50 Easy Penne Pasta Recipes for the Weeknight Dinner Win

While food trends come and go, there’s one food that never goes out of style and that food is pasta, my friends! With the cost of food on the rise, you’ll find that pasta remains a pretty inexpensive ingredient any time of year.

Something else I love about pasta is that it can really stretch a dish or even be a great way to change up leftovers. For instance, if you have leftover Sloppy Joe meat, incorporate that into pasta the second day and you’ve got a totally revamped dinner.

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The variety of pasta I especially like using in recipes is penne pasta though, and these 50 best penne pasta recipes prove you can do anything with this short-cut, ridged noodle that works so well in bakes, warm and cold pasta dishes, soups and more!

What Is Penne Pasta?

Penne is a short cylinder-shaped pasta with ridged sides. The ridges are perfect for meats and sauces to cling to and really hold flavor. Penne is also the perfect one-bite size, so no worrying about making a mess slurping up long noodles!

Best Penne Pasta Recipes

I find penne to be quite versatile too, as far as pasta shapes are concerned. I’m talking baked penne pasta, penne pasta salads, one-pot skillet meals with penne and even mac and cheese recipes!

If you find yourself in a dinner rut, grab a box of penne and scroll through this slideshow for recipe inspiration! There’s everything from Penne alla Vodka, Easy Meatball Penne Pasta Bake and One Pot Ham And Penne Skillet, to Creamy Garlic Shrimp Pasta, Instant Pot Lemon Asparagus Pasta and more.

Get the recipe: Rocco DiSpirito’s Penne alla Vodka

Get the recipe: Baked Pasta With Mushrooms And Mozzarella

Get the recipe: Penne With Spicy Calabrian Shrimp

Get the recipe: Penne With Cauliflower And Breadcrumbs

Get the recipe: Cheesy Pesto And Chicken Pasta Bake

Get the recipe: Easy Meatball Penne Pasta Bake

Get the recipe: Creamy Penne Wtih Broccoli

Get the recipe: Spinach Artichoke Pasta Salad

Get the recipe: Penne With Peppers And Sopressata

Get the recipe: Chicken Penne With Grilled Zucchini

Get the recipe: BLT-rific Mac ‘n Cheese

Get the recipe: Baked Penne

Get the recipe: One-Pot Sloppy Joe Pasta

Get the recipe: Fresh And Vibrant Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Get the recipe: Creamy Tomato White Bean Penne Pasta Bake

Get the recipe: Plum Tomatoes And Artichokes With Penne

Get the recipe: One Pot Ham And Penne Skillet

Get the recipe: One-Pot Ground Beef Stroganoff

Get the recipe: One Pot Cajun Chicken Alfredo Penne

Get the recipe: Vegan Mushroom Penne Pasta

Get the recipe: Restaurant-Style Chicken Broccoli Pasta

Get the recipe: Asparagus Lemon Pepper Penne

Get the recipe: Creamy Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Get the recipe: Creamy Cajune Andouille Sausage Penne

Get the recipe: Creamy Garlic Penne With Bacon And Chicken

Get the recipe: Spring Chicken Pesto Penne With Mozzarella

Get the recipe: Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta

Get the recipe: BBQ Chicken Penne Pasta

Get the recipe: Creamy Broccoli Bacon Penne Casserole

Get the recipe: Copycat Applebees Three Cheese Chicken Penne

Get the recipe: Wild Boar Ragu With Penne

Get the recipe: Penne Pesto Primavera

Get the recipe: Penne Pasta With Vegan Italian Sausage

Get the recipe: Penne Arrabiata

Get the recipe: Penne al Baffo

Get the recipe: Pasta Salad With Lemon Herb Vinaigrette

Get the recipe: Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta

Get the recipe: Easy Sausage Pasta

Get the recipe: Rasta Pasta

Get the recipe: Lemon Chicken Piccata Penne

Get the recipe: Instant Pot Lemon Asparagus Pasta

Get the recipe: Instant Pot Italian Tomato Chicken Penne

Get the recipe: Homemade Basil And Roasted Garlic Baked Penne

Get the recipe: Pasta With Carrot Sauce

Get the recipe: French Onion Chicken Penne Pasta Bake

Get the recipe: Easy Eggplant Penne

Get the recipe: Creamy Pumpkin Penne With Boursin Cheese

Get the recipe: Loaded Vegetable Greek Pasta Salad

Get the recipe: Lobster Mac and Cheese

Get the recipe: Crock Pot Italian Meatballs with Penne

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