Italian main dish recipes with 200 or fewer calories

Turkey Sausage Ragu

Perfecto! Great healthy alternative to pork and beef-based ragu. I cheat a little in this recipe and use Trader Joe's Marinara Sauce. Your guests…

Italian Rice and Beans

This is a nice rice and beans dish that is similar to risotto. It is rich and creamy. We've made the lacto-ovo vegetarian version but it can easily…

Pork Sausage with Braised Fennel

This is one of our most popular dishes at SPQR. You can cook the sausage any way you like but I'd recommend…

Basil Pesto Chicken

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

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…

Pancetta, French Lentil and Spinach Risotto

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

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

Ledson Family Hearty Lasagna

Fantastic lasagna from a homemade winery recipe

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…

Light Spinach Alfredo

This is a nice side dish. Enjoy with Love, Catherine xo

Zucchini Crusted Pizza SP7

The crust is made of zucchini, a healthy, low-carb substitute for traditional pizza dough! Don’t worry if you don’t have access to Pecorino. Just…

Broccoli Rabe, Sun Dried Tomato, Cannelloni Beans & Noodles

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

Porcini and Sweet pepper Sauce

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