Recipes with basil
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Marachichi
Marachichi pasta with anchovies, black and green olives, tomato, and a heavy hand of Italian herbs. Sicilian-style puttanesca riff with bold, salty Mediterranean flavor.
Stuffed Pumpkin
A whole pumpkin stuffed with herbed rice, sauteed mushrooms, spinach, and bell pepper, then baked until the flesh turns silky soft. A vegetarian showstopper.
Dixieland Casserole
Layers of garlic-sautéed zucchini and fresh sliced tomatoes baked with basil, oregano, and buttery seasoned bread crumbs. A simple vegetable casserole that celebrates summer produce.
Prix De France Steak Salad
French-style steak salad with grilled flank steak, lemon-sauteed mushrooms, and red onion marinated in a herb vinaigrette with chervil, basil, and thyme.
Easy White Bean Chili
Easy white bean and chicken chili simmered with cilantro, basil, ground chiles, and a hint of clove. One Dutch oven, ready in about an hour, finished with fresh tomato and tortilla chips.
Pesto with Jalapeno
Spicy jalapeno pesto with fresh basil, parsley, pine nuts, and garlic. A no-cook, no-cheese pesto with a kick of green heat that's ready in 5 minutes flat.
Focaccia Rustica (Country Focaccia with Red Pepper Toppin
Rustic Italian focaccia topped with roasted red peppers, slow-cooked onions, tomatoes, and fresh basil. Garlic-infused olive oil dough hand-kneaded and dimpled for crispy edges.
Spicy Corn Ragout
This hearty spicy corn ragout brings together sweet corn, fresh spinach, red peppers, and jalapeños in a quick 30-minute one-pot dish that's low-fat and loaded with bold flavor.
Classic Italian Pasta e Ceci
Pasta e ceci, the classic Roman comfort dish. Ditalini and chickpeas in garlicky tomato-basil broth. Pure cucina povera, ready with seven pantry ingredients.
Spaghetti Alla Salsa Cruda
No-cook spaghetti with raw tomato sauce, fresh basil, garlic, and extra-virgin olive oil. Served at room temperature, this Italian summer pasta is ready in 40 minutes.
Two Bean Tofu Chili
Vegetarian two-bean tofu chili with black beans, kidney beans, and tofu marinated in soy sauce, red wine, and Dijon mustard. A hearty, meaty-tasting plant-based chili that feeds a crowd.
Turkey Pasta Supreme
Sautéed turkey breast strips tossed with pasta in a silky garlic, basil, and Parmesan cream sauce. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes stand between you and a restaurant-worthy dinner at home.
Sardinian Pasta with Tomato Basil
Sardinian pasta with fresh tomato basil sauce made from plum tomatoes cooked slowly in olive oil and finished with butter. Five-ingredient Italian pasta that showcases peak summer tomatoes.
Grilled Steak with Fresh Corn Salad
Grilled steak with fresh corn salad: charred sweet corn tossed with tomatoes, bell pepper, basil, and red wine vinegar alongside garlic-rubbed strip steak. Summer cookout simplicity at its best.
Eli's Barbecued Shrimp
New Orleans-style barbecued shrimp baked in butter, garlic, cracked black pepper, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Not grilled, oven-roasted in a peppery butter bath.
Yummy Minestrone Soup
Minestrone soup loaded with cannellini beans, green beans, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes, simmered in a basil-scented broth with a handful of pasta. A hearty, high-fiber soup finished with parmesan.
Marachichi pasta with anchovies, black and green olives, tomato, and a heavy hand of Italian herbs. Sicilian-style puttanesca riff with bold, salty Mediterranean flavor.
A whole pumpkin stuffed with herbed rice, sauteed mushrooms, spinach, and bell pepper, then baked until the flesh turns silky soft. A vegetarian showstopper.
Layers of garlic-sautéed zucchini and fresh sliced tomatoes baked with basil, oregano, and buttery seasoned bread crumbs. A simple vegetable casserole that celebrates summer produce.
French-style steak salad with grilled flank steak, lemon-sauteed mushrooms, and red onion marinated in a herb vinaigrette with chervil, basil, and thyme.
Easy white bean and chicken chili simmered with cilantro, basil, ground chiles, and a hint of clove. One Dutch oven, ready in about an hour, finished with fresh tomato and tortilla chips.
Spicy jalapeno pesto with fresh basil, parsley, pine nuts, and garlic. A no-cook, no-cheese pesto with a kick of green heat that's ready in 5 minutes flat.
Rustic Italian focaccia topped with roasted red peppers, slow-cooked onions, tomatoes, and fresh basil. Garlic-infused olive oil dough hand-kneaded and dimpled for crispy edges.
This hearty spicy corn ragout brings together sweet corn, fresh spinach, red peppers, and jalapeños in a quick 30-minute one-pot dish that's low-fat and loaded with bold flavor.
Pasta e ceci, the classic Roman comfort dish. Ditalini and chickpeas in garlicky tomato-basil broth. Pure cucina povera, ready with seven pantry ingredients.
No-cook spaghetti with raw tomato sauce, fresh basil, garlic, and extra-virgin olive oil. Served at room temperature, this Italian summer pasta is ready in 40 minutes.
Vegetarian two-bean tofu chili with black beans, kidney beans, and tofu marinated in soy sauce, red wine, and Dijon mustard. A hearty, meaty-tasting plant-based chili that feeds a crowd.
Sautéed turkey breast strips tossed with pasta in a silky garlic, basil, and Parmesan cream sauce. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes stand between you and a restaurant-worthy dinner at home.
Sardinian pasta with fresh tomato basil sauce made from plum tomatoes cooked slowly in olive oil and finished with butter. Five-ingredient Italian pasta that showcases peak summer tomatoes.
Grilled steak with fresh corn salad: charred sweet corn tossed with tomatoes, bell pepper, basil, and red wine vinegar alongside garlic-rubbed strip steak. Summer cookout simplicity at its best.
New Orleans-style barbecued shrimp baked in butter, garlic, cracked black pepper, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Not grilled, oven-roasted in a peppery butter bath.
Minestrone soup loaded with cannellini beans, green beans, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes, simmered in a basil-scented broth with a handful of pasta. A hearty, high-fiber soup finished with parmesan.
