Save Time (and Your Sanity) With These Genius Pasta Hacks

Nothing is more painful to clean up than a pot of pasta water that boils over, but this simple hack prevents that!

Get the cooking tip: wooden spoon hack

In the last one or two minutes of cooking the pasta, throw those veggies into the bubbling, salted water. The pasta and the veggies will cook simultaneously, and you can drain everything out in one colander.

Get the recipe: pasta with fava greens

Seriously: starchy, salty pasta water is the key ingredient to any really good, authentic Italian pasta sauce. A couple of spoonfuls into your sauce, and you'll become a believer.

Get the cooking tip: why you should save pasta water

Take it from Italian chef Fabio Viviani himself. "Grandma's" way of making pasta, aka by hand, takes forever and is super messy. Whipping the dough up in a food processor takes a few minutes with no mess, plus it frees your hands up for a glass of wine. Winning!

Get the recipe: Fabio Viviani's homemade pasta

Martha Stewart's method for one-pot pasta (sauce included) is worth trying at least once, either in a slow cooker or in a pot over your stovetop.

Get the recipe: one-pot tomato onion linguine

You won't have to hassle with layers or with turning on your oven.

Get the recipe: easy skillet lasagna

The sauce — made from olive oil, butter, pecorino (or parmesan), and black pepper — soaks into the instant ramen in an unbelievable way.

Get the recipe: ramen cacio e pepe

The wonton wrappers make it practically effortless to assemble homemade ravioli.

Get the recipe: roasted beet ravioli