Italian recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

Polenta with Home Style Marinara Sauce

Polenta with Home Style Marinara Sauce is a delicious, meatless, traditional Italian dish. Try this for dinner…

Chunky Garlic and Herb Marinara Sauce

Chunky Garlic and Herb Marinara Sauce is the ultimate comfort food on a chilly fall evening! Simple, delicious…

Vegetarian or Vegan Sausage Bread

Vegetarian or vegan sausage bread is a braided loaf of homemade bread that is over-stuffed with Vegan sausage…

Pancetta, French Lentil and Spinach Risotto

A quartet of alliums—onion, leek, shallot, and garlic—imbues savory flavor to this entrée dotted with green…

Braised Lentils with Spinach (Lenticchie Brasate)

Adapted from: Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. This is delicious side dish…

Pesto with Almonds

Pesto is a great spread that can replace butter or dip. Pesto is like Italian salsa. Enjoy and Always Cook with Lots of Love, Catherine

Fig and Parmesan Cheesecake

Special Equipment: 10-inch springform pan

Lemon Spaghetti with Shrimp

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

PAMPEPATO copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

Sformato di Uova ( Egg Casserole) copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

Tortini ai Funghi copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

Baked Farro or Pearl Barley with Asparagus

We served this recipe with a Moroccan Lamb Shank last night. It was a delicious accompaniment. We had Farro…

Bean Gratin

This delicious and healthy recipe can be made with any variety of white bean, dried or canned. I used dried cannellini beans. Great Northern beans…

Tuscan White Bean Spread

So good, so easy, so adaptable ... Make it the way YOU like it.