Rustic Italian pasta and bean soup doubles up cannellini and red kidney beans with crushed tomatoes, Italian herbs, and pasta. A hearty 45-minute dinner topped with fresh Parmesan.
Pizza-flavored popcorn seasoned with Parmesan, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and paprika. A savory, cheesy snack ready in 15 minutes with no cooking.
A chunky vegetarian minestrone loaded with cannellini beans, tomatoes, zucchini, carrots, and spinach, thickened with rice instead of pasta. A hearty, one-pot Italian soup finished with Parmesan.
Halloween witches' broom sticks shape biscuit dough into twisted handles topped with fringed twig bundles, brushed with butter and Parmesan. A savory shaped snack kids can help craft for Halloween parties.
Whole wheat spaghetti with a garlicky quick meat sauce built on a proper onion-carrot-celery base. Lean ground beef and crushed tomatoes make a weeknight pasta that eats like a weekend ragu.
Spaghetti bread for the bread machine with Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic salt, and olive oil. A savory, herb-scented loaf built for Italian dinners.
Baked Italian sausage and mozzarella pasta casserole scaled to feed 150 people. Layered with corkscrew pasta, mushrooms, and spaghetti sauce across eight 6-quart pans.
Lighter spinach lasagna made with low-fat cottage cheese, egg substitute, and Italian seasoning layered with spaghetti sauce and melted mozzarella. All the comfort, fewer calories.
Our favorite Superbowl chili. Years of tweaking to get it to this level of perfection.
Italian chili with ground beef, bulk sausage, zucchini, Italian green beans, and tomato sauce seasoned with Italian herbs and topped with parmesan. A hearty, bean-free twist on classic chili.
Slow cooker ham and bean soup with diced ham, a leftover ham bone, dried beans, and chopped vegetables seasoned with onion soup mix and Italian herbs. Set it and forget it for 7 hours.
Hearty spaghetti meat sauce with ground beef, spicy Italian sausage, mushrooms, and tomatoes simmered in a Dutch oven. Feeds eight and tastes like it took all day.
Made this for supper tonight, so easy and tasted delicious. Used whole wheat pasta to make it a bit healthier, a definite 5-star one pot meal.
A simple but scrumptious chicken dish that can be cooked to perfection in your crockpot.
A quick 25-minute chicken stir-fry loaded with zucchini, bell pepper, tomatoes, and Italian seasoning. Crisp veggies, tender chicken cubes, one skillet, zero leftovers.
Shell-on shrimp marinated in lemon juice and peanut oil, grilled over hot coals, and served with a sweet soy-brown sugar dipping sauce. A hands-on, peel-and-eat barbecue shrimp that's all about summer.