Italian main dish recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

00 Flour Grilled Pizza

A pizza dough that is perfect to grill and makes indoors or out. Summertime fun with this grilled pizza on a charcoal or gas grill is going to…

Italian Baked Chicken Breasts

Tender and juicy, this chicken is lightly breaded on outside, moist on the inside... and delicious!

Winter Red Sauce over Spaghetti Squash

Hubby's Meatballs and sauce recipe

My husband wanted to make something for dinner, so he decided to look online and find something to make. The…

Netta Belle's Choice Lemon Bar-B-Que Chicken Breasts

Chicken breasts are marinated in lemon juice, lemon zest and herbs. A tantalizing barbecue chicken without…

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

This marinara is chock full of veggies, and served atop whole grain spaghetti noodles, makes a guilt-free pasta…

Turkey Sausage Ragu

Perfecto! Great healthy alternative to pork and beef-based ragu. I cheat a little in this recipe and use Trader Joe's Marinara Sauce. Your guests…

Italian Rice and Beans

This is a nice rice and beans dish that is similar to risotto. It is rich and creamy. We've made the lacto-ovo vegetarian version but it can easily…

Stuffed Crepes

I loved this! It was basically a fun new twist on lasagna. The tomato sauce was really simple, but delicious. It'd be great to use on loads of other…

Pork Sausage with Braised Fennel

This is one of our most popular dishes at SPQR. You can cook the sausage any way you like but I'd recommend…

Basil Pesto Chicken

yummy pesto sauce mixed with your choice of pasta along with cherry tomates and bites of chicken.

Bowties with Spinach and Barley.

Chicken with Marsala Mushroom Sauce

Chicken with Marsala Mushroom Sauce is tender chicken breasts sautéed and covered with a fabulously rich…

Arrabbiata Sauce

This easy, versatile sauce is revved up with a jolt of crushed red pepper for extra flavor. Perfect over penne pasta, with shrimp, scallops or…

Pasta Primavera With Cheese

This is a nice dish to make in late summer when fresh vegetables are plentiful and less expensive. It's also very flexible. Any pasta and vegetables…