Cheap Pasta Recipes
20+ Cheap Pasta Recipes to Last You Through Rent Week and Beyond
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Pasta is like the friend that's always there for you through thick and thin, and especially when you're low on money. And when it's rent week (or any other time when you're on a tight budget), a girl's still gotta eat. These 20+ easy pasta recipes will not only fill you up, but they'll barely make a dent in your wallet, and you'll want to make them time and again. We're ditching the fancy pasta projects involving expensive ingredients like shrimp and avocado in favor of these budget-friendly recipes that deliver on flavor. Moral of the story: garlic is your best friend.
1 Parmesan Garlic Spaghetti
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2 Pasta With 3-Ingredient Tomato Sauce
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3 Spaghetti With Garlic, Olive Oil, and Chili Flakes
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4 Vegetarian Carbonara
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5 One-Pot Tomato Onion Linguine
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6 Lemon Spaghetti
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7 Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Pasta
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8 Easy Carbonara
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9 Olive Garden's Chicken Fettucine Alfredo
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10 Cheesy Chicken and Bacon No-Boil Pasta Bake
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11 Authentic Italian Alfredo
Image Source: Peden + Munk
12 Puttanesca Pasta
Image Source: Alexandra's Kitchen
13 Spaghetti With a Garlic, Lemon, and White Wine Sauce
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14 Broccoli Chicken Alfredo
Image Source: Tastes Lovely
15 Garlicky Arugula Pasta
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Susannah Chen
16 Pasta With Bacon and Spinach
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Nicole Perry
17 Cacio e Pepe
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18 Linguine With Kale and Chickpeas
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19 Roasted Garlic Butter Bucatini With Burst Cherry Tomatoes
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20 Pasta With Fava Greens
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21 Slow-Cooker Spaghetti and Meatballs
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Sarah Lipoff
