A homemade basil pesto is the base for this delicious cream sauce, which tossed with pasta and topped with shredded Parmesan.

Reminiscent of a hot BLT, this main-dish pie will give you a delicious reason to use up your supply of ripe, juicy tomatoes.

A quartet of herbs meets up with lemon juice, olive oil and garlic to become a simple marinade for grilled chicken.

This lasagna takes advantage of the abundance of fresh summer vegetables and herbs, including eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and basil.

These granola-laced cookies filled with chocolate chips will please kids and grownups alike.

In this pasta dish, the ricotta cheese melts to become a thick, creamy sauce.

Play up the Italian flavor even more in this riff on a hoagie by replacing the spinach with a few leaves of garden-fresh basil.

Browned onions combined with sweet peaches and balsamic vinegar create a rich glaze to serve over pork chops.