Quick & Easy Sausage & Peppers by Catherine Pappas

Serve on your favorite bread with your favorite cheese topping or over rice or spaghetti. This dish is easy and so delicious! Enjoy with Lots of Love, Catherine xo

Fresh Garden Tomato Sauce with Grilled Button Mushrooms!!! by Catherine Pappas

This dish is easy to prepare and the taste is that of a gourmet restaurant! Serve with a colorful side salad and some Italian bread. With Love, Catherine xo

Chicken Francaise by Michael Swiney

This is one of my all time faves, but I don't cook it a lot because I gain 3 pounds just thinking about making it. It is SOOO good though, I allow myself to make it about twice a year.

Pasta in Red Sauce Recipe (Penne Arrabiata) by Hina Gujral

Pasta in Red Sauce is a delicious Italian pasta dish bursting with robust flavors of fresh tomato sauce. You don’t have to wait for winters to make this quick sauce pasta recipe. Most of the ingredients required for the Penne Arrabiata are easily available. This recipe lists the seasonal vegetables I prefer in my pasta, but don’t be…

Fetuccine mixed with leeks and cattle fish, squid sauce by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Fetuccine mixed with leeks and cattle fish, squid sauce

Spaghetti with Honey and Balsamic Vinegar by Catherine Pappas

This dish has a delicious and unique flavor that will delight you. Enjoy with Lots of Love, Catherine

La Chitarra & Troccoli Pasta by Patricia Turo

The Chitarra is a simple old world wood pasta maker mostly found in Puglia. Traoccoli a traditional pasta of Puglia is made with the Chitarra. Go to the blog post to learn more about La Chitarra and troccoli. La Chitarra: An Old World Pasta Maker That Creates Music…

Grilled Mini Caprese Pizzas by Robyn Medlin

Pizza is not just for ovens anymore. The grill is a great place to do pizza because you get nice grate marks on the dough that adds a nice touch as the grill actually cooks the pizza dough. These mini pizzas are easier to do because it is easier to flip multiple pizza dough disks than it is to do one gigantic piece of dough and…

Ricotta Orange Chocolate torta cake {GF option also} by Foodessa

Inspired by a cake Hubby and I had in a 'Pensione' in Sardinia, Italy. This recipe was re-created from just a few memorable bites. . NON-GLUTEN version: The amount of All-Purpose Flour can also be substituted fully with the exact quantity of Sorghum flour. GF baking powder should be used as well. For a dedicated post...refer to:…

Gemelli With Feta Parmesan & Pine Nut Cream by Now We're Cooking!

I modified this recipe from one I have in Williams Sonoma's "Best of Kitchen Library" series, the "Italian Favorites" volume for those of you who may have it. It originally called for Gorgonzola, which is not a fave at our house. I added a small amount of meat for flavor, which you can omit. I also added pine nuts. In future…

Eggplant and Tomato Sauce by Catherine Pappas

Fresh Cavatelli With Eggs And Bacon (Cavatelli 'ncatenati) by Robyn Savoie

I love this recipe, it's great for breakfast or brunch. This recipe came from Lidia Bastianich's Cookbook "Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy."

Caesar salad by Chef Anil Kamath

The salad's creation is generally attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States. Cardini was living in San Diego but also working in Tijuana where he avoided the restrictions of Prohibition. His daughter Rosa (1928–2003) recounted that her father invented the…

Italian Chicken Stew by RecipeKing

Italian Chicken Stew is an easy, quick, delicious and healthy, low fat, low calories, low carbohydrates, WeightWatchers (6) PointsPlus recipe for a hearty meal. Made with chicken, onions, tomatoes, and spinach. It is well seasoned with fennel seed, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, black pepper and Rosemary for a great Italian style meal…

Italian Pasta and Vegetable Salad by Salad Foodie

This pasta salad has a nice texture balance of smooth to crunchy, plus the tart-sweet of red wine vinegar and lemon pepper in the dressing. It makes PLENTY and is always a hit at gatherings. Leftovers keep well refrigerated.