it takes to cook the pasta.
You can add chicken to this recipe too, but it would add to the overall cooking time. This recipe is the ultimate cupboard pasta meal.
Unlike some of our other recipes, this dish has a couple of fresh ingredients, but they are easy to find! Shrimp, parmesan, and baby spinach are common in grocery stores.
The official recipe says the overall cooking time is 30 minutes, but that’s only because they use the same pot to cook the pasta and the shrimp.
If you’re happy to use two pots you can cook the pasta at the same time as the shrimp. This turns a 30-minute overall time into a 15-minute overall time!
Spaghetti bolognese is always a favorite in most homes, but making everyone happy doesn’t have to take a long time!
This dish only takes 20 minutes to whip up and, apart from the ground beef, the only ingredient you might not have in your kitchen is the mozzarella cheese.
Cheese is an optional extra to pop on top of the plated dish, so you can substitute it for whatever cheese you do have in your refrigerator or avoid it altogether. Whatever is best for your speedy and delicious meal!
Cheese, ground beef, and onions are the only fresh ingredients in this dish, all of which I’m sure you’ve seen in your local grocery store.
The One-Pot Cheeseburger Pasta is probably the longest pasta meal on our list, but it is a crowd-pleaser. Still under 35 minutes to cook, this dish tastes like a burger but feels like a sauce. Try it out and tell your friends!
From a summer dish to a winter dish, this stroganoff will make you feel cozy and well-fed.
There are quite a few ingredients to this dish, so it won’t be a quick cupboard meal like the others have been, but if you have enough time to nip to the grocery store you can still make this dish in a super speedy time!
So far most of these dishes have been vegetarian, but if you are craving something a little bit meaty then this light and fresh feeling chicken pasta dish is a simple recipe to please your family!
Again these ingredients are more fresh than cupboard stock, but all of them are common ingredients that you might already have in your refrigerator.
If some of these dishes are too creamy for you, then check out this mushroom dish!
If you need to, you can substitute the parmesan cheese for a vegan option and still create a beautiful dish with a light sauce instead of a thick sauce.
Maybe creamy is exactly what you want! In that case, check out this creamy pesto pasta recipe.
To make this dish even quicker you can use store-bought pesto, but we can tell you from experience that this pesto recipe is quick, easy, and delicious. If you have a blender, give it a go yourself!
There you have it, 13 easy and quick pasta meals which use ingredients you probably already have in the house! Save this page to help you find something tasty when you are strapped for time!
