2,500 italiani recipes

Massive pot of black bean cassoulet soup with garlic sausage, Italian sausage, bratwurst, and a meaty ham bone. Simmered for 5 hours with sherry, brown sugar, and lemon. Feeds 16.

A quick weeknight pasta with turkey sausage, briny black olives, garlic and tomatoes, with a kick of red pepper. Tossed with a splash of pasta water so the sauce clings to every strand.

Penne in tomato sauce with crabmeat is a simple Italian pasta where plum tomatoes, white wine, and soft onion cook down into a light sauce, then get tossed with flaked crab for sweet briny richness.

A hearty 4-ingredient baked pasta casserole with hot Italian sausage, rotini, and layers of bubbly mozzarella. Feeds a crowd with just 10 minutes of prep and one dish to wash.

Hot Italian sausage and cream cheese rolled up in flaky crescent dough and baked into golden breakfast logs. Just three ingredients, sliceable and ready for a lazy weekend brunch.

Hearty baked casserole of red beans, rigatoni, Italian sausage, plum tomatoes, Swiss chard, and white wine with oregano and garlic. A rustic Italian-inspired one-pot meal.

Copycat KFC fried chicken with an Italian dressing seasoning paste and light pancake mix coating. Deep-fried then oven-finished for an extra-crispy, golden crust on every piece.

Slow cooker chili packed with hot Italian sausage, ground chuck, pinto beans, and chickpeas. Toss it in the crock pot in the morning and come home to a bold, meaty bowl that's been simmering all day.

Delicious pizza rolls made with cream cheese, pepperoni and green bell peppers. Easy to make and enjoy!

Grilled chicken halves stuffed under the skin with blanched garlic and Italian parsley, finished with a lemon-butter garlic sauce. Simple, fragrant, and charcoal-kissed.

Roasted potatoes and Roma tomatoes with fresh rosemary, chives, and olive oil. Pre-cooked potato slices layered with tomatoes and baked until golden at the edges.

Hearty black bean cassoulet soup loaded with three kinds of sausage, a meaty ham bone, cumin, oregano, and a splash of dry sherry. Feeds a crowd of 16 with a sour cream finish.

Individual meatloaf portions baked in muffin tins with Italian sausage, applesauce for moisture, and whole wheat breadcrumbs for fiber-rich kid-friendly dinners.

The crust is a filled Italian bread shell loaded with tasty "toppings". Hearty and vegetarian!

Stale bread simmers with Roma tomatoes, garlic, white wine, and marjoram in this hearty Italian peasant stew. Tiny pastina added at the end gives it body. Ready in 45 minutes.

Oven-baked potato chips made with just two ingredients: a russet potato and low-fat Italian dressing. Thin slices baked at high heat until crispy and golden, with a fraction of the fat of fried chips.