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"The original recipe comes from one of my favorite Italian cookbooks. Adapted to my own tastes and availability of ingredients, this comforting stew packs lots of flavor and can easily be thrown together for a mid-week meal. I usually serve mine with a nice green salad on the side."

Ingredients: dried oregano, dry white wine...

Ingredients: fat-free half-and-half, milk...

"My Italian Aunt often made this when we went to visit. I was just given the recipe. It is so good and so easy to make. You can use any leafy green like spinach or turnip greens but romaine has a nice sweet flavour so it was always the first choice. This is more like a chili/stew style soup."

Ingredients: romano beans, great northern beans...

"Serve this with crusty rolls to soak up the sauce."

Ingredients: sweet Italian sausage links, diced tomatoes...

"Adapted from Gooseberry Patch's In the Kitchen with Family & Friends, this super-thick and hearty stew really satisfies. Yummm..."

Ingredients: pepper, small shell pasta...

"This is good with a thick chunk of bread and a glass of wine. Source: The Moosewood Cookbook"

Ingredients: salt & fresh ground pepper, dried basil...

"A totally vegetarian, healthy dish that is delicious and comforting. Loaded with fiber, low in fat and calories...healthy doesn't get much better than this! Serve with crusty Italian or French bread :)"

Ingredients: elbow macaroni, diced tomatoes...

"The first time I had chicken cacciatore in a restaurant, it was made with skin-on, bone-in chicken. The skin was so yucky and the bones were hard to deal with through the sauce. This recipe uses bite size, skinless, boneless pieces so there is nothing to fight with or yuck up the sauce. All the veggies in the sauce give it a wonderful texture and flavor...."

Ingredients: white button mushrooms, green onions...

"This a wonderful comfort food! My Italian husband and relatives love it. They can't believe I don't spend the whole day at the stove to make it. Serve with good Italian bread and a salad and your all set! I have included the microwave instructions, but I have never made it this way so...it's your choice. Try it you'll love it. If it's..."

Ingredients: condensed chicken broth, small shell pasta...

"Based on ancient Roman recipe using spices from the Far East. Serve this as is with crusty bread, or over steamed rice or mashed potatoes."

Ingredients: pepper, ground allspice...

"Earthy comfort food. Your kitchen will smell great for the 2-2.5 hours it takes to cook this and your guests will love you."

Ingredients: pepper, dried rosemary...

"What makes this distinctive is the Mediterrianean-style mixture of tomatoes, basil and oregano with plenty of red wine and garlic-a base which makes the finished dish very strong and heady indeed."

Ingredients: lobsters, fresh ground black pepper...

"Have always been a fan of slow cooked meals and with my new crock pot, I'm equiped to try some new ones. The original recipe comes from "The Slow Cooker Bible" and includes my intended modifications. As I have not yet tried this dish, feedback is especially welcome."

Ingredients: dried oregano, dried rosemary...

"I started w/ Giada De Laurentis' (Everyday Italian Food Network) recipe and tweaked it to my own tastes (ie: I added the wine and garlic, changed the fresh basil to dried, only because I didn't have any on hand-I'm sure fresh is better, I used fire roasted tomatoes instead of plain, and I changed the kidney beans to cannellini beans). We..."

Ingredients: dried basil, dried thyme...