Italian recipes with 400 or fewer calories

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,…

Chicken Breasts with Zucchini Pappardelle

Equipment: an adjustable-blade slicer Accompaniment: lemon wedges

Coconut and Banana Bars

Exotic taste for a perfect dessert.

Easter Maritozzi

Rising Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes If you want to make something even more sinful, Italian pastry shops often squirt whipped cream into…

Borage filled Ravioli

Early Spring ravioli filled with country borage and ricotta, with a walnut pesto and a finish of barely melted butter and fresh marjoram

Dolce al Mascarpone

My luscious spring variation on Tiramisù, this one is made with a lemon syrup and fresh berries

Broccoli Rabe Garlic Pasta

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

La Sfoia Lorda - Pasta Pillows in Broth

A little known Pasta in Brodo home cooking dish from Romagna. It is unknown in Bologna and the Emilia part of…

Balsamic Chicken

A simple yet delicious chicken recipe. This only takes about 10 minutes of actual work, plus the marinating and cook time you’ll have an easy…

Apple and Walnut Cake

Soft and perfumed cake with apples and walnuts.

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…

It's OK to wing it!

It’s ok to wing it from time to time…I’m referring to my wings and potatoes. A perfect anytime dinner served with a leafy green salad!

Fried Artichoke Hearts

Mediterranean Insalata!

Who said salad had to be boring? How about making a salad as the main meal and adding a little of this and and a little of that? This is quick, easy…

Spaghetti with Meatballs - the original Italian recipe

Though many think this dish is Italian American, there is a traditional dish from Abruzzo that must have been…