When you’re short on time and running in a thousand directions, what do you usually turn to for a quick dinner? For most of us, pasta is high up on the list. But just because it’s the default choice doesn’t mean it has to be dull. For a change of pace from the usual red sauce, try tossing your pasta with a robust, chunky sauté or topping it with a no-cook sauce. For more tasty suggestions, see the links at left.
Of course, you could hardly cook pasta in the late summer without making use of all the ripe tomatoes overflowing at the farmers’ market. Our fresh skillet sauces use tiny cherry tomatoes to produce speedy results—without the endless simmering. And don’t miss our guide to the delicious varieties of tiny tomatoes, from Brandywine to brilliant Sun Gold. We’ve also got a cool tool that makes short work of coring tomatoes.
