Italian pasta recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $3.0 per serving

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

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

Spinach and Sausage Gnocchi

This is a delicious and beautiful dish. We just served it for a normal weeknight meal, but the presentation is such that it would be good for…

Bowties with Spinach and Barley.

Porcini and Sweet pepper Sauce

From the Madonna del Piatto blog and Letizia Matiacci, with gratitude.

Hearty Seafood Cioppino Pasta

We finally decided to make some real pasta besides our usual tomato sauce in a jar + noodles combination (which is fine with me and the kids) by…

Turkey italian sausage

Like to eat italian, try this and you'll love it..my Nonna's Recipe try it once and tell me what you think..Put it in your Pasta no matter what kind…

Basil Pesto Chicken

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

Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Our good friend Linda Hansen saved this top recipe from the SF Chronicle in 2004 and it has become one of her…

Cara's Marinara

Thers are 3 simple rules that any Italian grandmother will tell you on how to make a good "gravy". Rule #1: Less is more! The key to a good sauce…

Pasta e Fagioli Facile - Easy Pasta and Beans

Just as the name implies! A delicious, healthy and hearty dish that can be enjoyed hot or cold.

Lasagna with Eggplant, Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil

Ciao my friends! Today we make lasagna...

Oven Baked Tomato Sauce

This is an easy and delicious way to make a tasty, slightly “kicked up” sauce to serve with your favorite spaghetti. Enjoy with Love,…

Broccoli Rabe Garlic Pasta

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

Gnocchi and Peas with Pesto

I opened my freezer this morning and saw peas, some left over uncooked gnocchi and a small container of pesto. Let me show you a little of this and…

Lasagna

Very easy to make. Can be done with or without ground beef!