This weekend I had some inspiration to make some Slow Cooked Steak Pizzaiola. Jaime recently bought me a new crockpot and last Sunday I made a meat sauce with meatballs, sausage, pork chops, and braciole (which will be its own post sometime soon), and I ended up having some steak and tomato sauce left over. So I got a great idea. Let's use these leftovers to put together something ...
Entrees
Rigatoni Pasta In A Creamy Vodka Sauce
When you want to change your pasta up a bit from your regular marinara sauce, this Rigatoni Pasta In A Creamy Vodka Sauce recipe is a simple yet delicious twist on the old favorite. The vodka and crushed red pepper called for in this dish give you just a tiny hint of spicy, whereas the cream called for gives you a delicious and savory creaminess that can't be beat. The sausage and spinach make a ...
Three Cheese Manicotti With Spinach and Prosciutto
Okay, when it comes to the holidays, my family tends to do the traditional American-holiday meal, such as the turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, the seafood dinner for Christmas Eve, and a great tasting ham for Christmas and Easter. But being Italians, we always have to add one of our traditional Italian dishes to the mix. Thanksgiving and Easter it is usually a lasagne. Christmas Eve it might be ...
Spicy Sausage Baked Ziti
This recipe for Spicy Sausage Baked Ziti will leave you speechless. And with hot lips. And your family will love you. More. Also known as the "Hot Ziti", there is a terrific little Italian restaurant in Greenville, South Carolina that serves a great Hot Ziti dish. Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant, located at 1178 Woodruff Rd, Ste 4, Greenville, SC 29607, is a small but very charming and very well ...
Pasta With Marinara Sauce
Recipes aplenty for pasta with marinara sauce. There very well might be a separate marinara sauce for every cook out there. As sauces go, individual taste plays a big role. That said, what is a marinara sauce? A marinara sauce is a totally vegetable based, usually fast cooked, tomato sauce. This is not the well known long simmering meat sauce. This is the relative quick and light meatless ...
Ultimate Spicy Italian Sub
My mouth was watering as I wrote this simple Ultimate Spicy Italian Sub recipe. Good thing I had one ready to eat after taking the pictures! This sub is a staple sandwich for the Southern Italian-er. You cannot beat biting into this sandwich. The crispy bread with a soft doughy interior. The saltiness of the meat, combining with the crispy fresh bites through the lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, ...
Pasta With Garlic and Olive Oil
Pasta With Garlic and Olive Oil Growing up, I was not a big fan of tomato sauce. Yeah, I know. As a result, I always wanted to have my pasta with butter. My mom says this happened because I once saw my grandfather eating some pasta with butter, but I think it was more than that, I really didn't like the taste of tomato sauce when I was a kid. Luckily I got over this many many years ago. But every ...
Meatball Sausage Lasagne
Meatball Sausage Lasagne This recipe is for my holiday-time Meatball Sausage Lasagne casserole. Lasagne noodles are a long wide flat type of noodle that are perfect for use in casseroles. Lasagne noodles originated in Italy, but are used throughout the world, and are recognized as one of the oldest types of pasta noodles. Lore has it that lasagne was first prepared in Italian farming communities, ...