No-Boil Baked Chicken Pasta

Pasta dinners have a reputation for being quick, but let's be honest: Bringing a pot of water to a boil takes forever. Okay, maybe not actually forever, but it can feel that way. Enter this clever no-boil baked chicken pasta, which allows the oven to do the work. Unlike most baked pasta dishes, you'll skip the pot of water and instead just add more water to the baking dish. Not only does this cut down on dishes, the hands-off approach adds a little breathing room to dinnertime.

An ode to baked ziti, this dish is amped up with chicken and spinach and features fun, twirly fusilli pasta rather than ziti. Of course, if you like, you can use another short pasta like ziti, penne, or orecchiette instead. You can mix up the meat too. Substitute cooked, crumbled sausage or cooked ground beef for the rotisserie chicken, or leave the meat out entirely for a vegetarian version.