Italian main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Chicken Marsala

This recipe has a creamy mushroom sauce instead of a brothy sauce. I usually double and triple the recipe and make extra sauce to accompany a side…

Roasted Pepper Halves with Bread Crumb Topping (Peperoni Arrostiti)

Adapted from: Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen. These make a delicious…

Broccoli Rabe Garlic Pasta

The garlic flavored oil makes the broccoli rabe less bitter, and with toasted garlic, it's a great dish.

Lite and Fabulous Steak Pizzaiola

This Italian classic is simply steak topped with a quick cooking, zesty, pizza-like sauce. Sometimes it’s…

Soba Noodles with Asparagus, Parmesan, Bacon & Egg

This recipe sounds strange...but if you can get over the unusual ingredients you are in for an amazing meal.…

Chicken in a herby tomato sauce

Deliciously aromatic dish that virtually cooks itself

Florentine Salisbury Steak

This dish is restaurant quality food which when served with mashed potatoes and green beans makes a delightful presentation. At home,this was a…

Pot Of Beans (Italian Style)

This family recipe is from my mother, Anne. Every Christmas and Easter she cooked a ham. This recipe was a way to be frugal and use every bit of it.…

Involtini di cavolo ( Stuffed Cabbage)

I know there are many recipes on how to make stuffed cabbage rolls. I like to use fresh ingredients and pride…

Chicken Risotto (gluten-free)

Cod fillets in a milky sauce

Cod with a little onion and a little milk: one of the most classic north Italian fish recipes.

Spicy Romano Chicken & Pasta

An adapted version of the yummy Johnny Carino's Spicy Romano Chicken

Cheesy Vegetable Lasagna

This is the best meal I have found to hide vegetables. You can use any raw vegetable you want. I prefer zucchini but you could use squash, broccoli,…

Chicken Parmesan

Cheese-flavored chicken, baked in a microwave.

Shrimp Linguine

Shrimp Linguine is an easy and healthy, low calories, low fat, low sodium, low sugars, low carbohydrates, WeightWatchers (6) Points+ and diabetic…