Let’s pasta it up with a these quick and easy tortellini recipes! These tasty tortellini recipes are guaranteed to rock your weekday lunches and busy weeknight dinners!
Tortellini is one my favorite kitchen staples!
I almost always have a box or two in my fridge as well as in my freezer too. I love how fast they are to cook and how effortless it is to make a healthy dinner based around them!
I like to use the classic three cheese tortellini pasta to keep things gloriously vegetarian, but there are so many tasty varieties to choose from!
That’s just the refrigerated kind from the store of course, and you could be completely extra and make your own fun fillings for homemade tortellini if you’d like!
WHAT KIND OF TORTELLINI SHOULD I USE?
There are three types of tortellini you can purchase readily made: fresh, frozen, and dried.
My favorite type is the fresh refrigerated tortellini that are usually found near the chilled sauces and cheeses in the grocery store. Buitoni and Rana are my favorite brands though I’ve had some excellent store-brand options too.
Tortellini also omes in a variety of flavors and fillings. Here are some of the most common varieties you can choose from:
Cheese Tortellini
Cheese tortellini is perhaps the most popular and widely available flavor. It is usually filled with a mixture of ricotta and Parmesan cheese, and has a mild, creamy flavor.
Meat Tortellini
T-Rex options of tortellini are typically filled with sausage, prosciutto, or chicken along with cheese and other seasonings. Popular varieties include chicken and prosciutto tortellini, chicken and roasted garlic tortellini, and sweet Italian sausage tortellini.
Spinach Tortellini
Spinach tortellini is filled with a mixture of spinach and ricotta cheese – it’s one of my favorites and I love to serve it straight up with some homemade or store-bought pesto sauce. Delicious!
10 Easy Tortellini Recipes
Ready to get your recipe on? Here are some of my all-time favorite tasty tortellini recipes:
This reader-favorite has over 50 rave reviews! Creamy, dreamy, and so full of flavor, it’s hands-down one of my favorite quick and easy tortellini recipes for busy weeknight dinners!
I recently made this one again to shoot some fancy new photos for it and oh my gosh is it delicious! It’s also so easy to mix and match with all your favorite pasta salad extras and veggies. The tender cheese tortellini absolutely makes it.
This baked tortellini recipe channels all the goodness of a hearty broccoli pasta dish with the added bonus of being blanketed in a luscious Alfredo-like cream sauce.
For this recipe I like to use fresh refrigerated tortellini since it cooks up crazy fast and has the best flavor.
This super simple vegetable tortellini soup is another reader favorite! It can be made quickly in one pot (SCORE!) I like to use the classic three cheese tortellini pasta for my veggie based soups to keep things gloriously vegetarian, but there are so many tasty varieties to choose from!
This easy peasy tortellini caesar salad recipe features tender cheese tortellini, crisp croutons, and juicy ripe tomatoes on a bed of fresh salad greens with a crazy flavorful Caesar dressing.
more tasty tortellini pasta recipes
- Creamy Mushroom and Spinach Tortellini
- Tortellini Alfredo from Life in the Lofthouse
- Bruschetta Pasta Salad with Three Cheese Tortellini
- Greek Tortellini Salad by yours truly
- Natasha’s One Pan Tortellini with Sausage looks awesome!
- Mexican Baked Tortellini Casserole
- Italian Tomato and Spinach Tortellini Soup
- Tortellini Minestrone
If you get a chance to try these easy tortellini recipes, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation. I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
I started keeping tortellini on hand for your soup! So good and so simple to make. I love it.
Thanks boo! So stoked you’ve been enjoying the soup!