Spaghetti with Seafood in Tomato and Herb sauce by John Spottiswood

A colleague of mine brought in some fresh oregano, marjoram, and Italian parsley from his garden, so I looked for a fresh herb pasta recipe. I changed the herbs up a bit to use what I had, substituted prawns for mussels, and ended up with a delicious pasta. As long as you get the basics of this sauce right, you can mess around with…

Sweet Bell Peppers & Pasta by Jennifer Bass

Pasta in Red Sauce Recipe (Penne Arrabiata) by Hina Gujral

Pasta in Red Sauce is a delicious Italian pasta dish bursting with robust flavors of fresh tomato sauce. You don’t have to wait for winters to make this quick sauce pasta recipe. Most of the ingredients required for the Penne Arrabiata are easily available. This recipe lists the seasonal vegetables I prefer in my pasta, but don’t be…

NETTLE PESTO WITH RAVIOLI by Linda Tay Esposito

The stinging nettle is one of the tastiest veggies around. It has a robust aroma that is woody and mushroomy. Nettle has one of the highest protein content amongst green vegetables. Even tho its sting may intimidate you at first, just use a pair of tongs to handle it. Nettle loses its sting when cooked even 1 minute in boiling…

Tomato Marinara with Garlic and Basil by Nancy Miyasaki

This is a light and tasty sauce that the Roman's called "alla carrettiera". It's named for the drivers who came to town with fresh produce and wine from the surrounding countryside, and their sauces were improvised from the abundant ingredients available to them. We've got our own little garden, and all of the ingredients for this…

Vegan Bolognese Spaghetti by Gourmandelle LifestyleBlog

I love Italian food, especially pasta! This is the well known Bolognese Pasta recipe turned vegan. The texture and taste are almost the same as in the original recipe, which is a great thing! Even better, I used gluten free spaghetti. Hope you'll like it!

Bill's Penne alla Vodka by Angie Morris

“This recipe is tailor-made for my husband Bill, done the way he likes Vodka sauce - lots of bacon, lots of Vodka, and very creamy. He is the Vodka sauce expert and he has a favorite restaurant where he always orders it. But he says my recipe is just like it! I take that as a huge compliment! You can just barely taste the Vodka in…

Gnocchi w/Parmesan Tomato Cream Sauce by LBTurner

A quick and easy comfort food recipe. Creamy, rib-sticking, serotonin-inducing deliciousness!

Cheese Tortellini with Purple Sage and Browned Butter by K. Garner

My family loves this dish. It's a classic and uses an herb that grows year after year in my yard--purple sage. Any culinary sage will do--the ones with the large velvety leaves. Don't use Russian sage or Pineapple Sage. Stick with the basic sages. We like short pasta with this, and often use Orecchiete or Bow Tie pasta. You've got to…

Spaghetti with Clam and Tomato sauce by John Spottiswood

This is one of my favorite last minute, throw together pastas. I generally use canned clams and canned Italian plum tomatoes (except in the summer/fall when wonderful fresh roma tomatoes are available), so this requires only a trip to the pantry. Our kids enjoy this as well. Recommended pasta: Spaghettini, thin spaghetti, takes to…

BLACK SPAGHETTINI SMOTHERED IN A WHITE GARLICKY CLAM SAUCE by Cecelia Heer

While visiting my local fish monger yesterday (Tuesday is a good day to visit the market—other than a Friday), I saw beautiful littleneck clams. Typically, I’m not very fond of clams because, many times, at restaurants, they could be a bit chewy. Since the price was only $5.00 for a dozen of the beautiful mollusks (about 1 ½”- 1 ¾”…

Creamy Spinach and Corn Pasta in Whole Wheat White Sauce by Hina Gujral

Spinach Corn Pasta is a great wholesome dish laced with goodness of spinach and cooked in whole wheat white sauce. There are certain apprehensions about pasta being unhealthy food but if cooked in a right way with vegetables and along with whole-wheat sauce it makes it wholesome. It is also important to know the kind of pasta you need…

Fresh Tomato Puttanesca Sauce by Homemade & Yummy

Puttanesca Sauce made with fresh tomatoes and all the wonderful Mediterranean flavours of olives, capers, anchovies and spicy red pepper heat. Pasta perfection!! Perfect for meatless or gluten free diners!!

Cheesecake Factory's Chipolte Chicken Pasta by lauren

I came up with this because it is my favorite dish there and I didnt find any recipe online. So I pieced together my own and over time I believe I have it or very close to it. I hope you enjoy

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.