Penne Alfredo with Italian Sausage and Zucchini by Denise Sherin

I had this dish at a local diner and loved it. So I recreated it at home it's an easy tasty dish. It looks like you spent a lot of time making it and it comes together so easily. In this picture I used just zucchini but I have made it with summer squash or a mix of both, whatever I have on hand, and it's great.

Sweet Bell Peppers & Pasta by Jennifer Bass

Spinach and Eggplant Rigatoni with Lemon Cream Sauce by Hina Gujral

Spinach and Eggplant Rigatoni is one of the simplest pasta recipes and yet so full of flavors though the original recipe had spicy sausages, to give the recipe a pure vegetarian twist I added chili flakes, eggplant and spinach.

PENNE POLIUTO by Maestro Micaele Sparacino

This recipe was created for me by the Head Chef at Beduci Ristorante off Dupont Circle in Washington, DC to celebrate the American premiere of Donizetti's opera POLIUTO, which I conducted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium in 1995. This extraordinary dish consists of penne piccole bathed in a sauce of prosciutto,…