My favorite quick one is lemon garlic, based on shrimp scampi. Here is a great recipe: https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/linguine-with-shrimp-scampi. Once you read the recipe, you can see you are just sautéing some garlic in olive oil and butter (or jus olive oil is fine, too), cook your shrimp for 2 minutes per side, turn off the heat until the pasta is done, then dump that in your shrimp/garlic/oil pan, and squeeze lemon juice over it. Salt and pepper, and done.
Super easy to scale up or down. No shrimp? Just skip it.

I always used to think fresh pesto was "too special" for everyday meals. But we get one of those basil "plant plugs" from Whole Foods, throw it in the mini prep processor with: slivered almonds (cheaper than pinenuts and a very neutral flavor), couple shakes of olive oil, 1-2 tbsps parmesan, salt, and garlic powder (I find fresh garlic overpowering here and of course takes more prep). That's it. Takes 5-6 mins and tastes wonderful and summery.

The rigatoni vodka from Carbone! https://www.cookedbyjulie.com/carbone-spicy-rigatoni-copycat-recipe/

Jon and Vinny's Spicy Vodka Sauce Fusilli - it is the best vodka sauce I've ever had, anywhere (restaurants, from scratch and people's homes, etc.)

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/fusilli-alla-vodka-basil-parmesan

Anonymous wrote:From scratch? Garlic, tomatoes, red pepper in olive oil, pressure cook it, use hand blender to blend it. Add spices and fresh basil.

Genius. How long? High pressure?

Anonymous wrote:I buy the "fancy" pasta from Trader Joe's, and use their pizza sauce and add chopped meat and spices to it. Actually, that's what I'll be making for dinner tonight. It's the spices that make the sauce, so it tastes great.

What spices do you like to add?

From scratch? Garlic, tomatoes, red pepper in olive oil, pressure cook it, use hand blender to blend it. Add spices and fresh basil.

I buy the "fancy" pasta from Trader Joe's, and use their pizza sauce and add chopped meat and spices to it. Actually, that's what I'll be making for dinner tonight. It's the spices that make the sauce, so it tastes great.

NYT 3 Ingredient Tomato Sauce. This is the NYT recipe without the paywall - https://www.31daily.com/worlds-best-pasta-sauce/

Costco pesto

Not so much a sauce, buy we love this easy pasta dish

https://smittenkitchen.com/2015/02/spaghetti-pangrattato-with-fried-eggs/

I’m a passable cook. I’m trying to get better and expand my weekly pasta dinners. Any help would be appreciated. Open to all kinds of sauces and pasta types.