Sausage and Beans over Polenta 
This is a recipe that my family and friends both ask for. When my children and grandchildren come over I make it with sweet sausage because of the small ...

Orange Salad 
We usually eat an orange salad with our pasta and broccoli dinner.

2 medium sized cal naval oranges peeled and sliced across the grain of the orange ...

Spaghetti Pie 
I never sent a story about my Spaghetti Pie Nice
Folks voted anyways. Here's the story and why one day I had some pasta, some sauce and sausage too.
I ...

Stuffed Bell Peppers 
I grew up with my ma-maw and mother making stuff bell peppers. After I left home I wanted to make me some one night, but I didn't have the recipe. How ...

Two Cheese Milk Croquettes
with a Merlot Wine Tomato Sauce 
This recipe was created in thanks to my great Aunt Annette and my Grandma who have left me with many amazing recipes to recreate from their days in the ...

Healthy Whole Wheat Lasagna 
My mom lived in Italy for about 8 years before she had me. She was married to an authentic Italian man with a very authentic Italian mother who taught ...

Italian Stuffed Artichokes 
INGREDIENTS

8 medium-large artichokes, cleaned (see note)
2 c. unseasoned breadcrumbs
2 c. Italian cheese (Parmesan-Reggiano)
5-6 garlic ...

Bine's Sneaky Lasagna 
INGREDIENTS

1 lb Sweet Italian Sausage.1lb 80% ground beef.
1 medium onion.
1 Tbl garlic powder.
2 Tbl oregano.
2 Tbl Basil.
2 pints ...

3Z Chicken Sandwich 
INGREDIENTS

4 slices of bread
1 lemon
1 lg egg
1/4 cup of French’s Yellow Mustard
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of Mrs. Dash ...

NEW Fried Hen 
INGREDIENTS

Boil 5 large potatoes then mash till lumpy
Add fresh:
1/2 Garlic
1 teaspoon chopped Parsley
1/4 tablespoons Chives
1 tablespoon ...

Sausage Salad 
INGREDIENTS

2 Grilled Sliced Italian Sausages
2 grilled Portobello Mushrooms
2 Zucchini
4 slices Mozzarella Cheese
4 slices Salami
2 ...

Melanzane Fritte 
At 82 years old I still think back and laugh about the first meal I cooked for my wonderful husband. I was just 19 when I came from Italy to the US and ...

Nana Chicken 
This recipe was named Nana Chicken by my children when they were little. My mom used to make this for them and it was their absolute favorite.I have passed ...

Arborio Rice with Thiny Grilled Sliced Breast of Duck in a Tangerine Curry Sauce 
WELL AS A 100% ITALIAN/SICILIAN MAN,I DISCOVERY AND BUILDING THIS RECIPE IN ITALY FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS VISIT MY FAMILY IN SICILY,ONE DAY I WAS COOKING ...

Fettuccine in a Flash 
Mom and Dad would always come home to six children wanting their dinner. And by the time they would get home it was 6:30PM or a little latter. By the end ...

Delicious Spaghetti in a Heartbeat 
My entire family loves anything Italian, especially spaghetti. In our busy world we don't always have the hours it can take to make it from scratch. I ...

Mama's Pasta 
Being Polish, I grew up with very bland food. I married a full blooded Italian and wanted to learn how to cook what he liked so I asked my mother-in-law'...

Squash and Fry 
INGREDIENTS
4 tbsp of olive oil
1 whole white onion
1 yellow squash cubed
1 zucchini squash cubed
4 cloves garlic minced
4 fresh mushrooms ...

Paisan Poppers 
I came up with these appetizers as an alternative to the heavy, fried jalapeno poppers popular at many restaurants. They were an instant hit at a pot luck ...

Sicilian Chicken 
INGREDIENTS

1 whole large chicken cut up (you can remove skin before cooking)
1-Large can whole tomatoes (cut tomatoes in half) reserve liquid ...

Antipasto Salad 
Many years ago, we went to an Italian restaurant and they served this salad as an appetizer. My next Italian dinner at home I attempted to recreate it....

Pop's Puttanesca 
About 25 years ago, my father-in-law cooked up this pasta dish on a Sunday afternoon in the Catskills (NY). Our kids were young and asked what "Pop" was ...

Spinach Asiago Pasta 
I created this recipe for my Grandfather, a 100% Italian, after he and I found out we were both allergic to tomatoes.

This way we could still have ...

The Best Biscotti Ever 
My maternal grandmother immigrated from Italy in 1918 with very few personal possessions but some very great talent. She was a excellent baker but never ...

