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"Great for anyone going low carb OR who has so many zucchini, they don't know what to do!! :) We found the sauce to be very mild. I think it would be better with twice as much garlic. I boiled my zucchini slices for about 3 minutes so they were partially cooked. I wanted to make sure they were soft in the finished dish or I knew the kids wouldn't..."

Ingredients: pepper, dried basil...

"Here’s the deal….if you want REAL authentic Italian tomato sauce, you’ve come to the right place. Sure you can save yourself all the time by opening a couple cans of diced/peeled tomatoes, but then again, that’s not authentic at all. You can freeze this sauce for later use.

This sauce is perfect for anything that requires a tomato sauce:..."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil leaves...

"I created this myself after looking at a few recipes... my attempt was to get more veggies and soy and make it lower calorie at the same time. I was happy with how this turned out... especially the cheese mixture. No one will know it is soy! The end result isn't as rich as the original version but still quite filling. If you aren't worried..."

Ingredients: pepper, summer squash, eggs...

"From: www.cooking-italian-food.com"

Ingredients: fresh basil, garlic...

"I love making this dish, and Mark even likes to eat it, although he doesn't like mushrooms. Try it ,you'll love it."

Ingredients: cooking spray, fat free mozzarella cheese...

"This is such a tasty and versatile vegetable dish! You can vary the type of peppers if they are out of season & expensive, you can add chopped spinach or sliced mushrooms. You can eliminate the wine & increase the amount of milk or broth if you choose.I use whole wheat lasagna to make it even healthier!"

Ingredients: pepper, dried thyme...

"I liked these as they were single servings and so colorful. The recipe includes a sauce recipe as well, but feel free to sub your favorite pasta sauce to speed things up. Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis on Everyday Italian."

Ingredients: Spanish onions, summer squash...

"An elegant lasagna from chef Gary Danko that uses thin potato slices in place of the traditional lasagna noodles."

Ingredients: coarse salt, wild mushrooms...

"I took this from a lasagna packet and slightly modified - the original called for pumpkin but I wanted a lower GI meal. Try both sometime. Also, you could really take the total weight of veggies and make up whatever mix you felt like. BTW, this is a really filling meal! If anyone freezes this let me know how it works too!"

Ingredients: lasagna sheets, milk, nutmeg...

"This manicotti is made with lasagna noodles. Or, you could skip the lasagna noodles and toss the filling with cooked pasta shells. Recipe is from Rachael Ray."

Ingredients: pepper, cottage cheese...

"from the "dancing gourmet cookbook""

Ingredients: dried oregano, dried thyme...

"Adapted from the famous recipe by Barefoot Contessa by adding more veggies and less butter; still so rich and delicious though! Now, serves just for 4 but it's easy to serve more - just double the ingredients and put in a 9x13 pan."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, cremini mushrooms...

"I copied this from "The Canyon Ranch Cookbook" by Jeanne Jones. I haven't made this but I borrowed the book from a friend and want to give it back. Here for safe keeping. I guessed time."

Ingredients: dried basil, minced clams...

"This is a hearty Italian dish from my Great Grandmother who was from Sicily. We used to make this once a month. Don't worry about frying the eggplant it's fried in olive oil and my Papa always said that Olive oil was the best thing for you (he also used to say to shove garlic cloves up your nose if you have a cold, but that's another story)...."

Ingredients: pepper, eggplants, eggs...