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Italian Recipes

Whether you're in the mood for comforting lasagna or looking for an easy tomato sauce recipe, search these flavorful Italian recipes.

Lentil And Sausage Soup

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
Lentil soup has always been a staple in our house, since I was a kid. ...

Grammy's Rotisserie Chicken Soup

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
The quickest, easiest, and one of the best chicken soups I've ever made. It's ...

Easy Pasta E Fagioli (pasta & Beans)

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This is one of those recipes you can add chunks of ham, sausage, diced potatoes, ...
Great with pasta!

Italian Sausage And Peppers With Ziti

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This recipe is the one dad used for sausage and pepper sandwiches, but I added ...

Mozzarella-stuffed Garlic Butter Crescent Rolls

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
These take just minutes to put together and are absolutely delicious! We had them ...

Italian-style Stuffed Mushrooms

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
I realize there are about a gazillion recipes for this tasty side dish or appetizer, ...

Italian Sausage Bread

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
Bread...an Italian staple, right next to pasta. Now take that bread, add sausage, mozzarella, ...

Peas With Garlic & Tomatoes

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This quick and easy side-dish was one that was always a favorite of mine, from ...

Zucchini Blossom Fritters-frittelle Di Fiori Di Zu

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
I remember going out to the garden, with my dad, early in the mornng ...

Chicken Parm Baked Ziti Casserole

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This is a great way to mix two favorite Italian dishes into one! And ...

Grammy's Sunday Sauce

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
Growing up Italian, this was Sunday Supper! It brings back wonderful memories every time ...

Baked Mac & Cheese With An Italian Twist

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This is an easy dish to divide in half for a small family, or make ...
From Instagram: Zucchini my heart! https://www.instagram.com/p/BKy7YuNgQZJ/

Zucchini My Heart!

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By Lori Harbin-Combs
I invented this recipe to satisfy my family's love of pasta and zucchini fresh out ...
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Antipasto Salad

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This has an array of wonderful vegetables, meats and cheeses. Served it on a ...

Pesto Chicken Thighs

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By Mikekey *
Serve with your favorite pasta, or just a green salad and crusty bread.

Roman Melt

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By Julie Merriman
This sandwich is perfect for a crowd or just a few hungry people! All the ...
Just the smell of fresh dough, rising fills the house, even before it's baked!

Pizza Dough

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
I can still see my dad leaning over a huge bowl of flour, oil, salt, ...
My family favors pepperoni pizza more than any other, so here's one that's just come out of the oven...and my kitchen smells so good!  :)

Grammy's New York Style Pizza Sauce

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
This pizza recipe is the one Dad always made in my home, growing up. ...

Paul's Italian-style Meatloaf

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By Mikekey *
This is from someone who used to run an old BBS (remember those?)that had a ...
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A few years ago, a dear friend made this dish for me and my husband, and it tasted like food from a fine Italian restaurant.  It's been a favorite dish in our family ever since, and is so easy to prepare!

Bowtie Pasta With Italian Sausage And Cream Sauce

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By Angela (Grammy) Derby
A few years ago, a dear friend and great cook, made this dish for me ...

Tuscan Salmon

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By Mikekey *
Grilled (or broiled) salmon with an Italian flair.
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Italian Sausage & Gnocchi Soup

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By Mikekey *
Easy to make, using packaged gnocchi. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread. I ...
(8 ratings)

Macaroni Grill Rosemary Bread Copycat

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By Jody Wood
You gotta love Macaroni Grills Rosemary Bread! It comes with a small dish of Olive ...
Homemade Pizza. asparagus on the left, plain cheese in the middle and pepperoni on the right.  I called it, The Italian Flag!
I used mozzarella and asiago cheeses.

Homemade Pizza

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By Julia Ferguson
This is the first pizza dough I have made and we really loved. I used ...
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