Italian vegetables recipes

Italian Baked Mashed Potato Croquettes

A very delicate crunch and hardly no fat to worry about baking them instead of frying. Grandma's recipe adapted…

Grilled Eggplant Parmesan

Wonderful and lighter alternative to baked eggplant Parmesan and wonderful for summer or fall nights. I use canned pasta sauce (basil if you have…

Chilled Italian Zucchini Appetizer

This is a fantastic recipe that I adapted from Marcella Hazen. She recommends serving this at room…

Cavolfiore alla napoletana

Here's another quick and easy vegetable side dish or light supper: "Neapolitan style" cauliflower, known in Naples itself as cavolfiore con passi e…

Fried Artichoke Recipe - Carciofi Fritti

A fried artichoke is simplicity in itself.

100% Vegetable lasagna

If taken literally this is not lasagna at all but maybe a vegetable lamination? You see, lasagna is first and foremost a noodle, not a dish…

Fresh tomato basil salad

Yaay summers here!!!!!! In the summer, I am obsessed with home grown tomatoes.I grow them in my very own lil eden. They are the most delicious…

Broccoli Rabe, Sun Dried Tomato, Cannelloni Beans & Noodles

This is a simple and delicious meal. Enjoy and Always Cook with Love, Catherine

Tomato Mozzarella Melts

This is one of those recipes that you can adjust the quantities based on how many you want to make, which is why it makes a perfect lunch for one…

Caponatina - Sicillian Summer Vegetable Medley

Caponatina is a lighter and easier version to make than its cousin Caponata – which requires frying three…

Caprese Salad

A classic favorite for all to eat!

Homemade Sundried Tomato Recipe and Tips

Here is a quick and easy way to store those tomatoes for up to three months, using them sun dried is perfect…

Italian Greens - Utica Style

This is the ever popular dish that you won't find anywhere but in Utica, NY unless the cook/chef has originated from Utica. There is even an annual…

Italian Vegetable Soup

This is a fav of mine from Bob Greens book. I vary it by adding lots of spinch to it. and instead of the Parmesan reind I add a pinch or two of…

Gnocchi with a spicy tomato & mascarpone sauce