Meals with pasta and butter
Pasta and butter is one of the best emergency dinners. It takes 10 minutes and tastes genuinely good.
Add garlic, cheese, or an egg to turn it into something more substantial.
Easy meal ideas
Butter pasta
Cook pasta, toss in butter while hot, season with salt and pepper.
Garlic butter pasta
Fry minced garlic in butter until golden, toss with cooked pasta.
Pasta with butter and egg yolk
Toss hot pasta with butter and raw egg yolk — it cooks from the heat into a silky sauce.
Brown butter pasta
Cook butter in a pan until golden-brown and nutty, toss with pasta immediately.
How to stretch these ingredients
- Pasta water (starchy) helps the butter coat every noodle — don't skip it
- Add lots of black pepper to make it feel more intentional
- Any cheese — parmesan, pecorino, or even cheddar — makes it more filling
- A squeeze of lemon brightens the whole thing
- Toasted breadcrumbs add texture if you have stale bread