Italian dinner party recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $3.0 per serving

Chocolate Genoise

Light, crumbly and melt in the mouth cake.

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

This marinara is chock full of veggies, and served atop whole grain spaghetti noodles, makes a guilt-free pasta…

Mango Pannacotta

Creamy milk + gelatin dessert topped with glazed nuts and the fresh mango flavour.

Healthy Italian Vegetable Saute Recipe

Ready to shed some of those Holiday pounds? Here is a healthy way to do it and still very delicious. Come join…

Garlic Butter Breadsticks

These irresistible and simple Garlic Butter Breadsticks are so light, airy, and crispy, you’ll make them over and over again!

Chicken with Marsala Mushroom Sauce

Chicken with Marsala Mushroom Sauce is tender chicken breasts sautéed and covered with a fabulously rich…

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

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…

Melissa's Bolognese Sauce

Roasted Tomato, Basil & Mozarella Bruschetta

This is a slightly modified recipe from Barefoot Contessa's Roasted Tomatoes recipe, see link. Very, very…

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

Basil-Walnut Pesto

To help mix the pesto with the cooked pasta, blend 4 to 6 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into 1/2 cup pesto before tossing.

Stuffed Artichokes

I will never forget the first time I ate Stuffed Artichokes.......It was love at first site......25 years later I still make it the same way my mom…

Zucchini con Anice

Parmesan-Coated Sweet Potato Fries

These are oh so delicious, and super kid friendly !! My grandson still calls them "Nonnie's Cool French Fries"