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"This is my son's favorite meal. I make it with shrimp for him for his birthday every year. GREAT for company because it is so easy and yet taste wonderful! I cook this in the microwave, but I'm sure you could do it on the stove too. Times are what work in my microwave. Please use your own good judgment on times to use in your microwave. (In..."

Ingredients: pepper, heavy cream...

"Delicious chicken dish for a nice, simple, light meal.

Note:This is one of the recipes I adopted in the Great 'Zaar Orphan Adoption of 2005. I hope you enjoy it.

Note: If desired, you can substitute approximately 12-16 chicken breast tenders (tenderloins) in lieu of the whole chicken breasts."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, parsley sprigs...

"I changed a recipe I got from a cookbook by Giuliano Hazan. This makes a yummy sauce that is great with crusty bread. When I want to add pasta, I usually double the recipe except for the amount of shrimp."

Ingredients: shrimp, dry white wine...

"This is a quick and easy weekday supper for the busy cook."

Ingredients: pepper, dried oregano...

"Boston's North End is famous for it's Italian markets, restaurants and saint's day weekend festivals and I miss it so much! I was thrilled to find "The North End Italian Cookbook" by Marguerite Buonopane."

Ingredients: salt & fresh ground pepper, egg yolks...

"Very good and easy to make! I like to use this as a sauce with fettucine and as a dipping sauce for breadsticks. I have also substituted evaporated milk for the cream with success many times."

Ingredients: cream cheese, garlic powder...

"This is a wonderful main dish for company or just when you want something a little special without a lot of fuss."

Ingredients: pepper, fresh lemon juice...

"This simple soup is a savory dish passed on to me by a childhood friend's mother. She raised 6 kids and knew how to please a hungry crowd (the boys are all over 6'5") on a tight budget in a hurry! Soup is comforting but I have found this one to be especially soothing to body and soul. UPDATE: the meat juices are what make the flavor of..."

Ingredients: frozen spinach, parmesan cheese...

"My brother-in-law is from Naples, Italy and he and my sister owned a Italian restaurant that I worked at for a little while. This was my absolute favorite dish and I often serve it now 2-3 times a month. Sometimes I add artichoke hearts. When I add the artichoke hearts I use a can of quartered artichokes and drain off the brine and add at the end..."

Ingredients: condensed chicken broth, eggs...

"A staple in an Italian household, this is thrown together easily from ingredients always on hand. Makes a simple pasta dinner along with a salad or a nice side dish. Just toss with one pound of cooked pasta (I like it with spaghetti)."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, fresh flat-leaf parsley...

"I had never thought of celery as the basis of a dish until I saw this recipe in the "Betty Crocker's New Int'l Cookbook" almost 15 yrs ago. Honestly I only tried it because we were on such a tight budget that I had no other veggies in the house one night. Boy, were we surprised! We have it fairly frequently, even when we don't..."

Ingredients: instant chicken bouillon, margarine...

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, fine dry breadcrumbs...

"This is a very simple and versatile recipe."

Ingredients: fresh parsley, lemons...

"This is the ultimate Garlic Chicken Liver recipe. Simple, quick, minimal ingredients. Stolen from my local Italian restaurant after two weeks working there as a dish washer just to get the recipe. They've retired now so I don't think they'll mind me divulging their secret!"

Ingredients: garlic, lemon juice, olive oil...