Put it on the menu!
Pasta deserves its own category because believe it or not, there are over 600 different shapes of pasta and as many recipes for sauces to go on them, some red, some white, some just as simple as aglio olio, olive oil, garlic, and cheese, some with meat like the most popular meatballs, some with fish and seafood like linguine con le vongole, with clams. So many regional variations make pasta the mainstay of the Italian diet.
This is my spin on the classic Fettuccini Alfredo, pasta dripping with a creamy, cheese sauce. Broccoli is an ingredient in a number of recipes, but I have added roasted bell peppers for sweetness, I love the flavor of pimentos, the pine nuts to add …
This is ostensibly Pesto Pasta with Shrimp & Cherry Tomatoes Recipe, and you can use my Pesto Recipe but here you add beautifully pan seared salmon, I use fresh caught Atlantic. This can also be made replacing the protein with pan seared chicken thighs or …
This the most popular Italian dish, simply boiled pasta al dente served with these delicious turkey meatballs, smothered in a rich pomodoro sauce (see my recipe for Super Simple Great Pasta Sauce) and topped with Parmigiano-Reggiano is an easy dinner, delicious and always satisfying.
This delicious, simple recipe can be made with any of the wide variety of wild mushrooms you can find at your local market. Of course, you can get brown and portobellos, but if you want some real flavors look for cremini, shitake, oyster, morel, and …
These are the most flavorful turkey meatballs I have ever eaten, super fast and easy to make and with a great marinara or spaghetti sauce, they make everyone happy.
This rich flavored risotto boosted with a variety of wild mushrooms like, shiitakes, chanterelles, morels, portobellos, creminis, and even porcinis, if you can find them and afford them. Any combination of these will work. And, with seared, beautifully browned, caramelized sweet and briny scallops this …
This simple pasta dish, packed with deep delicious flavors is spaghetti tossed in a flavorful pesto sauce, then topped with sauteed shrimp and tomatoes. This quick easy dinner tastes as good as it looks.
