Creamy One Skillet Chicken with Mushrooms and Orzo! In just 30 minutes you can have this delicious ONE PAN MEAL ready and on the table! Using easy to use Orzo pasta that cooks up in a flash! You can use breasts or thighs in this chicken and orzo recipe Break out your big skillet for…
Pasta recipes
Who doesn’t love a good bowl of pasta? Here at Laughing Spatula, we have your pasta recipes covered! Ranging from Easy Spaghetti and Chicken Meatball Casserole, to Creamy One Pot Tomato Pasta, to the Best Baked Ziti Recipe you’ve ever had- our pasta recipes at Laughing Spatula have you covered!
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One Pot Pasta with Tomatoes, Basil and Parmesan
We LOVE one pot meals. They’re easy, the cleanup is simple, and something about them is almost scientific as you make it you wonder to yourself “Is this really going to work?“. Well- YES, it is, and this One Pot Pasta with Tomatoes, Basil and Parmesan comes together so quickly, I’d be willing to bet…
Baked Ziti with Sausage and Bechamel
If your looking for a delicious way to feed a crowd this Baked Ziti with Sausage and Béchamel will wow your guests! Easy on the cook using store bought Marinara sauce with a super simple Béchamel Sauce to make it creamy and cheesy! Don’t be scared by that fancy word ‘Béchamel’. I promise to take…
One Pan Meatballs and Pasta Skillet
One Pan Meatballs and Pasta Skillet! – Even the pasta is cooked up in the same pan and who does’t love meatballs? The more meatballs the merrier! Why do meatballs taste better than meatloaf? Ever asked yourself that? They have the same ingredients….but boy, I’ll take a pot of meatballs over meatloaf any day! This dish…
Roasted Butternut Squash with Penne and Garlic Cream Sauce
Roasted Butternut Squash with Penne and Garlic Cream Sauce! – A delicious and easy to make side dish or main meal for Fall and Holidays! Rachel and I couldn’t keep our forks (or fingers) out of this dish! The cream sauce is infused with the sage and roasted butternut adds a savory sweet side…
Baked Spaghetti Casserole
Easy Baked Spaghetti Casserole with a meaty sauce layered between spaghetti and cheese….like a spaghetti Lasagna only easier to make! This delicious casserole feeds a crowd and then some. I love to make this up on a Friday night so we don’t have to cook all weekend. Love my Friday night music and cooking…
30 Minute Minestrone Soup with Sausage
This 30 Minute Minestrone Soup with Sausage is the soup we make around here when we need a soup fix in a hurry. Simple and fresh ingredients that come together in a flash with a deep flavor that tastes like you slaved all day over a hot soup pot! The sausage does so much of the…
Lightened Up Cajun Chicken Pasta
It’s 115 degrees here in California (no, that’s not an exaggeration) and I’m inside craving some warm pasta. What the heck? I figured instead of indulging in my usual Italian Pasta Skillet, I’d make something a little different! I came up with what I like to call Lightened Up Cajun Pasta Skillet. A mixture of…
Greek Pasta Salad
This big flavored Greek Pasta Salad is packed with crunchy veggies, chunks of feta and salty olives. Tossed with a super simple lemon vinaigrette, it is the perfect side dish! This salad packs a big punch of crunch! Packed full of fresh veggies along with salty olives and fat chunks of feta it will become…
Easy Italian Pasta Skillet
We made this Easy Italian Pasta Skillet with lean ground turkey but you could use sausage, ground beef or ground chicken. A simple recipe that your family will love and you will make over and over again! Ever get that carby feeling? Like you need some comfort food and you need it now? We wanted…
20 Minute One Pan Shrimp and Orzo Dinner
In just a few minutes you can serve up this comforting delicious Shrimp and Orzo Dinner and better yet, do it all in one pan! Simply prepared and bursting with fresh flavor, we love this one pot wonder! Tender shrimp with easy and fast cooking orzo pasta. Fast, fresh and healthy just the way we…
Gnocchi Sausage and Spinach Soup
With just a few simple and wholesome ingredients, you can make this most amazing and comforting Gnocchi Sausage Soup in less than 30 minutes! A recipe re-doooo ! We first posted this in December of 2011. That’s like a 100 in blog years. This was our first viral recipe and I remember doing cart wheels in…
BLT Salad with Ranch & Avocado
My mom used to make this BLT Salad with Ranch & Avocado when I lived at home, and it was always my FAVORITE! Yes, this is a salad. No, it’s not a ‘healthy’ salad. BUT- The Super Bowl is coming up this weekend and I thought instead of wings, dip, or anything deep fried,…
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
We love this 20 Minute Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup in winter or summer! This super fast and fresh soup is healthy and full of flavor! And at only 165 calories for a big serving you can eat this all week! We are having so much fun reposting some of our most popular content! We…
Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
This amazing Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce is going to be your new best friend! It comes together in a flash and oh those tomatoes, cream and pasta…..topped with a dusting of cheese. It’s perfect in its simple little way. Sometimes, a cuppa cream has gotta hit the pan. I mean how much chicken and veggies can…
