Italian main dish recipes costing less than $1.5 per serving

Make Ahead Pesto Polenta Lasagna

This recipe is from allrecipes.com, submitted by Fiffen. It is a super simple do ahead dish. All it requires is…

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…

BBQ Chicken Calzone

Ah, the calzone. “They’re delicious, but I could never make one myself,” you say. That’s all about to change, my friend. Not only is it easy to…

Linguine alle Noci (Linguine with Walnut Sauce)

Serves 4 to 6 A quick, easy and delicious meatless main course. It's perfect with a salad of baby lettuces…

Easy Lasagna

Italian comfort food. Freezes and reheats well.

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…

Grilled Mushroom Sandwiches

Grilled Mushroom Sandwiches-is an easy and quick to prepare recipe for a delicious meatless sandwich for your outdoor grilling menu. Features…

Pancetta, French Lentil and Spinach Risotto

A quartet of alliums—onion, leek, shallot, and garlic—imbues savory flavor to this entrée dotted with green…

Braised Lentils with Spinach (Lenticchie Brasate)

Adapted from: Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. This is delicious side dish…

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

Chicken and Pasta

A while back I had found a season packet from McCormick called Chicken and pasta in the Italian section of their seasonings. Last week I went back…

Ledson Family Hearty Lasagna

Fantastic lasagna from a homemade winery recipe

Melissa's Bolognese Sauce