Penne Alla Vodka Recipe
Pasta in vodka sauce is a really easy ‘from scratch’ sauce to make with your most basic ingredients. Plus it’s on the table in about 25 minutes or less.
Delicious Italian recipes and techniques. All of my Italian favorites. Pasta dishes, gnocchi recipes, beef recipes, and aperitifs, authentic limoncello, and Italian cocktails such as the Aperol Spritz and Negroni.
Pasta in vodka sauce is a really easy ‘from scratch’ sauce to make with your most basic ingredients. Plus it’s on the table in about 25 minutes or less.
My stuffed chicken is filled with shredded mozzarella cheese and homemade basil pesto and then topped with marinara and more mozzarella cheese. It’s baked for about 35 minutes and ready to serve. Simple, cheesy, and delicious.
An easy chicken piccata recipe made with thinly sliced chicken tossed in a simple piccata sauce that consists of white wine, chicken broth, capers, fresh lemon juice, butter, and garlic.
A whole new take on the classic dish. Spaghetti tossed in marinara and baked with simple homemade meatballs with a melted layer of an Italian blend of cheeses.
A simple rotini pasta salad recipe made with fresh basil pesto as the dressing. Cucumber, kalamata olives, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella all come together for a fresh and flavorful side dish.
Buffalo chicken pizza made with buffalo chicken, red onion, fresh jalapeno, fresh mozzarella cheese, and MORE buffalo sauce.
Jumbo shells filled with ground sweet Italian sausage, ricotta and parmesan cheese, fresh basil, garlic, and an optional egg. Baked topped with marinara and mozzarella cheese until golden.
Easy and delicious crispy eggplant parmesan layered with mozzarella and parmesan cheese and baked in a cast-iron skillet.
This cheesy baked rigatoni is layered with rigatoni, ricotta cheese, ground sweet Italian sausage and beef, fresh mozzarella, and topped with fresh chopped basil and parmesan cheese.
Hearty Italian wedding soup recipe made with a mixture of tender mini meatballs, fresh carrots, escarole, and onion, orzo, and savory broth.
5 simple yet killer flatbread pizza recipes you can make with premade flatbread or naan bread crusts. The perfect app or easy quick dinner.
A simplified pasta alla norma recipe made with roasted eggplant, canned plum tomatoes, fresh basil, breadcrumbs, and grated ricotta salata. Delicious and weeknight approved.
Classic buttery, garlicky, and citrusy shrimp scampi served over Israeli couscous. Easy and ready in 15 minutes (plus optional marinating).
Rigatoni bolognese is a simple, yet elegant dish made with homemade bolognese sauce, rigatoni, fresh herbs, and a dollop of ricotta or mascarpone cheese.
Delicious seafood piccata recipe made with salmon or steelhead trout in a flavorful and tangy piccata sauce.
How to make perfect pizza right in your favorite cast iron skillet.
Rich and delicious, easy-to-make baked ziti made with ground sweet Italian sausage, melted ricotta and mozzarella cheese. All made in a single cast iron skillet, no boiling required.
Creamy chicken carbonara is inspired by a classic Italian pasta dish made with bacon, whisked egg, and hard cheese. It’s creamy, delicious, date-night worthy, and will rock your world.
Simple creamy gnocchi is a date-night worthy dish that takes about 25 minutes to pull together. A fancy, hearty weeknight tested dinner that is creamy, cheesy and delicious.
Grab a pizza stone and make this simple Italian margherita pizza made with fresh mozzarella, basil, and homemade red sauce.
A rich and creamy pasta sauce made with a simple marinara, cream, and Parmesan cheese. Tossed with littleneck clams and strozzapreti.
The Negroni cocktail is a classic cocktail originating in Florence, Italy. Made with equal parts gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari.
Pappardelle pasta served in a cream-based sauce with butter, garlic, cherry tomatoes, lime, truffle oil and shallots.
Filet mignon covered with a blueberry based sauce, inspired by Acqua Al 2 in Florence, Italy.