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Italian Recipes

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Dinner

Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Bake with Homemade Alfredo Sauce

This chicken and broccoli Alfredo casserole makes eight servings. The recipe is simple to make and prepare. I cook the pasta and broccoli at the same time in one pot and cook the Alfredo sauce in a separate pot while they cook. I include cooked chicken in the casserole when baking and top it with mozzarella cheese to heat the sauce and brown the cheese.

40 minOct 23, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Piccata with Lemon Butter Sauce and Capers

This chicken piccata yields four servings: I thin the cutlets and measure the pan sauce first, then cook it right before serving, while the chicken still has a crisp coating with the glossy lemon-butter sauce. Capers add a salty brine to the lemon dish, contributing considerably to the overall flavor (they do a lot here).

30 minOct 22, 2026

Dinner

White Garlic Pizza Sauce with Parmesan and Black Pepper

Prepare this white garlic pizza sauce ahead of time for pizza night. Allow it to cool a bit before topping the pizza with cheese and other raw ingredients to avoid making the sauce too wet from contact with the cheese. Makes 8 servings. Each serving includes garlic and coarse pepper (see photo).

25 minOct 19, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Piccata with Bright Lemon Caper White Wine Sauce

Precook four servings of breaded chicken to use during the week or freeze the finished skillet meal for easy weeknight meals. One dish you might prepare is Chicken Piccata, which uses breaded chicken with Parmesan and flour and a sauce made with white wine, lemon, capers, and butter.

55 minOct 16, 2026

Dinner

Gigi Hadid Pasta with Creamy Tomato Sauce and Rigatoni

To make this dish in advance for dinner, cook a 16-ounce box of rigatoni and save some of the pasta cooking water and rigatoni to mix with Parmesan cheese and butter when serving later. This Gigi Hadid pasta recipe is a tomato-based pasta recipe that includes sautéed tomato paste, crushed red pepper for a hint of heat, and fresh basil.

30 minOct 16, 2026

Dinner

Authentic Italian Gravy: Sunday Sausage Meat Sauce

Use 28 ounces of canned crushed San Marzano tomatoes for the Italian gravy. The cooked gravy will have a reddish color. I like to fry Italian-style sausage by cutting up whole sausage links into big chunks and adding a Parmesan cheese rind to the cooked tomatoes for extra flavor.

150 minOct 15, 2026

Sauces & Dips

Garlic Sauce for Pizza with Parmesan and Fresh Garlic

Uncooked, hard fresh garlic cloves give the milk and butter-based pizza sauce a garlicky taste. I make this sauce as an alternative to classic pizza sauce. Parmesan cheese and oregano provide additional savory and creamy flavors to the pizza sauce.

15 minOct 14, 2026

Side Dishes

Crispy Parmesan Polenta Rounds with Golden Charred Edges

I bake polenta rounds ahead of time as part of meal planning and serve them hot with browned and crispy Parmesan and other toppings. Slicing polenta from a tube can make it easier to serve. Baking polenta rounds in a heavy baking pan makes a gritty, crunchy center (tip for serving tube polenta).

40 minOct 11, 2026

Desserts

Vegan Tiramisu Cheesecake with Espresso and Cocoa

This vegan tiramisu cheesecake is a layered baked dessert that you chill before serving. Layers in this recipe include crust and filling layers, topped with a whipped layer and a chocolate layer. The final dessert includes clearly defined layers, including a coffee-flavored biscuit crust and filling. I insert an espresso bean into the center of the cheesecake just before serving.

40 minOct 11, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Orzo: A Creamy One-Pan Dinner

Chicken sausage and broccoli orzo is a dish I cook at home to eat for dinner and leftovers for lunch the next day. I can quickly separate leftovers of cooked orzo, chicken sausage, and broccoli after dinner for lunch. The sauce for orzo is creamy, like risotto. I like firm broccoli in this dish.

35 minOct 9, 2026

Dinner

Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce: 20-Minute Pasta Sauce

Make this sauce ahead of time to serve with pasta. Stir in basil just before serving. Some of the characteristics of this sauce are helpful for meal planning. Sun-dried tomatoes provide a tangy flavor contrast to the cream and Parmesan cheeses in the sauce (I like small bits of tomato in the sauce). This recipe yields enough sauce for 1 pound of cooked pasta.

20 minOct 9, 2026

Dinner

Creamy Salmon Pasta with White Wine Sauce and Mixed Greens

Prep the salmon, shallot, garlic, and greens ahead of time. Make the pasta and sauce just before serving. This dish serves six and includes creamy pasta with seared salmon, dry white wine, cream, and a mix of greens.

