These 5 One-Pot Magic Pastas Only Need 5 Ingredients and a Glance — Snapshot Cooking

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One-pot pastas are an absolute magic trick. Cook pasta start to finish in one pot? No straining? And oh, wait — all the other ingredients for a delicious, well-rounded dinner cook right in the pot with the pasta? Amazing!

In fact, one-pot pastas embody everything we crave in a winning weeknight dinner: minimal prep, a 10-minute cook time, a single dish to clean, and a big payoff in flavor. But what happens to the pasta's cooking water, you ask? As the noodles boil, the water reduces into a starchy binder, creating a rich sauce for the noodles to cling to. See? Magic.

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