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"A nice way to add some ZIP to your ziti, made healthier with whole wheat pasta and part-skim mozzarella! Add a tossed salad to round out the meal!"

Ingredients: ziti pasta, pepper...

""Fuggeddaboutit!" A favorite dish of the wiseguys. Make this for dinner and, ba-da-bing, you're ready for an evening with the Sopranos. This is one of my all-time favorite Italian-American chicken recipes. Be sure to serve some crusty bread to sop up the sauce."

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, dried rosemary leaves...

"I found this at Teri's Kitchen, a site about Pennsylvania Dutch cooking. It's become a favorite in our family. Since we don't eat pork, we substitute beef ingredients for the sausage and bacon. However, the pork version is more authentic. It is very hearty and filling."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, kielbasa...

"My mother came from a mixed family because my Grammie was married twice, the first time to a Portugue...Mom's sister Susan is one of her half-Portugue siblings...When I was a kid, Aunt Sue used to make this Portugue Jag all the time...I used to beg her to make it and invite us (my siblings and I) for lunch...Sometimes she said NO, but when she..."

Ingredients: garlic, lima beans...

"A different type of meatball that works well in pasta sauce or as an appetizer!"

Ingredients: cornmeal, bulk sausage, eggs...

"Delizioso! Olives, sausage, and tomatoes combined for a terrific dish. This is the type dish that I don't really measure; I just throw in a lot of garlic and basil until it looks about right."

Ingredients: garlic, crushed tomatoes...

"Quick and easy! Pair it up with a salad and some corn bread you have a fabulous meal!! Great for potlucks! I sometimes substitute cream of mushroom soup for the cream of chicken. I think you could add ham to this recipe as well."

Ingredients: cream of chicken soup, cooked rice...

"Fried sausages or hot smoked sausages are placed on top of this hot slaw. Serve them with plenty of mashed potatoes. Yummy! Prep time is approximate."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, pepper, salt...

"From an Italian restaurant in R.I., we made a few changes. Oh so good."

Ingredients: crushed tomatoes, linguine...

"I don't know what's better, the dish or the look you get when you say that's what you're serving. We always loved when Mom served up Pig Stomach. I have adapted this recipe from the Mennonite Cookbook. Consider the stomach to be the "delivery vehicle" and experiment with the seasonings ... follow the recipe for a traditional..."

Ingredients: pepper, onions, pig stomach...

Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, eggs...

"Kielbasa, potatoes and broccoli in a creamy cheese sauce. This recipe is one of our family's all-time favorites. I have eaten, but never prepared this casserole made with frozen hash browns instead of sliced potatoes. I will attempt to provide those directions also. My family really likes sauces, so this recipe is 1 1/2 times the original amount..."

Ingredients: pepper, medium cheddar...

"This is one of my childhood favorites. I grew up in southern Massachusetts where there is a huge portuguese population. We would go to the coast and collect any muscles, clams or periwinkles we could find and then toss them in a pot once we got home. These days a trip to the supermarket works okay. Feel free to add whatever seafood you'd like...."

Ingredients: clams in shell, fresh mussels...

"Definitely NOT Tex Mex! :-) My grandmother always added broken spaghetti noodles to her chili, but she used ground beef instead of sausage."

Ingredients: bulk sausage, spaghetti noodles...