2,500 italiani recipes

Crispy crusted chicken breasts stuffed with mushrooms and baked in a creamy sauce. Yum!

Packed with colorful veggies. Makes an excellent main course. Leave meat out of the equation and try this tasty dish that will satisfy your hunger like no other.

Authentic Lebanese tabbouleh with mountains of parsley, just a touch of bulgur, fresh mint, tomatoes, and lemon. Levantine herb salad in 20 minutes.

Tender eggplant meets the salty bite of ricotta salata in this rustic Italian pasta that brings together roasted garlic, fresh rosemary, and sweet cherry tomatoes for a weeknight dinner with soul.

Super easy marinated shrimp, skewered then grilled to perfection. Great as a warm weather main dish or as an appetizer/hors d'oevres.

Classic three-cheese lasagna with a garlic-and-basil ricotta filling layered between al dente noodles, a hearty beef and tomato sauce, and plenty of melted mozzarella.

Creamy chilled zucchini and leek soup with herbs, potatoes, and a splash of Worcestershire, pureed smooth and finished with heavy cream. A garden-fresh cold soup for warm weather.

Make your oven feel loved with this scrumptious lasagna that can satisfy anyones hunger!

Italian no-cook tomato cucumber summer salad with red onion, basil, parsley, and a touch of red pepper flakes. Italian-style topping for bruschetta or tossed cold with pasta.

Pollo alla Cleopatra is an Italian restaurant classic: flour-dredged chicken breasts in a tarragon-caper cream sauce spiked with white wine and brandy. Rich, aromatic, and ready in under 30 minutes.

Classic Italian tiramisu with mascarpone, marsala wine, espresso-soaked ladyfingers, and grated bittersweet chocolate. A cooked egg custard base makes this version rich and silky.

One day I ran out of the ingredients, and so I got creative. What I came up with, I looooove. I call it Mediterranean Chicken a la Crock-Pot.

Three-cheese manicotti stuffed with mozzarella, cottage cheese, and Parmesan in a quick tomato sauce. A classic Italian stuffed pasta baked bubbly with extra cheese on top.

Traditional Italian fig cookies (cucidati) with a sweet filling of dried figs, raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon wrapped in a buttery dough. A classic holiday cookie from Italian-American bakeries.

Italian lasagna with ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered with a homemade tomato meat sauce. A big-batch recipe that makes four 8x8 pans, perfect for feeding a crowd or freezing ahead.

Classic eggplant Parmigiana with breaded and fried eggplant rounds layered with homemade tomato-basil sauce, Parmesan, and sliced mozzarella. The Italian-American staple done from scratch.