450 italiani recipes

Fresh garden tomato pasta salad with Roma tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and a full cup of fresh basil. Served hot or chilled, this simple summer pasta celebrates peak-season tomatoes.

Avocado halves stuffed with Italian-dressed tuna salad, topped with melted cheddar and crushed potato chips, then baked until warm and bubbly. Tunados are a retro stuffed avocado dinner that's fun, crunchy, and totally addictive.

Minestrone pasta salad with kidney beans, chickpeas, carrots, bell pepper, and Parmesan tossed in Italian dressing. Served warm or cold in 25 minutes.

Mediterranean green bean, zucchini and potato stew simmered in plum tomatoes with cayenne and fresh parsley. Vegan one-pot dinner ready in an hour.

Vegetarian tomato sauce simmered slow with a soffritto of carrot, celery, onion, parsley, and fresh basil. The classic Italian-style sauce, no meat, no shortcuts.

Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits clone uses Bisquick, sharp cheddar, and a garlic-parsley butter brush. The famous restaurant-style biscuits made at home in 30 minutes.

Chilled garbanzo and potato salad tosses boiled red potatoes with chickpeas, roma tomatoes, red onion, and spinach, then marinates for hours in the fridge. A lighter twist on picnic potato salad.

Hearty Italian lentil sausage soup with marjoram, crushed tomatoes, and the holy trinity of carrot, celery, and onion. Pantry-friendly weeknight comfort, ready in an hour.

Pork stew with white beans and eggplant builds a rustic Provençal one-pot from browned pork shoulder, dry white wine, plum tomatoes, and tender eggplant simmered with thyme and bay.

Looking for something quick to feed the family? Try this dish which is sure to make everyone full after a couple servings!

Crimini-shingled mahi mahi: fish fillets crowned with thin-sliced mushrooms seared golden, served on garlic mashed potatoes with slow-roasted tomato petals. A restaurant-style seafood plate.

Indian tacos build hot frybread into open-faced plates piled with stewed anasazi beans, roasted Anaheim chiles, avocado, plum tomatoes, arugula, and red onion. Pueblo and Navajo street-food at home.

Italian sausage and cabbage soup with zucchini, spaghetti sauce, and beef bouillon. A hearty, rustic one-pot soup ready in 40 minutes, topped with grated Parmesan.

Low-fat Mediterranean white bean soup with artichokes, black olives, potatoes, and Italian herbs. A hearty, naturally vegan one-pot soup with bold Mediterranean flavors.

Chicago-style deep-dish pizza crust, Part 1: a cornmeal-laced yeast dough shaped with high walls and parbaked for 4 minutes. The foundation of authentic Chicago deep-dish at home.

Easy cheesy snack bread: a yeasted sheet-pan flatbread loaded with cheddar, green chiles, pimentos, and Italian seasonings. A shareable party appetizer ready in an hour.