Italian Recipes

A garden vegetable spaghetti sauce loaded with peppers, zucchini, and summer squash, slow-simmered with garlic and a big handful of herbs. A meatless, freezer-friendly marinara for using up the garden.

Italian garden lasagna layers a rainbow of sauteed vegetables (peppers, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli, spinach) with ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan in a no-boil lasagna. Vegetarian comfort that uses up the garden haul.

Italian vegetarian lasagna layered with sherry-sautéed mushrooms, zucchini, spinach, and bell peppers with a three-cheese ricotta-cottage-Parmesan filling. Lighter than meat lasagna, still hearty.

Slow-simmered Italian tomato sauce with ground beef, San Marzano-style plum tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, and oregano. Rich, thick, and built for pasta night.

A Calzone is a turnover that originates from Italy. It is made of ingredients similar to pizza folded over and shaped like a crescent. The typical Calzone is stuffed with tomato and mozzarella, and may include other ingredients usually associated with pizza toppings.

Breaded eggplant slices rolled around a ricotta and mozzarella filling, then baked in homemade tomato sauce with Parmesan. A vegetarian Italian casserole with golden, crispy edges.

Italian meatballs and spaghetti features oven-baked beef meatballs simmered in a quick basil-oregano tomato sauce with Parmesan stirred in at the end. Classic family weeknight dinner over a bed of pasta.

Lighter eggplant Parmigiana with broiled eggplant slices dipped in egg whites and breadcrumbs, baked over a fresh tomato sauce and topped with Parmesan. No frying needed.

Caponata di melanzane with eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, capers, olives, and anchovies. A bold Sicilian appetizer that improves as it sits at room temperature for hours.

Incredibly delicious! This is my signature dish when I have company to come over, and it wows the crowd every singe time.

Provolone oregano focaccia is a hearty Italian flatbread with whole wheat and semolina flour, garlic-infused olive oil pooled in the dimples, and provolone cubes baked into the dough. Bread-machine-free.

Quick, easy and delicious. Using whole wheat pasta makes the dish even more nutritious and filling. An ideal one-pan meal.

Get out the crockpot for this delicious vegetable soup made with ground beef, italian zucchini squash and tomatoes.

Great comfort food. Its simplicity makes it a dish loved by many. The ingredient that makes this recipe special is the cottage cheese, which is not traditionally used in lasagna.

Chicken liver and prosciutto lasagne layered with ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella in a rich wine-tomato sauce. An Italian-style baked pasta worth the effort.

Italian grilled tuna steaks marinated in olive oil and lemon, then grilled over high heat and finished with a warm caper-oregano-roasted pepper sauce. Fresh, bright, and done in 30 minutes.