Recipes with olive oil

Polenta crostini topped with a savory porcini and cremini mushroom sauce. Crisp broiled polenta rounds stand in for bread, making this Italian appetizer naturally gluten-free.

Provencal-style vegetable stew with roasted peppers, salted eggplant, zucchini, and potatoes simmered in a pesto-spiked tomato broth. Topped with Parmesan, basil, and parsley.

Italian pasta with wilted radicchio, crispy pancetta, shallots, and balsamic vinegar tossed with butter and Parmesan. A bitter-sweet-salty combination in under 35 minutes.

New Year's Eve polenta squares crisp tube polenta under the broiler, then top each bite with a tangy sun-dried tomato, caper, and parsley pesto. A make-ahead cocktail-party appetizer that feeds a crowd.

A light skillet dinner with chicken breast, Canadian bacon, zucchini, mushrooms, and sweet corn in a quick apple cider pan sauce. Fresh, healthy, and on the table in 30 minutes.

Lean ground turkey simmered in a bold tomato sauce with hot pepper and oregano, stirred into nutty brown rice. A Portuguese-inspired one-pot meal that feeds a crowd.

Thin-pounded veal scallops seared golden, then plated with warm avocado slices and a silky vermouth-lemon butter sauce. A retro Italian gem that feels surprisingly modern, ready in under an hour for 6 to 8.

Mexican corn stew simmers kidney beans, pearl barley, corn, and fresh vegetables in cumin and coriander-spiced vegetable stock. Hearty, vegan, and topped with crushed tortilla chips and salsa.

Italian pasta fagioli soup with cannellini and kidney beans, bacon, ditalini pasta, and aromatic vegetables. The classic Italian peasant pasta-and-bean soup ready in 40 minutes.

Smoky South American BBQ sauce with tomato puree, red wine vinegar, dark brown sugar, and crushed chili peppers. A bold basting sauce for spareribs, beef, or grilled chicken.

Creamy chicken mushroom tetrazzini made on the stovetop in about 35 minutes: tender chicken and browned mushrooms in a Parmesan cream sauce tossed with linguine. A quick, comforting weeknight pasta.

Try something different for a salad with this new version that's made with spinach, alfalfa sprouts and feta cheese.

Jumbo homemade ravioli with fresh basil-infused pasta dough and a ground veal filling. Giant 4-inch squares served with homemade tomato sauce. A from-scratch Italian pasta project worth the effort.

Thin veal scaloppine seared golden and bathed in a Dijon mustard cream sauce with white wine and lemon. An Italian-style dinner that comes together in 45 minutes flat.

Granny's minestrone is a hearty vegan vegetable soup packed with carrots, cabbage, zucchini, leeks and kidney beans in a tomato broth, finished with elbow macaroni. Slow-simmered for deep, comforting flavor.

Fettuccine with shrimp and goat cheese tosses oil-poached shrimp and garlic into hot pasta with fresh tomato, basil chiffonade, and creamy chevre. A no-cream pasta dinner ready in 35 minutes.