National Pasta Day: Pasta Recipes For A Great Holiday

Penne Pasta with Kale & Sun-Dried Tomatoes (Vegan Recipe) by SweetOnVeg (CC BY 2.0)

Did you know there are over 600 pasta shapes to use in your pasta recipes? Or, that pasta is one of the few foods versatile enough to be a main course or a side dish? Whether you’re a cheesy kind of person or a marinara maven, you’re probably eager to add to your pasta recipes collection! Well, today’s the day – National Pasta Day, that is! Once we’re done going through all these pasta recipes, we’ll all be ready to mangiamo! (That’s “eat” in Italian!)

(Photo by: dinnerseries)
(Photo by: dinnerseries)

To celebrate the greatest holiday of our time, aka National Pasta Day, we can try one of the most basic pasta recipes of all – pasta! That’s right, when I was looking for great pasta recipes, I found a basic, simple method of making my own fresh pasta. Oh my, it’s SO good! The pasta recipes I found included regular pasta and a recipe for spinach pasta! There are actually pasta recipes that call for all kinds of fun stuff like beets, tomatoes or spinach for color and flavor!  YUM! Veggies boiled right into my pasta!

All the pasta recipes I found were great, but this one had the best basic directions – it even tells you how to make something fancy, like tortellini! And ravioli! And… you get the picture. The most basic of pasta recipes is still more versatile than almost any other food you could make! Pesto, Marinara, Alfredo, Garlic butter – pasta recipes are only limited by your imagination!

(Photo by: rooey)
(Photo by: rooey)

When I started going through pasta recipes, I searched for recipes with lots of fresh veggies – success! Some amazing veggie pasta recipes came from this delicious place – all their pasta recipes look so yummy that I’m getting hungry just looking at them! Out of all the pasta recipes available, I’m probably most excited about the cheese-and-nut-stuffed shells!

Since it’s fall, I wondered if there were some pasta recipes that could help us all eat fresh and seasonal – and I found these awesome pasta recipes based around the autumn season! Using fresh, seasonal, locally-sourced vegetables is the best way to prepare any of these veggie pasta recipes.

Still not enough vegetarian pasta recipes? Check out these amazing pasta recipes – including a gnocchi with zucchini ribbons and parsley brown butter! YUM!

(Photo by: miikkah)
(Photo by: miikkah)
(Photo by: axmai)
(Photo by: axmai)

If you’re still not done collecting pasta recipes, here are 100 more!!  These pasta recipes include everything from a classic cheese lasagna to Asian style pasta recipes! There are even some cold pasta recipes that would make great lunches at school or work!

If I started cooking right now, I wouldn’t run out of pasta recipes for months! But I always want more! What are some of your favorite pasta recipes? Tell me about them in the Comment section!