Italian recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Four Cheese & Sausage Stuffed Manicotti

Cheese-stuffed manicotti personifies comfort food anytime, but take it up a notch with a cheese four-some and…

Italian meatballs

The quality of your ingredients will make or break the dish you are preparing. The key to these meatballs are the types of meat and bread you use to…

Autentica " Pasta alla contadina "

Recipe of Calabria. We are in southern Italy. A recipe that my mother gave me and that I have taken over the…

Homemade Manicotti

This recipe is simple and absolutely delicious. It is a reasonable amount of work, so good to cook for a large party or family gathering. It is…

Pizzelles

For those of you who are unfamiliar, pizzelles are also known as Italian wafer cookies. Their name comes from the Italian word “pizze” meaning round…

Eggplant Parmesan

Calabrian Style Meatballs Simmered in a Butter-Onion Tomato Sauce

The best way to describe this dish is a southern rustic meatball meets a…

Baked Ravioli with Meat Sauce

This has all the beloved flavors of lasagna but is a lot quicker and easier to make. Using frozen or fresh cheese ravioli is the time saver. And…

Deep Dish Spaghetti Pizza

Baked Penne with Spinach and Tomatoes (Ziti al Forno con Spinaci e Pomodoro)

This recipe is packed full of flavor.

Asiago Cheese Bread

I have taken to making bread again. Why pay $3 or more for what you can easily make for pennies? Not only can you make it but it taste SO much…

Taco stuffed lumaconi

This delicious combination of Mexican flavors and Italian pasta will be loved by everyone.

Double Dip Red Wine Taralli

Red wine taralli are slightly sweet, made with a full-bodied red wine such as Cabernet, Merlot, Barolo, Zinfandel, and Primativo etc.

Ricotta Pie

We took the traditional Italian holiday dessert and brought the health benefits up a notch by adding blueberries. We also think the pie tastes…