Italian dinner party pasta recipes

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Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

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…

John Spottiswood
Apr 2011
Advanced
10 votes
7837 views
Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

We know it’s a mouthful but we’re talking real Italian comfort food here.…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Oct 2010
Professional
6 votes
13298 views
Braised Beef & Tortellini with Marsala Wine Sauce

Braised Beef & Tortellini with Marsala Wine Sauce

I had this same meal at Olive Garden and had to come home and find a similiar recipe- I found a recipe that was…

Katie J.
Mar 2011
Intermediate
3 votes
20230 views
Elegant Shrimp Scampi Pasta Lightened Up

Elegant Shrimp Scampi Pasta Lightened Up

For a romantic dinner, try this superb shrimp, sauteed in a buttery, garlic and lemon wine sauce. It doesn’t…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Feb 2012
Professional
3 votes
8013 views
Beef & Bacon Meatballs with Mushroom Pasta Sauce

Beef & Bacon Meatballs with Mushroom Pasta Sauce

Sometimes my food experiments go right and this one certainly did: an every day meatball kicked up a notch with…

Salad Foodie
Feb 2013
Professional
3 votes
4786 views
crab ravioli with grilled lobster in saffron cream sauce

crab ravioli with grilled lobster in saffron cream sauce

For a luscious meal that can be made in 1/2 hour, this recipe has always been a sure thing.

Seduction Meals
Sep 2008
Intermediate
2 votes
19240 views
Vegetable Lasagna

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…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2012
Professional
2 votes
13967 views
Penne Alfredo with Italian Sausage and Zucchini

Penne Alfredo with Italian Sausage and Zucchini

I had this dish at a local diner and loved it. So I recreated it at home it's an easy tasty dish. It looks…

Denise Sherin
May 2015
Advanced
2 votes
7436 views
Lasagna Shrimp Florentine

Lasagna Shrimp Florentine

Shrimp, Spinach, Ricotta in a Lasagna all surrounded in a delicate tomato and white wine sauce.

Claudia lamascolo
Mar 2010
Professional
2 votes
2452 views
Gino's Noodle Dough

Gino's Noodle Dough

Noodles, in many forms, have been a staple food in many parts of the world for centuries. China, Japan, Italy all take credit for creating the…

J. Gino Genovesi
Jul 2013
Professional
2 votes
6734 views
Lasagna

Lasagna

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

Sofia Reino
Mar 2010
Advanced
2 votes
4445 views
Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp

Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp

This is one of my favorite pasta recipes! I enjoy it much and so does my kid.

ShaleeDP
Feb 2013
Intermediate
2 votes
4091 views
Fettuccini with Bacon, Peas and Parmesan Cheese

Fettuccini with Bacon, Peas and Parmesan Cheese

One of my favorite pasta recipes.

ShaleeDP
Dec 2013
Intermediate
2 votes
2790 views
Pasta and Veggies

Pasta and Veggies

I always seek for pasta recipes, this is a good one for me. Veggies and pasta together. I love it!

ShaleeDP
Mar 2014
Intermediate
2 votes
2843 views
Rotini with Pesto, Tomatoes and Spinach

Rotini with Pesto, Tomatoes and Spinach

My friend's daughter tasted this last year on a vacation and dubbed it the "Best Pasta Ever." I'll go along…

Salad Foodie
Jan 2015
Professional
2 votes
3687 views