Category Archives: italian
Vegetarian Alfredo Lasagna
When I first saw the idea for an alfredo lasagna, I knew that it was something I must try. I mean, who doesn’t love lasagna? And with alfredo sauce? Sounds amazing! I came across this delicious looking Veggies Alfredo Lasagna from Pinch of Yum and decided it would be the one I would try. The […]
Pasta Panna Prosciutto Piselli
Did you know prosciutto means ham? In Italy, it refers to any kind of ham. In the United States it refers to the thin, thin ham you purchase from the deli that is cured. For this recipe you will be using ham; such as spiral cut ham (in this case leftover and frozen from Easter […]
Cannoli
For Craig’s birthday last year, Aimee and Nate presented him with a beautiful Italian Cookbook all written in Italian. Their next gift to him was a scale with grams because all the Italian recipes used grams in measuring. This past Christmas they gave him cannoli forms. Do you see the trend? Yes, we love Italian […]
Pasta a la Marta
Have I mentioned before that I am a host mom to a foreign exchange student from Italy, Marta. Marta is a very nice, really sweet young lady and we are delighted to have her in our home. We had been bugging her to fix us an authentic Italian dinner and finally convinced her to do […]
Pasta al Forno Craig style
Pasta al Forno just means baked pasta (so any pasta, sauce, meat, vegetable combo baked would qualify). Craig style means my very dear husband Craig created this recipe and prepared it for our dinner tonight. He wants to share that any pasta noodle like gemelli, penne, or macaroni would work. You can also use your […]
Eggplant Parmesan
I briefly mentioned that Nate and I are eating vegetarian for the next few days. You can read a little about why we are doing this here. But to sum it up we want to see if it actually makes us feel better. And no, we would never completely cut meats out of our diet […]
Skillet Lasagna
I love Italian food. I love pizza. I love pasta. I love gelato. But one problem with some Italian meals is that they take a long time to make. With pizza you have to wait for the dough to rise. With any baked pastas you usually have to boil the noodles, cook the sauce and then bake […]
Chicken Parmigiana Pizza
Chicken Parmigiana is one of my favorite meals ever. If we go to an Italian style restaurant I almost always order it. I make it at home occasionally because its pretty easy and equally delicious (baked not fried). And after eating a delicious chicken parmesan pizza from Papa Johns, we decided we could make our […]
Canning – Tomato Sauce
One of the reasons we planted so many tomatoes was in the hopes that we would be able to can lots of fresh tomato sauce to last us throughout the year. Last Saturday I was able to get about 20 cups of chopped tomatoes and sauce directly from our garden to come together and make […]
Chicken and Spinach Alfredo Pizza
So I’ve mentioned my love for pizza before. And also how I love trying a variety of pizza flavors. Well, here is one more delicious recipe to add to the mix. This recipe was first thought of by my brother in law, Dain. The first time he made the recipe very simple, with store bought […]
Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells
I bought some of the ingredients for this recipe (spinach, ricotta, cream cheese, large shells) almost a month ago. However I kept not having time to make it since it requires cooking the chicken, cooking the pasta, and then baking it all together. So, finally this last Sunday I had time to make the meal, […]
Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce
Nate told me that we need to start creating more original recipes for the blog. I think this is sometimes difficult but definitely a good idea in the long run. Now to clarify, its not like I am simply copying recipes from other sources. I usually look at a recipe and tweak a few things […]
Italian Turkey Soup with Orzo
I got this recipe from a cookbook that was all about 2nd meals you can make with the leftovers from the roasted chicken you buy at the store. It was referring to chicken but I had turkey leftovers in the freezer from Christmas, so this was the meat of choice.
Three Cheese Manicotti with Meat Sauce
Nate and I were discussing Italian food. First, we absolutely love it. All of it. But second, what about all the different types of pasta noodles? I’m pretty sure the Italians were just trying to trick us into thinking that the different noodles taste different. I mean come on, really, what is the REAL difference […]
Italian Seasoned Croutons
Throughout my 4.5 years of college I ended up only working at one place. I didn’t work at all my freshman year (and still managed to get horrible grades some how!) And I did go home for my first few summers, and worked while there, as well. But while I was actually taking classes at […]
Homemade Red Pepper Beef Ravioli
Red Pepper Beef Ravioli 1 lb beef roast 2 cups chicken broth 1 TBS oregano 1/2 TBS thyme 1 and 1/2 medium sized red peppers (or 1 large) 1 cup Parmesan cheese 1 TBS garlic salt 1 batch fresh noodles Special Equipment Needed: Kitchen Aid meat grinder attachment 1. Put beef, chicken broth, oregano and […]
