The basil in the garden is gorgeous - time for pesto. Easy Pesto Recipe to serve over pasta, with seafood or just spread on bread.

An easy to make hearty meat sauce for use on various pasta dishes

Easy Dinner Recipe.  Try our Chicken and Penne Pasta with tomatoes, capers, basil and mozzarella cheese.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Makes: 6 servings, about 1 cup each

This Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese  is so good you may have to double the recipe.

Easy mac and cheese for the kid in all of us.

Colorful pasta salad full of vegetables.

This recipe is great for girls night in. Pour a big glass of red wine get in the kitchen. Every one can help...just keep the wine glasses filled! - - Eleanor

This lasagna may become a new family tradition.

Shamika's Easy Clam Sauce Recipe.  Throw this sauce together, toss with pasta and dinner is ready.

Recipe Source:

What's for Dinner in 2010 - Recipes

Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food.  My lasagna sauce is made with beef and Italian Sausage. Serve with garlic bread and a nice bottle of chianti.

A cheesy upgrade for one of Americas favorite side dishes. Turns the classic into a meal for all ages!!!

Meaty Spaghetti Sauce like grandma used to make! It's her recipe! I use this sauce for my lasagna recipe also.

This is my all time favorite mussels recipe. If I have company I double the recipe.

Serve meatballs with pizza sauce, Alfredo sauce, classic red sauce or pesto sauce. Or, wrap the meatballs in bacon and serve on a toothpick. Consider topping meatballs with Italian cheeses such as provolone, mozzarella or Gorgonzola. Or, serve meatballs on a petite roll, as a “mini-meatball slider.”

Pasta and artichokes in a creamy lobster sauce.

Very easy meatless meal that can be made quickly.

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Recipe Source: Poogans Porch, one of Charleston's oldest and most reputable restaurants.

Florentine style Rabbit Pasta.

This is a really good pasta dinner recipe.  Roast garlic, eggplant, tomatoes, yum.

Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo is an easy to make cheesy treat. I sometimes add broccoli or asparagus.

Recipe Courtesy of:
The Shrimp Council and "Bob & Joe's Smart Seafood Guide, A Practical Look at Seafood."

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 4 to 6 hours

This is very easy and light dish for spring!

This is a little twist I put on Shrimp Scampi since I had some left over alfredo sauce in the fridge.

Recipe by Carla Hall, finalist on "Top Chef" Seasons 5 and 8.

Hearty vension lasagna.  We eat a lot of venison and are always looking for new ways to cook it up.

Ziti with Carmalized Onion Sauce is an easy meatless meal. Serve with a salad and crusty bead.