Main dish, Italian, Dinner Party Recetas

Italian Meatballs

Years ago I had an Italian neighbor who became a close friend. I always commented on her delicious meatballs and one day she shared the recipe with…

Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce

This tender filet is bursting with flavor. Starting with a mouth watering filet, portabello mushrooms, shrimp,…

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…

Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

We know it’s a mouthful but we’re talking real Italian comfort food here.…

Bass boat of the coast Ripostes, smoked salt and the first hay and alfalfa valleys Iblee with salicornia and potatoes.

Recipe created for the very curious…

Slow-Roasted Pork Stew with Fennel, Tomatoes, and Olives

This is one of those fantastic recipes where you put a spoonful to your lips halfway through the preparation…

Chicago Style Pizza

Italian Steak Salad

We adapted this from a Giada De Laurentis recipe. It's simple, but incredibly delicious. Our kids powered through more than we imagined possible. No…

CHICKEN PARMESAN BUNDLES

This is a delicious simple chicken dish. My husband loves Italian food, so this one was right up his alley. My oldest son Ryan happened to be over…

Barbecuing Meat the Sicilian Way

Summer days are great barbecue days. Are American barbecuers spoiled? Having lived almost 40 years in the…

Simple Grilled Lamb Chops

Lamb is my favorite meat. While I often enjoy rubbing it or marinating it in bold flavors, grilling it simply with mild herbs that enhance it's…

Braised Beef & Tortellini with Marsala Wine Sauce

I had this same meal at Olive Garden and had to come home and find a similiar recipe- I found a recipe that was…

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…

Stuffed Baked Tomatoes with Meatball and Provolone

An amazing burst of flavors, tomato baked with Italian meatball filling slathered with provolone cheese on top.…

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…