Quick and easy Italian recipes with 600 or more calories

Linguine ai frutti di mare

Here is a Linguine ai frutti di mare you can make at home. It means linguine with mixed seafood or "Fruit of the Sea".

Tuscan shrimp marinara with chickpea pasta

This is a great Tuscan recipe adapted from the Flavors of Tuscan cookbook by Maxine Clark. Maxine recommends…

Stuffed Eggplant Caponata

A Wonderful Meatless Dinner Alternative!

Calabrian Style Meatballs Simmered in a Butter-Onion Tomato Sauce

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

Deep Dish Spaghetti Pizza

Shrimp and Spinach Gratin

This recipe is one I created when I could not find the main ingredient for a main dish I planed. I had most of the other ingredients so I…

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.

carrabbas spicy chicken soup

spicy chicken soup

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…

Italian Dressing

I have not found many bottled salad dressings I like. This lead me to search out something I can make myself and this is what I put together from…

Basil Dipping Oil

This is an easy and quick dipping oil. It is a nice dipping oil for freshly baked breads. I did not add salt, pepper or other ingredients that may…

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.

Italian Monkey Bread

Serious sports fan friends of ours are making pasta for the big game. They’re calling it the “Spaghetti Bowl”. Sorry I couldn’t get the sauce…

Fettuccine with shrimp, mussels and cherry tomatoes

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