Italian main dish recipes with 600 or more calories costing more than $3 per serving

Spicy Sausage and Ziti Bake

Have some homemade garlic bread and a nice salad ready to go with this yummy dinner. Great for potluck too.

Fettuccine with shrimp, mussels and cherry tomatoes

This simple pasta and seafood dish, with lots of fresh herbs, is made easily and quickly.

Eggplant Parmigiana

Eggplants that are younger (more glossy) tend to have less seeds and are less bitter. At one time I had believed “gender” played a role in the…

Healthy Chicken Parmesan

A healthy take on a delicious comfort food.

Tuscan Salmon

Gnocchi with artichokes

This is a very simple, delicious and easy to make elegant meal for gnocchi lovers.

Smoked Lasagna Roll Ups

We wanted a hearty stick to your ribs dinner. Having our good friends Jim & Debbie over and they wanted a dinner with some of Ken’s smoked cheese.…

Cognac Shrimp Recipe

Delicious shrimp with buttery cognac sauce

Rabbit Mixed Grill

Rabbit is eate all over Italy, but it is a specialty of the island of Ischia, which lies just off the coast of Campania. Rabbits once ran wild…

Olive oil, Garlic, and Tomato Pasta

I like trying out different types of pasta recipes. It gives me ideas to make some of my own. Hope you enjoy…

Wild Rice-Turkey Casserole

Wild Rice-Turkey Casserole is an easy recipe that uses either turkey or chicken. Perfect for leftovers from your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.…

Spaghetti with Seafood in Tomato and Herb sauce

A colleague of mine brought in some fresh oregano, marjoram, and Italian parsley from his garden, so I looked…

Penne with Tomato-Mushroom Sauce

Penne is one of the nice cuts of pasta that I like. This recipe is a twist of the white sauce penne with…

Risotto with asparagus and prosciutto

Originating from Venetian cuisine, this risotto is truly mouthwatering.

Pasta with Grape or Cherry Tomatoes

This is a great pasta from an island off the coast of Italy that I adapted from Giada de Laurentiis. The…