Over 50 pasta dishes you'll want to eat again and again

There are a lot of reasons you might want to kick back and eat a plate bowl of pasta, but here are few: it's easy to cook, versatile in its flavoring and tastes just so dang good. Even picky eaters have to agree! But, it can be easy to get stuck in a pasta rut, making the same dish repeatedly with boring old store-bought bolognese or three-cheese sauce.

So switch up your usual pasta dish with something bolder, creamier, more interesting or even healthier and check out our favorite pasta recipes in the gallery below.

Keep in mind, pasta and noodles are two different things, and it all comes down to their ingredients and country of origin. These dishes all hail from or are inspired by Italian and American classics. And yes, there is a lot of cheese involved.

Making your pasta into a side dish? Pair it with one of our favorite chicken recipes: