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"A delicious and simple way to use up leftover pasta."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, eggs...

"Plain plain plain. This is how my hubby likes his noodles. From 365 Ways to Cook Pasta."

Ingredients: parmesan cheese, parsley...

"I got this recipe from Food Network's Everyday Italian. I've adjusted the amounts to cut down on calories. This is my "I'm tired, had a long day, don't feel like cooking, but still want something delicious for dinner" recipe. It goes great with some steamed veggies!"

Ingredients: spaghetti noodles, fresh basil...

"A quick and nice comfort food dish back from my university days. Exactly 5 ingredients! Well, the basic "student" version, which is actually really good and filling :).

Feel free to add garlic, a dash of cognac, parsley, parmesan and toasted nuts (such as walnuts) to enhance the basic version."

Ingredients: gorgonzola, cream cheese...

"This is a good way to use less pasta and more vegetables in a filling meal. Use whatever type of vegetable with the pasta you like. Use a healthy bottled marinara sauce, preferably organic."

Ingredients: dry pasta, marinara sauce...

"simple 10 minute tomato sauce.
The pasta you choose will make or break the recipe. Italian cooking is based on simplicity and for simplicity to work you MUST use quality ingredients. Cheap pasta (it's often yellowy with a lot of broken pieces and little markings on it) won't stay "al dente" that is with a little bite to it...."

Ingredients: fresh basil, spaghetti...

"this is very easy!! i love making them because you can get your hands messy!i use a noodle roller that i got for a $1 at a garage sale! this would be fun to do w/ the kids, but if you are going to do it w/ the kids, i wold suggest using a bowl to get the ingredients mixed."

Ingredients: eggs, olive oil, flour...

"This dish is meatless and high in fiber. Recipe is from Family Circle."

Ingredients: green beans, fingerling potatoes...

"This is a wonderful dish that tastes gourmet and is very filling and rich. I figured out this recipe after eating it at a restaurant. It was surprisingly easy to make! Though, I admit, it is not exactly a heart-smart meal."

Ingredients: mizithra cheese, spaghetti...

"My sister and I invented this recipe when we first moved out from home together. We called it Spartan Pasta because it has a Greek feel with the fetta and oregano, and because there isn't a lot to the recipe. It is surprisingly good! We like it best made with frilly fettuccine."

Ingredients: fresh oregano, reduced-fat feta cheese...

"This recipe is from my MIL. My husband loves it and it's the only spaghetti sauce he'll eat. Took me a little getting used cause it's sweet, but now it's a favorite. Makes a REALLY good pizza sauce too!!"

Ingredients: spaghetti noodles, sugar...