Happy Friday Reader!

Easy pasta recipes are a great way to bulk up family dinners and stretch meat to feed more people.

Noodles are affordable and quick to cook. They're great in salads, casseroles and as delicious sides.

With grocery budgets getting tighter and tighter, it makes sense for pasta to be front and center in the pantry. And even though many of us need gluten-free options, really excellent gluten-free pasta is easier and easier to find.

And my favorite gluten-free pasta, Jovial Brown Rice pasta is also a good source of protein. So it can be used to create a truly balanced and nutritious meal.

So grab some noodles and make some of these deliciously easy pasta recipes for dinner this week!

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​Chicken Tetrazzini, Easy One-Pot Casserole​

It's lusciously creamy, cheesy sauce and tender spaghetti with chunks of chicken. If you don't have pre-cooked chicken in your freezer, grab a rotisserie chicken to make this recipe even simpler. A winning dinner with young and old alike. My flavorful chicken tetrazzini will become a quick favorite!

Get the Easy Recipe: Chicken Tetrazzini​

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​Street Corn Pasta Salad with Ham​

Creamy Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad with Ham is a mouthwatering dinner salad recipe you’ll crave all summer long. Imagine if pasta salad and street corn salad had a baby — this delicious street corn pasta salad is their wacky Aunt June. lol It’s adventurous, a little unexpected and the life of the party.

Get the Easy Recipe: Street Corn Pasta Salad​

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​Tuna Casserole with Cream of Mushroom Soup​

Ultimate comfort with quick and easy prep. Make my easy Tuna Casserole recipe when you need an affordable meal in a hurry.
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With so many possible variations you can make the recipe your own and create a family favorite for your regular meal rotation.
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​Get the Easy Recipe: Tuna Casserole​

• ​Rasta Pasta, Easy Jerk Chicken Supper​
• ​Mexican Macaroni Salad (Classic or Gluten-Free)​
• ​Mexican Chicken Stuffed Shells​
• ​Chicken Pastina Soup (Chicken and Stars)​
• ​Homemade Pasta | Easy, Inexpensive Meal-Stretcher​
• ​Glenda’s Easy Creamy Chicken and Noodles Recipe​
• ​Easy Hamburger Stroganoff, 3-Ingredient Simple​
• ​Easy Marinara Sauce Recipe in 30 Minutes​
• ​Easy Baked Spaghetti, Delicious Family Meal​
• ​French Onion Beef and Noodles​
• ​Easy Creamy Chicken Tortellini with Broccoli, One-Pan Easy Recipe​
• ​Rigatoni Bolognese, Easy Delicious Pasta Recipe​

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Have a wonderfully blessed weekend, Friend! I hope you'll find some budget-friendly pasta recipes in this list that'll make your dinners delicious and easy next week. And I hope you get to share them with the people you love most!

What's For Dinner?

This is the part of the newsletter where I share recipe ideas from some of my best blogging friends and myself to inspire you with what's for dinner at our houses this week. That gives you seven days worth of new recipes to inspire you for your own delicious meal plan. Enjoy!

• ​Italian Grinder Pasta Salad from Laura at Little House Big Alaska
• ​Slow Cooker Sausage and Peppers from Gen at Two Cloves Kitchen
• ​Hamburger Potato Casserole from Glenda​
• ​Chicken and Shrimp Fried Rice from Rupali at Caramel and Spice
• ​Carribean Chicken Salad from Sue at Sula and Spice
• ​Puff Pastry Pizza Pockets from Lori at A Reinvented Mom
• ​Chicken Macaroni Salad from Kristin at Dizzy Busy and Hungry

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Favorite Kitchen Tools and Groceries for Pasta Dinners

These are Amazon and Walmart affiliate links to some of my favorite kitchen tools and pasta brands for making quick, affordable and easy pasta recipes. I may earn commissions on qualifying purchases. You can read my affiliate disclosure here.

• Pyrex Mixing Bowls I use these daily. Of course, they're great for stirring together the ingredients for a recipe. But they're also perfect for storing leftovers and serving dishes like this scrumptious Broccoli Cauliflower Salad. Another great feature is that they come with lids, so leftovers can easily go straight to the fridge. For potlucks, I can toss together a quick salad, snap on the lid and go.
• My Deep Dish 9x13 Ceramic Baking Pan is perfect for casseroles, Magic Cookie Bars, cakes and more.​
• I have fallen in love with these Clear Glass Casserole Dishes with Lids! It was the gift I never knew I needed, but I'm so glad now that I received them. They come as a set of two oval baking dishes. I love that the small one is perfect for cutting a recipe in half when it's just the two of us eating.
• ​Great Value Pasta at Walmart​
• ​Jovial Brown Rice Gluten Free Pasta at Walmart​
• ​Jovial Brown Rice Gluten Free Pasta on Amazon​

Visit my Amazon Storefront to explore more of the tools and ingredients I love cooking with at home.