Nona Flora's Pasta Genovese 
This is the recipe my Mom got from my Father's Mother, Flora Casolaro, (she is the lady in the photo with my father to her right) when she married my father....

Italian Fish Salad (Appetizer) 
The recipe was created out of last minute panic when my husband brought home a friend, GOV. John Baldacchi five years ago:

INGREDIENTS

1 jar ...

Chicken & Feta Raviolli with Butternut Sauce 
Pasta Dough

INGREDIENTS
3 Chicken fillets minced
1 tbs crushed rosemary
1/2 cup feta
1 butternut
Cream
Salt & pepper
Parmesan

PREPARATION ...

Regina's Yummy Pasta Sauce 
This is a recipe that has changed very little in the years I have been making it. I get tons of compliments on it and get asked to make it a few times ...

Stuffed Manicotti 
We have made this recipe for many many years. I'm not sure where my mom got it but we had made it so often I rarely use a recipe.

When I was in college ...

Creamy Chicken Florentine  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 of a 20-ounce bag frozen cut ...

Baccala  Not rated yet
Ok! Ok! I need help in putting together all the recipes that are in the hearts and minds of our family and friends. I am a hopeless romantic. You all know ...

Carmela's Chicken Rigatoni  Not rated yet
Carmela's Chicken Rigatoni (Romano's Macaroni Grill)

INGREDIENTS

4 tbs butter (2 tbs for sauteing mushrooms and 2 tbs for caramelizing the ...

Italian Zeppole's  Not rated yet
St. Joseph’s Day Italian Zeppole

INGREDIENTS

2 quarts vegetable oil for frying
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 pinch ...

Venetian Style Ricotta and Sultana Pie  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

300 gr of plain flour
250 gr. granulated sugar
150 gr unsalted butter at room temperature 250 gr fresh ricotta
1 lemon
75 ...

Limoncello Torte  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

2 eggs
3 egg whites
1 cup sugar
2 oz limoncello
2 oz lemon juice
1 pre-baked pie crust shell

PREPARATION

Mix eggs & sugar ...

Chicken Tetrazzini  Not rated yet
I just cooked chic tetra after tasting it many years ago and I used nutmeg, thyme, parsley, garlic powder, salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne. The taste ...

Grilled Chicken Salmoriglio  Not rated yet
Still my most favorite chicken, this is a recipe my father would make during the summer months while growing up in Chicago. But mama would also make it ...

Abruzzi Tuna Fish Soup  Not rated yet

This soup was a big favorite in our Italian house
On Friday’s and during Lent.

INGREDIENTS

2 TBls olive oil
1 medium onion,chopped
1 ...

Ricotta Cheese Sandwiches  Not rated yet
My husband taught me how to make these sandwiches.His grandmother,that came to the States from Italy,use to make these,all of the time.It is now,one of ...

White Lasagna with Sausage (Frutose free)  Not rated yet
I love Lasagna with red sauce. I found out I was Fructose Intolerant in March 2009. Since then I can not have any red sauce. I created this recipe so ...

Lentil Soup  Not rated yet
My grandmother would always make this when we would visit her house up in Conneticut when I was a little girl. She is now 92 years old and the tradition ...

Santoreggia Rosso Sauce! (Savory Red Sauce)  Not rated yet
In the fall we are so blessed with all the harvest veggies. For some reason, I always end up with a lot of squash. My family loves spaghetti squash but ...

The Best Pizza Dough Pizza  Not rated yet
My grandmother made great homemade pizza's for us occasionally. She made them with love, and the big twist was that she used honey instead of the usual ...

Meat-a-balls  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

1 package ground turkey meat
1 cup cubed day old white bread (I just use whatever I have, French, Italian, it doesn’t matter)
1 ...

Veal Meatballs in an Emiliana Sauce  Not rated yet
Growing up Italian where we used everything that we grew in our small garden along with some kind of protein.
My Grandmother used to make this as a special ...

Pesto Pasta with Grilled Shrimp  Not rated yet
This is a quick version of my old family recipe. Nonna made it with home made pesto sauce – always! Although I often make my own sauce and freeze it,...

Italian Sausage Cheese Easter Pie  Not rated yet
This is a traditional Easter main-dish pie that’s enjoyed all over Italy. It has several different names and regional variations, some with spinach, others ...

Italian Sausage and Peppers
with Dipping Sauce for Bread  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

1 Pkg of Sweet Ital Sausage chopped into bite size pieces
1 Pkg of Hot Ital Sausage chopped into bite size pieces
3 green peppers ...

