The best Valentine's Day date night starts with pasta! Here are my favorite Valentine's Day Pasta Recipes to make at home.
Are you celebrating Valentine's Day this week? Weekend? Ever? Never?
We technically celebrate our dating anniversary on V-day, but after a gazillion years together we....I have no idea...anymore. Mainly because I travel a lot this time of year (well, in a regular year, which this is not) and two times we had a newborn at Valentine's Day, and while I'm cool with a dating anniversary and a wedding anniversary as an excuse to hang out, it's definitely nothing mandatory for us anymore.
BUT.
One thing we do love to do is cook together, whether or not it's for a special occasion. Having Valentine's Day on a weekend is the PERFECT excuse to stay in, decompress, and make a fabulous pasta dish in stretchy pants, whether you're into the Valentine thing or not.
Here are some pasta dishes that I think you'd absolutely love for Valentine's Day or anytime. They're some of our favorites!
Valentine's Day Pasta Recipes
- She-Crab Mac and Cheese (pescatarian)
- Sausage Vodka Sauce with Penne
- Lobster Pasta with Lemon Cream Sauce (pescatarian)
- Spaghetti with Favorite Meat Sauce
- Creamy Mushroom Parmesan Pasta (vegetarian)
- Spicy Sambal Pork Noodles (this sauce keeps really well in the freezer!)
- Meatball Bolognese (with a fun shortcut!)
- 30-Minute Creamy Spinach Pasta (my personal favorite)
I have a whole pasta category if you're into even more yummy noods recipes, and of course sub zoodles for any of these if you're on a gf or low carb routine. I have this spiralizer that attaches to my stand mixer and we use it ALL the time, almost weekly.
We also have the pasta maker attachment for our KitchenAid mixer if you want to get really fancy!
AND AND AND, if you're into takeout but maybe want to make dessert, OR if you want to go all out? A kale salad to start and chocolate mousse for dessert?
Probably yes.
Happy lets-eat-carbs-for-love week!
Last updated February 2021.
What a great idea pasta for Valentine’s Day. But after going through all your recipes. I don’t know which one to choose. They all look so delicious!
One a day for a week should do you! Feel free to send leftovers. 🙂
My family loves pasta. Thanks for the great recipes!
Thank you so much!
A beautiful and simple dish - my kids absolutely loved it and want it again.
Why go out when you can make some amazing pasta recipes like these?? That spinach pasta is calling my name!!