Italian main dish recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $3.0 per serving

Locavore Squash & Italian Meatball Stir-Fry

There is nothing better than wonderful summer veggies from my local farmer's market. Our small but wonderful…

Brett & Bart's favorite spaghetti

This is an old Italian recipe that I've been cooking for 30 years, and my boys and husband all love it. I got…

Weir Dough for Pizza

Zucchini Smeriato ( Scalloped Zucchini)

There are many zucchini recipes, but this is one that I kinda made up. It is nourishing, a good Lenten dish…

Vegetable Lasagna

Lasagna laced with garden vegetables and whole wheat noodles makes a healthier pasta alternative to traditional lasagna. Don’t let the list of…

Sunday Sugo Rosso (Red Sauce)

This recipe is adapted from one in Jeff Smith's book The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines published in 1989. I modified it a bit to make…

Lasagna

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

Chicken Cacciatore

Cacciatore in cuisine refers to a meal prepared “hunter style” with meat, tomatoes, onions, herbs, wine (and depending on region and availability…

Barciole. Italian for "good freaking food"

However you want to pronounce it, and I have heard several ways...Bar'cola...Bar'cio...Bar-joel....what ever,…

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…

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…

Crockpot Chicken Vesuvio

Crockpot Chicken Vesuvio is an easy and delicious casserole recipe created by an Italian chef who created this after World War II. A very popular…

Tomato Vodka Sauce

Creamy & as spicy as you want it to be! (Just adjust ground red pepper to taste)

Bubble Up Pizza

Modified version of the original Pampered Chef Bubble Up Pizza Recipe

Pasta with Cream Sauce

This beautiful pasta is well coated with a delicious garlic-cream sauce. It's so versatile that it can be served as a side dish or as a main meal .