Healthy Pasta Main Dish Recipes

Easy to make, but full of flavor! Good hot or cold.

This simple potato, flour, and egg recipe is one my family has used for generations.

A light but super-tasty pasta dish, with fresh asparagus cooked in broth with sauteed garlic and seasoned chicken.

Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Use as much or as little pesto sauce as you like. Using homemade pesto will taste even better, but it adds to prep time. Enjoy!

There is nothing nicer than the flavor of fresh tomatoes. You can use canned, but the trouble you take to prepare this dish is worth it. You prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking, no long hours of waiting. Great if you want meatless pasta.

A dazzlingly simple and delicious recipe. This is an elegant dish to serve drop-in dinner guests.

If you love anchovies and pasta, this recipe is for you. It's quick, easy and very tasty. Serve with crusty Italian bread, if desired.

A light clam sauce served over linguini noodles. Healthy, too!

A great, flavorful pasta dish for the summertime when you don't want something heavy.

These egg noodles are the original egg noodles.

Anyone on an eggless or low-cholesterol diet will appreciate this recipe.

Canned tuna is used to make this yummy tomato sauce. Use pasta of your choice.

This is a simple recipe with a spicy kick for garlic lovers. It is my combination of a much loved linguine and clam sauce dish and a recent introduction to orzo pasta. I have several variations for this recipe. Add more red pepper for extra spice. Substitute the chicken for clams or shrimp. Substitute the spinach leaves for diced tomatoes. I've also added spices such as basil, rosemary and oregano bringing a distinct Italian flavor to the dish.

I created this simple Sicilian-style pasta dish one day when trying to use up some sun-dried tomatoes.

This sauce includes shrimp and scallops, best served with linguine pasta.

This super-delicious and incredibly easy recipe has become one of my absolute favorites. I pass it on to everyone I know, and they all rave about it too!

A light but tasty Italian dish!

This is my grandma's lumpia and pancit that she has been making since before the family moved to the U.S. when my dad was a child. This is very popular with both family and friends. As soon as my friends in high school discovered my grandma was in town, my house became THE place for lunch! She serves her lumpia with a garlic and vinegar dipping sauce. It's very pungent, but oh so tasty. You can make a large batch of the lumpia and freeze it, so you can fry up some when ever you crave it! Spring roll wrappers are the best to use, they are thinner and lighter than egg roll wrappers.

This is a quick light meal. Wilted spinach, bacon and tomatoes are tossed with penne pasta. Good for any season and will complement anything.

A tasty chicken and pasta dish.

This is a great low-fat pasta dish. I serve it to company all the time. Serve with a fruit salad and French bread.

This truly is the World's Best Lasagna! I love this recipe but I am always looking for ways to take out the fat when I cook. I substituted lean ground turkey and turkey sausage for the meat. I also used lite mozzarella and cut out the egg and salt.

A wonderfully satisfying meal that cooks in minutes. Delicious!

Garlic butter, prepared in the microwave, is the secret to this easily and quickly prepared dish. This recipe is really great whether you are having dinner with the family or with friends.