Italian, Main dish, 500 or fewer calories Recetas

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…

Fast veal Parmigiana

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

Beef Braciole

This is one of my sons favorite dishes served with pasta I personally like it served with a side of roasted spaghetti squash. In the recipe I use…

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…

Sunday Sugo Rosso (Red Sauce)

This recipe is adapted from one in Jeff Smith's book The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines published in 1989. I modified it a bit to make…

Dreamy Linguini

I actually dreamt this recipe one night. I have very vivid and often lucid dreams and this isn't the first time something like this came to me in a…

Elegant Shrimp Scampi Pasta Lightened Up

For a romantic dinner, try this superb shrimp, sauteed in a buttery, garlic and lemon wine sauce. It doesn’t…

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!

Chicken Cacciatore

Cacciatore in cuisine refers to a meal prepared “hunter style” with meat, tomatoes, onions, herbs, wine (and depending on region and availability…

Barciole. Italian for "good freaking food"

However you want to pronounce it, and I have heard several ways...Bar'cola...Bar'cio...Bar-joel....what ever,…

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…

Baked Ziti

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…