Main dish, Italian, 500 or fewer calories Recetas

Awesome Pizza Dough

This recipe is adapted from one perfected at Greens restaurant in San Francisco. The crust is crunchy on the outside but also chewy. I think it's…

Locavore Squash & Italian Meatball Stir-Fry

There is nothing better than wonderful summer veggies from my local farmer's market. Our small but wonderful…

Brett & Bart's favorite spaghetti

This is an old Italian recipe that I've been cooking for 30 years, and my boys and husband all love it. I got…

Salted branzino fish

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…

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…

Fast veal Parmigiana

Simple, fast and delicious meal everybody will love ready for less than 20 minutes.

Italian style stuffed pork tenderloin

This pork tenderloin in aromatic gravy is full of delicious stuffing, fork tender and melts in your mouth.

Lasagna

Very easy to make. Can be done with or without ground beef!

Garlic & Lemon Butter Shrimp

This recipe for pan searing shrimp is one of my favorites. I adapted it from a Cooks Illustrated recipe. It is full of flavor and the shrimp will…

Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Our good friend Linda Hansen saved this top recipe from the SF Chronicle in 2004 and it has become one of her…

Spinach and Sausage Gnocchi

This is a delicious and beautiful dish. We just served it for a normal weeknight meal, but the presentation is such that it would be good for…

Garlic Shrimp and Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Pasta in Spicy Creamy Sauce

Garlic Shrimp and Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Pasta in Spicy Creamy Sauce…

Bubble Up Pizza

Modified version of the original Pampered Chef Bubble Up Pizza Recipe

Sole Piccata with Spinach

This tasty piccata recipe can be made with any white fish...sole, flounder, tilapia, etc. It's simple and very fresh tasting. It goes great with…