Italian fall recipes

Chocolate Genoise

Light, crumbly and melt in the mouth cake.

Favorite Thin Crust Pizza Supreme

Homemade pizza for us means thin crust, preferably whole grain, a sparse smear of pizza sauce plus meats,…

Chicken & Mushrooms in Herb Sauce

Mushrooms and chicken breasts in a creamy and herb flavored sauce to enhance rice, pasta or potatoes. Comfort…

Tomato Basil Spinach Soup

The perfect 15 minute soup with the addition of homemade croutons and spinach!

Italian Herb Bread (Bread Machine or Conventional Yeast Bread Method)

Garlic and Italian herbs infuse this homemade bread which can be made in a…

Summer Vegetable soup

Eating 5 vegetables a day is easy with this vegetarian summer soup. Some would call it summer minestrone. This can be made a day ahead,…

Baked Penne with Vegetables

Reminiscent of lasagna but loaded with veggies, this dish will take center stage at group gatherings. It makes good use of summer's zucchini…

Italian Sausage Mac & Cheese

It’s amazing how many recipe requests we get for macaroni & cheese. That’s fine with us, it’s quick, easy and has unlimited variations. We used…

Double Sausage Pizza

Ken’s friend David came over so Ken could help him fix his computer. To thank him he wanted to treat us to take out pizza. Oh no, my friend, Patti…

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…

Smoked Lasagna Roll Ups

We wanted a hearty stick to your ribs dinner. Having our good friends Jim & Debbie over and they wanted a dinner with some of Ken’s smoked cheese.…

Pesto Swirl Bread

Swirl breads are the “lookers” of the yeast bread world! In this recipe traditional cinnamon filling is replaced with basil pesto as the star…

Pumpkin and amaretti risotto

Lemon Noodle Pasta with Shrimp

Lemon Noodle Pasta with Shrimp

Tasty Pizza Rossa

Tasty Pizza Rossa