My kitchen has never smelled so good!
They range from irresistible tomato, cheese, and pasta casseroles andflavorful soupsto everyone’s favorite spaghetti and meatballs.
These don’t need to be relegated to restaurants.
Simply Recipes / Hannah Zimmerman
Blanched, peeled tomatoes, garlic, olive oil,balsamic vinegar, basil, salt and pepper.
Does it get more Italian than these simple ingredients?
Mixed together they become a topping for toasted baguette slices.
Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek
I recommend using a long noodle like spaghetti, fettuccine, or pappardelle.
The parsley is optional, but I love the touch of freshness it adds to this dish."
Classic Minestrone Soup
Elise Bauer
Italians have as many recipes for minestrone as they have individual families.
Elise Bauer
It’s that customizable.
Pasta is optional but recommended.
It’s so easy and quick to put together that you’ll serve it often.
Simply Recipes / Michelle Becker
In about 30 minutes, you’ll have all the yumminess!
It serves as a loose guide that allows you to use what you have in your pantry."
Then bake with seasonedtomato saucefor a satisfying Italian feast.
Simply Recipes / Shilpa Iyer
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Addingmushroomskeeps these beef and pork meatballs from drying out.
Cremini mushrooms are in both the meatballs and the sauce.
Make and brown the meatballs.
Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe
Then finish the meatballs in the sauce, mingling them together for maximum flavor.
Spoon over pasta and make everyone happy.
To make prep even easier, use store-bought mirepoix."
Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe
Bake potatoes, then mash them and work in flour, egg yolks, and salt.
Roll into long cylinders and cut into 1-inch pieces.
Then cook or freeze to serve with any sauce such asButternut Squash Parmesan Sauce.
Simply Recipes / Photo by Rachel Vanni / Food Styling by Tiffany Schleigh
Then add wine and simmer it all for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
It’s not difficult, but it does take time.
The Best Homemade Lasagna
Easy in the eye of the beholder, right?
Simply Recipes / Sheryl Julian
Baked Ziti
Baked ziti has many of the attributes you love about lasagna but with less fuss.
Use store-bought or homemade pasta sauce.
It’s ready to serve in just 20 minutes.
Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas
Italian Meatballs
Meatballs don’t have to be the partner to pasta or ahot sandwich filling.
They can be a dish all of their own, and these meatballs are perfect for just that.
Risi e Bisi
Risi e bisi is Italian for rice and peas.
Elise Bauer
Classic Bolognese Sauce
A good Bolognese sauce is a thing of great beauty.
Serve it overfresh pastaor your favorite cooked dried pasta.
Pasta e Fagioli
This traditional peasant soup is full of beans and pasta plus vegetables and tomatoes.
Ciara Kehoe
It gets a punch of flavor from some fennel and a little dash of anise liqueur.
Serve with crusty Italian bread to sop up all the yummy sauce.
Caponata
This versatile Italian relish can be a pasta sauce, a dip, or a spread.
Cambrea Bakes
Garlic, onion, and oregano season the sauce that’s traditionally served with spaghetti.
Cambrea Bakes
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Sally Vargas
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