30 minOct 9, 2026

Dinner

Crispy Chicken and Tagliatelle Alfredo with Parmesan Cream Sauce

Dinner will be ready in about 20 minutes. We offer crispy panko chicken and tagliatelle noodles topped with a Parmesan Alfredo sauce. Minced garlic cooked in olive oil is stirred into the sauce. Pasta cooking water is added to the sauce to make it easier to coat the noodles without other preparation.

20 minOct 8, 2026

Dinner

Slow Cooker Chicken Gnocchi Soup with Creamy Nutmeg Broth

Enjoy this warm soup with bread on cold days. Slow cooker chicken gnocchi soup includes seasoned chicken and vegetables with tender potato gnocchi in a creamy nutmeg soup and added fresh spinach in each serving, like Olive Garden's soup.

490 minOct 8, 2026

Dinner

Gnocchi Zuppa Toscana with Tender Kale and Creamy Parmesan Broth

Prepare enough gnocchi and kale for six servings. Use tips to maintain the quality of reheated leftovers. Eat leftover gnocchi and kale at other meals. Gnocchi Zuppa Toscana, a dish of Italian sausage and steamed gnocchi dumplings in a Parmesan sauce, can be eaten at two or more meals prepared with the same ingredients.

35 minOct 5, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Parmesan Casserole with Crispy Chicken, Rigatoni, and Melted Cheese

Serve Chicken Parmesan Casserole to your family when you want to make a big pasta dish. This dish, made with chicken and breadcrumbs, rigatoni, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese, is a baked Italian casserole with a cheese topping.

80 minOct 4, 2026

Dinner

Spicy Chicken Pasta With Creamy Tomato Sauce and Smoky Paprika

This spicy chicken linguine recipe yields 2 servings and can be prepared in advance: Season and cook the chicken. Save for later. Prepare the sauce and pasta. Serve the full dish for medium spicy chicken with a smoky paprika taste and pasta topped with tomato sauce and sliced chicken cooked against the grain.

40 minOct 3, 2026

Dinner

Shrimp Oreganata with Garlicky Breadcrumbs and White Wine Butter Sauce

Choose large, shelled, deveined shrimp, 12-15 count per pound, to prevent your topping from overpowering the shrimp. Shrimp Oreganata is an Italian American dish of baked shrimp with a topping of bread crumbs and oregano and garlic and a white-wine butter sauce.

30 minOct 3, 2026

Lunch

Eggplant Parmesan with Crisp Fried Eggplant and Three Cheeses

This breaded Eggplant Parmesan is a good side dish or other dish to add to family meals during eggplant season in the summer. Breaded eggplant slices are baked with a light tomato sauce and Scamorza or fresh mozzarella and other cheeses. The cheese topping browns in the oven.

70 minOct 2, 2026

Dinner

Italian Pot Roast Stracotto with Tomato Herb Braising Sauce

Browned beef adds flavor to pot roast. Covering the beef while it cooks makes it fall apart. Tomato and broth sauce pairs well with beef pot roast. Stracotto is an Italian-style pot roast made with beef, bacon or pancetta, herbs, and other tender vegetables in a tomato sauce.

225 minOct 2, 2026

Snacks & Appetizers

Air Fryer Pasta Chips With Parmesan and Italian Seasoning

These are good for after-school snacks and family parties. Air-fried pasta chips are crunchy and chewy. Ingredients include cooked ziti and Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning.

9 minOct 2, 2026

Dinner

Eggplant Parmigiana with Golden Mozzarella and Tomato Basil Sauce

Order this Eggplant Parmigiana dish to be delivered to your home. Slices of fried eggplant are baked with tomato passata and other ingredients, such as basil and mozzarella and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses, for a golden top and tender, sauce-soaked center without breadcrumbs.

115 minOct 1, 2026

Dinner

Risotto Marinara with Creamy Tomato Rice, Shrimp, and Scallops

This seafood risotto recipe is great for a special dinner at home. Risotto Marinara features Arborio rice cooked in marinara sauce with shrimp and scallops. Lemon juice and white wine make this risotto dish more flavorful.

40 minSep 30, 2026

Dinner

Cioppino Seafood Stew with Fennel Tomato Broth and Shellfish

Thirty minutes of simmering opens up space in a tomato-based, seafood stock and white wine mixture to add more seafood. Opening up space helps avoid overcooking seafood and adds flavor. An Italian dish, cioppino, is a seafood stew made with cod, shrimp, scallops, mussels, and clams in a broth with fennel.

70 minSep 29, 2026

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