Main dish, Italian Recetas

5-Hour Pork Sugo

Sugo is a long-cooked Italian sauce; similar to a Ragu or a Bolognese. Choose your favorite pasta to go with this big and decadent dish. Enjoy!

Braised Lamb Shank

Italian Shrimp Scampi for Nu-wave or Flavorwave oven

This is an easy recipe that you can prepare in advance and bake right before dinner. It works well in a Nuwave,…

Lasagna Italiana

Inspired from the streets of Tuscany, I developed this recipe by reducing the amount of sodium, eliminating sugar, and reducing the total fat…

Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan

Easy to prepare, lower calorie version of this dish. For maximum tenderness, I recommend brining the breasts in 2 qts. water and 1/2 C table salt…

Weir Dough for Pizza

Zuppa di Pesce - Sea food Stew-

Here it is a delicious Fish Plate full of flavors and rich taste This is the real version of the neapolitan Fish Stew as made in the best…

Bow Tie Pasta (Farfalle) with Tomatoes & Broccoli

Based on a recipe from Barilla Pasta, this is a quick and delicious vegetarian meal, or a side to poultry,…

Favorite Thin Crust Pizza Supreme

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

pasta 'alla GIGI' style

For a dedicated post on several lightened pasta dishes: https://www.foodessa.com/2019/06/light-pasta-dish-pleasures.html

Gino's Noodle Dough

Noodles, in many forms, have been a staple food in many parts of the world for centuries. China, Japan, Italy all take credit for creating the…

Zucchini Smeriato ( Scalloped Zucchini)

There are many zucchini recipes, but this is one that I kinda made up. It is nourishing, a good Lenten dish…

Tagliatelle with Radicchio and Speck

A tasty pasta dish that is so quick and simple to prepare! Speck is a very lightly smoked ham made in North…

Beef & Bacon Meatballs with Mushroom Pasta Sauce

Sometimes my food experiments go right and this one certainly did: an every day meatball kicked up a notch with…

Chicken with Mushrooms and Artichokes

This low-calorie and low-fat skillet entrée keeps the cleanup simple, and the kitchen cool. Very tasty!