Italian vegetarian dinner party recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

Eggplant Parmesan

Cannellini bean hummus

This bean dip is similar to regular hummus, but a little creamier and smoother. Serve it with pita bread, pita crackers or vegetable dippers. It…

Vegetable Lasagna

Lasagna laced with garden vegetables and whole wheat noodles makes a healthier pasta alternative to traditional lasagna. Don’t let the list of…

Italian Vegetable Dip

Italian Vegetable Dip is a quick, easy and cheesy recipe for a delicious dip to use for large gatherings, parties, holidays and TV game crowds. It…

Zucchini Parmesan Fritters With Sour Cream

Zucchini Parmesan Fritters are a delicious way to use up an over-abundance of zucchini and summer squash.…

Black Bean-Salsa Dip

Black Bean-Salsa Dip is an easy and quick recipe with no cooking. The perfect recipe for the diet conscious also. Beans, tomato, corn and onions…

Eggplant Parmesan (Slow Cooker or Crockpot version)

This recipe based on one from Allrecipes.com served 8 and was cooked in a 5-quart slow cooker. I cut the…

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

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

Four Cheese Italian Macaroni

Garlic Butter Breadsticks

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

Vegetarian or Vegan Sausage Bread

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

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…

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca is an Italian dish that is packed with flavors of tangy, spicy and saltiness. This recipe is debuting arugula - a spicy leafy green…