Roxys Righteous Pizza  Not rated yet
Roxy who never cooks, came home starving one night, and I recently having back surgery was not much help!!! The food the neighbors had brought was not ...

Garden Frittata with Caprese Salsa  Not rated yet

Frittata:

INGREDIENTS

12 eggs
1-cup milk
1/2 tsp plus 1/4 salt
1/4 tsp plus fresh ground black pepper
2 zucchini, cut very small
...

Bacon and Eggs for Dinner  Not rated yet
I was a single parent working and going to school. Well sometimes in the chaos of trying to get us all out of the house on time I would forget to set ...

Veggie and Brie Lasagna  Not rated yet
This an end of the box type of recipe, while living in Virginia my husband worked a seasonal job making about 10.00 dollars an hour and I was unemployed ...

Italian Grilled Artichokes  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

4 artichokes
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup Italian salad Dressing, any brand
1 Tablespoon minced green ...

Chicken-Stuffed Eggplant Parmesan  Not rated yet
All my life life Sunday dinner has been a major part of my life. Every Sunday the family would gather for a large meal and visiting. I am now grown and ...

Italian Chili Soup  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

1 quart of Chicken Stock
2 medium red onions
1/2 tsp of crushed garlic
5 stalks of sliced celery
15 large tomatoes
3 large ...

Home Roasted Spicy Marinara Sauce  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

10 Roma tomatoes, quartered.
1 Sweet onion, chopped into 1” chunks.
4 Large cloves of garlic, peeled.
1 Serrano chili, seeded....

Pugliese Bread  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

4 Cups Flour
1 1/4 Cup Warm Water
1/2 Tbsp Yeast
1 Tbsp Salt

PREPARATION

Mix flour, water, yeast and salt for about ...

Hazelnut Espresso Truffle Cookies  Not rated yet
The inspiration for this cookie came from my sister’s description of an unforgettable hazelnut cookie she had in Italy, in Liguria. The marriage of hazelnut,...

Lobster and Crab Ravioli in Marinara Sauce  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

1 Tbsp of sweet butter
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
5-6 minced garlic cloves
3-4 anchovy fillets
2 28-oz cans whole tomatoes,...

Grilled Italian Style Eggplant  Not rated yet
Our garden over produced and my daughter April and I worked this out on our grill. We serve it as a side dish to fish/steak and chicken. As a meal we ...

Wine Infused Spaghetti  Not rated yet
I saw this dish made for the first time when I spent a semester in Europe. Once home, I made it for my father, and he loved it. Whenever I ask him what ...

Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms  Not rated yet
I had this appetizer at a fine Italian restaurant and loved them so much that I had to immediately recreate them! Using fresh or dried herbs is up to ...

Stuffed Green Peppers  Not rated yet
I came up with this recipe years ago when we had so many sweet fresh peppers from the garden and some butcher made sausage in the fridge. Served with ...

Harvest Sandwich  Not rated yet
This is a sandwich that is made with fresh ingredients coming from our kitchens (and some from our Italian market) Every end of summer, we prepare the ...

My Favorite Pasta  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS AND PREPARATION

Boil a 1/2 cup of long thin pasta
Heat any tomato sauce in a pot (your favorite)
Add garlic, oregano to pot
Drain ...

L'estate Insalata  Not rated yet
Who wouldn't jump at the chance to dine at the home of a friend in Tuscany? I arrived right on time and was charmed with the table outdoors set with sturdy ...

Spaghetti Sauce Genovese  Not rated yet
This recipe was handed down to Mary Randazzo from her Mother, Mary Genovese (Gulino) who immigrated to America at the turn of the 20th century from a small ...

Grandpa's Spaghetti  Not rated yet
This recipe is very part of our children's heritage. My husbands grandpa would make it for all family dinners at their house. The grandchild and great ...

Eggplant Non- Meatballs  Not rated yet
INGREDIENTS

3 cloves garlic, crushed
3 TBSP Extra Version olive Oil
1 Eggplant, peeled/diced
1 tsp water
1 egg
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 ...

Eggplant Meatballs  Not rated yet
3 cloves garlic, crushed
3 TBSP Extra Version olive Oil
1 Eggplant, peeled/diced
1 egg
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/...

Summer Italian Salad  Not rated yet
I had mushrooms in fridge, had eggplant in fridge and some Chicken Breast but not much else.

Company coming from out of town heading over to see us ...