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"A delightful summer main dish. The cakes can be made ahead and frozen. Make small cakes to serve as an appetizer. This recipe is from our special friends - Ray and Anita. They were our next door neighbors for 23 years. Our children grew up with 2 sets of parents."

Ingredients: balsamic vinaigrette, eggs...

"This scrumptious pasta dish will tickle your taste buds, with a nice blend of veggies, seafood, and cheesey sauce atop mounds of pasta. Served with Garlic Italian bread, a simple salad, and a nice glass of wine, makes this meal fit for a king."

Ingredients: salt & fresh ground pepper, pecorino romano cheese...

"Fresh basil and garlic bring out the Italian flavors in this simple quick-cooking dish. This makes 3 1-cup servings. Recipe is from Land O Lakes. Your favorite pasta can be substituted for the angel hair."

Ingredients: angel hair pasta, fresh basil leaves...

"I do not know where this recipe came from. A friend gave it to me. This is THE BEST SAUCE I've ever had!! We use to like dining out at Italian places but not now. Not after eating this sauce. I don't think there is any sauce that will taste as good as this. My Husband eats this stuff by the spoonful. It is that good!! (I don't claim it..."

Ingredients: dried basil, chopped tomatoes...

"Simple and substantial, a perfect choice for a casual supper. Serve with salad and crusty french bread for a complete meal."

Ingredients: pasta sauce, cheese tortellini...

"This is a simple pizza sauce. If you grow fresh plum tomatoes use about 2 cups of them chopped in place of the canned tomatoes."

Ingredients: pepper, dried basil...

Ingredients: ziti pasta, fat-free ricotta cheese...

"My daughter works at an Italian restaurant and brought home something similar to this. We experimented and here it is. I love the fact that this doesn't need to be cooked--it's so fresh! The better your tomatoes are, the better this will be. I like to use grape tomatoes or roma. Please feel free to adjust any ingredient amounts to your taste...."

Ingredients: Mrs. Dash seasoning mix, fresh basil...

"Penne and delicious asparagus, highlighted with cherry (or grape) tomatoes. Plunk em' in, and just devour!"

Ingredients: fresh basil leaves, frozen peas...

"If you can boil water and mix you can make this wonderfully tasty pasta at the spur of the moment! Great for the surprise dinner with a salad and crusty bread"

Ingredients: fresh basil, olive oil, pasta...

"Quick and easy comfort food. Complete meal on it's own, but garlic bread and a tossed salad make great additions."

Ingredients: dried onions, pepper...

"This recipe is wonderful over slices of crusty bread or as a side dish for grilled chicken, pork and steak. Recipe is from Healthy Cooking."

Ingredients: pepper, feta cheese...

"This one dish dinner is simple, yet it looks like you took hours to make it. The sauce and the chicken can be prepared ahead of time, just cook the pasta, heat up the chicken and sauce and serve"

Ingredients: fresh Italian parsley, fresh ground black pepper...

"This was originally from Planter's Walnuts, but I have modified it over the years to suit our tastes. It is a family favorite, requested by my kid's for their birthday dinners and when the older ones come home from college. We eat it hot the first night and then the leftovers cold the next day. Make sure to use only fresh basil - it makes..."

Ingredients: fresh basil leaves, caesar-flavor croutons...