Wagon Wheel Pasta and Peas

Wagon Wheel Pasta and Peas is an easy, hearty dinner to make for the whole family and very economical.

This is a delicious homemade tomato sauce rich in flavor and easy to make.

The pot simmers quickly with a fresh tomato sauce with just the right spice, garlic,  to make a delicious fresh tasting sauce with peas or even another bean you prefer.

This meal has very fond memories that remind me of my grandmother who always liked to add a fun-shaped pasta for us children when we were very young.

Just cook your favorite pasta to go along with the sauce like ditalini, baby shells, or another small macaroni you prefer we just happened to love wagon wheel pasta.

If you have meat lovers you can add cooked sausage, or sliced pepperoni, we have some suggestions below for a delicious one-pan meal.

You may also like our economical 15 Easy Pasta Recipe Roundup or our 15 One-Pan Favorite Meals recipes.

Scroll down to get this easily printable recipe with step-by-step instructions.

Parsley Pistachio Pea Pesto Over Pasta

The "five P's" Parsley, Pistachio, Pea, Pesto, Pasta, wow try and say that fast, it's such a fabulous pasta dish!

When I want a quick meal and it's on the table fast, this is my go too recipe.


You can have fresh pesto on hand, store-bought and pantry boxed pasta.


An excellent meal anytime and there's a bonus recipe at the end with chicken!

Grandma's Conchiglie and Piselli Italian Zuppa Recipe

This is Italian Style Peas and Baby Shell Pasta, growing up Grandma made this often, and we loved it.

Back in Rome, Italy where she grew up, she said this was referred to as "depression day food".A meal that fed a lot of family and friends cheaply and today it's to be a rare find on any menu but still cheap to make.

This meal continues to adorn our tables no matter what time period was in as long as I am alive.

I will always remember the aroma of that garlic sauteed in oil coming home from school.

Grandma lived with us, she made everything taste like it was a banquet feast.

Her simple economical and easy-to-make peas and pasta is a divine meal and no back seat to a fantastic one of her home-cooked meals.

Perfect to warm you up in those Central N.Y. chilly snow months, back in Utica, New York, her memory will live on in our kitchens.

Thanks, Grandma Victoria we love this one and miss your special love that went into every pot!

Although everything she made was awesome, made from scratch this is a favorite when you love pasta and peas, together it's music to our ears in flavor.