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…
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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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! Well hello fast and fresh dinner! This beautiful one pan meal is ready in…wait for it… 20 MINUTES! Ready, set, go and dinner is done! Besides being easy…
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
This delicious BLT Salad with Ranch and Avocado is full of pasta, lettuce, bacon, tomato, shredded cheese, and dressed in store bought ranch. It is a favorite for BBQ’s, potlucks, or even for dinner! This is a super simple recipe; it’s really no fail. You could try a bunch of variations of it, too! Tips to…
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…
Shrimp Pasta in Tomato Cream Sauce
There are some days a little cream has to hit the pan! And this Super Easy 30 Minute Shrimp Pasta in Tomato Cream Sauce recipe is just what we need today! This super easy pasta dish is made with tomato puree and just a smidge of cream to make it taste decadent! There are a…
5 Best Recipes To Get You From Monday through Friday (with Printable Grocery List!)
Howdy, Friends! It’s back to school for most families, which means hectic nights, busy days, and hungry kiddos. But- fear not! Laughing Spatula has ya covered. Here’s 5 recipes for Monday through Friday to get you through that first busy week of almost Fall. WE LOVE OUR EASY WEEKNIGHT MEALS! We’ve even included a printable grocery…
Classic Bolognese Sauce
Classic Bolognese Sauce! A rich and meaty sauce unlike regular spaghetti sauce. You have to try this to believe how good a simple sauce can be! Bolognese is a traditional Italian dish named after the place it was created, Bologna. It may sound fancy but it is incredibly easy to make! In order to extract every bit…
Lemon Cavatappi with Asparagus and Garlic
This Lemon Cavatappi with Asparagus and Garlic is perfect for any time of the year, but it’s bright flavors are PERFECT for a summertime dinner. Bonus- it’s vegetarian! For you non-vegetarians, don’t fret- it’s got SO much flavor you don’t even need meat in it, but…you could throw in some rotisserie chicken if you really…
Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad
This beautiful Mediterranean Orzo Salad is stuffed with veggies and comes together in less than 20 minutes. It’s fast, fresh and easy to prepare. Just the way we love our food around here! This salad is more like an antipasto pasta salad if there is such a thing. We added salami and artichokes to…
