From Fine Cooking Magazine

Try to find freshly made ricotta and mozzarella to see how good this rustic dish can be.

Baked Ziti with Tomato, Mozzarella & Sausage

From Better Homes and Gardens

Quick-to-grab ingredients make this hearty ground beef and pasta dish super easy. The start-to-finish time: 25 minutes.

Penne with Meat Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Adding vegetables makes this meaty pasta sauce extra hearty and healthy.

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

From Kellogg's

Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce

From The Food Channel

This incredible lasagna takes less time because the recipe uses no-boil noodles. Plus it trims some calories, using fat-free ricotta cheese.

Lasagna with Italian Sausage

From Fine Cooking Magazine

For this sauce, you want a short, shaped pasta with crevices to catch the pieces of sausage and peas. Campanelle are also called riccioli.

Campanelle with Sausage & Leeks

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Pancetta, cured Italian bacon, is becoming available at many supermarkets; you'll also find it at specialty stores and in Italian markets.

Calabrese Pork Ragu with Fennel

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Ragu is best served with a noodle it can cling to, like these wide, ridged ribbons. This recipe is easily halved, but even if you're cooking for fewer people, you might as well make a whole batch and freeze the leftover sauce.

Beef Ragu Chiantigiana

From Family Circle

While this pasta recipe calls for ground meat mix (usually pork and beef), you can use 1 pound of any ground meat you like--beef, pork, turkey, or even sausage.

Meat-and-Mushroom Sauce Fusilli

From EatingWell

Lamb and eggplant are combined in dishes throughout the Mediterranean. Together they deliver a complex, hearty, earthy flavor that's truly satisfying. In this dish, toasted pine nuts and tangy feta cheese are excellent accents.

Lamb & Eggplant Ragu

From Diabetic Living

The 95-percent-lean ground beef helps lower the fat and calories in this hearty pasta dinner. Using whole wheat ziti boosts the fiber.

Ziti with Meat Sauce