This is a recipe for an easy quick American version of Pasta Carbonara. You can have it on the table in 30 minutes, including garlic bread. Great for a cold night!

Cover chicken breast with water and add 1 garlic clove. Bring to boil and simmer 20-25 minutes until breasts are done.

This is a great side dish that complements pasta dishes very well and really brings out the asparagus flavor with a light hint of garlic.

This pasta recipe is easy and fast. If you have some garlic, zucchini, olive oil, penne pasta, ricotta and Parmesan cheese, then you're in business.

"I will never use garlic!" declares the Sicilian chef as he demonstrates how to make a flavorful pasta dish — octopus linguine with orange juice and almond pesto — without the ingredient he hates. "Garlic is the king of the kitchen," says Antonello Colonna, another prominent Italian chef.

Pasta primavera is an Italian dish that consists of pasta and fresh vegetables. A meat such as chicken, sausage or shrimp can be added if desired, but the focus of primavera is the vegetables themselves. Any array of vegetables that is desired can be added, but cooks tend to stick to firm, crisp vegetables, such as broccoli, carrots, peas, onions and green bell peppers, with tomatoes. Refreshing and low in fat, pasta primavera is usually highlighted by light flavors, aromatic spices and bright colors ('primavera' meaning spring, the season). Classic primavera is supported by the 'classic' Italian mirepoix of garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan cheese. Though recipes for cold pasta primavera may be found, they are best classified as antipasti, or appetizers.Pastas served with this dish are typically smaller shapes, such as penne, farfalle, rigatoni and fusilli. If using longer types of spaghetti such as fettuccine, vegetables should be sliced in thin strips to match the texture of the noodles. TriviaThis dish was highlighted on the series Seinfeld as the food Elaine sneezed on causing Russel Dalrymple, the president of NBC, to get sick