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6 Delicious Pasta Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make Yourself

I think of pasta the way teenage girls think of Audrey Hepburn — it is a classic beauty. But I'm bored of the same old comfy spaghetti and tomato sauce meal. There have got to be more interesting recipes that I'm capable of cooking, right? Yes! Check out these six pasta dishes that will make pasta seem new again.

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by Corinne Caputo

Red Wine Pasta

In case you are looking for an excuse to ingest more wine, now you can cook your pasta in it! Follow this recipe for red wine pasta from the awesome A Beautiful Mess.

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BLT Pasta

If you were to ask me what lunch is the best lunch, I’d obviously say a BLT. Now you can eat it for dinner too with Eat.Live.Travel.Write’s recipe for BLT pasta.

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Mac and Cheese-Stuffed Mushrooms

Next time mom calls and asks if you are eating your vegetables you can honestly say yes thanks to this epic mac and cheese-stuffed mushrooms recipe from How Sweet It Is.

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Squid Ink Pasta

If you think beige is the most boring color, you are right. Change up your next monochromatic pasta dish with this black squid ink pasta from A Beautiful Mess.

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Spaghetti Squash Pasta

Pasta doesn’t have to be made from just flour, you know. Check out this delicious recipe for creamy avocado spaghetti squash from Oh She Glows.

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More Spaghetti Squash

The spaghetti squash doesn’t stop there! This spaghetti squash with beluga lentils, parsley pesto & shiitake recipe Green Kitchen Stories is amazing.

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